then things got suddenly quiet

Just had an oddity. Figure you'all are smart bunch.

WinME toshiba laptop, while using IE on the web did a back space to return
to a previous page and the windows froze. Now I'm sitting here on the
living room sofa with this laptop on my lap, the tv's going and I'm wasting
a few minutes but as the laptop froze the volume on the tv was muted,,
instant quiet ! Look across room at the wifi router and its blinking in a
normal rhythm.

Had mouse working but couldn't close or move focus from top window so
ctrl-alt-del & closed the ie window
- fixed everything volume on tv started again. Tv remote is no where
near me, but within sight - just sitting there.

How did a wireless laptop freeze/unfreeze do a tv mute/unmute ? never
saw the mute display icon on the tv but then again wasn't watching for it.

bumtracks wrote:

> Just had an oddity. Figure you'all are smart bunch.
>
> WinME toshiba laptop, while using IE on the web did a back space to return
> to a previous page and the windows froze. Now I'm sitting here on the
> living room sofa with this laptop on my lap, the tv's going and I'm
> wasting a few minutes but as the laptop froze the volume on the tv was
> muted,,
> instant quiet ! Look across room at the wifi router and its blinking in
> a normal rhythm.
>
> Had mouse working but couldn't close or move focus from top window so
> ctrl-alt-del & closed the ie window
> - fixed everything volume on tv started again. Tv remote is no
> where near me, but within sight - just sitting there.
>
> How did a wireless laptop freeze/unfreeze do a tv mute/unmute ? never
> saw the mute display icon on the tv but then again wasn't watching for it.

Does your laptop have an infra-red port?
It is the only part able to effect the TV.

Thomas

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 14:10:03 GMT, "bumtracks" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Just had an oddity. Figure you'all are smart bunch.
>
>WinME toshiba laptop, while using IE on the web did a back space to return
>to a previous page and the windows froze. Now I'm sitting here on the
>living room sofa with this laptop on my lap, the tv's going and I'm wasting
>a few minutes but as the laptop froze the volume on the tv was muted,,
>instant quiet ! Look across room at the wifi router and its blinking in a
>normal rhythm.
>
>Had mouse working but couldn't close or move focus from top window so
>ctrl-alt-del & closed the ie window
>- fixed everything volume on tv started again. Tv remote is no where
>near me, but within sight - just sitting there.
>
>How did a wireless laptop freeze/unfreeze do a tv mute/unmute ? never
>saw the mute display icon on the tv but then again wasn't watching for it.

IrDA port on the laptop is effectively a serial port. Send garbage to
the port and you simulate a remote control. The chances of getting
the code correct and having the laptop oriented correctly is rather
small but possible. You can also get software for your laptop to let
you do this intentionally.
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaver...emotectrl.html


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