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Computer Help and Support

raccoon

(31,898 posts) Sat Feb 25, 2017, 08:33 AM Feb 2017

I have a Dell laptop and wireless mouse. Sometimes I can't type when I'm [View all]

on the Internet, including DU. I try to but nothing happens. At the same time, I can type in Wordpad and Word.

When I restart the machine, the problem goes away.

What causes this?

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I have a Dell laptop and wireless mouse. Sometimes I can't type when I'm [View all] raccoon Feb 2017 OP

What browser are you using to access the Internet? liberal N proud Feb 2017 #1

Firefox, usually. Sometimes IE. When it happens, it happens in both. nt raccoon Feb 2017 #6

Try a different browser and see it it is the same liberal N proud Feb 2017 #8

I got my first computer in 1984 matt819 Feb 2017 #2

Possible you have picked up a keylogger unc70 Feb 2017 #3

Does your WIFI drop periodically. From my experience with a Dell inspiron 7000, it used to drop still_one Feb 2017 #4

No. nt raccoon Feb 2017 #5

Sounds like a misbehaving piece of software Egnever Feb 2017 #7