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RyJones
on July 3, 2019
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Why did moving the mouse cursor cause Windows 95 t...
They’re soft now. It might indicate your usb driver is wedged, not if your CPU is responding to interrupts at all.
This is a problem for NTP developers - finding real serial ports on modern hardware
toast0
on July 3, 2019
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The keyboard lights have always been soft. There are certainly more layers now between a keyboard and an os though.
myself248
on July 3, 2019
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The softness is precisely what made them a useful check, though. Tapping num lock has two important properties: Nothing should ever be blocking that process, and it's harmless to do and should never really affect what's happening.
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This is a problem for NTP developers - finding real serial ports on modern hardware