Have to hit control alt delete to get cursor to move

When I open Firefox I have to hit control alt delete then ESC to perform any key function. I'm good for one operation and then I have to hit control alt delete again to unlock things. This does not happen with Internet Explorer.

http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Basic+Troubleshooting

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After opening my yahoo mail window, I keep getting a very narrow dialogue box with the words "log into Xmarks" I cannot ... and everything is frozen. How can I get rid of this thing, and what is it? I have to hit CNTRL + ALT + ESC to get rid of it.

After opening my yahoo mail window, I keep getting a very short and narrow dialogue box with the words "log into Xmarks" I cannot ... when it pops up, always upper left of my laptop screen and I try to get into my yahoo mail web page, I get a DING sound and cannot enter it ... everything is frozen. I have to hit CNTRL + ALT + ESC to get rid of it - and then reload my Firefox browser to get back to my yahoo e-mail page ... fortunately for me, Firefox re-stores a previous session ... How can I get rid of this intrusive thing, and what is it? Thanks in advance ... Ted Beaudoin, Welland, ON, Canada

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I can't get the full window with tabs, or other controls. I have to use control-alt-delete to close the window.

After loading on a link to KnightNews, all of the header stuff disappeared - Firefox box, minimize button, delete button, and the only way to get out of the KnightNews was control-alt-delete. I now find that any time i use Firefox, I have the same problem. I have deleted the program, reinstalled it, done a system restore, all to no avail. When I click on Firefox to open it, the full window appears briefly, then the whole screen is filled with the opening Firefox page. Clicking on a program in the history box brings it up, but it's the same scenario - control-alt-delete is the only way to get out. I also was not able to open the Troubleshooting Information which was listed below on this page.

'''Try the Firefox SafeMode''' to see how it works there. 
''A troubleshooting mode, which disables most Add-ons.'' 
[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode#w_safe-mode-window_2 Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Firefox SafeMode]
* You can open the Firefox 15.0+ SafeMode by holding the '''Shft''' key when you use the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
''To exit the Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before using the Firefox shortcut (without the Shft key) to open it again.''
'''''If it is good in the Firefox SafeMode''''', your problem is probably caused by an extension, and you need to figure out which one. 
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes 
Or it might be caused by Hardware Acceleration.
''When you figure out what is causing that, please let us know. It might help other user's who have that problem.''

Couldn't get off of the "foxsave" page. Had to do control alt delete. HELP!

Had just downloaded newest version of Firefox. Came back to screen later, and it was showing "Fox Save" I believe. Is that firefoxes screen saver? I clicked on all the icons below trying to get out of that screen and finally had to press control, alt, delete to get out.,

You probably have a user agent that has been corrupted and that identifies you as Firefox/3.6.18
*Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110614 Firefox/3.6.18 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
See:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Finding+your+Firefox+version
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/websites-say-firefox-outdated-or-incompatible
Firefox doesn't have such a Fox Save screen.
You can use one of these to start Firefox in Safe mode:
*On Windows, hold down the Shift key while starting Firefox with a double-click on the Firefox desktop shortcut
*On Mac, hold down the Options key while starting Firefox
*Help > Restart with Add-ons Disabled
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
Can you attach a screenshot?
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-do-i-create-screenshot-my-problem
Use a compressed image type like PNG or JPG to save the screenshot.

I have a new iPad Air and in using the App Store, it seems frozen with an app that I didn't want. I cannot look at other apps in the store or anything. How do I unfreeze it? Something equivalent to Control Alt Delete with Window.

I have an iPad Air just acquired yesterday. The App Store seems to be frozen and I have on idea how to undo it. It is as if i clicked on an app to download and it came up but it is frozen. I cannot get rid of it or go to anything else in the App Store. I tried downloading that app and opening it - didn't help. Guess what I am looking for is the equivalent of Control +Alt+Delete in Windows. Thanks.

