Re: Control key problems with vDosXy?

[Bill Troop billtroop@xxxxxxxx]

Interesting. It just happened again. It happens very quickly and it
is hard to determine the sequence, but just now I confirmed that
there are times when the backspace key will behave as
control-backspace. I was certain that no other keys were pressed. It
seems to self-cure after it happens. I'll keep on eye on it. I
suspect it has something to do with some kind of inadvertent
keypress, for example control-space, but I cannot repeat the problem
when I try.

At 18/12/2014 23:15, you wrote:
> Bill,
> > My only negative experience with vDosXy has been that every now and
> > then when I use the backspace key, the control key seems to get
> > engaged, and whole lines, rather than characters, get deleted.
>
> I've not experienced anything like this with vDosXy. I have had the
> occasional "sticky" Shift, CapsLock or Ctrl key in VirtualBox, but I
> can usually unstick them by jiggling them. I must say that the problem
> seems to be worse in W2K running under the latest version of VBox
> (v4.3.20). A quick bit of Googling shows that the problem arises in
> many different contexts; several people recommend pressing and
> releasing both Ctrl keys together to get them unstuck. Worth a try.
>
> --
> Carl Distefano
> cld@xxxxxxxx