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Fulano
Lv 7
Fulano asked in Computers & InternetSoftware · 3 years ago

Text is entering backwards on Windows 10 Skype and Messenger, what might be causing it?

I just fired up the computer and found when I try to type in Skype, Messenger, or the Start Menu the focus keeps shifting upwards.

If I try to type, whatever is going on continuously returns the cursor to the start, so it looks like I'm typing backwards.

It doesn't happen in any other programs that I've found yet, just Skype and Messenger and the Start Menu.

In Skype if I click on a conversation it without typing it just continuously scrolls upwards through the conversation, highlighting each block of text.

I've restarted the computer, it doesn't seem to be any sort of stuck key, I'm suspecting it's some new bug with the latest big update Windows installed.

Update:

It seems to be related to some sort of keyboard shortcut, similar to the behavior of Page Up and Page down, except it's scrolling one line at a time in the upward direction. It just finishing installing the last set of Windows updates, I suspect they broke something again.

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  • Fulano
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    Well, it has resolved, whatever it was.

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