Double tap your home button and open apps will appear above as smaller screen shots. With your finger swipe the open app upwards and it will fully close.
The cntrl/alt/delete option on an iPad is a reboot and to do so, press and hold BOTH the power and home buttons at the SAME time for about 10 seconds until the Apple Logo appears, then let go of both buttons and your iPad will restart.

How do you Control Alt Delete on mac Book Pro keyboard when using VM Ware?

This must be the stupidest question I'll ever have to ask...but....normally in the office I have a separate mac keyboard/screen/mouse and log into Windows via VM Ware. I am using the latest Mac Book Pro model. I have to click on the window and press Control Alt Delete before I log in. This works fine until the day I was out of the office and had to press Control Alt Delete via the Mac Book Pro's own keyboard and nothing happened. I passed the laptop over to 2-3 other mac friendly people and we all were left scratching our heads.
Can anyone shed some light on this??
Kris

Google is your friend!*
Turned up another Apple Discussions post that said to press  + U at the ctrl-alt-del prompt to bring up the 'visually challenged' tools, and to turn on the on-screen keyboard. This should allow you to log in, then once you are in, remap the keys to something more convenient, maybe assigning the right-hand-side command key to DEL. Unfortunately, I haven't used a Windows PC in ages, so I can't tell you how to do this.
On a related note, I've just discovered that I don't have an  key on my MBP. You learn something new every day!
*(Disclaimer: Usually.)

After navigating (sometimes downloading pictures, sometimes not) for approximately 10 minutes, I can no longer see contents of drop down menues, then Firefox freezes up and I have to use Ctrl/Alt/Delete to end my internet experience.

After navigating (sometimes downloading pictures, sometimes not) for approximately 10 minutes, I can no longer see contents of drop down menus, then Firefox freezes up and I have to use Ctrl/Alt/Delete to end my internet experience.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== After upgrading to 3.6

Step by step, how did you arrive at seeing this agreement?

Firefox won't open when prompted the first time. Says "Not Responding". I have to hit cntrl/alt/del then try starting again. Sometimes multiple times.

Firefox won't open when prompted the first time. Says "Not Responding". I have to hit cntrl/alt/del then try starting again. Sometimes multiple times.

Sounds like a "hang at exit" problem. There are several possible causes for that error. See:
* How to stop the running Firefox process
** In Task Manager, does firefox.exe show in the '''Processes''' tab?
** See: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Kill_application
* What may cause Firefox to hang at exit
** http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox+hangs (see "Hang at exit" section)
** http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_hangs
** https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox+is+already+running+but+is+not+responding
* You may need to try Firefox Safe Mode
** You may need to use '''Safe Mode''' to locate the problem: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode
**Firefox Safe Mode is a diagnostic mode that disables Extensions and some other features of Firefox. If you are using a theme, switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes '''before''' starting Safe Mode. When entering Safe Mode, do not check any items on the entry window, just click "Continue in Safe Mode". Test to see if the problem you are experiencing is corrected.
** If the problem does not occur in Safe-mode then disable all of your Extensions and Plug-ins and then try to find which is causing it by enabling '''one at a time''' until the problem reappears. '''You MUST close and restart Firefox after EACH change''' via File > Restart Firefox (on Mac: Firefox > Quit). You can use "Disable all add-ons" on the Safe mode start window.
** See the following for more information
*** http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
*** http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting+plugins
*** http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Basic+Troubleshooting

Using her PC whilst in VNC mode. Control-Alt-Delete is the request but this doesn't work. Any clues?

Using my iMac, I'm trying to log onto another PC at a remote location whilst in VNC mode. Control-Alt-Delete is the request, but this doesn't work. Any clues??

Thanks, great work... I think that's where I was headed!

How do I control-alt-delete in mac?, how do I control-alt-delete in mac?

I am trying to stop a program on the mac book pro and looking for a pc like control-alt-delete button, help...

