what have i done to my computer?

[gorionine]

was fine this morning bnut i must have touched something as now it opens a new window for every thread i click on< my cusror just seem to have a mind of its own and when i try to go up and down a page it gos back a page instead >to top it all caps seem to be brocken too> omg! please help!

Before you ask< i have restarted it already and it made no difference!

run a virus scan

I suspect you've pressed something by mistake. Go into control panel, mouse, and it will probably be in the options somewhere in there

oh gosh yes do that too

OK, really weird, I have done What ingrid said, Control panel, then mouse I did not change any options on there and it all seems back to normal Thanks anyway as it seems to work now!

If it was a virus it would not have gone back to normal would it? should I still run the virus scan?

Still run it Gor, just in case.

I will. thanks again!

Just ran a quick scan, nothing found!

May depend which browser you are using, and whether some key was 'stuck' (control + 'click on link' can have different affect than just 'click on link', IYSWIM, but relate to an effect on one of the older browsers I use).

DD (who is my 12 yo IT consultant) thinks I must have pressed too long on the CTRL key and it sometimes "does funny things". She has no idea how it came back to normal on its own though.

Google "sticky keys" for an explanation of what can happen if you hold the SHIFT key too long.

Thanks CAUP, I think it might be that I pressessed shift rather than CTRL too long!