F8 brings up odd screen
Saturday, October 3, 2009 by k10w3 | Discussion: Windows Vista
I just got a new Toshiba Satellite laptop, with Vista Home Premium 64 bit. Today, while I was working, I hit the F8 key and this screen below popped up. Does anyone know what this is or why it's happening? I need the F8 key in my work platform to bring up a special menu with saved macros, so this weird screen with the gears is just puzzling me and making me frustrated, and worried since I can't really do my job correctly if I can't use the F8 function key.
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
Reply #2 Saturday, October 3, 2009 10:39 PM
That's the Yahoo Widgets Heads up Display (HUD). Pressing F8 when running Yahoo Widgets will bring up the HUD. You can change the function key by right clicking the Widgets icon in the tsskbar, selecting preferences, then select the general tab. Finally, reassign the function key.
Hope this helps.
Reply #3 Saturday, October 3, 2009 10:56 PM
OMG, thank you SO much! I was panic attacking that I would have to take this computer back, thinking something was horribly messed up with it and I wouldn't be able to use it for work! 
Karma for both of you for rescuing me!
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Reply #1 Saturday, October 3, 2009 10:37 PM
I believe it's Yahoo gadgets......used to be konfabulator