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Old 6th August, 2006, 03:57 AM
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Probably a very newbish question. What the heck does the scroll lock key do? besides light up the scroll lock led. i've never noticed any effect between it on or off. can anyone enlighten me?
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its handly for xfire lol

however, a quick search found this

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scroll lock key is intended to temporarily stop the scrolling of text or halt the operation of a program. Today, many programs commonly do not utilize or function properly with this key.

However, an example of a program that this key may still commonly be used in is Microsoft Excel. Users can press the scroll lock key to move the window without moving the selected cell or visa versa.

and for something more indepth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scroll_lock
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Old 6th August, 2006, 07:14 AM
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I always wondered where you would use it!
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My KVM uses as a shortcut key to switch back and forth...
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