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

[Matt Rideout]

I've had similar issues with a dual boot XP / Debian laptop under both 
OSes. Turned out that it really was the keyboard that was at fault.

Greg Freemyer wrote, On 10/02/2009 09:12 AM:
> Sid,
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> 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.
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> Greg
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> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Sid Lane <jakes.dad at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> o.k., like most people I've had just rebooting fix some pretty strange
>> things in windoze but this one takes the cake:
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>> 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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