A close look at how Oracle installs deceptive software with Java updates

Re:A close look at how Oracle installs deceptive software wi... by halviti on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @10:27AM (#5097490)

I employed every shortcut in my keyboard-shortcut arsenal and fell short.

One good one to remember is ALT+Left Shift+NumLock

Then you can use your keypad as a mouse. / and - toggle which mouse button 5 is.

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Re:A close look at how Oracle installs deceptive software wi... by jakub_g on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @10:46AM (#5097606)

Thanks for the shortcut!

For those of you struggling to enable it under WinXP, you may need to choose "Settings" first in the popup dialog and tick (with the spacebar) "Use MouseKeys".

If you happened to have multiple keyboards installed (e.g. running English Windows + your local kbd settings), LEFT ALT + SHIFT additionally switches between kbd layouts as a bonus, so be sure to disable this shortcut in Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Languages tab > click Details > click Key Settings.

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Re:A close look at how Oracle installs deceptive software wi... by kibwen on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @10:31AM (#5097512)

How incredibly obscure! Thanks a ton for this.

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Re:A close look at how Oracle installs deceptive software wi... by error54 on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @11:45AM (#5097958)

Also, pressing shift 5 times is an easy way to enable sticky keys in Windows.

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Re:A close look at how Oracle installs deceptive software wi... by smcl on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @11:57AM (#5098060)

I have accidentally enabled this a million times and I've no idea what it does other than messing up my keyboard.

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Re:A close look at how Oracle installs deceptive software wi... by FredFredrickson on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @01:11PM (#5098582)

It's an accessibility feature. If you don't have the dexterity to hold keys down yourself, you can enable sticky keys and (if I remember correctly) it will make certain keys act as toggles so you don't have to do finger-yoga to hit certain key combinations.

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Re:A close look at how Oracle installs deceptive software wi... by akandiah on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @06:17PM (#5100280)

For anyone interested in the keyboard layout for mouse keys: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_keys#Layout

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Re:A close look at how Oracle installs deceptive software wi... by jackbauer on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @01:39PM (#5098779)

many thanks

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