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uman Nov 11th, 2007 1:31 AM
Insane computer problem
 
Someone described this in an AIM convo with me. Can anyone give a reason for this bizarre occurence? It really confounded me.

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other person (11:10:58 PM): OH
other person (11:10:58 PM): OMG
other person (11:11:03 PM): I ave a question for you
other person (11:11:18 PM): so michael was on the computer playing a game
other person (11:11:22 PM): and it froze up
other person (11:11:28 PM): which is pretty normal
other person (11:11:41 PM): then it did something really weird and we can't figure out why a computer would decide to do that
ruotfk (11:11:27 PM): what'd it do?
ruotfk (11:11:33 PM): And why am I assumed to be a computer genius?
other person (11:12:12 PM): if you pressed a key
other person (11:12:16 PM): it would say what the key was
other person (11:12:22 PM): in that computer talking voice
other person (11:12:26 PM): like he pressed escape
other person (11:12:31 PM): so it said "essscaape"
ruotfk (11:12:13 PM): haha, what the fuck!
other person (11:12:38 PM): and he pressed ctrl-alt-del
ruotfk (11:12:16 PM): Are you serious?
other person (11:12:41 PM): and it didn't do anything
other person (11:12:43 PM): except say
other person (11:12:48 PM): control alternate deleeete
ruotfk (11:12:31 PM): I am at a total loss.
other person (11:13:12 PM): aw man
other person (11:13:22 PM): we were seriously like wtf just happened
other person (11:13:45 PM): then we decided to leave it alone
other person (11:13:57 PM): and then a few minutes later it made this AWFUL noice
ruotfk (11:13:35 PM): what game was it?
other person (11:13:59 PM): *noise
other person (11:14:10 PM): like you know the turning on, bum-duh-buh-bum noise
other person (11:14:14 PM): it was like that
other person (11:14:21 PM): only screeched and messed up
other person (11:14:54 PM): and idk what game it was
ruotfk (11:14:43 PM): Find out.
other person (11:15:12 PM): alright
ruotfk (11:14:55 PM): Maybe it's a known bug.
ruotfk (11:15:04 PM): Although I honestly have no idea how that could happen
other person (11:15:33 PM): it was so freaking funny
ruotfk (11:15:15 PM): Was it like, if you pressed "R", it would say "arrrr"
other person (11:15:45 PM): yes
ruotfk (11:15:28 PM): That's so weird!
ruotfk (11:15:31 PM): I wish I had been there.
other person (11:15:56 PM): yeah
other person (11:16:03 PM): omg the funniest thing ever
other person (11:16:10 PM): it says "left curly bracket"
other person (11:16:25 PM): if you press the bracket thing
other person (11:16:31 PM): except it says it all weird
other person (11:16:50 PM): yeah it was awesome
ruotfk (11:17:21 PM): Are you sure you weren't dreaming.
other person (11:17:50 PM): positive
other person (11:17:52 PM): he remembers it too.

mrynit Nov 11th, 2007 2:32 AM
Re: Insane computer problem
 
it was probably an easter egg in the game. if you knew what game it was you could propbably look up more info on it.

Wizard1988 Nov 11th, 2007 10:39 AM
Re: Insane computer problem
 
It is most likely windows narrator.

Ghost Nov 11th, 2007 4:42 PM
Re: Insane computer problem
 
To me it sounds more like a virus than an easter egg.... but you know, that is cool if they program games to freeze up on you and not allow you to do anything about it.

kruptof Nov 11th, 2007 5:55 PM
Re: Insane computer problem
 
Try typing your bank details into word or notepad (you could use something else) and in three days if you don't receive a letter from your bank then it's definitely windows narrator.

Ghost Nov 11th, 2007 6:01 PM
Re: Insane computer problem
 
I would not suggest following Kruptof's advice in this situation. If in fact there is a virus and it does steal your data, then you have just given your bank info to someone, congrats on being foolish.

His advice is basically saying, this food could be poisoned, eat it and if you dont die in a few days....

I'd recomment looking into the issue logically, testing the text to speech voice to ensure they are the same, testing your computer for viruses and spyware, and if you still can't find anything, I'd take it to someone who knows more than you.

Sane Nov 11th, 2007 6:30 PM
Re: Insane computer problem
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by kruptof (Post 136655)
Try typing your bank details into word or notepad (you could use something else) and in three days if you don't receive a letter from your bank then it's definitely windows narrator.
LOL! That's hilarious! Nice one kruptof.

titaniumdecoy Nov 11th, 2007 7:02 PM
Re: Insane computer problem
 
There may be an accessibility feature in Windows that you accidentally turned on (Windows Narrator, judging by the responses so far). There is probably a specific key combination you can press to turn it on/off.

Jabo Nov 11th, 2007 7:34 PM
Re: Insane computer problem
 
titanium reflects my thoughts on the issue. it does sound like a hardware conflict, like 2 programs trying to use the same sound card channel at the same time or something, what with the screeching and all.

the weirdness could be related to the game using a lot of the pc's resources, and then on top of that, having a control fight between narrator and the game for the sound card resources, could cause the sound to slow down, or possibly it's just doubling the same sound through the channels, making it longer. just a guess though

Ghost Nov 11th, 2007 7:55 PM
Re: Insane computer problem
 
@titan

Keyboard actions
Display the Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo key ). · Press R. · Type narrator. · Press ENTER.
Note: A message box with a link to more information about Narrator may appear.
To close the box, press ENTER.
To use Narrator but hide the Narrator dialog box, select Minimize by pressing ALT+SPACEBAR, N.
To turn off Narrator, in the Narrator dialog box, press ALT+X, Y."
From Microsoft XP Web Page http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...atorturnon.asp

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As far as a hardware issues goes, that to me doesn’t seem likely, but my understanding of that is very limited. My hopes are that this thread may gain the attention of some of the more knowledgeable players on this forum.


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