Re: CS3 Bugs? Hand Tool & Proportional Scale Not Working

[kieran...@adobeforums.com]

I've fixed it - I think it's something to do with Unversal Access (from the system Prefs) I killed that used Force Quit via the Activity Monitor. And it seems to work on Restarting the APP...

cheers!! Kie

[julie_...@adobeforums.com]

haha!

have tried EVERYTHING (my CS3 also suddenly stopped working with the hand space bar and shift scale stuff)...tried everything suggested, but then in a fit of futility after reading these threads, I quit firefox and went back into illustrator to see if I could resolve..... Now they are working so it must have been the 15 firefox windows I always have open.

hmmm.....

[workdash...@adobeforums.com]

I had to stop my VPN connection (Secure Clinet) for this work again. Very frustrating if I need to be doing something in illustrator while connected to my work email. This is clearly a bug that needs to addressed. Can anyone suggest a fix so that both can be running at the same time without issues? Thanks!

[Larry G. Schneider]

Read post 49 again.

[Brian_...@adobeforums.com]

Larry,

Can you provide any more information on "If you have any process open that holds a port to the internet open then the modifier keys are blocked."?

Killing boxee's remote service did in fact solve my shift-key in Illustrator problem, but your description of "any process open that holds a port to the internet open" would seem to apply to most of the apps running on my computer at the moment (web browser, email client, ssh client, etc).

[Larry G. Schneider]

Mostly I'm referring to services like a VPN or software like Quicken Scheduler, older versions of Microsoft Entourage and Word. This problem has been around for quite a while. While I have no definitive place to tell you to go to read about this, shutting down these offending items will clear the problem.

[Pedro...@adobeforums.com]

I had the same issue and can confirm that turning the off "Remote Always on" preference in Boxee fixes this.

This was bothering me for weeks! Thanks guys :-)

[Oli_W...@adobeforums.com]

I had the same problem, but I think mine was caused by a stuck key (possibly related to the spillage of tea on the keyboard).

I haven't worked out which key is stuck, but I think it's F16, F17 or F18. When I pressed one of these again, the Illustrator problem disappeared.

[borin...@hotmail.com]

Realise I'm digging up an old thread -
I'm running an old version of Firefox (3.6.28) and Hotmail seemed to be the offender. Once I closed my Hotmail window, both the hand tool, and proportionate scaling with the shift key both worked again.