Full screen games/films randomly minimise.

ITBFiend

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Nov 2, 2013
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Hi,

Had to make this thread as I'm at a bit of a loss here.

Whenever I watch a film or play a game in full screen, the program will randomly (anywhere between 2 minutes to 1 hour) minimise to the desktop, leaving the program running in the background.

If it helps, full screen games completely minimise, whereas films in full screen will switch to windowed mode.

I've tried anti virus scans, malware scans, uninstalling all my anti virus programs, Game Booster and have tried disabling every program in msconfig (except the OS), all to no avail.

The rig is a year old and has only started doing this within the last month or two.

PC Spec -
Windows 7 64 bit Home
GeForce GTX680
i5 3570k @ 3.40
8GB RAM
1920x1080, 144Hz

Any help is MUCH appreciated.
 

NerdyComputerGuy

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There are a couple of possibilities as to what the issue is

Graphics Card

Reinstall the drivers to their newest version, make sure to do a clean reinstall to get the best results

Operating System Corruption
Click the Start Button then search in the box 'cmd.exe' (without the quotes) and then right click the result which is found and click 'Run as Administrator' once the Command Prompt opens up type 'sfc /scannow' (without the quotes) then press enter, a percentage will then start rising, the computer will now fix it's self and fix any corrupt or missing files in the integrity of all of the Windows 7 protected files)

HERE is some more information on the sfc /scannow command

Reply back if it works
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