Windows Update

[Randy]

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I hope someone can help me out with this. I wanted to
update my system with XP sp 2 although when I went to do
this I was prompted to download the new update installer
from microsoft. So I download the first part and it ask to
restart which I did. When it booted back up it came up
with a filter keys message, I selected settings to see
what it was and it also had sticky keys and other options.
I decide to cancel that and then click on my IE icon which
then selected every icon from that point up on my desktop.
I was unable to stop this from happening so I went back to
a previous restore and the problem went away. I did not
get the filter keys message upon restart. I tried to
download the windows update installer again and it did the
same thing. Again I hope someone can help me out with this.
Thank you, Randy

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:24:56 -0700, Randy wrote:

> I hope someone can help me out with this. I wanted to
> update my system with XP sp 2 although when I went to do
> this I was prompted to download the new update installer
> from microsoft. So I download the first part and it ask to
> restart which I did. When it booted back up it came up
> with a filter keys message, I selected settings to see
> what it was and it also had sticky keys and other options.
> I decide to cancel that and then click on my IE icon which
> then selected every icon from that point up on my desktop.
> I was unable to stop this from happening so I went back to
> a previous restore and the problem went away. I did not
> get the filter keys message upon restart. I tried to
> download the windows update installer again and it did the
> same thing. Again I hope someone can help me out with this.
> Thank you, Randy

It sounds like your keyboard has a few stuck keys - specifically Ctrl and
Shift. Go back to Accessibility Options in Control Panel. In the StickyKeys
section, uncheck the box to use the keyboard shortcut. Then click on the
Settings button and uncheck the box next to "use keyboard shortcut." Repeat
the steps for FilterKeys. This won't stop the keys from sticking but it
will stop those features from starting.

Try giving the keyboard a good cleaning. Hopefully the results will be keys
that aren't sticking.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User