[Magdalen] Computer problem

[Charles Wohlers]

Or a cat stepped on the wrong key!

BTDT,

Chad Wohlers
East Bridgewater, MA USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Scott Knitter
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2016 11:49 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Computer problem

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.

Sent from my iPad

> 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
>
> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no 
> other way. -- Mark Twain=