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Win 7: The search function has gone mad

Discussion in 'Technology' started by DriveAfterDark, May 25, 2014.

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  1. DriveAfterDark

    DriveAfterDark F1 Veteran

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    #1 DriveAfterDark, May 25, 2014
    ...and it's driving me crazy. No idea what I did wrong and I have changed the keyboard as well (thought some key might be stuck).
    The search function is constant in every program there is a search function. The cursor goes straight to the search field in the browser and if I go on "My computer" or in the image viewer (basically anything), a search window pops up. I have no chance to get pass it, if I close it another one pops up within milliseconds.

    This is making me mad. Any suggestions? I am running full system anti-virus scan now just to be sure.

    Tried searching for it on Google but didn't know exactly what to search so I'm trying here.
     
  2. BubblesQuah

    BubblesQuah F1 World Champ
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    #2 BubblesQuah, May 25, 2014
    How about your mouse? Try unplugging it and see what happens.

    Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk
     
  3. SPEEDCORE

    SPEEDCORE Four Time F1 World Champ

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    #3 SPEEDCORE, May 26, 2014
    re-install the mouse/keyboard drivers?

    Try a malware app like malwarebytes. AV aren't that great at detecting malware.

    The registry could be damaged you could do a recovery.
     
  4. Bas

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    #4 Bas, May 26, 2014
    Do a system recovery to a before when it hasn't happened yet.

    Install Malwarebytes like Speedy said and Microsoft Security Essentials.
     
  5. DriveAfterDark

    DriveAfterDark F1 Veteran

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    #5 DriveAfterDark, May 26, 2014
    Hmm, thanks for the replies but today it was a lot less aggressive. I'm going to try with a USB mouse with cord and also run a spyware search.

    It's the work laptop, so I don't really use it for much else than Outlook, misc. forums, news and such. Strange!

    Will report back with findings, eventually do a recovery to a week earlier.
     
  6. Bas

    Bas Four Time F1 World Champ

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    #6 Bas, May 26, 2014
    Save all your recent documents and do the recovery...it doesn't really take that long :)
     
  7. Gran Drewismo

    Gran Drewismo F1 Rookie

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    #7 Gran Drewismo, May 26, 2014
    Found this, dunno if it helps:

    "Right click on empty desktop area, choose personalize & change mouse pointers; there I click Pointer options and disable Snap."

    I enabled it and didn't notice it doing anything though....
     

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