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[David]

I have Windows XP Pro and recently It started going
wacky. When I start my comp up it works fine for awhile
then when I click on an icon or anything to select it
highlights a bunch of things at once. Also when I try to
type a number it's like the shift is locked only it
isn't. When I try to restart it won't so I have to use
shut down then after I turn it back on it works fine for
awhile then it starts being wacky again. It started doing
this just after I scanned a document into OCR and opened
it in WORD as a RTF file. I'm stumped. I've tried Norton
antivirus- nothing. Scan disk, defragmenting, I
uninstalled OFFICE XP and nothing helped. Any ideas?
Thanks,
David

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

This sounds like a sticky Shift key on the keyboard.

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"David" > wrote in message
...
> I have Windows XP Pro and recently It started going
> wacky. When I start my comp up it works fine for awhile
> then when I click on an icon or anything to select it
> highlights a bunch of things at once. Also when I try to
> type a number it's like the shift is locked only it
> isn't. When I try to restart it won't so I have to use
> shut down then after I turn it back on it works fine for
> awhile then it starts being wacky again. It started doing
> this just after I scanned a document into OCR and opened
> it in WORD as a RTF file. I'm stumped. I've tried Norton
> antivirus- nothing. Scan disk, defragmenting, I
> uninstalled OFFICE XP and nothing helped. Any ideas?
> Thanks,
> David

[David]

Thanks Doug. I tried a different keyboard and it still
does it.

>-----Original Message-----
>This sounds like a sticky Shift key on the keyboard.
>
>--
>Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display
>Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>http://www.dougknox.com
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>ExpertZone -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>--------------------------------
>Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>
>"David" > wrote in message
...
>> I have Windows XP Pro and recently It started going
>> wacky. When I start my comp up it works fine for awhile
>> then when I click on an icon or anything to select it
>> highlights a bunch of things at once. Also when I try
to
>> type a number it's like the shift is locked only it
>> isn't. When I try to restart it won't so I have to use
>> shut down then after I turn it back on it works fine
for
>> awhile then it starts being wacky again. It started
doing
>> this just after I scanned a document into OCR and
opened
>> it in WORD as a RTF file. I'm stumped. I've tried
Norton
>> antivirus- nothing. Scan disk, defragmenting, I
>> uninstalled OFFICE XP and nothing helped. Any ideas?
>> Thanks,
>> David
>
>
>.
>

[Cassandra's Bastard]

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 18:41:08 -0700 "David" > wrote the
following and gave me the chance to write something equally inane:

>I have Windows XP Pro and recently It started going
>wacky. When I start my comp up it works fine for awhile
>then when I click on an icon or anything to select it
>highlights a bunch of things at once. Also when I try to
>type a number it's like the shift is locked only it
>isn't. When I try to restart it won't so I have to use
>shut down then after I turn it back on it works fine for
>awhile then it starts being wacky again. It started doing
>this just after I scanned a document into OCR and opened
>it in WORD as a RTF file. I'm stumped. I've tried Norton
>antivirus- nothing. Scan disk, defragmenting, I
>uninstalled OFFICE XP and nothing helped. Any ideas?
>Thanks,
>David


Could static electricity be your problem?

[hermes]

While listening to the voices in their head blather on endlessly about
inspecific gibberish, Cassandra's ******* typed:
:: On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 18:41:08 -0700 "David" > wrote the
:: following and gave me the chance to write something equally inane:
::
::: I have Windows XP Pro and recently It started going
::: wacky. When I start my comp up it works fine for awhile
::: then when I click on an icon or anything to select it
::: highlights a bunch of things at once. Also when I try to
::: type a number it's like the shift is locked only it
::: isn't. When I try to restart it won't so I have to use
::: shut down then after I turn it back on it works fine for
::: awhile then it starts being wacky again. It started doing
::: this just after I scanned a document into OCR and opened
::: it in WORD as a RTF file. I'm stumped. I've tried Norton
::: antivirus- nothing. Scan disk, defragmenting, I
::: uninstalled OFFICE XP and nothing helped. Any ideas?
::: Thanks,
::: David
::
::
:: Could static electricity be your problem?

Try switching out your mouse and or keyboard. HTH.