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windows key press causes beep

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windows key press causes beep

gari. rew.

Hi,
my windows xp machine beeps in any application, when i type des keys together. any ideas why? .... only happens when you do it quickly. nearly all at once.

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ari. er.

On Thursday, Oct 22, 2009, gari wrote:
> Hi,
> my windows xp machine beeps in any application, when i type des keys
> together. any ideas why? .... only happens when you do it quickly. nearly
> all at once.
>
as in keys 'd' 'e' 's' quickly one after another... while typing in word, notepad, on the desktop.. etc.

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XraalE. moo.

On Thursday, Oct 22, 2009, gari wrote:
> Hi,
> my windows xp machine beeps in any application, when i type des keys
> together. any ideas why? .... only happens when you do it quickly. nearly
> all at once.

Your keyboard probably doesn't support using these keys all at the same time. Some keyboards (especially older ones) only allowed 2 keys at a time. Are you sure its just des? What about any other row of keys?

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gira. affe.

On Thursday, Oct 22, 2009, XraalE wrote:
> On Thursday, Oct 22, 2009, gari wrote:
> > Hi,
> > my windows xp machine beeps in any application, when i type des keys
> > together. any ideas why? .... only happens when you do it quickly. nearly
> > all at once.
>
> Your keyboard probably doesn't support using these keys all at the same
> time. Some keyboards (especially older ones) only allowed 2 keys at a time.
> Are you sure its just des? What about any other row of keys?
>

interesting, it's just 6 keys:
we
sd
xc

press any 3 of them in any order, nearly together and the laptop beeps.
3 other keys together is fine.
I must try this on ubuntu.

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u. u.

On Sunday, Oct 25, 2009, gira wrote:
> >
> > Your keyboard probably doesn't support using these keys all at the same
> > time. Some keyboards (especially older ones) only allowed 2 keys at a time.
> > Are you sure its just des? What about any other row of keys?
> >
>
> interesting, it's just 6 keys:
> we
> sd
> xc
>
> press any 3 of them in any order, nearly together and the laptop beeps.
> 3 other keys together is fine.
> I must try this on ubuntu.
>

it doesn't happen on ubuntu

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XraalE. moo.

On Monday, Oct 26, 2009, u wrote:
> On Sunday, Oct 25, 2009, gira wrote:
> > >
> > > Your keyboard probably doesn't support using these keys all at the same
> > > time. Some keyboards (especially older ones) only allowed 2 keys at a time.
> > > Are you sure its just des? What about any other row of keys?
> > >
> >
> > interesting, it's just 6 keys:
> > we
> > sd
> > xc
> >
> > press any 3 of them in any order, nearly together and the laptop beeps.
> > 3 other keys together is fine.
> > I must try this on ubuntu.
> >
>
> it doesn't happen on ubuntu

Ubuntu doesn't beep when it gets a weird character, Windows does.

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