Weirdest Windows Problems. Help.

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shenry84

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Hi. Anyone figure this? Certain keys on my keyboard will stop functioning, like Enter or the Period, then will function again. The same thing happens with my mouse. It will gradually stop responding, then, either after leaving the pc idle for a while or rebooting, will respond again. Most often it requires a reboot, but this doesn't always help.

Also I notice sometimes programs (not adware) will pop up erratically (I'm using WinXP), norton security and antivirus will be disabled upon startup. Actually, by programs I mean start menu and folders popping up, not actual programs, though the Task manager does seem to contain more system owned processes than I'm accustomed to seeing.

I booted from a Lunix install cd (Fedora 4, with the nice gui), and the mouse was not detected. The usb mouse was not detected either.

Back to windows, I had to reset the CMOS using the jumper on the mainboard at one point, because the machine would not boot, or I would get a blue screen doing a memory dump. After the CMOS reset though, everything is fine except for all of the above -- mouse behaving schitzophrenically as is the keyboard, as doe windows (start menu will pop open, folders will open or close, etc. Very hard to explain).

Any ideas? I'd say hardware (since linux didn't recognize mouse either, and since I've done all sorts of windows scans and reinstalled windows too).

Could a defective memory or motherboard be causing this?
 
Are they wireless? if so try replacing the batterys, if that doesn't work try resetting the receiver and keyboard/mouse (there is usually a button on each, normally you press the one on the receiver then on the k/b or mouse, it shoudl tell you in the instruction manual) Also try them in different ports, as Fuzz said,
Lee
 
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Can defective hardware produce the effects I described earlier?

I have no reset switches; they are standard, cheap, mouse and keyboard -- ps/1, ps/2. It is a desktop PC running windows XP.

The usb printer seems to work fine, but the usb mouse doesn't at all. It's optical and the light doesn't go on. The regular PS/2 mouse doesn't work all the time, but it's been behaving today so far.

So, there seems to be something affecting the input devices regardless of chosen method of connection. I'm pretty sure it's not windows.

I Resetted all the motherboard features, though I can't find any bios flashes. However, why would I need one? There have been no issues like this for the year I've owned it, so out of the blue and after no particularly drastic software and no hardware changes, I don't think I'd need to flash the bios.

It seems like hardware. Anyone have an idead of which component could be causing such erratic behavior with the input devices? Mainboard, cpu, memory, perhaps ???
 
Since your USB printer works fine I dont think your having a USB problem, Think you might just have a bad optical mouse and a keyboard just starting to go out
 
i hate using mouses that have the ball in them... they collect dust so fast and it pisses me off

that's why i got an optical mouse
 
It seem like first windows is somewhat corrupt, because of that Norton Problem, 2nd for you Mouse and Keyboard you might have a problem with the USB controlers on the motherboard. Try getting a Adaptec USB/Firewire PCI card.
 
are you sayin that the motherboard has a bad/no connection with the mouse and keyboard ports? do you think it could be a dust problem... i've heard that too much dust could do things to your system
 
I don't think it's the keyboard or mouse. Neither are optical; it was my laptops optical mouse that I tested on the desktop. I've had keyboards and mice (ps/1, ps/2), last for ages, and these are both relatively new. I think maybe it is the motherboard, because the printer doesn't make the noises it usually does on startup.

I don't know. Can any defective components cause windows to act strangely, such as memory? If not, it must be the mainboard.
 
point in case...

so... what are you going to do about the motherboard? are you going to try and solve the problem or replace the whole thing altogether?
 
BrandonL said:
point in case...

so... what are you going to do about the motherboard? are you going to try and solve the problem or replace the whole thing altogether?
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well, I'm not sure what the problem is, but I think I'll start with the motherboard. No one has really answered whether bad components affect the OS, but If the problem isn't resolved by replacing th board, I'll just exchange it and try the same thing with the RAM. I know it's not the hard drive, because I had the same problem on my other one I tested. I'll see what happens!

Thanks.
shenry
 
bad components definitely affect the OS. that's kind of self-explanatory. i think you should check your system to be if there are any malfunctioned parts that you need to replace before you completely remove the motherboard.

are there any bad components in your system that you know of?
 
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