weird as can be - Enter brings up power control

Whenever I hit the Enter key, it instead brings up the window to
"Edit plan settings" for the power options. I can't even put a
linefeed into this post. Anyone know how to undo this without
having to reboot? (I hate Vista.) This just happened now for the
first time.

On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:37:50 -0500, Jerry <Jerry@nospam.not> wrote:

>Whenever I hit the Enter key, it instead brings up the window to
>"Edit plan settings" for the power options. I can't even put a
>linefeed into this post. Anyone know how to undo this without
>having to reboot? (I hate Vista.) This just happened now for the
>first time.

You're probably not going to like this answer, but just reboot. It it
continues to happen it's a problem. If it doesn't, then it's just one
of those strange things that happens from time to time.

Journey wrote:
> On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:37:50 -0500, Jerry <Jerry@nospam.not> wrote:
>
>> Whenever I hit the Enter key, it instead brings up the window to
>> "Edit plan settings" for the power options. I can't even put a
>> linefeed into this post. Anyone know how to undo this without
>> having to reboot? (I hate Vista.) This just happened now for the
>> first time.
>
> You're probably not going to like this answer, but just reboot. It it
> continues to happen it's a problem. If it doesn't, then it's just one
> of those strange things that happens from time to time.

thanks, Journey. I put it to sleep, and when it came back the
problem was gone.

It just might have to do with the front buttons, as described in
my post above this one. The designers apparently never really
used it as a laptop.

It's usually a stuck key (alt, ctrl, shift).

Just tap all of them a few times to unstick it.

Nothing to do with Vista.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry [mailto:Jerry@nospam.not]
> Posted At: Saturday, March 01, 2008 4:38 PM
> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
> Conversation: weird as can be - Enter brings up power control
> Subject: weird as can be - Enter brings up power control
>
> Whenever I hit the Enter key, it instead brings up the window to
> "Edit plan settings" for the power options. I can't even put a
> linefeed into this post. Anyone know how to undo this without
> having to reboot? (I hate Vista.) This just happened now for the
> first time.

On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:06:07 GMT, "Tom Scales" <tjscales@gmail.com>
wrote:

>It's usually a stuck key (alt, ctrl, shift).
>
>Just tap all of them a few times to unstick it.
>
>Nothing to do with Vista.
>

Hey Tom, how is life up North now? Do you miss Florida or should I
say it's climate?

On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:24:51 -0600, RnR <rnrtexas@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:06:07 GMT, "Tom Scales" <tjscales@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>It's usually a stuck key (alt, ctrl, shift).
>>
>>Just tap all of them a few times to unstick it.
>>
>>Nothing to do with Vista.
>>
>
>Hey Tom, how is life up North now? Do you miss Florida or should I
>say it's climate?

Being another Northerner, this is one of the worst winters that I can
remember for a long time. I am going to take some pictures of the
huge snow piles.

As you can probably imagine, I am prepared though. "Winter is only as
cold as the warm clothes you don't wear". The keys to staying warm in
winter are:

- Gortex boots or shoes, they don't even need to be insulated. I
like Irish Setter. This is the one I have: http://tinyurl.com/2v689f

- Down Parka with Hood. The Parka part and Hood part are very
important. I use the Eddie Bauer North Slope Down Parka, now $99
usually $250, rated to -40 degrees F (actual degrees, not wind chill)
http://tinyurl.com/2j2sso

For a parka, I get one size too large so I can layer something
underneath.

- Gloves -- long helps. I use the Land's End Extreme Squall Ultra
Gloves http://tinyurl.com/34fmp2

I can honestly say that I am rarely cold when I am wearing all the
above. I had to wait outside in very cold weather for an hour a few
days ago and I didn't get cold at all.

The worst part for me is that my car is parked outside. I hate it
when ice is frozen on the glass. This year large snow piles also make
it hard to see oncoming traffic when coming from a side street.

Eddie Bauer has great end-of-winter sales. That's how I got the down
parka for a good price. I would never pay full price.

On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:04:30 -0600, Journey <journey@merr.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:24:51 -0600, RnR <rnrtexas@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:06:07 GMT, "Tom Scales" <tjscales@gmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>It's usually a stuck key (alt, ctrl, shift).
>>>
>>>Just tap all of them a few times to unstick it.
>>>
>>>Nothing to do with Vista.
>>>
>>
>>Hey Tom, how is life up North now? Do you miss Florida or should I
>>say it's climate?
>
>Being another Northerner, this is one of the worst winters that I can
>remember for a long time. I am going to take some pictures of the
>huge snow piles.
>
>As you can probably imagine, I am prepared though. "Winter is only as
>cold as the warm clothes you don't wear". The keys to staying warm in
>winter are:
>
>- Gortex boots or shoes, they don't even need to be insulated. I
>like Irish Setter. This is the one I have: http://tinyurl.com/2v689f
>
>- Down Parka with Hood. The Parka part and Hood part are very
>important. I use the Eddie Bauer North Slope Down Parka, now $99
>usually $250, rated to -40 degrees F (actual degrees, not wind chill)
>http://tinyurl.com/2j2sso
>
>For a parka, I get one size too large so I can layer something
>underneath.
>
>- Gloves -- long helps. I use the Land's End Extreme Squall Ultra
>Gloves http://tinyurl.com/34fmp2
>
>I can honestly say that I am rarely cold when I am wearing all the
>above. I had to wait outside in very cold weather for an hour a few
>days ago and I didn't get cold at all.
>
>The worst part for me is that my car is parked outside. I hate it
>when ice is frozen on the glass. This year large snow piles also make
>it hard to see oncoming traffic when coming from a side street.
>
>Eddie Bauer has great end-of-winter sales. That's how I got the down
>parka for a good price. I would never pay full price.


I will keep your post for reference when and if I need winter gear but
today it was 80 degrees . Seriously tho, I understand good
winter gear is essential. I used to have to work all day in all kinds
of weather for 3 years in NY so I do know what you mean by the hazards
of winter. And I remember warming up my car for 30 minutes (for the
windshield to clear) the day after a snow storm inorder to go to work.