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We have 2 authorised browsers, chrome and IE, I have become so frustrated with chrome remove the ctrl insert/shift insert I'm going to have to go back to IE. FFfaaarrrrkkkkk!!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Nice to know other people still use that shortcut
Ctrl C is hard to reach with the right hand (left mouse user)
Keyboards without the insert key are also stupid. Luckily they're not so common anymore
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Hi! Only way I can reach you, since you disabled the "email" link on your messages ...
Could you do us all a favour?
When you report an article as spam, that only "tags" the article - it doesn't do anything with the spammer. So please, when you hit "spam", please also report the user as well?
And because articles get closed with 5 "spam" votes, and it takes 10 to close an account, it would really help if you would also report both article and user here: Spam and Abuse Watch Discussion Boards[^] as the community can join in with the kicking and get rid of them quicker!
(You'll probably also get a little extra reputation as well, which is nice.)
Thanks!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Thanks for the message, I didn't realize that the user needed to be reported separately!
Will do in future.
(enabled private emails too, don't remember why I disabled it in the first place...)
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You're welcome!
The email thing - probably privacy, but it's pretty safe. If I send you a "private email" via the link, you get my email so you can reply - but I don't get yours until you do. If you don't specifically use the email address you get sent I never get a clue what yours is, it never becomes public.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Works for me in version 57.0.2987.98 (64 bit).
BTW, Ctrl C and Ctrl V are not bad. 
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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Just install firefox and rename the shortcuts to goggle chrom. (Can steal the fugly krom icorn too)
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My condolences about IE.
One reason I never latched on to shortcuts involving INS, DEL, PGUP, PGDN etc is that those keys tend to go walkabout. Each new keyboard has them somewhere different, and if you switch machines a lot, it becomes a right PITA.
I have one laptop (Asus) which has the cursor inverted-T wedged in too tight, to the point that my right pinkie hits UP and thinks it's right shift. I am forced to use an external keyboard to avoid the (otherwise excellent) lappie sailing out the nearest window.
Dredging into distant memories, I recall the grief I had when CRTL and CAPS LOCK swapped places. When was that, 70's? 80s?
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Peter_in_2780 wrote: those keys tend to go walkabout
Tell me about it, I have a laptop where the pgup key is where the shift key should be. It probably is not a big problem for the touch typist but I have never managed to master that skill.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Lenovo is similar except it is the PgUp key, thank Ghu for ctrl X
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Peter_in_2780 wrote: those keys tend to go walkabout
Yep, same here. I used to use only Ctrl+insert and so, and was even making funny of the Ctrl+C/+V "microsoft" copy and pasters. Then tried. Never came back, mostly because c/v keys on the left hand and mouse on the right.
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Could be worse: There's always Execrable Edge ... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Interestingly, I just tried in in Chrome Version 56.0.2924.87 (64-bit) and they work fine ... I used them to copy'n'paste the version numbers.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Ho they put it back, bloody astonishing!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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They don't want anyone to have suffer IE!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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"ctrl insert" copied and pasted with
ctrl insert/shift insert using Chrome 57.0.2987.98 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: the ctrl insert/shift insert
I haven't used those in so long I had to read the replies to remember what they did! 
Marc
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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I spend my day with the left hand firmly attached to the rat and I haven't swapped the buttons so any right hander can use it.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Freshly installed laptop running Windows 8.1. Freshly installed VS 2017 - took 2 hours to download and install. Rebooted after installation completed. Crashes within seconds of opening it. tried 7-8 times. Rebooted and tried too. Same thing.
Tomorrow - uninstall 2017, install 2015 update 3 and go from there. 
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I never thought VS 2007 would happen to me either  I'm still using 2015. I'm always wary of new releases of MS products.
Yes I'm a pedant.
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Sorry - my bad 
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Interesting. I am always amazed that people are having problems with VS setup. I have never faced it. I have never used web installers, I always close absolutely everything I was running when I install anything. First step after install is to restart (whether they tell me to do it or not).
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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lw@zi wrote: I am always amazed that people are having problems with VS setup. I have never faced it.
Translation: "Please hate me!"
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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No iso for vs 2017. They have an undocumented or blog-documented workaround that lets you run the web installer with a custom command line arg that's supposed to create an offline installation folder - tried it twice, did not work for me. It does not work for lots of people based on quick searching. So was forced to use this web installer. This is annoying if you want to re-install or install on more than one device.
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Add my story to the collection...
Uninstalled vs15 - never really used it (seemed flaky on old projects),
vs13 I guess got sad at being left alone and stopped working too. (start, show start page, close)
Repair-installed vs13, no joy. Complete uninstall, reinstall, still no fun.
This weekends job: clean reinstall OS (w7), install vs13. ... Forget vs15, too broken and wont ever be fixed
actually not that upset, many years of dreck have built up in my box, was long 'bout time for proper scrub behind the ears.
...[re]installing is OK, it's getting all the prefs back that's the PITA ... woe betide any ms fanlemmings within earshot.
Finally, got the flu anyway, so I have a real excuse to avoid other humans anyway.
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