Scroll Lock

[XTR]

As daft as it sounds how many people know what the Scroll Lock does on the keyboard?

[Stoo]

Locks the scroll?

[Moby-Dick]

used to be in dos when you had a scrolling screen, you coudl pause it IIRC

[Stoo]

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mscrolllock.html

[XTR]

used to be in dos when you had a scrolling screen, you coudl pause it IIRC

that'll explain why i've never used it before

[Twigman]

tbh why do they bother with half the keys on a keyboard? sysrq? when do you need that?
scroll lock
I dont use break
the right hand control and windows button
etc

[mike_w]

tbh why do they bother with half the keys on a keyboard? sysrq? when do you need that?

Isn't SysRq also Print Screen (which I use quite regularly)?

the right hand control and windows button

They're quite useful if your mouse isn't working for whatever reason and you need to use Windows.

I use break (and Control) in Visual Basic for when things go wrong.

[funnelhead]

Scroll lock is the button that makes Uice work when you have a remote control for your Pc

[Twigman]

They're quite useful if your mouse isn't working for whatever reason and you need to use Windows.

but what i meant is that i use the ones on the left not right.

and programming in Visual Basic bah.
/me prepares for abuse because so many people use it.