Hmmm, now I'm not exactly sure what the "Win key - CTRL - Shift - B" shortcut does. When I first found it it was stated that it reset the video card but the complete list I posted a link for states the purpose as "Wake up the device when black or a blank screen.". Since using it flickers the screen I'm guessing it primarily deals with the video card and the difference in description is just a matter of wordage. Still it would be interesting if it did anything for other types of the system not responding. I went back to Windows 7 on my second desktop due to response issues when running Windows 10 and having to do a restart every few days... Sigh, I know, poor, poor me.
I just may jump back up to Windows 10 on the system just to see if this keyboard sequence will bring things back to normal without a restart. Guess I'd need to do a clean install of Windows 10 but really there is very little software installed so it wouldn't be a big deal. Hmmm, also be interesting to see if I actually would need to do a clean install of 10 as it has been on the system before so may just go through like an upgrade but I have doubts...
Might be interesting and if things get messed up I just restore an image backup. LOL! Be a few days before I would get to this but could be interesting...
sboots wrote:
That sounds like a problem with the TV Receiver from Sky. Some people have that problem with cable TV boxes, too.
I also have periodic issues with my cable but it doesn't tend to affect what I'm watching. In my case it usually deals with the remote. Press a button and it just doesn't do anything except that the LED on the receiver that indicates a remote signal has been received will stay on for ages. I can wait and it will become active again but it is quicker to just power down and up the receiver. Still probably a buffer issue but just a different result as it is probably a different buffer.