Sometimes it's the simple things...

I just helped a friend with what she thought was going to be a "day ending" computer problem.

I got this phone call back in response to an email that I had just sent. "Kevin, I got your email... I only have a minute... I need to get on a conference call." Wow, I must be important. Not really, it seems that my friends computer was acting up. Every time she went to answer an email windows would pop-up, menus would open, beeps and bells would sound. She said that she may have a virus, so she was calling people instead of replying to emails.

Well an hour or so later, my friend called me back. No luck identifying a virus, maybe something was corrupted on her computer. She described her computer as "acting up only when she typed, it didn't matter what program, just any typing would make it go crazy!"

So I asked, is your "Alt" key stuck?

Problem Solved: People forget that keyboard shortcuts typically use "Alt" + "some key". So the next time you think it may be something complicated, just remember that it's the simple solutions that escape us.