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Question from Jason: I recently bought a tablet with Windows 10 and I think it has a buggy onscreen keyboard.
Every time I tap the space bar twice in a row it automatically types a period after the last word I typed.
I don’t like that because I use a lot of double spaces and I have to go back and delete the period every time.
I’m thinking this has to be a bug in the software (it’s an el-cheapo tablet). Do you know if there’s a fix for it?
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Question from Anthony: If I send a message to someone on Facebook Messenger but then immediately change my mind and delete it, will the other person still see it?
I got mad at my girlfriend and sent her a really mean message. I’m afraid if she sees it she’ll break up with me.
I deleted the message less than 30 seconds after I sent it.
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Question from Judy D:. Is there any way to tell if a phone charger is bad? The wall charger that came with my phone seems to work ok but it takes forever to charge my battery.
It usually takes a little over 2 hours to charge my phone completely up when the battery is really low, but the charger that came with my sister’s phone will do it in about an hour.
Do you think I need to buy a new charger?
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Question from Dorean W.: Hi Rick! I’m teaching myself how to use Microsoft Excel and I’ve run into a problem.
I used to be able to use the arrow keys on my keyboard to move from cell to cell, but all of a sudden that has stopped working. Now the arrow keys cause the entire page to move either up and down or side to side.
Can you tell me how to fix this? My computer is running Windows 10.
Thanks in advance for your help!
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Question from Anita L.: Hi Rick. I hope you can answer a computer question for me.
I’ve been using computers for over 30 years, but believe it or not I just bought my very first laptop. Yay me!!
Long story short, I love the laptop but absolutely hate the keyboard!
I know that I can buy a new USB keyboard and plug it in and it will work, but I have an old Cherry PS/2 style keyboard that I’ve had for many years. I’d really love to use that keyboard because I love the feel and sound of the mechanical keys.
The problem is my laptop doesn’t have a PS/2 keyboard connector. Is there any way I can make this keyboard work with my laptop? Some kind of adapter maybe?
Thanks for your help. Love your site by the way!!!
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