word locks up if place hand on keys for 8 sec w/o typing, why?

Co worker says word locks up if he places hands on keyboard without typing.
He said there was an error message that said something about 8 seconds.....
He couldnt give me complete message or error #. How do you unlock work
document so you can continue? Couldn't duplicate what he did.

Jay
Wed Aug 15 10:53:45 CDT 2007

Next time, tell your co-worker to stop and read the message (which was
information, not an error message) before he hits OK or Cancel -- he might
actually learn something. :-)

He turned on FilterKeys, which is one of the Windows Accessibility options,
by holding down the right Shift key for 8 seconds or more. To turn it off,
go to Start menu > Settings > Control Panel > Accessibility Options and
uncheck the "Use FilterKeys" box. To prevent it from turning on again, click
the Settings button and uncheck the "Use shortcut" box. You should probably
disable the shortcuts for the other three Accessibility options so your
co-worker doesn't stumble into them, too.

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teri0314 wrote:
> Co worker says word locks up if he places hands on keyboard without
> typing. He said there was an error message that said something about
> 8 seconds..... He couldnt give me complete message or error #. How
> do you unlock work document so you can continue? Couldn't duplicate
> what he did.

Jay
Wed Aug 15 14:16:35 CDT 2007

Correction -- that should say "the other two Accessibility options", or "all
three".

Jay Freedman wrote:
> Next time, tell your co-worker to stop and read the message (which was
> information, not an error message) before he hits OK or Cancel -- he
> might actually learn something. :-)
>
> He turned on FilterKeys, which is one of the Windows Accessibility
> options, by holding down the right Shift key for 8 seconds or more.
> To turn it off, go to Start menu > Settings > Control Panel >
> Accessibility Options and uncheck the "Use FilterKeys" box. To
> prevent it from turning on again, click the Settings button and
> uncheck the "Use shortcut" box. You should probably disable the
> shortcuts for the other three Accessibility options so your co-worker
> doesn't stumble into them, too.
>
> teri0314 wrote:
>> Co worker says word locks up if he places hands on keyboard without
>> typing. He said there was an error message that said something about
>> 8 seconds..... He couldnt give me complete message or error #. How
>> do you unlock work document so you can continue? Couldn't duplicate
>> what he did.