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Resolved Programs not being active after 5 mins.

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by JigglyMina, 2010/03/19.

  1. 2010/03/19
    JigglyMina

    JigglyMina Inactive Thread Starter

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    Good evening to all of you.

    We just reformatted my laptop recently and I notice that my browser and some programs will not be active after 5 mins or so. You need to click on an empty space in the browser or re-click the programs (when run in full screen mode)

    This was not the case before we re-formatted and I suspect it's either a malware or an effect from the updates.

    I already submitted a malware report to the malware forum.

    I notice when playing games like StarCraft (it's in full screen mode), if you turn off the wireless, it will not go to the desktop.

    But when going online, the browser will not be active unless you click on it. It's so annoying if you're typing a long message and then suddenly it will not be active until you click on the browser again.
     
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    wildfire

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    It's probably best to wait for the malware analyst's findings before trying other solutions.
     

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    JigglyMina

    JigglyMina Inactive Thread Starter

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    My brother said to post the necessary logs and wait patiently.

    Thank you for the reminders.

    I sure hope it's not serious and can be easily removed. My brother will be so furious if we need to format my laptop. He hates re-formatting so he comes here for advice.
     
  5. 2010/03/20
    JigglyMina

    JigglyMina Inactive Thread Starter

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    I noticed that if I turn off the Wireless of my laptop, it doesn't have this problem. It can be traced when I'm playing a game of StarCraft (XP/Vista version) where if I go online, it will go to desktop but if I turn off the wireless (Fn+F11) I can play longer.

    I cant prove this while using the browser as my laptop can't go online via Ethernet for some reason.

    Hmmm...it could be that both my Wireless Module and Ethernet are losing their operations because it's been 4 years since I bought my laptop. Perhaps I need a new laptop.
     
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    JigglyMina

    JigglyMina Inactive Thread Starter

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    Yup. It's an issue with the wireless of my NEO 2006 laptop.

    Everytime I boot it, it has problems with the ethernet hardware and I got an issue installing the wireless driver.

    Perhaps we need this thing to be offline and get used to the problem when online.

    I'll try to convince my dad to buy me a new laptop
     

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