Dunno what I did to my Dell Laptop, but my "page down", "page up" keys don't do anything.

Same with "home" and "end"

And I can't use my space bar to page down either.

Win XP Pro.

Any ideas?

have you tried program, tools, restore to a later date

I am not a teckie but I have a Dell

Great computer that only Dell can service and no one else will touch at all making it useless

I still have no 26th letter of the alphabet here and sometimes my cursor goes nutty

Try turning it on and off and seeing if that helps

If not, maybe wundermaus can help out, he usually has an answer

Dunno. Check your keyboard's connection. Replug it in. If that doesn't work. Try rebooting. If that doesn't work use the "shotgun"; System Restore. Restore the system to a day or two ago. That works for me when I get in a jam. If that doesn't work swap your keyboard.

i think he said laptop lol

Oh. Sorry my bad. Try the System Restore. Otherwise you may have a hardware problem.

no I haven't. Where is "program tools" found?

Hi jeffmoskin...
Could be something to do with the function key being enabled... check to see if is engaged. Please provide model number so I can investigate in more detail.

does not sound like a restore issue...

Dell Inspiron 300m

Thanks ... give me a few minutes...

do you use shift to enable the page up page down functions (are the keys multifunction)?

if has been enable wouldn't restore put it back like it was when it was working

I think it is something simple like a fuction key enabled thats why i dont think restore would help or be necessary

I just noticed a little LED on under a padlock icon with an arrow pointed down.

So I did function/scroll lock and it went out.

now the page up/dn works.

we're part way there.

Yee Haa! -- what about home and end?



---- jeff where'd ya go?


( I think he's okay now...)

I just noticed a little LED on under a padlock icon with an arrow pointed down.

So I did function/scroll lock and it went out.

now the page up/dn works.

we're part way there.

never fear wundermaus to the rescue

Thanks Vet... love a challenge!

you want help me build one lol

No Problem... tell me what you want it to do and I will spec it for you.

jeffmoskin...
you okay now or are there still some issues to resolve?

i have replaced the harddrive, cd burner,modem,and the memory.
need power supply and motherboard

my goodness! that is the whole enchilada! Why are you doing all this? The motherboard is the last step. What kinds of problems were you having???

this thing was bought in 2000 over the years ran out of memory next the burner quit
just one thing after another

What is this thing? A Dell, HP, Compaq...? And why are you planning on replacing the motherboard and power supply? The Poersupply is supper easy to replace and usually costs under $50 for a good one... that wold be one of the first thinks I replaced if it was wierd ... intermittant stuff... of course I would stick just one stick of memeory in it to see if there memory issues... and them trade out that single stick for a different one if the problem persisted... you get the idea? yes?

Mystery solved.

Well, not exactly.

Mystery IDENTIFIED.

I only have the problem using Firefox.

With IE6, all the pg up, dn, home, end, spacebar functions work fine.

Looks like it's not a Dell or XP problem after all.

Thank's anyway, everybody.

Now to uninstall and reinstall FF.

my wife bought this gateway had no idea she was going to.
it has the old 433meg intel celeron processor, i have added stick of memory
i think it up to 192 now just slow when editing pictures

the info has the motherboard WL810 AAA15006-206 intel corp

funny you should metion that... my daughter had the same problem a few days ago after updating her firefox! rebooting solved the problem.

yikes! 433 celeron... not much horsepower there... replacing the motherboard would be a good idea... 192mb ram? is this an xp? if so you are runnning with too little ram... should be at least 512mb.

You can get a really nice basic computer for around $600. By the time you piece it all together and configure it... it's cheaper to buy it canned and in the box.

well, I'm on IE6 right now.

I uninstalled and re-installed FF 1.5 without any improvement.

I will post the solution, assuming I ever find it.

At least it's good to have my helper keys working again.

Strange... try going to firefox's home page and downloading the latest version... 1.5.0.4
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ and installing that one... I will look into the problem further... thanks!

it had 64 add 127 memory and yes i've in stalled xp home
had to partition the hard drive 40gb/120gb
it will lock up maybe one time a week

Do a 3 finger salute (Control Alt Delete) and then click on the performance tab to check your peak ram usage in the lower left corner... my peak usage is 854MB what's yours?

BTW - you should check your virtual ram settings... for the amount of ram you have it sould be set to 384MB for both min and max. Let me know if you need help setting that up.

CPU RUN 12% TO 17% AT IDLE
PF USAGE 322MB

I need to know your peak ram usage... there is total, limit and peak in the lower left of the performance window... BTW - PF usage tell me that you do not have enough ram... only 192 installed and needing about 130 mb more ram.... just to idle...

jeff... you are not the only one having these problems...

http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.sup...f75c51a500e74f3

I thought you said "trekkie" and got all excited.

the one that has total
handles 7640
thread 384
process 33

this the one

hmmm... the Commit Charge (K) one... no problem... looks like the info you gave me is enough... YOU NEED MORE RAM!!! no big deal though... except that your system will crawl like a slug... what is your virtual ram set to?

see if this works click the link
http://www.commongroundcommonsense.org/for...&cmd=si&img=473

Pretty slick Screen shot there! Yupe that did it! your peak usage of memory is 481MB... so 512MB would be a good idea to maximize the performance of your system.

BTW - based on that info... your virtual ram should be increased to 1024MB for both min and max settings.

ok how do i do that lol

Want to go into chat and I can walk you through it?

ok see ya their it will take while for this to load on dial up

no problem... i'll wait...

vet...

if you are having trouble with the chat function


here are the directions to change your virtual memory settings...

right click on my computer

click on properties

click on the advanced tab

click on the performance settings

click on advanced

click on change

select custom size

then put 1024 in initial size
and
1024 in maximum size

click okay / click okay / click okay

Vet,

Your system ( Gateway ESSENTIAL 433C) will only support a maximum of 256MB of Ram and it only supports 2 slots for RAM to be installed. Since you have a 128 + 64, you really can't add much more RAM - replacing the 64 with a 128 stick will only increase your ram another 64 MB... not worth it really. If you see a special sale for a 128MB ram stick, then pick it up ( 128MB 168pin PC100 SDRAM DIMM)

Here is a good source - (and for only $18) http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...49541&CatId=145

this made big improvement thanks wundermaus

That's great! Glad to meet you and be of service!