HELP !.......my CTRL keys do not work.

FireFox all the way!!! Been using them for years!! I tried many others and always went back!!!
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IKE said:
It looks like quite a few here like Firefox......I may give it a try.
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I use Google Chrome, and Firefox...and now W10 Edge...all with No troubles. IE is so obsolete that I removed it completely, and AOL went into the ditch years ago....IMO. Try Chrome or Firefox...both are very good.
 

IKE said:
It looks like quite a few here like Firefox......I may give it a try.
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There's one really nice feature in Firefox.

If you save your passwords to your computer.

Then if you forget a password? Go into tools on Firefox. Go to security and it asks you if you want to show your passwords. The saved passwords show up.

You can also configure certain websites to your liking.
 
Not that long ago I added Firefox to my browsers, and I use it 90% of the time. We still use IE a little bit, and the Edge browser that came with my new windows 10 computer I don't use at all. Good luck Ike, I don't know too much about computers so I had no advice with the Ctrl key problem, but I like to keep things as simple as possible with my computer.
 
Butterfly said:
Yeah, I would turn the computer OFF at the switch -- not restart command -- and then leave it about 30 seconds and turn it back on and let it reboot. While the computer is off, I'd turn the keyboard upside down and shake it just to see if something might be stuck in there -- I had a dead moth get stuck in mine once. Then I would check my settings and see if something got accidentally changed (sometimes happens during updates or for no apparent reason, or you might have struck a key by accident).
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I still do not understand why you recommend turning the computer off without restart. When you phone for trouble the first thing they tell you is try a restart.
 
Camper6 said:
I still do not understand why you recommend turning the computer off without restart. When you phone for trouble the first thing they tell you is try a restart.
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Dell always tells me to turn the computer off at the switch because it really shuts down everything. I don't understand it either, but maybe restart leaves some things running in the background?? I dunno -- it's above my paygrade.
 
Butterfly said:
Dell always tells me to turn the computer off at the switch because it really shuts down everything. I don't understand it either, but maybe restart leaves some things running in the background?? I dunno -- it's above my paygrade.
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Actually it's the restart that shuts down every thing that is running before it reloads Windows.

From a computer forum:
If Fast Start/Boot is enabled then a Shut Down is not a full, complete shut down but is an abbreviated form of hibernation and uses a hibernation file. In true, full hibernation when the system is being shut down a file image of the OS state as well as the application program states are written out to disc for retrieval when the machine is turned back on. When Fast Startup/Boot is enabled, the hibernation only includes the OS state, not the application program states, but these are still written out to disc for retrieval when the system is fired up again.

By contrast, Restart intentionally saves absolutely nothing regarding the OS state or the applications states. After shutting down it reloads the OS from scratch from the disc drive files that make up the OS.
 
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Here's one I use quite often. The Windows key and the M key gets the desktop. Very handy. I save pictures to the Desktop to post them to the forum.

Now . Does anyone know what the key next to the Windows key on the right side of the keyboard is for?
 
IKE said:
Just for giggles try it.......on mine holding down the Windows button and hitting the + blows the screen up HUGE :)
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I'm to afraid to try it. It might stay that way and unable to get it back. Haven't you had that happen at times when a change is made? I remember my toolbar going vertically along the side instead of at the top. I couldn't figure out how to fix it. :banghead:
 
Reading an CNET article last week the author was talking about Windows 10 latest updates & the fact that MS is removing some of the drivers for older peripheral equipment such as keyboards, external drives & such. Work around is to go to the manufacturer's website & download the current drivers. Can't say one way or the other since I don't do Windows but that may be the problem. Also last week I helped a neighbor hook up her lines for her old desktop after moving it. First thing was after booting she accessed 'Chrome' which came up with a warning that they no longer support Windows Vista or XP. I told her when she gets ready for Linux give me a call.
 
Son_of_Perdition said:
Reading an CNET article last week the author was talking about Windows 10 latest updates & the fact that MS is removing some of the drivers for older peripheral equipment such as keyboards, external drives & such. Work around is to go to the manufacturer's website & download the current drivers. Can't say one way or the other since I don't do Windows but that may be the problem. Also last week I helped a neighbor hook up her lines for her old desktop after moving it. First thing was after booting she accessed 'Chrome' which came up with a warning that they no longer support Windows Vista or XP. I told her when she gets ready for Linux give me a call.
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When I started using Linux in 2004, I started loving my computer. I felt like I had left a bad habit behind, and attained a freedom I never imagined.
 

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