Yes, typical Microsoft response. They don't actually look into the issue, just try to brush you off. I'm surprised they didn't ask you to "First boot into safe mode, if that doesn't work do a clean install."
Custom hotkeys to change input language disappear frequently
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I had the same problem in Windows 7, and it persists in Windows 8. This happened in three computers I had, including the current one.
I have configured three input languages, and I assign a hotkey (alt+shift+number) to each of them. However, after some time, the hotkeys are reset; sometimes it's just some of them, other times they all disappear. They often keep working, but there are a few times when I can't switch languages in any other than pressing shift+alt or by clicking.
This issue may also be related - Sometimes I can't change languages from IME to English or any other. For that, I have to switch between input methods in IME (with alt+`), and only after I do that I can use the hotkeys. Again, switching languages with shift+alt works, but the custom hotkeys don't.
Does anyone know the cause of the problems I described? Is there a way to fix it? Are there any plans from Microsoft to fix these bugs?
Thank you.
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Anonymous
2013-02-06T12:27:52+00:00 Trying to replicate this problem and now I think I found the reason.
The reason for this is Firefox and Facebook combination. Facebook installs key shortcuts
to Alt + Shift + numbers. If you use these shortcuts when browsing Facebook with Firefox
it will replace these shortcuts from Windows and Input shortcuts are lost.
I don't know whos bug is this, Firefox or Windows to allow overwriting system shortcuts ?
You can disable website shortcuts with Firefox from about:config.
I don't have Firefox installed and I get this problem.
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Anonymous
2013-02-05T01:28:57+00:00 Trying to replicate this problem and now I think I found the reason.
The reason for this is Firefox and Facebook combination. Facebook installs key shortcuts
to Alt + Shift + numbers. If you use these shortcuts when browsing Facebook with Firefox
it will replace these shortcuts from Windows and Input shortcuts are lost.
I don't know whos bug is this, Firefox or Windows to allow overwriting system shortcuts ?
You can disable website shortcuts with Firefox from about:config.
This bug has nothing to do with Firefox as far as I'm concerned. I don't use Firefox, and this bug happens to me while using Google Chrome and other sotware, too.
I got this with a fresh install. I don't install Firefox and yet the problem occurs.
Microsoft blames this on drivers. I even tried installing this on a virtual machine, and have the same problem. Then to try to close this issue, Microsoft said they don't support Windows running in virtual machines, and asked that I call VirtualBox to see if they support Windows 8. I think Microsoft is just clueless...
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Anonymous
2013-02-04T14:16:18+00:00 Trying to replicate this problem and now I think I found the reason.
The reason for this is Firefox and Facebook combination. Facebook installs key shortcuts
to Alt + Shift + numbers. If you use these shortcuts when browsing Facebook with Firefox
it will replace these shortcuts from Windows and Input shortcuts are lost.
I don't know whos bug is this, Firefox or Windows to allow overwriting system shortcuts ?
You can disable website shortcuts with Firefox from about:config.
This bug has nothing to do with Firefox as far as I'm concerned. I don't use Firefox, and this bug happens to me while using Google Chrome and other sotware, too.
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Anonymous
2013-02-04T11:52:19+00:00 Trying to replicate this problem and now I think I found the reason.
The reason for this is Firefox and Facebook combination. Facebook installs key shortcuts
to Alt + Shift + numbers. If you use these shortcuts when browsing Facebook with Firefox
it will replace these shortcuts from Windows and Input shortcuts are lost.
I don't know whos bug is this, Firefox or Windows to allow overwriting system shortcuts ?
You can disable website shortcuts with Firefox from about:config.