Please help. Last night something really scary hap
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| 1 | To my desktop computer. My mums friend sent me a you tube video link of her late husband's funeral,. I got the link ok and was going to type backand says thanks. I will show mum 2morow. So I clicked on reply then all of sudden, thislittle squiggle came flying a rose these sreen flattack. It wouldn't stop. It was as if I held you finger on the key myself.but I didnt. So I freaked out It and I tried to shutdown and I went to shutdown.( windows 10) , and f me days it wouldn't let me. And in the little search bar those squiggles came sreaming along thescreen again. It all happened so quick but I think I kept clicking to try and stop it and then the menu bar came back and I could click shut down. I'm typing on tablet cause I really want to know what it was. katybaty - 2021-09-17 07:34:00 |
| 2 | Omg. Sorry for grammar. I'm trying to type in bed. The squiggle came flying across the screen flat tack. katybaty - 2021-09-17 07:36:00 |
| 3 | Did the squiggle fly across the SCREEN ? Or did it fly across where you were trying to type ? Perhaps it was just a stuck key? nice_lady - 2021-09-17 07:57:00 |
| 4 | Have you tried to restart the computer to see if whatever it is still happens ? nice_lady - 2021-09-17 08:00:00 |
| 5 | nice_lady wrote: it went flying across just as I was going to type. It was EXACTLY like a stuck key. And I trying to remember what the squiggle was. It wasn't a comma or exclamation mark. I will see if I can find one. katybaty - 2021-09-17 08:01:00 |
| 6 | So restart the computer and see if it happens again. It's probably a stuck key. nice_lady - 2021-09-17 08:03:00 |
| 7 | nice_lady wrote: I'm a bit scared lol. But I will. It was like it was possesd. katybaty - 2021-09-17 08:04:00 |
| 8 | ``````````````````````````````- katybaty - 2021-09-17 08:24:00 |
| 9 | F%can me. It's the left click button. That's what it does. I'm back on tablet. katybaty - 2021-09-17 08:26:00 |
| 10 | SSSCRREEAAAMS. FN PREDICITIVE TXT. katybaty - 2021-09-17 08:27:00 |
| 11 | Left clik button on the mouse ? nice_lady - 2021-09-17 08:29:00 |
| 12 | nice_lady wrote: yes. Now I'm 2 scared to shut it down.cause as soon as I left click to do that the squiggles start going crazy in the search bar and it won't let me go to the shut down restart option. katybaty - 2021-09-17 08:33:00 |
| 13 | Is this a desktop or laptop and does it have a touch screen ? Either way if you hold the Ctrl key and tap Esc key it'll bring up the start menu. Then use arrow keys to go to the shutdown menu and then tap enter when you're on the right place to shut down. And if you have a spare mouse plug it in and see what happens Edited by nice_lady at 8:44 am, Fri 17 Sep nice_lady - 2021-09-17 08:42:00 |
| 14 | Jeez calm down....it's probably just somethings tuck. Why freak out? You could have first, exited the program you had open, tried again. If it did it more, then do a restart. lythande1 - 2021-09-17 08:54:00 |
| 15 | its a desktop. no touch screen. mouse plugged in and i dont have a spare. im walking away now. internet keeps cutting out and when i do a windows troublehoot it keeps coming up with something like gateaway not available. then the diagnostic fixes that and it comes right again. but its stopped 3 times already so i just went and turned the modem off for a bit, but iv got to walk away.im over it. i have a uti( 2 much info i know) and im not feeling great so will go have some brekky and come back. katybaty - 2021-09-17 08:56:00 |
| 16 | lythande1 wrote: im freaking out casue the fkn squiggles just go on and on and on. and i cant stop them. ok at the moment though. katybaty - 2021-09-17 08:57:00 |
| 17 | and if u read i couldnt shut down or restart b4. the squiggles took over in the search box. katybaty - 2021-09-17 08:58:00 |
| 18 | Pull the mains plug out hazelthecat - 2021-09-17 09:16:00 |
| 19 | katybaty wrote: It's a message from the other side. gyrogearloose - 2021-09-17 09:23:00 |
| 20 | katybaty wrote:
Use the keyboard as I said nice_lady - 2021-09-17 09:25:00 |
| 21 | nice_lady wrote: just tried that and the squiggles started up again in the search box b4 i even had time to shut down. so i just kept taping the enter bar to try and get rid of it and it came back to the tm page i was on. katybaty - 2021-09-17 09:36:00 |
| 22 | I mean it. Pull the plug. When you restart the PC it will sort itself out. Think power cut - Win 10 is really good at recovering. hazelthecat - 2021-09-17 16:46:00 |
| 23 | unplug keyboard? tygertung - 2021-09-17 16:52:00 |
| 24 | No, the power plug. hazelthecat - 2021-09-17 17:47:00 |
| 25 | Wind up alnz15 - 2021-09-17 21:33:00 |
| 26 | You obviously are not familiar with the OP. I doubt it's any wind up. nice_lady - 2021-09-18 05:33:00 |
| 27 | nice_lady wrote: thanks.i reckon. i showed the picture of the squiggles in my post, except that didnt of course show in my post how they would have just kept going and going if i hadnt of kept frantically tapping keys to try and stop it. maybe that person didnt actually look at the squiggles, or maybe s/he just couldnt answer my question. but anyway, i did unplug it this morning. and so far its ok. katybaty - 2021-09-18 14:25:00 |
| 28 | ~~~~stuck key~~~~~ ronaldo8 - 2021-09-18 22:13:00 |
| 29 | tygertung wrote:
lol was that a serious suggestion? after doing so what then? hit ctrl alt del ? ronaldo8 - 2021-09-18 22:14:00 |
| 30 | Katybaty threads are always good for a laugh. marmar1 - 2021-09-19 06:57:00 |
| 31 | marmar1 wrote: omfg. if i lived closer id just want to go over and bi$ch slap the black/white off ya. how rude. thats the trouble with some of you computer people. you just cant comprehend that some people had a late start in life with computers. and just simple things that you think, omfg, does s/he really not know that. ? well guess what. we dont really know that. what do u think we come to a message board for? but i dont care. im getting a little better at solving problems. but the squiggles just going by themselves did get to me a bit. katybaty - 2021-09-19 10:41:00 |
| 32 | ronaldo8 wrote: did u see my picture.? its like that. except mine had the dash on the end. katybaty - 2021-09-19 10:42:00 |
| 33 | As others have said above more than likely a stuck key on the keyboard, if you unplug the keyboard does it stop? loud_37 - 2021-09-19 10:50:00 |
| 34 | loud_37 wrote: good morning. it seems to be ok at the moment. i unplugged everything yesterday, and i now know which key and other keys to try if it does it again. but the suggestion that nice lady said about the control and escape key,,that didnt work cause the squiggles took over.so i couldnt get to shut down that way. katybaty - 2021-09-19 10:57:00 |
| 35 | omg. i just slid a bit of paper down the sides of my keys. specially that squiggle one and a piece of fluff came out. Edited by katybaty at 10:59 am, Sun 19 Sep katybaty - 2021-09-19 10:58:00 |
| 36 | Perhaps it was jammed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- tygertung - 2021-09-19 20:23:00 |
| 37 | if you turn a keyboard upside down and shake gently, you'll be surprised how much crap can fall out from under the keys king1 - 2021-09-19 20:30:00 |
