"Strange" things happening while typing posts
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"Strange" things happening while typing posts
Lately I've been experiencing some very strange things happening while composing responses in threads on PR&C.
Mostly I find that my cursor jumps into already composed sentences while I'm typing, I look up to find my sentence all jacked up.
While composing in a thread a few minutes ago, a window popped up that said something about it being a dupe thread, it wasn't open long enough for me to read it all, but when it closed I was suddenly kicked to the top of the thread and my reply was posted without me finishing it
Just wondering if anyone else having similar problems.
Maybe I change out my tinfoil
Mostly I find that my cursor jumps into already composed sentences while I'm typing, I look up to find my sentence all jacked up.
While composing in a thread a few minutes ago, a window popped up that said something about it being a dupe thread, it wasn't open long enough for me to read it all, but when it closed I was suddenly kicked to the top of the thread and my reply was posted without me finishing it
Just wondering if anyone else having similar problems.
Maybe I change out my tinfoil
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Lately I've been experiencing some very strange things happening while composing responses in threads on PR&C.
Mostly I find that my cursor jumps into already composed sentences while I'm typing, I look up to find my sentence all jacked up.
While composing in a thread a few minutes ago, a window popped up that said something about it being a dupe thread, it wasn't open long enough for me to read it all, but when it closed I was suddenly kicked to the top of the thread and my reply was posted without me finishing it
Just wondering if anyone else having similar problems.
Maybe I change out my tinfoil
Mostly I find that my cursor jumps into already composed sentences while I'm typing, I look up to find my sentence all jacked up.
While composing in a thread a few minutes ago, a window popped up that said something about it being a dupe thread, it wasn't open long enough for me to read it all, but when it closed I was suddenly kicked to the top of the thread and my reply was posted without me finishing it
Just wondering if anyone else having similar problems.
Maybe I change out my tinfoil
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From: Norfolk Virginia
"While composing in a thread a few minutes ago, a window popped up that said something about it being a dupe thread, it wasn't open long enough for me to read it all, but when it closed I was suddenly kicked to the top of the thread and my reply was posted without me finishing it "
Acts like some weird virus
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I think our keyboards are dirty
After I spilled water upon my new laptop kbd a few characters would suddenly appear so I switched to a wireless kbd and no problemo now.
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You don't need to change your tin foil hat, you need to do a thorough check for spyware on your computer. Cause baby, you got it. And stop downloading sketchy Japanese bukkake **** from Russian sites.
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So, download a program called WinDirStat. Install and run. When finished running, check to see which programs consume the most runtime by looking at the amount of space the file comsumes.
http://windirstat.info/
Hope this helps.
http://windirstat.info/
Hope this helps.
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I have it happen occasionally. I think it's because I am using a laptop and sometimes bump the track pad with my palm or some other user error. It is frustrating though. It does not happen on my tablet or desktop and I use the same security software on all of them.
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It seems to be because the page doesn't fully load before you start typing so your web browser doesn't index the cursor properly
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"While composing in a thread a few minutes ago, a window popped up that said something about it being a dupe thread, it wasn't open long enough for me to read it all, but when it closed I was suddenly kicked to the top of the thread and my reply was posted without me finishing it" This might be a tinfoil issue
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This happens way too often for me so I tend to wait until everything settles down