Also, any bad font on a mac can wreak havoc on your machine and do bizarre things. i have had font issues seem like hardware problems.... On Feb 6, 2009, at 9:36 AM, Pat King wrote: > ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's > area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > George, I have a similar problem but not nearly as troublesome. > About three times a day, the keys from my keyboard will just stop > working. Usually I notice when I'm running Microsoft Word, but it > happens when typing emails in Thunderbird and text entry fields > online. > > This only occurs with the actual letter and number keys. My Function > keys work fine. > > The only thing I found that corrects the issue is I open up my > widgets (F4) and mouse click on my dictionary widget text entry > field. All of a sudden, my keyboard keys come back to life. > > I don't know if this helps your question, but am interested as well > to hear what the HD people say. > > Any suggestions? > > I'm running a MacPro 10.5.6 > > Thanks, > > Pat > > > videatives wrote: >> >> ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the >> member's area. >> ** If you did, we all thank you. >> >> >> >> >> >> Okay my friends, here is another "mystery problem" to challenge our >> collective wisdom, something that the Mac Genius desk in Holyoke >> tried to fix and failed. >> >> Every once in a while, about once a day, my keypad goes dead, my >> cursor will not move, and my keys do not type. I can connect a >> mouse to the USB port and that works. The Apple store keep my >> computer for a week. I don't think they could replicate the >> problem, but the upgraded my AOL Desktop browser thinking hat was >> the problem. They tested my hardware (keyboard, etc.) and found no >> problem. Sometimes when the computer goes into automatic screen >> saver everything locks up, but sometimes I does not. I don't know >> if another problem I am having with my modem is related, but at >> least once a day I have to cut off the power to my modem (Comcast >> Cable) to reset it because I lose my connection to the internet. I >> thought the keypad might be related to static electricity (once I >> did notice a spark when I touched the computer) but I have turned >> up the humidity in the house and still get the keypad and keyboard >> freezes. Maybe I need an exorcist. >> >> Any ideas will be appreciated. >> >> Ciao, >> George >> >> George Forman, President >> Videatives, Inc. >> Amherst, Massachusetts >> www.videatives.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net >> Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net >> >> You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech >> Discussion list. >> If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members >> page on the Hidden Tech Web site. >> http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion > list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members w modestow.com p 413 230 3090 e kirsten at modestow.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20090206/b11c2630/attachment.htm