Computer is doing some weird stuff.

[hoofhearted4]

it just started the other day, im not sure how, it seems very random. i came back from not using my PC for a couple of days, turned it on, and the problems started immediately

 

my mouse isnt registerying sometimes. ill go to click something and nothing happens. the item will be highlighted to show it registers my mouse hovering over it, but clicking does nothing. if i start up the task manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del method) i can close out the program no problem. it says its running just fine, and the program doesnt seemt o be using an abnormal amounts of resources.

 

another problem that started at the same time is my windows will randomly open and close as if my mouse is hovering over the Windows Aero Button in the bottom right, but it doesnt matter where my mouse is. this has triggered when my mouse has been in the middle of the screen. ironically if i move my mouse out of this random hotspot then the windows open back up, but moving my mouse back to the hotspot closes them. its actually more that there is a hotspot where the windows wont close, and moving my mouse out of that little hotspot closes the windows.

 

i tried booting my PC into Safe Mode and ran into another problem. it didnt want to. it would load the drivers for a second, flash the screen, bring be to the Welcome/Please Wait screen, reboot and log me into Windows as normal, no Safe Mode. so i tried forcing it to boot into Save Mode in msconfig, and all that did was get me into an infinite loop. after hard resetting my PC a number of times, it finally went into Safe Mode randomly. From there I scanned my computer with MSE, Spybot and Malware Antibytes and Cleaned out my crap with CCleaner. nothing found anything, and i made sure to return my PC to its normal boot. booted back up only to have the problems continue.

 

Windows also ran its own little Windows check and apparently "fixed it" or whatever, but ofc it didnt do anything. actually ended up running it a couple of times. to no avail (not that i expected anything)

 

at this point im just considering wiping Windows off my C and reinstalling it. i have Windows on its own partition and keep a clean backup of it so i should be fine, but i was just posting here to see if anyone had any further ideas of stuff i could try before i got to that point. it should be relatively painless to do it, but id still like it to be a last resort.

 

running Windows 7 Pro x64 btw

 

thanks for your help and suggestions guys! :)

[Thor.]

Check for Virus's, sounds like you have some nasty virus. Do a complete scan before you do anything.

Edited July 7, 2013 by Thor.

[hoofhearted4]

Check for Virus's, sounds like you have some nasty virus. Do a complete scan before you do anything.

it finally went into Safe Mode randomly. From there I scanned my computer with MSE, Spybot and Malware Antibytes and Cleaned out my crap with CCleaner. nothing found anything, and i made sure to return my PC to its normal boot. booted back up only to have the problems continue.

 

yea i did that. as i said. scanning it was the first thing i tried.

[Thor.]

Usually in safe mode the programs that may be viruses or spyware may not be active in safe mode, best bet to run it normally in windows.

 

or use something like ccleaner or wise registry which is both freeware.

Edited July 7, 2013 by Thor.

[hoofhearted4]

ive heard the opposite. to scan in Safe Mode because many viruses disable themselves in normal windows when being scanned or trick the scanners themselves to make them think they arent there. but ya i guess i should scan in normal mode just in case.

 

also, i already said, i used CCleaner to clean out thew junk and fix the registry (though not sure how much it really fixes)

 

but yea, ill scan my PC again, in normal mode.

[Thor.]

In this case use a usb portable antivirus or use Lavasofts antivirus, it does one awesome job of removing spyware and trojans alike.

 

http://www.lavasoft.com/ also freeware. Highly recommended.

Edited July 7, 2013 by Thor.

[hoofhearted4]

also it seems that during the times i cant click anything, if i Ctrl+Alt+Del it gives me my clicking power back. sometimes only for a click, sometimes for awhile.

 

also for some reason i have a "right mouse click dialogue box" frozen on my screen lol. assuming its a part of this whole mess im in.

 

i also noticed that during the times i cant click, my start menu (which is on auto-hide) wont pop up from my mouse. which si when i bring up the Task Manager, and that usually solves that problem for the time being.

[Thor.]

Sounds like a sticky key issue :confused:

 

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/quick-tip-disable-the-sticky-and-filter-keys-in-windows/3910

Edited July 8, 2013 by Thor.

[hoofhearted4]

scannign in normal windows mode found nothing. ill check into that sticky key thing

[hoofhearted4]

well disabling sticky/filter keys as shown in that link seems to have solved it. im not sure what was really the problem though. it may be that one of the keys on my mechanical keyboard is malfunctioning, and where you barely have to touch it for it to register, the computer thinks its being held down. though im not sure since i see no problems when im typing or using the computer now. but as i said, the problem seems to have gone away.

 

thanks Thor, id give you a Kudos, but youve already received one from me a long time ago :P

 

 

EDIT: spoke too soon. closed out my windows because i was done, and realized my Start Menu Bar didnt pop up, and i couldnt click on my desktop icons or make a Highlight Box. its funny though, bringing up the Task Manager solves the issue....

 

EDIT AGAIN: figured outt he problem of my whole window closing thing. i had installed a thing that allows me to use multiple desktops. for some reason it was on the fritz, my windows closing was just it moving to another desktop. i uninstalled it and that problem stopped. now the problem of things not wanting to be clicked is still an issue. i tried a different mouse and that didnt seem to fix it. hmmm.

Edited July 9, 2013 by hoofhearted4