Jed, I have a wireless keyboard that did something similar. It turned out to be due to some keyboard macros being turned on that involved the function keys. If your keyboard has software to control some special functions, check to see if there's a way to turn these functions off. Gary King, w4wkz@xxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jed Barton" <jed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 1:58 PM Subject: Interesting keyboard issue > Hey guys, > Got an interesting problem. > I have alaptop, and just hooked up a USB keyboard. > I changed the keyboard layout to desktop, and there is one thing it's not > doing right. > I can't do an alt. f4 command. > It says > Menu bar file. > This doesn't make any sense. > Any thoughts? > I've tried rebooting and everything. > Everything else seems to be fine, accept alt. f4. > Any thoughts? > Thanks, > Jed > > > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.0/248 - Release Date: 2/1/06 > > -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx