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Andy_T
30th of November 2005 (Wed), 10:52
Hi,

the strangest thing has happened to me ... when I tried to type something in Internet Explorer, the text came out in reverse order ... like this -> 'siht ekil'.

I closed Internet explorer and now everything is working again.

Is that some kind of weird feature that can be enabled via a hotkey or shortcut or should I be afraid of having contacted some kind of virus??? (If so, the folks at microsoft might think about documenting it in some kind of obvious way :rolleyes: )

Or is it some kind of software my employer has sneakily installed to keep me from surfing the net???

Anybody has EXPERIENCE with that kind of problem?

Best regards,
Andy
jfrancho
30th of November 2005 (Wed), 10:54
You have gremlins in your PC!
belmondo
30th of November 2005 (Wed), 10:56
Andy.

Are you sure your monitor isn't upside down?;)
Andy_T
30th of November 2005 (Wed), 11:12
No, it's a laptop ... too small for gremlins and the monitor can not be dismantled to be mounted upside-down.

So thank you for your contributions, but I could rule out these possibilities. I even checked if my glasses were dirty enough to account for mirroring the text I enter ... but nay. Not this one, either.

Best regards,
Andy
belmondo
30th of November 2005 (Wed), 11:15
You don't happen to be using CyberDyneSystem's keyboard, do you?

Umm, maybe your laptop was designed for use in the southern hemisphere?
RTMiller
30th of November 2005 (Wed), 11:18
Umm, maybe your laptop was designed for use in the southern hemisphere?
Good one! :D
RTMiller
30th of November 2005 (Wed), 11:31
Are you using Windows? Maybe check languages under Control Panel. Maybe you're set up for Hebrew or something.
Andy_T
30th of November 2005 (Wed), 11:45
Maybe you're set up for Hebrew or something.

That was one of my initial assumptions as well ... but it worked in word and notepad. Strange, maybe this will go down under the great unsolved mysteries...

And the keyboard might have been manufactured in the southern hemisphere ... it's one of those cheap Chinese 'Lenovo' ones sold as 'IBM' :lol:

Best regards,
Andy
SloNeZ600
30th of November 2005 (Wed), 12:05
Are you using MS Windows or MS Mirrors: LOL
wannasmaxx
30th of November 2005 (Wed), 14:29
Are you using MS Windows or MS Mirrors: LOL
Took me a second to get that one... luckily, my finger isn't as slow as my brain...
belmondo
30th of November 2005 (Wed), 14:59
Are you using MS Windows or MS Mirrors: LOL

Actually, that is very funny.
kenyc
30th of November 2005 (Wed), 15:00
Are you using MS Windows or MS Mirrors: LOL

ROTFLMAO!!!!

Maybe you have a keystroke trojan in your system. I'd be running every virus check program I have....

KAC
Briancd
30th of November 2005 (Wed), 21:31
tI dekool yako morf nwod ereh.
johnnybfan
1st of December 2005 (Thu), 00:25
tI dekool yako morf nwod ereh.

?lohocla lol :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: