Driving me crazy!!!!

Pheasy · Post by **Pheasy** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:02 am

My laptop keeps missing letters, jumping back/forward in sentences and completely missing out words. Anyone know why - is it fixable or do I have to get a new laptop

littlemissgiggle · Post by **littlemissgiggle** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:16 am

I am not sure hunni but i like your new avatar

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:16 am

ThePheasant;767582 wrote: My laptop keeps missing letters, jumping back/forward in sentences and completely missing out words. Anyone know why - is it fixable or do I have to get a new laptop

I think its called dyslexia.:wah:

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:23 am

Is everything else working okay pheasy?? are you able to hook up a keyboard to the laptop to see if its just the keypad?

Pheasy · Post by **Pheasy** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:27 am

YZGI;767607 wrote: I think its called dyslexia.:wah:

You are such a :wah:

See it just did it again

Pheasy · Post by **Pheasy** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:28 am

WonderWendy3;767614 wrote: Is everything else working okay pheasy?? are you able to hook up a keyboard to the laptop to see if its just the keypad?

I don't know how to hook up a keyboard - it would be worth a try, then I could work out if it is software or hardware. Do you know how I can do this? :-6

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:30 am

ThePheasant;767618 wrote: You are such a :wah:

^^^Look it put a smiley face in where you wrote ASS.

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:30 am

I also get this, brand new laptop too...Seems to me that I type too quick for it and so it misses letters so It looks like next doors cat just typed it.:wah:

Pheasy · Post by **Pheasy** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:31 am

littlemissgiggle;767606 wrote: I am not sure hunni but i like your new avatar

Thanks Giggles - it makes me look intellegent???

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:06 am

ThePheasant;767621 wrote: I don't know how to hook up a keyboard - it would be worth a try, then I could work out if it is software or hardware. Do you know how I can do this? :-6

My un-educated guess is you need a converter for your usb port into your laptop from the manual keyboard...if you came down to VA I could get my boss to look at it fer ya!!:wah:

Lisa · Post by **Lisa** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:21 am

Your problem may be different then mine. So please don't take my diagnosis. I just know enough to bearly turn one on.

Like Chezzie said... If I type too fast It sometimes misses letters. Or if I let my hand or fingers touch the friger controll in the middle, It will totaly take me out of the thread or even the entier forum.

It's a touchy little thing.... I kind of think of it as my new little pet. :p

Imladris · Post by **Imladris** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:42 am

Glad it's not just my laptop!!!

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:06 pm

What office software are you using? I've had a similar problem-doing a repair fix with the office installation fixed it.

911 · Post by **911** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:28 pm

My computer at work does that.

But not on ALL software. Just some of them. We changed out the keyboard (told my super that was not the problem since it didn't happen on all the software, but, being a man. . . :-5) and that didn't help.

One piece of software cannot keep up with our typing. We have to wait for it to catch up to see if we made any mistakes. Wait for it to "OK" certain tasks, wait for it to "Save" tasks, wait, wait, wait. All this waiting while someone is talking to me and this old brain trying to not forget what was said before the puter decides to catch up. Oh yeah, and it skips letters.

When you're under a time constraint, your first notion is to do everything quickly. So, I have a habit of hitting enter before I look at the screen. So, as I'm waiting for results, I see that it skipped a letter and now I have to wait for it to go where I wanted it and then go back and t y p e . r e a l l y . s l o w.:-5

At first I thought it was the internet based software, but then we noticed that other internet based software doesn't do that. Who knows? I give up and write most everything when it pitches a fit.