Thanks very much, Steve.

One way or the other, we'll get to the bottom of what's happening here.  In
the meantime, I'll just keep re-instating the shortcuts when they appear to
have been lost.

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: off topic: shortcut hot keys occasionally disappearing


> Tom,
>
> I agree that we can't blame the university network for this
> one.  Maybe you should look for things that modify the icons in your
> Start Menu, although I can't think of anything that does, or even
> imagine why anyone would ever want to modify those icons.  I still
> suspect that the system may be doing some kind of scheduled
> restore.  I think there may be a log that shows those, although I
> don't remember where it is or what it's called.  You might look at
> the event logs, which you can find under Administrative
> Tools.  Examining them might give you a few hints.
>
> Steve
>
> On Saturday 9/30/06 15:32 T Behler wrote:
> >     Steve:
> >
> >The office PC is on my University's network, and the home P
> >C and laptop are on our home network system. ... The fact that this
happened
> >to the laptop on the home network indicates that the University network
is
> >probably not the culprit.  But, we do use Norton systems software from
the
> >University, so I think something might be turned on in there that could
be
> >causing the problem.
> >
> >As for desktop icons, I may be strange, but I don't use the desktop to
get
> >to things, although my sighted wife does.  I get to the programs I need
> >through the start menu, and then set up my shortcut keys accordingly.
> >
> >At any rate, you're giving me more to think about here, and I really do
> >appreciate it.
> >
> >73 from Tom Behler: Kb8TYJ
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 11:28 PM
> >Subject: Re: off topic: shortcut hot keys occasionally disappearing
> >
> >
> > > Tom,
> > >
> > > Is this machine on a network?  Also, check Scheduled Tasks to see if
> > > something runs automatically that you don't know about.  Also, you
> > > might go to your desktop folder in either Windows Explorer or My
> > > Computer and check the icons whose hotkeys have disappeared to see
> > > when they were last modified.  Better still, fix one of them, make a
> > > note of when you did it, and check the date the next time you notice
> > > that key vanishing.  None of this will give you the complete answer,
> > > but you'll be collecting pieces of the puzzle.
> > >
> > > Steve
>