computer savvy people, why the **** am i getting random capitals

[Sylvia]

I don't know if this will help, but in Internet Explorer, there is an Internet Options dialog where you can make configurations changes to auto complete and Internet Explorer add-ons (like spell check). To get there Press the Alt-X keys and a pop-up menu should show. Select internet options and a dialog box will appear. On the Content tab you can change the auto complete options. Just click the Settings button for Auto Complete. Also click on the Programs tab and click Manage add-ons. There maybe an add-on you want to disable or remove.

[lph]

our family capital

Sylvia, thank you!!!

As you can see ;-) it worked. I had checked out the autocomplete options, but not the add-ons. Lo and behold, there's an add-on called Spellchecker, which is now resoundingly turned off.

I still have no idea why the spellchecker felt the need to capitalize words like call and people, but at least I can type without my brain boiling over.

I love TE :-)

[smilingcat]

I never knew. Learn something every day not that I would ever use IE, Chrome... Google is getting much too big and too monolithic. I prefer diversity.

[malkin]

I'm glad you got it fixed. For a while my phone got stuck typing in ALL CAPS and I was afraid to send text for fear everyone would think I was shouting at them.

[Sylvia]

our family capital

Sylvia, thank you!!!

As you can see ;-) it worked. I had checked out the autocomplete options, but not the add-ons. Lo and behold, there's an add-on called Spellchecker, which is now resoundingly turned off.

I still have no idea why the spellchecker felt the need to capitalize words like call and people, but at least I can type without my brain boiling over.

I love TE :-)

You're welcome. I'm glad I could help.

[lph]

Hey malkin, I once had a cellphone that I spilled juice on and the keys started dying on me. First the middle one, nr 5. So I had to write without using words containing j, k or l. Then nr 7 died, so no p, q, r or s. I started getting creative, substituing nr 3 for s, and nr 1 for l. By the time the third key died no-one could understand my texts anymore, so I had to get a new phone...