Mona
Well-Known Member
OK, I bought a new laptop...a cheapie "Acer", but just wanted something I could work on at home, as well as take with me when I go somewhere so all my files and programs are there, so I can work doing my web updates away from home when needed. It hAS vISTA Home Premium installed.
Anyway, I am having some problems, that may or may not have fixes, and am sure you'll have answers.
1. I hunt and peck when i type, and I am forever hitting the wrong keys. I often hit the caps lock key, only to look up and realize that I HAVE TYPED A LOT IN CAPS. (OOPS! like now!!) My last 2 computers (desktop models) had an option that allowed me to disable the caps lock key, so it wouldn't lock in, but would only work if I held the shift key. I have looked through the setting and keyboard properties but can find nothing pertaining to this. Do you know if this would be on here, and maybe I am overlooking it somewhere?
2. Secondly, as i said, I hunt and peck to type, and another thing i AM FINDING IS THAT it somehow copies and pastes what I am typing, while I am typing, without me knowing how it is happening, and again, wondering if I can turn this off, as it places a line of words in the middle of something I have already typed. It is quite frustrating!
3. Lastly (at least for now) when using my old computer whenever I was at the forum, I could read a message, click the "back" button, and it would automatically refresh the page and showed it "faded" as being read. That way it was easy to always see what i had read and didn't, and know where I left off. Now I have to manually refresh the page each time. I could not find an option that I could check to automatically refresh with each visit. Am I missing something...is there some setting I can change to make it do that?
4. Sorry, just thought of one more thing! I run Norton, and got my subscription transferred over to this computer, but now my Norton Spam is not working, as it seems Windows "Junk Mail" program has taken over. Is there any way to make the Norton my default spam program? I tried to delete the Junk Email folder but it would not let me.
5. OOPS! I promise, this will be the last!! I am not allowed to save any files loose to my c-drive! It tells me I do not have permission to place anything there, AND i TRIED SETTING PERMISSIONS AND AGAIN, IT MAttered not, and still won't let me. It has a dual core processor, and allows me to save it to "D" drive, the other side, but not on C.
By the way, i REALLY hate these new "wide" screens as no matter what the resolution is set at, the websites all look different, like there is a waste of space on each side of many websites and the graphics look smaller or stretched out. DANG I HATE CHANGE!!!
Anyway, I am having some problems, that may or may not have fixes, and am sure you'll have answers.
1. I hunt and peck when i type, and I am forever hitting the wrong keys. I often hit the caps lock key, only to look up and realize that I HAVE TYPED A LOT IN CAPS. (OOPS! like now!!) My last 2 computers (desktop models) had an option that allowed me to disable the caps lock key, so it wouldn't lock in, but would only work if I held the shift key. I have looked through the setting and keyboard properties but can find nothing pertaining to this. Do you know if this would be on here, and maybe I am overlooking it somewhere?
2. Secondly, as i said, I hunt and peck to type, and another thing i AM FINDING IS THAT it somehow copies and pastes what I am typing, while I am typing, without me knowing how it is happening, and again, wondering if I can turn this off, as it places a line of words in the middle of something I have already typed. It is quite frustrating!
3. Lastly (at least for now) when using my old computer whenever I was at the forum, I could read a message, click the "back" button, and it would automatically refresh the page and showed it "faded" as being read. That way it was easy to always see what i had read and didn't, and know where I left off. Now I have to manually refresh the page each time. I could not find an option that I could check to automatically refresh with each visit. Am I missing something...is there some setting I can change to make it do that?
4. Sorry, just thought of one more thing! I run Norton, and got my subscription transferred over to this computer, but now my Norton Spam is not working, as it seems Windows "Junk Mail" program has taken over. Is there any way to make the Norton my default spam program? I tried to delete the Junk Email folder but it would not let me.
5. OOPS! I promise, this will be the last!! I am not allowed to save any files loose to my c-drive! It tells me I do not have permission to place anything there, AND i TRIED SETTING PERMISSIONS AND AGAIN, IT MAttered not, and still won't let me. It has a dual core processor, and allows me to save it to "D" drive, the other side, but not on C.
By the way, i REALLY hate these new "wide" screens as no matter what the resolution is set at, the websites all look different, like there is a waste of space on each side of many websites and the graphics look smaller or stretched out. DANG I HATE CHANGE!!!
