This browser is no longer supported.
Upgrade to Microsoft Edge to take advantage of the latest features, security updates, and technical support.
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(128, 8%, 22%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EA%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
I was playing a little internet flash game in Windows Explorer and somehow I pressed something on the keyboard that made my spacebar turn into a scroll down button. I tried restarting the computer but it didn't do anything. I've no idea what I pressed to make it do this and I can't find a way to reverse it. Please help! Thanks.
Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.
In many applications and browsers pressing the space bar (when you are not in a text entering situation) results in a scroll down. When your mouse cursor is focused on a text box or when typing in a word processor that default function is disabled. You were able to type this question with spaces does it scroll? If it does, maybe you could try System Restore.
System Restore: frequently asked questions
[http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/System-Restore-frequently-asked-questions]
I recently had that happen to me, only I didn't press anything for the spacebar to act like that. I found that when I needed to do something in the game that required the space bar, I use CTRL-spacebar instead of just the space bar. It's worked for me.
Well for the future scrollers the way I fixed this, after much frustration, was to just push google compatibility view.
Or find another home page search engine which I tolerated for a minute.
In many applications and browsers pressing the space bar (when you are not in a text entering situation) results in a scroll down. When your mouse cursor is focused on a text box or when typing in a word processor that default function is disabled. You were able to type this question with spaces does it scroll? If it does, maybe you could try System Restore.
System Restore: frequently asked questions
[http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/System-Restore-frequently-asked-questions]
<Removed> Why would system restore fix this?
