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