[Magdalen] Computer problem

Scott Knitter scottknitter at gmail.com
Fri Apr 8 03:49:04 UTC 2016


I've stumbled into problems like that by dozing off and touching a particular area on the touchpad for too long. There might be a control panel for accessibility or keyboard settings where the special mode can be turned off.

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> On Apr 7, 2016, at 10:45 PM, Charles Wohlers <charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> You haven't given a lot of info on model, operating system, etc., but, since it has a touch screen and so can act like a tablet, perhaps it's gone into some "tablet mode" which disables the keyboard. My guess, in any event, since it's happened on two laptops, is that it's a software, rather than a hardware problem.
> 
> Chad Wohlers
> East Bridgewater, MA USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Molly Wolf
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2016 11:21 PM
> To: Magdalen
> Subject: [Magdalen] Computer problem
> 
> Cognoscenti:
> 
> In both of my laptops, the keyboard is disabled although mouse/ touchpad/ touch screen are functional, as is the pull-up on-screen keyboard. Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks!
> Molly
> 
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