Re: Cursor Movement Not Smooth

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On Feb 21, 8:10 pm, RN1 <r...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am working on WinXP Pro (SP2) with 160GB HDD, 512MB RAM & P4 2.8GHz.
Today while working, suddenly there was a long system beep (it's the
same beep sound that can be heard when the computer is started but the
RAM chip is not properly fitted in its slot). WinXP didn't generate
any error but since then I find that whenever I start WinXP, as soon
as the desktop comes, my computer generates a long beep.

Also when I use the keyboard Left/Right arrow & Up/Down arrow keys to
scroll horizontally & vertically respectively in any text editing
software (like NotePad, MS-Word etc.), the cursor movement isn't
smooth.

If you navigate to Tools-->Internet Options in IE & then go to the
Advanced tab, one of the checkboxes say "Use smooth scrolling". If
this checkbox is unchecked & you use the keyboard Up/Down arrow keys
to scroll a web page by keeping the key pressed continuously (i.e. not
release the press in between), the scrolling won't be smooth i.e. the
scrolling would seem to stop for a nano-second & then continue.

This is how the cursor moves in text editing softwares now. In other
words, the horizontal & vertical scrolling using the keyboard Left/
Right arrow & Up/Down arrow keys respectively isn't smooth in text
editing softwares. I find this very irritating & annoying. This wasn't
the case earlier when the cursor used to move smoothly while using the
keyboard Left/Right arrow & Up/Down arrow keys.

What could be the problem?

Please note that neither did I install/uninstall any hardware (from
WinXP Control Panel or motherboard) nor did I install/uninstall any
software.

Just now I realized that if I press the [Caps Lock] key on the
keyboard, then my PC generates the long beep. Even the keyboard
doesn't indicate that the [Caps Lock] is on (normally a LED gets
turned on on the keyboard when the [Caps Lock] key is pressed on the
keyboard).
.

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