It is a conspiracy. I can not even use contractions. The moment I press the apostrophe key I get … no, not anymore. Now I get the “Find Bar.”
I mean them no harm. I only replace the malfunctioning PIAs and RIOTs.
Even the the arrow keys don [you know what] t work.
Do not feel bad.
Even Data could not use contractions, and he had a Positronic Matrix.
Reinstall o/s
I get this exact problem once in a while. I haven’t in a long time, but, IIRC, restarting would fix the problem. I wish I knew what CAUSED the issue, though…
Joe
You think computers hate you…heh
This morning I went out for an onsite call to install a card reader…10 min job, can damn near do it blindfolded.
So I show up, computer has not even been turned on today…I merrily toss in the card reader, 4 screws and plug into one of the USB sockets on the board replace side panel.
Easy $80
Yeah…
I try and turn the thing on, a couple lights come on and fade out…
Make sure its plugged in, make sure everything is seated inside…
lady starts asking if everything is ok because I look concerned…
I explain, she starts to panic…
I unplug everything I did, still no powerup.
Of course I just grabbed the parts for this job on the way out the door the night before, didnt go into the shop first so my tools consist of one screwdriver and a few stray usb and ethernet cables on the floorboards. I breifly wonder what MacGuyver would do…
I explain situation, tell the lady I need to take it back to the shop for further testing, that I suspect her power supply may be dead and if so I will just charge her for the part. In addition I offer to drop her job to shop rate labor for the inconvenience.
After much hand wringing she agrees. I bring it back, plug PSU into tester…I am rewarded with 1 of 7 lights that would signify a working supply.
I plug in a new PSU, life pours forth from the computer…a chorus of angels give a breif chorale of relief.
of course I go to mount the supply and the old one was a proprietary gateway power supply that uses some plastic clip to latch it against a couple rests in the back of the case…and the new supply is like 1/4" shorter…oh, and the case has no screw holes because of the nifty proprietary bracket.
Suddenly my inner MacGuyver has an idea, tools are quickly retrieved from their shelf.
Sparks fly and the shop is filled with the sound and smells of metal yeilding the the tender mercy of The Elder Gods Ryobi and Dremel.
Compressed air liberally applied to remove metal dust.
Computer fixed…the end.
In all applications, or just in your browser? And if the latter, is it Firefox? And version 1 point something? (there was a glitch in one version that did something like this).
Are there really many people still using Firefox 1.x?
If you’re back there in 2003, buy oil futures!