OPTION + COMMAND + ESC
or
Apple Menu
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Control alt delete from remote desktop connection through virtual pc windows xp on windows 7 professional

Ok this is an odd one but I am connecting to a server through a vpn which only works on windows xp so I ran a virtual pc instance to connect, and then did a remote desktop connection to the server (Windows server 2008). I need to be able to activate the
control-alt-delete combination on the server however, to change a password. ctrl + alt + del obviously goes back to my actual machine, and ctrl + alt + end acts on my virtual pc. Is there any way to push the command through to the remote server?

Hi Cooljoe,
Based on my understanding, local machine control-alt-delete key combination is control-alt-delete.
Virtual PC's control-alt-delete key combination is Right Alt - Delete.
Remote Destop session's control-alt-delete key combination is ctrl + alt +
end.
There should be no conflicts between them.
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Wilson Jia
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I always have to hit Control + 4 times to make all pages large enough to read and want to lock this size in on startup.

Every time that I bring up FF on my 14" laptop, the page display is too small to read easily. I can go to (View) and "zoom" 4 times or hit (Control +) 4 times to give me a good sized page. I would rather have a (Option) choice that would save my personal setting for normal screen zoom for future uses of FireFox.

The Firefox Page Zoom feature does a domain by domain level of saving the users preferred zoom level settings, there is no default Page Zoom level setting in Firefox.
Try the Default FullZoom Level extension: 
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6965
Or the NoSquint extension: 
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2592/

Every page hangs with Firefox 8, there is often no exit, and if there is, clicking on it does nothing. I have to use cntrl, alt, delete to shut down every single time I use Firefox 8.

I couldn't even open Firefox for hours, then realized there was an update to 8. Once updated, the horrors began. I can't exit a single page with Firefox 8. Every page hangs. I have used cntrl, alt, delete like never before. I disabled the container.exe plug in for Firefox, and still have problems. There is no menu bar, there is often not even an exit button, but when there is, it doesn't work. These problems must be fixed, or I'll never use Firefox again.

See "Hang at exit":
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_hangs
See "Firefox hangs when you quit it":
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Firefox+hangs
Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems.
See "Basic Troubleshooting: Make a new profile":
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Basic+Troubleshooting#w_8-make-a-new-profile
There may be extensions and plugins installed by default in a new profile, so check that in "Tools > Add-ons > Extensions & Plugins" in case there are still problems.
If that new profile works then you can transfer some files from the old profile to that new profile, but be careful not to copy corrupted files.
See:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

How do you control alt delete on a mac?

My MacBook air has frozen when using keynote for a presentation. Usually on a PC I would do ctrl alt delete to end that program. How do you do that on a mac? Pressing esc doesn't help. The only thing that works in holding down the power switch and rebooting but that surely cannot be the solution? Help!

"Force quit".
You can get there by pressing option-command-escape.
Or via the Apple Menu.
Or via the various "Stop" commands in Activity Monitor (in your Utilities folder).
Or by clicking and holding on the dock icon of a hung-up process, or pressing option while clicking and holding on a dock icon of a normal process.
There are other things, too, e.g., Terminal commands, but the above usually suffice.
charlie

How do you get cursor to move in Dreamweaver CS5?

Im trying to get the cursor to move to the right or go up and down but it stays to the left. Im new to dreamweaver so any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance

Im trying to get the cursor to move to the right or go up and down but it stays to the left. Im new to dreamweaver so any advice would be much appreciated.
You mean the flashing caret (cursor) that sits in the top left hand corner when you're faced with a new, blank page?
If tthat's what you mean, then you don't.
At first Dreamweaver acts more like a wordprrocessor (it is NOT a word processor) than a desktop publishing application in that you cannot just click anywhere and insert content.
You need to learn something about HTML and CSS to understand how to use DW.
Good starting point: http://www.w3schools.com/
If you meant something else, please advise.

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