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    Windows 8 How do I show the onscreen keyboard in a full screen game?

    I have the game Hoyle Card Games running on a tablet with Windows 8. When the game starts, it opens in a full screen graphical layout and asks for a username, but I don't know how to get the keyboard up to type my name. is there a way to get the keyboard to show while in the game?
  2. Windows 7 CTRL + command not working

    Whenever I do CTRL + Z CTRL + P CTRL + C CTRL + R etc It barley works. What I usually do is hold CTRL and press the key. I end up having to press it like 5 - 15 times then it gets back to normal for a while, then goes back to me having to do that. I installed no new programs or nothing It...
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    Windows 8 How to Fix Reversed Keyboard Keys for Special Characters in Windows 8

    the windows 8 I installed have changed @ and ".. at the key where @ is supposed to be, " is there and at the key where " is supposed to be, @ is there.. it seems that the keys are reversed.. How to solve this!! plus i also, tried another copy of windows 8 but same result.. thanx in advance.. ^___^
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    Windows 7 Unexpected Cursor Freezing While Typing: Seeking Causes and Solutions

    Lately, on occasion, I'll be typing and will move the cursor to a new line. I'll just type a sentence or two, look up, and the line is blank. Cursor is absent for a few seconds, then appears and all is fine. (due to disability, I can no longer type 80 wpm without looking at the keyboard. I...
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    Windows 7 Down arrow key changes tabs

    Recently my arrow keys have been acting odd. I go to a page, scroll down, but it instead scrolls through tabs. It stays like that for a few minutes, then it's okay. Any idea why and how to fix?
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    Windows 7 Another input keyboard

    I defined one input keyboard (Spanish LatinAmerican) which is not English. Though I would like to keep the option to use as an exception the English keyboard. However sometimes the computer changes the input keyboard into the English one. And more rarely it changes to another keyboard...
  8. Windows 7 Does my laptop support touch?

    I was checking my system specs, and came over something that said like: ''Pen and touch: Touch input with 20 touchpoints'' This was translated from norwegian, and may not be 100% accurate. Any help appreciated!
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    Windows 7 Loss of English (uk) keyboard settings.

    Hello. I have somehow lost the Keyboard settings for English langauge (uk). The problem occurred today the first time I booted up. It seemed to boot fine at first, then I attempted to load IE. This took an inordinate amount of time. I then attempted to open task manager. Instead I just got a...
  10. Windows 7 Lost Text After Using Tablet PC Input on Windows 7: How to Recover?

    I used the tablet pc write to text input panel on my desktop [windows 7] to write a page of stuff, then pressed insert and it all disapeared,where the h--- did it go? can I get it back?8o|
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    Windows 7 Garbled characters in browser(s)

    Hello - I'm having an issue in Windows 7 where no matter what browser I use (IE9,Firefox,Chrome) I get certain portions of text on websites that show up as random (garbled) characters. They look like they're English, but their jumbled up. Even when I try to enter text on some sites (like this...
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    Windows 7 Seeking Ideas for Innovative Windows Programs: Join the Discussion!

    Hello windows users, my name is Elliott and I have decided to start developing programs that people will want to use. I am starting to get to know vb code and once complete I will be moving onto c# before finally doing c++ What I am looking for is for some ideas on what people would want...
  13. How To: Specify which monitor accepts simulated input with Surface.

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    Windows 7 Keyboard stopped working on windows 7 please help

    I have a problem with Windows 7. The keyboard stopped working form when I install VMware and uninstall it. In the BIOS it works fine. When I use a Linux partition (starting from DVD, "Knoppix") it works also fine. Also at bootloader leval its ok. But at Windows 7 it stopps working. Does not...
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    Windows 7 No Audio Input from an external device

    Computer Specs: Samsung Series 7 15" (Link Removed - Invalid URL) Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit Intel i7 processor 6gb ram i just bought a USB powered guitar pedal off craigslist (i've confirmed it to work on my 5 year old dell desktop downstairs) i want to run the pedal through my amp...
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    Understanding the Places Bar, Favorites and Libraries: How do they work, and how they can be customi

    Hi all, While using Windows XP, I used TweakUI to get the directories I frequently used with a minimum of fuss. The default options just didn't cut for me. At first, I thought the Libraries feature would be useful on Windows 7 but in my experience, they're more trouble than they're worth. What...
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    Windows 7 netsh mbn show interfaces results in command not found on Win7 64Bit

    Hi, I'm trying to run "netsh mbn show interfaces" from a .bat or .jar file on a Windows 7 64bit system but every time I run my file, it results in "The following command was not found mbn show interfaces". When I run that same command in a cmd.exe prompt, the result is correct and as...
  18. Windows 7 Change language in URL bar

    People, like myself, that have multilang systems, sometimes are typing something other than English, then go to the Internet and start typing a URL and only when they click Enter, realize that they didn't type in English. URL's are never anything but English so wouldn't it be great if no matter...
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    Windows 7 wierd keyboard issue

    Hello. every once in a while, I press something on my keyboard (honestly can't tell you what it is since I am usually in the middle of typing up a document and may not notice when I mis-typed) but my keyboard then will not use the proper letters for the keys I type. Example: I press "a" and I...
  20. Windows 7 Bluetooth issue with key being pressed down

    I have a Deltaco USB bluetooth adapter that I want to use to connect a wiimote to my computer to play games with. But when I plug the adapter in, the computer acts as if the up arrow-key is being constantly pressed down, making it scroll upwards or flip through options constantly. Nothing short...