[ale] OT: bizzarest thing a windoze reboot fixed?

[Greg Freemyer]

Sid,

I hate to say it, but I've fixed similar keyboard issues in linux that
way.  Having a usb keyboard gives you the extra option of reseating
it.

Greg

On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Sid Lane <jakes.dad at gmail.com> wrote:
> o.k., like most people I've had just rebooting fix some pretty strange
> things in windoze but this one takes the cake:
>
> a few min ago I was responding to a email on my work laptop (a Dell D820
> running XP) when the "t" & "h" keys, and ONLY the "t" & "h" keys stopped
> working (yes, I checked rest of them in two different apps).  I was afraid
> it was because our cat likes to curl up on (& more specifically walk across)
> it but the guy next to me suggested I reboot.  I never in a million years
> would have expected it to work (/was just doing "due dilligence" so I could
> move on to actual repair) but IT FIXED IT!!!  _W_ _T_ _F_!?!?!?
>
> so that got me thinking - what's the most bizarre thing anyone's ever seen a
> reboot fix on a windoze box?
>
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