Not at all. Users do the strangest things ... ask me! :-)

Glad I was able to help you get it sorted out.

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"Ross M. Greenberg" <greenber@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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Bingo!

My son was using my computer while drinking a soda. It ends up he stole
some soda in the keyboard and cleaned up without telling me. So the soda
dried overnight and got rather sticky. When I depressed NumLock for some
obscure reason the next day it stuck in the down position. Experiments in
Notepad proved the case. Sure it is embarrassing!

Thanks all!

Ross

"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
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> Sounds as if you have NumLock on - hitting the Del key with numlock on
> generates a period instead of a Del command.
>
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> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com
> * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
> * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
>
>
> "Ross M. Greenberg" <greenber@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> newsjLCk.43745$De7.15507@bignews7.bellsouth.net. ..
> What is the best newsgroup for asking questions for Windows Mail under
> Vista
> Ultimate?
>
> This morning when I was checking my e-mail my gray delete key could
> not/would not function as it had a last night. Instead of deleting the
> highlighted mail message, it just beeps. I can still delete from the
> context menu. The weirdest thing! It worked last night when I went to
> bed,
> and the machine was not turned off. Weird!
>