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Title: Windows Calculator
Post by: Hawklore on January 30, 2006, 11:24:16 AM

Anyone else have problems with the Windows calculator?

It seems to do math before I tell it to..

Like,

85x2=170+20=190+140=330x20%=66-330=

When I hit - on 66 it gives me, 21,780

Is it due to the fact that I'm not hitting clear after every single problem?

No matter what I do, hitting clear dosn't seem to help..

Virus? User Error? Windoes is a POS? :confused:

Anyone have a downloadable customizable calculator I can use on the computer?

Cause whenever I drag a calculator over to the computer I get a, Use the computers calculator, leave it in the kitchen, etc.

Title: Windows Calculator
Post by: AKS\/\/ulfe on January 30, 2006, 11:32:22 AM

User error.
-SW

Title: Windows Calculator
Post by: OOZ662 on January 30, 2006, 11:43:24 AM

C clears the last entry. CE (clear everything) clears the entire memory and gets it ready for a new problem.

Title: Windows Calculator
Post by: Mustaine on January 30, 2006, 11:48:45 AM

i can actually recreate this on the win calc on my win2000 pc here at work.

BTW the error seems to be it calculating 66 X 330 instead of subtracting.

i can compound the error into the millions also.

Title: Windows Calculator
Post by: capt. apathy on January 30, 2006, 11:58:13 AM

Quote

Originally posted by OOZ662
C clears the last entry. CE (clear everything) clears the entire memory and gets it ready for a new problem.

you have that backward.

C=clear

CE=clear entry

hawklore,  seems to be user error.  the problem gives the correct answer on my PC

Title: Windows Calculator
Post by: capt. apathy on January 30, 2006, 12:00:09 PM

almost forgot

all kinds of calculators (http://www.calculator.com/)

Title: Windows Calculator
Post by: OOZ662 on January 30, 2006, 12:52:18 PM

Bah; I always click em both anyway.

I can reproduce it, but I've noticed that happens on all calculators; I've never been able to use the % button and anyways just manually do it.

Title: Windows Calculator
Post by: Hawklore on January 30, 2006, 01:30:08 PM

For some reason It does it to me even after I hit C and CE..

Backspace tends to help though.. :confused:

Title: Windows Calculator
Post by: capt. apathy on January 30, 2006, 01:54:30 PM

i got it to reproduce your problem.

it's something to do with the way it figures %.

if you skip that and just do x .20 instead of x 20% it doesn't have a problem.

I didn't find it the first time because I automatically did the .20 myself, I never use the % key anyway.

Title: Windows Calculator
Post by: capt. apathy on January 30, 2006, 02:57:59 PM

ok, back to user error again.

following your equation you suckered me in to making your same mistake.

after you get 330, you can either enter -

 x .20

or  20%

to get 20% of 330.

you entered 330 x 20%  

330 X (20% of 330) or 66

when you hit the next function ( - ) it finishes the last one and solves the problem so far

330 X 66 = 21,780

your calculator works fine

Title: Windows Calculator
Post by: Hawklore on January 30, 2006, 03:57:31 PM

Quote

Originally posted by capt. apathy
ok, back to user error again.

following your equation you suckered me in to making your same mistake.

after you get 330, you can either enter -

 x .20

or  20%

to get 20% of 330.

you entered 330 x 20%  

330 X (20% of 330) or 66

when you hit the next function ( - ) it finishes the last one and solves the problem so far

330 X 66 = 21,780

your calculator works fine

Thanks!

I knew there was an explanation, thats exactly it..

Makes total since now.

Title: Windows Calculator
Post by: DREDIOCK on January 30, 2006, 04:01:41 PM

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Originally posted by capt. apathy
almost forgot

all kinds of calculators (http://www.calculator.com/)

Good god, enough popups on that site?

My blocker was sounding like a popcorn machine lol