help needed please someone

[lisa]

where is the any key i cant seem to find it on my key
board do i need a new one ?

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

This is a hidden key, that's intentionally difficult to find. You have to
turn your keyboard upside down, in a dark room with a "black light" to see
it. Then you have to reach under (to what was formerly the top of the
keyboard) and press SHIFT-ALT-CTRL, in that order, and then the Any key at
the same time.

 

[Gene K]

Please enlighten the ignorant further by stating what the "Any" key is used
to accomplish. I have never heard of it before. The answer you gave the lady
seems tongue in cheek.
Gene K

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

It was tongue in cheek, Gene. A very common prompt for computer programs is
"Press any key to continue". Very, very old joke, "Where is the 'any' key?"

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Here are a couple of examples.

http://www.computergear.com/pressanykey4.html

http://web14.compaq.com/falco/detail.asp?FAQnum=FAQ2859

 

[GSV Three Minds in a Can]

LOL

I was going to call the police, but I couldn't find the nine
hundred eleven key.

You're probably using a foreign keyboard - on the UK-English keyboard,
you'll find the '999' key performs a similar function. Refer to you
manual for the French, German, and Japanese versions. 8>.

 

[Incognitus]

where is the any key i cant seem to find it on my key
board do i need a new one ?

It's the very large key at the bottom, they forgot to print 'any' on it.