Unable To Type In Chrome

  1. Unable To Type In Chrome
  2. Not Able To Type Anything In Chrome

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The links all work, in any web page, but I'm not able to get the cursor (vertical line) to enter the box, so I can type text. I used IEfix v 1.4, re-booted, but it made no difference.

Unable To Type In Chrome

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All of a sudden a couple days ago, my Chrome browser (v. 37, on Win7 desktop) stopped working. It just displays the 'Google Dinosaur' with the message 'Unable to connect to the Internet' (Error code: DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NO_INTERNET). However, IE and Firefox have no problems. Also, another computer on my home network has no problems with Chrome, which rules out any router issues.I have tried:

  • rebooting the computer
  • resetting Chrome (deleting all Content & Cookies; restoring all default browser settings)
  • launching Chrome with no extensions, as well as in incognito mode
  • uninstalling and re-installing Chrome
  • temporarily disabling my virus protector (Microsoft Security Essentials)
  • typing in IP addresses directly
  • Command Prompt (Run as Admin): netsh winsock reset (+ Restart)
  • Clear the host cache (in chrome://net-internals/#dns)
  • growling fiercely at the computer

Nothing helped. (Except the last one, which made me feel slightly better, but didn't resolve the issue). Any other suggestions?

UPDATE: I just realized that I can't even access my router using Chrome (typing the direct IP address), although, again, IE and FF have no problems there either.

UPDATE #2: After following the suggestion to Clear the Host Cache, the cache list began populating with several entries (all **.google.com sites) with this note in the Address field: error: -137 (ERR_NAME_RESOLUTION_FAILED) (a problem which was discussed, though not solved, recently). I assume it is all part of the same underlying problem.

Not Able To Type Anything In Chrome

UPDATE #3: As @FredsBend's link pointed out, this is a known (and apparently widespread) issue that is being tracked and investigated by the fine folks at Chromium. Star the bug at crbug.com/399968 to get notified of a fix.

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marked as duplicate by DavidPostill, Kevin Panko, mdpc, Matthew Williams, ExcellllJan 14 '15 at 15:22

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The problem is related to Chrome and a black list service that is new and apparently not ready. The blacklist service (wrongly) blocks some dll's, most common being one that is used by an internet filtering software called Covenant Eyes. According to Covenant Eyes customer support, the problem only exists on versions 4.5.3 and earlier. Upgrading to version 5, which requires a full uninstall of the previous version, will fix the issue.

There is a workaround that involves a simple registry edit. This is useful if you cannot upgrade Covenant Eyes for some reason or your issue is related to the Chrome blacklist service, but not Covenant Eyes.

Change registry value HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareGoogleChromeBLBeaconstate from 1 to 0.

The registry edit workaround has mixed reviews on this page. Some say it works, but reverts back after closing Chrome. Others report that it works perfectly and they can close Chrome and it will not revert. The reason is not clear, but most with the Covenant Eyes issue are reporting that it is working perfectly for them. A few users without the Covenant Eyes issue have reported that the registry edit worked for them as well.

  1. I have personally tried the Regedit option and it worked and has not reverted after two opens and closes of Chrome. I have not tried upgrading Covenant Eyes. I will try that on a different computer without making the registry edit and report back.
  2. How to use the registry editor. Be cautious when using the registry editor. If you don't know what you are doing you can really mess up your computer.
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The following link provides a workaround. Basically you run RegEdit from cmd and change HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareGoogleChromeBLBeaconstatus from 1 to 0.

After this you can close / open Chrome and it will keep working.

Fl studio 12 piano melody. If not there's like FL keys and and whatever that's on FL Studio already and other stuff in the browser. I hope you will find this tutorial useful and will use the technique that I tried to show you in this video. Final result. You can make your melodies more realistic by using these music theory tricks.

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You could try launching chrome in safe/no extensions/unsafe or some other mode (I know there are some options but dont remember which). Try connecting to a site typing ip address directly http://n.n.n.n .. maybe an issue with chrome using different dns path thanother browsers.

Hector38Hector38

I found a solution in my case. My issue seems to be related Bitdefender anti-virus. When Bitdefender was in 'Game mode' I could not connect to any site using Chrome. I turned 'Game mode' off and restarted Chrome. This worked for me, even after turning 'Game mode' back on. Let's see how long this solution lasts.

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In one of my Selenium test cases, I need to type something into a CKEditor text area.
It works fine with Chromedriver 2.20 + Chrome 59. But since I upgraded to Chrome 62, the textarea isn't detected anymore. Selenium doesn't throw any exception, it just doesn't type in the CKEditor and goes on with the next step.
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Any idea (other than downgrading)? Thanks in advance.

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