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Issues with using numbers in the forums
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 8:00 pm
by koralas
Ok, since I upgraded to Windows 8 last night, I cannot use the numbers at the top of the keyboard, if I try to use them, they just repeat the last keystroke that was typed. I can use the numeric keypad just fine. I have tried both Internet Explorer and Firefox, both show the same behavior. I have not seen this with other applications, nor can I duplicate it in other forums, though to be fair, I have only tried Dragonsfoot, but unless I am mistaken, they are using the same forum application.
Anyone else experiencing this?
Re: Issues with using numbers in the forums
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 12:41 am
by trashheap
FYI - I can't reproduce this under Firefox, from Windows 7 or GNU/Linux. Forums seem fine to me.
Re: Issues with using numbers in the forums
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 1:01 am
by Tadhg
koralas wrote:Ok, since I upgraded to Windows 8 last night, I cannot use the numbers at the top of the keyboard,
I think you have your answer!
[I've had mucho trouble upgrading winblows OSs and stopped doing so years ago. Instead I just buy a box with the new system and take it from there.]
Hope you can it get 'er fixed!
Re: Issues with using numbers in the forums
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 2:01 am
by trashheap
Rhuvein wrote:
[I've had mucho trouble upgrading winblows OSs and stopped doing so years ago. Instead I just buy a box with the new system and take it from there.]
It would be much cheaper to switch to GNU/Linux.
http://goodbye-microsoft.com/
Re: Issues with using numbers in the forums
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 7:35 pm
by alcyone
1234567890 (typed from top of keyboard)
Typing from Windows 8.
Tried both the RT version of IE and the normal one. Seem to work fine; sorry.
Re: Issues with using numbers in the forums
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 8:06 pm
by Arduin
Time = $. So depending on what your time is worth, it might be far more expensive too...
Re: Issues with using numbers in the forums
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 10:37 pm
by koralas
Rhuvein wrote:I think you have your answer!
[I've had mucho trouble upgrading winblows OSs and stopped doing so years ago. Instead I just buy a box with the new system and take it from there.]
Hope you can it get 'er fixed!
Yeah I usually do full rebuilds instead of upgrades, and may still yet on this box. Just noticed it yesterday, and didn't have much time to troubleshoot yet.
I have a few Linux boxes, Fedora, Ubuntu, and SUSE, just wanted Windows 8 start playing with before friends/family start getting theirs, so this will be a good step to troubleshooting. Not sure when/if work will switch, glad I'm not in PC support anymore.
Re: Issues with using numbers in the forums
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 11:17 pm
by koralas
Got it, it was Constant Guard and Norton. Uninstalled both and reinstalled Norton (Constant Guard does not support Win 8) and all is well.
Re: Issues with using numbers in the forums
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:28 am
by serleran
More than likely it was the "GuardedID" portion of Constant Guard which is a keyboard encryption application that has real issues with anything online, from games to apps, to browsers. It pretty much blows monkey feats with three hands and a wrench... and it comes with some rather standard security suites (Comcast, for example, makes it part of its package.) Plus, it has self-healing, so even disabling it doesn't do nothing (most often) and it has to be actually uninstalled.
That was a "fun one" at my old job.