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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-10 08:41 PM
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Help! My cat has walked across my keyboard it has changed the setting for my window explorer. The
task bar at the top has disappeared and only reappears when I point the mouse arrow up at the top. How do I change it back? I have no idea which key the cat pressed to make it happen.
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HERVEPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-10 08:43 PM
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1. try f11
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-10 09:00 PM
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2. Thank you so much. It was really bothering me. The stupid cat had walked across that key so often
that it had changed permanently.LOL!
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HERVEPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-10 09:20 PM
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3. Happy to help!
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-10 11:18 PM
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10. Wow, that's really lame. Does anyone actually prefer that look?
:shrug:
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-10 10:50 PM
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4. Yeah, but I'll bet you're cat was really cute doing it?...
...:-)
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-10 11:03 PM
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6. Oh he was trying to get my attention for sure.
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carlyhippy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-10 10:52 PM
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5. LOL! I just had the same problem
my kitten is getting just heavy enough to push down the keys when she walks across my keyboard. I had to f11 to get my screen normal, then there was a window asking me if I wanted to use carat (?) browsing turned on haha, I have no idea what that was, so I said NO
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-10 11:07 PM
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7. You could get this software:
http://www.bitboost.com/pawsense/

It detects "cat-like typing" and locks up the keyboard til you type in a password.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-10 11:09 PM
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8. That is so cool. Wish I had a credit card but I don't.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-10 11:10 PM
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9. Of course, cat-like typing might not be caused by cats at all...
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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-10 11:39 PM
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15. I'll be damned.
There's software for everything.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-10 11:20 PM
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11. I just made my cat walk backwards over the key board and that
kind of fixed it...
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-10 11:33 PM
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12. LOL!
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-10 11:38 PM
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13. I was going to say something like that.
:rofl:
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-10 11:38 PM
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14. Well, cats chase mice.
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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-10 11:41 PM
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16. My cat killed my mouse.
Chewed on the cord and I had to buy a new one.
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