A Perplexing Problem

@akalinus (44366)
United States
June 24, 2024 12:45pm CST
I have a perplexing problem while typing on the internet. My arm touches something and deletes everything. I can not figure out what is going on. I typed up a bit of nonsense and tried every key to see if that was the one my right arm touched. I cannot make it disappear but if I am just typing, I have to keep starting over and over. Does this happen to you? Have you figured out why that happens? Do you have any puzzling internet problems that you cannot solve? I hope you can share it with us and tell us how you tried to fix it
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jaishankar
@Shivram59 (50131)
• India
25 Jun 24
No;I have never had any such problem.I use my phone to access the internet.A few years back I was using a desktop.Then I started using my phone.Initially it was not comfortable;but gradually I got used to it.
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jaishankar
@Shivram59 (50131)
• India
26 Jun 24
@akalinus It was different in my desktop.Each button had a single letter.I have never heard of a button having three letters.I can imagine how difficult it was for you to type.Do you still have the same computer??
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
26 Jun 24
This was on the phone and a long time ago. It is much easier now and I text all the time instead of calling and bothering someone.
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jaishankar
@Shivram59 (50131)
• India
26 Jun 24
@akalinus I started using my phone to access internet.I had bought my first computer;a desktop;in 2010.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Jun 24
I hate laptops for that reason. I found that just touching the curser pad was enough to highlight everything I wrote and delete it. I much prefer the desktop. I don't have that problem.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
29 Jun 24
Computers make writing simpler than it was without them. i wrote everything out by hand and typed it on an old portable typewriter. I had to mess with mistakes and rearranging. I remember cutting my pages into sections and pasting or stapling them down in a new arrangement and then retyping. Carbon paper was my worst enemy. Along came the desktop and then the laptop. It made it easier to delete everything at once. Such an improvement???
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
29 Jun 24
@just4him Yes, even the portable typewriter had ribbon problems, carbon paper nightmares, and incompetence by the user, me. I did not say anything about tangled or stuck keys or just broken ones. I had a T missing on an old typewriter. Did you ever notice how often we use that letter? Sometimes, I think progress should kiss my glass.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Jun 24
@akalinus Improvements come with their own set of problems.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
24 Jun 24
Not that, but sometimes I accidentally end up deleting a discussion on mylot and not sure how. My current internet problem is my windows based computer suddenly doesn't want to recognize my wifi connection. The adapter was supposed to be fixing itself but it didn't.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
25 Jun 24
Do you mean a discussion when you are writing it? I often find it again if I just press the discussion tab. It is right there and does not erase. Did you try resetting the wifi or sign back into it? Most home-based wifis require a password. Perhaps you are off a number or letter. Is this for a smartphone or a landline?
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snowy
@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
25 Jun 24
@akalinus I am the one who sets everything up around here. I know how it works. It is normal today. Thanks..
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Jun 24
Yes. If I am wearing an over-shirt, it can graze keys on the far right of my keyboard that I have no knowledge of or control over.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
25 Jun 24
You are close to the problem, I think. My arm does the same thing even though I am wearing short sleeves. It is maddening. I also get popups for different directions on the internet that have nothing to do with me.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
25 Jun 24
@TheHorse Thanks. Today started out with a chill, thunder, and pouring rain. In a couple of hours, I saw blue sky showing between the clouds.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Jun 24
@akalinus Very odd. I hope you can solve the problem. Right now I am wearing no shirt and have had no issues. It is going to be a warm one today.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jun 24
I'm sorry this is happening but I've no idea what is causing it. I keep having double letters appear. I put it down to me not getting my fingers off the keys fast enough.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
25 Jun 24
Do you mean the letters type twice? Is it at the end of words or throughout your work?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Jun 24
@akalinus Throughout my work and sometimes there are extra spaces.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
27 Jun 24
@akalinus Thanks for the suggestion. I'll look into it.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
25 Jun 24
I haven't had any problems recently (knock on wood). I don't know what would cause yours. Have a good day.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
25 Jun 24
I bought this computer in 2020 with stimulus money from the pandemic. I have used it almost every day and only recently started having this problem.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
26 Jun 24
@LindaOHio What is a touchpad? Am I missing something here?
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
26 Jun 24
@akalinus Have you tried touching the touchpad?
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much2say
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Jun 24
How strange! I don't know how that can happen. However there have been times when I've written out entire discussions on myLot and ZAP - somehow my entire post disappears before I have a chance to save or submit it. It hasn't happened in a long time though.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
25 Jun 24
That has happened to me twice in recent days. I don't know if the trouble is on myLot's end or something I did.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (153544)
• India
25 Jun 24
Couldl this be the reason?
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/text-disappears-as-i-type-aa70b771-4733-47a6-bb98-78130afd083c#:~:text=Cause,was%20pr
support.microsoft.com
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/text-disappears-as-i-type-aa70b771-4733-47a6-bb98-78130afd083c#:~:text=Cause,was%20pressed%20on%20the%20keyboard.
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
25 Jun 24
That has happened to me. It makes me mad but I did not know there was a fix because I could not search it because I did not know what it was called. In my case, text just disappears for no reason I can see.
DB
@dgobucks226 (37621)
•
29 Jul 24
That has happened to me too. Just disappears and can't discover what key it was. I really get annoyed having to start over! Oh well, the mysteries of life as they say...
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Jo Ann
@akalinus (44366)
• United States
30 Jul 24
The internet is confusing and fraught with dangers. The mysteries of the web are many and varied.
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