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Old 01-05-2008, 09:51 PM
Quaoar
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Re: Strange behavior

Sirius wrote:[color=blue]
> I went to see my dad for the holidays. He was complaining that recently
> opened windows get "pushed back".
> For instance, open control panel, then mouse properties.
> Then after a few seconds the mouse prop. window goes behind the control
> panel window. To bring it back you click it in the taskbar and it goes
> behind again. You need to click it and double click it several times to make
> it stay. Also, this is not program specific. It can happen with internet
> explorer windows, also, you open a new window and it gets pushed back. Very
> strange. Is there a virus that does this? We did however scan for viruses,
> spyware and adware. Some minor stuff was found.
>
> Any insight on this would be appreciated. Thank you.
>
> Sirius
>
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If he has a wired mouse, it likely has a frayed, shorting cable.

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Old 01-05-2008, 09:51 PM