Comment 1 by ondrosik on 2012-07-07 05:33
Is there any particular keystroke, which are you using or it does not matter and this works (or better don't work) for all NVDA keystrokes like insert+t? I played arrount with it in notepad and only one way how to switch from normal mode to overwrite is to press nvda+F2 (so NVDA will not handle the next key and it will bipass it to windows dyrectly) and press insert.

Comment 2 by jteh on 2012-07-07 07:34
Are you certain you aren't double tapping insert quickly? This will pass the insert key through.

Comment 3 by briang1 on 2012-07-07 07:48
Unless its Windows 8 only, I've not had this issue. However on somone elses computer this turned out to be a keyboard on its last legs. those based on membranes can give double actions on often used keys if the track where it bends under the key has a crack in it. Might be worth trying another keyboard before looking for a bug.

Comment 4 by csm120 on 2012-07-07 12:39
I have tried simply pressing the insert key once, and I still seem to get the overwrite mode turned on. This even happens on the web. I've seen this on win8, and 7, but have not tested on xp. I have tried this on many pcs, and with different keyboards.

Comment 5 by briang1 on 2012-07-07 13:17
I cannot get it on XP here. Could it be something to do with the locale' set on the computers?

Comment 6 by csm120 on 2012-07-07 14:49
Not sure, I don't use other languages other than English.

@jcsteh The original author of this ticket is now out-of-reach and this ticket is over five years old, leading me to believe that it is very likely that this issue may have been resolved over the years, because such a bug would have been regularly reported were it non-exclusive to csm120. Thus, I suggest closing. @ehollig

Closing, as the ticket is over 5 years old and I do not recall this issue being reported before.