Steve

It could be you have 'sticky keys' on. Hit the shift key five times, hit
settings and turn everything off. Or go to accessibility under
startprogramsaccessoriesaccessibility

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HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England

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www.nickhodge.co.uk

"Steve" wrote in message
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i must hold keys down for 2 seconds. how do i get back to normal