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MULTIPLE WINDOWS OPENING ON WINDOWS XP

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by kithinjim

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MY PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN AM USING WINDOWS XP,MULTIPLE WINDOWS CROP UP AND STARTS MOSTLY WITH THE START MENU,THEN OTHER WINDOWS LIKE DISPLAY SETTINGS etc.I HAVE TRIED ANTI-VIRUSES BUT DON'T SEEM TO WORK,FORMATTED THE HARD-DISK TO NO AVAIL AND EVEN CHANGED THE HARD-DISK BUT THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURS.
I NOW THINK IT MIGHT BE A HARDWARE PROBLEM AS WHEN THE WINDOWS ARE OPENING,THE MOUSE CURSOR ALSO MOVES ON IT'S OWN.NEED SUGGESTIONS ON THE NEXT STEP I SHOULD TAKE URGENTLY.

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by briantruitt

I had a client with something similar. Everytime I moved the mouse more stuff popped open and things went straight up wacky. Turned out to be her mouse. It was full of crumbs and whatever else she was stuffing in her mouth. I cleaned the mouse up and it worked like a charm. Just to be safe change out both the keyboard and the mouse if you have extras and see what happens.

by been there

Couple of suggestions if the above doesn't work a a freeware program called Spybot from the web. It works wonders at removing malicious spyware. They also get rid of hidden programs that are installed under the guise of free software. Also recommendPopstopper another program that will prevent windows from popping up. Make sure that you don't have a sticky key. I had my desk cluttered with books and papers and had a key that had a book laying on top and the computer had all sorts of those symptoms. Make sure that your startup menu is cleaned out. Use the help menu to do that.:)

by jay_laptop

have you installed any mouse drivers after you reinstalled windows?

that could be the problem

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