input

Hi guys, I'm having trouble with inputting stuff in Japanese. I have a standard European/American keyboard and normally this means that whenever I press "s" and "a" I'd get "さ" (Japanese "sa"), but now for every button I press a character appears (e.g. if I press "s" the result is "と" (Japanese...

My office pals are constantly creating lenghy file names and folders that surpass windows limits, which is causing problems when I perform or restore backups. Is there a way to just stop windows from letting a user write or copy a file which exceeds the limits imposed by the OS itself?. I´ve...

Hello. I am new to this forum. Have posted this to a Visual C++ forum too. They suggest I try a Windows forum. I have a small app created with Visual C++ running on Windows 7 Pro. It runs fine when executed from within the V++ IDE. It runs fine if I simply double-click on the .exe file. I...

Since installing windows 10 on my packard bell laptop, the mouse pad will no longer scroll with just one finger, im forced to use 2 finger scroll. How can I go back to 1 finger? It seems unfair for this to be forced on you. Thanks

I really don't like the default logins for my windows 8.1 computer, as in I select a user from a list and it pops up a new screen and you enter the password then login. I would much prefer you type in the username, and then type the password. I am wondering if there is someway to do that through...

There is a simple solution to this problem but I do not recall what the solution is. I believe the solution calls for double tapping a specific key. The text is elected to wherever the mouse points the cursor. The text is selected to wherever the arrow keys direct the cursor to go. These...

When I move my mouse left and right fast it jumps up and down the screen randomly. I have tried using a different mouse mat, plugging it into a different usb plug and on another computer. I have a Gigabyte M6900 and my dpi is 800. Thanks for any help. Edit: The mouse is about 2 years old, i've...

I have my Windows 8.1 computer set to turn off the display after 30 minutes, and go to sleep after 2 hours. A key press or mouse movement after either before or after it goes to sleep opens the screen normally. However, after a much longer time, overnight for example, an application (Cool...

Hi, I've seen a lot of post on this problem but still no fix working for me. MB: Msi z97 pc mate - OS: Windows 7 - Version of Realtek HD audio driver is 6.0.1.7399 Mic is plugged in correctly in the rear pink jack, appears in Sound devices, appears in realtek audio manager, not muted, and...

This tutorial teaches you how to enable Chinese handwriting input in Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro's onscreen Touch Keyboard by download and installing Chinese Language Pack via Control panel language preferences.

My mouse keeps going to the top right, and bottom left corners of the screen. What can I do in fixing this?

Hi! I'm using two keyboard layouts: Colemak and a Russian one, and those are the only 2 layouts I selected in the control panel. When I play StarCraft 2, sometimes, suddenly and without any kind of warning, my keyboard layout changes to regular English Qwerty. Pressing Alt+Shift switches...

I’m hoping that those of you who are already Linux users will share some insight, perspective, and experience to help guide those of us who are ready to jump in. Some specific questions are listed below. Please answer as much as you feel inclined. All input helps. It is not necessary to...

Hi I saw this article, if it's true I'm all in to start beta testing it. http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/threshold-be-called-windows-9-ship-april-2015 I can't imagine that they wouldn't want to have a real beta testing, if they are going to make major changes and call it a new OS. I'm...

I just recently got an Asus Zenbook UX301LA, with Windows 8.1 and all the updates and have been having some problems with the trackpad. There is a setting in the windows 8 "Mouse and Touchpad Settings" menu which says "To help prevent the cursor from accidentally moving while you type, change...

Hello Folks, Haven't been around here for a while, but must say the face-lift looks neat and sexy! I have a question, but am unable to really place it in a particular forum (or category) since it is sort a windows/office/computing question. So, please feel free to move it to the appropriate...

Hi, I mostly use another OS, and need to rewrite following script into one which works in windows. OK, here's the command: curl -s -x 127.0.0.1:8888 -b ./cookies.txt -X GET Link Removed 2>&1 | tr -d '[]' | sed "s/,/\n/g" | head -n 1 | sed "s/.\(.*\)./\1/" here's what it does: loads content of...

The following code doesnt set the value of a to user input..why? Can anyone help plz... set /p a ="sdff " pause echo %a% pause

Hello, I have a very weird problem. I live in Brazil and my PC is using WIN 7 PT-BR, meaning that everything in the system is in PT-BR. Now to my problem - related to numbers: In English (EN) we use to write numbers like this: 1.00 or 1,000.00 (using the decimal point "." ). In Portuguese we...

I'm using a 3-year old Windows 7 HP Laptop, and until recently, I've never had any problems. As of today, my keyboard is no longer functioning properly. The keys will randomly keep disconnecting, the cursor jumps to different search bars, etc. Of course, even when some of the keys do choose to...