Posts made by photohobbyist

I have an older Microsoft keyboard (maybe about 8 years old). Nothing fancy. Nothing that has caused any issues in the past.

I have found that Enter works, as does the space bar, delete, backspace, tab, and shift.. as well as the ctrl/alt + any letter works at it should... but just not the letter/numbers themselves. It's as if the center of my keyboard is a void in the eyes of Opera 12 now.

I've unchecked the allow plug-ins (thank you), and even tried installing the program in a folder of my choosing. Nothing changes the behavior of Opera now.

And yes, I have restarted the computer many times. Both before, and after, an installation. Nothing changes.

I may be dense in somethings... What is this USB standalone install I have heard mentioned? And how would I go about doing it? I assume it's something simple.. but I want to ask first.

I'm willing to try most anything to get Opera working correctly. I am shuddering at the thought I my have to use Chrome (and it's fragmented way of doing things) as my browser for the foreseeable future.

So keep throwing out suggestions for me to try.

I think I will try a system restore and see if that does anything. Crossing my fingers.

It's not an Opera 12.17 problem. The topic I posted of an user having the same issue predates 12.17 existence.
Try one of the suggested solutions, e.g. disable plug-ins.

And to make an addendum. I never added any plug-ins to my copy of Opera 12. It was fine as is. So that's not an issue... Even if I knew how to turn plug-ins on/off in the first place.

Actually yes, I did. I have done a uninstall and then a clean install. Same problem. No working keyboard...

So uninstall again. restart the computer... and reinstall 12.16.

Guess what?

Whatever bug was in 12.17 as now made 12.16 unusable too. The funny thing is I can type one letter into 12.16 before it goes unresponsive to the keyboard. So whatever the problem is. It's finally forced me to move away from Opera. And damn I hate to move.. Opera is the best browser I have ever used. And the Speed Dial made the everything so easy.

Admittedly it didn't work the best with my phone and tablet. (links added only went one way... to my computer.)

All said. I would have stayed with Opera for years to come, if they had left 12.X well enough alone. It is/was the best of all the browsers.

The same thing has happened to me. Opera 12.17 is dead. I cannot use my keyboard for anything within the browser. Though it works for every other program, and browser just fine. So obviously there is a major issue with this update.