- Oct 27, 2013
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After some research, I'm pretty sure my problem is called Focus Stealing, I've looked at a bunch of forums/threads on the internet but each seem to have individual symptoms etc so the fix to someone's problem is not the same fix to someone else's. This is probably going to be a long post, but I want to make sure I provide as much detail as possible...
I've had the computer for about 1.5 years (custom built)
Specs:
I7 4770K
16GB Ram
Nvidia Geforce GTX 760
Samsung 840 series SSD
(I think that's all that matters for now)
For the past few weeks suddenly I'm experiencing focus stealing about every 2 minutes (ranges up to 15 minutes)
For example, I'll have just one window open, and the computer will suddenly act as if I clicked the desktop so the window is deselected/not active...VERY annoying when I'm typing (in a word doc, this post, anything) Because if I'm not watching, half of what I've typed ended up typing into nothing, so I have to start over.
Additionally, when playing a full screen game or full screening a video, the game will minimize as if I alt+tab, or full screen video will return to a window.
I need to make it clear (as I've read in other threads elsewhere) I'm definitely not alt+tab'ing accidentally, or clicking the little clear box in the bottom right corner that shows the desktop.
I also cannot press alt+tab the moment the focus is stolen to see what program is doing it...I've had a lot of practice and nothing ever shows up.
Obviously this is not a laptop so there is no track pad to accidentally press or something like that.
I've done a virus scan with MBAM and MSE and done spyware checks and I get nothing. This also seems to be a common symptom with other people.
I use quite a bit of background processes, and I have tried to turn off many of them. This started when I re-installed Geforce Experience (It was giving me an error and that was the only way to fix it.) so I'm guessing it has to do with that.
I used Windows Task Explorer and managed to get this screenshot at the time GTA 5 minimized (was running it on second monitor.)
Thanks in Advance!
I've had the computer for about 1.5 years (custom built)
Specs:
I7 4770K
16GB Ram
Nvidia Geforce GTX 760
Samsung 840 series SSD
(I think that's all that matters for now)
For the past few weeks suddenly I'm experiencing focus stealing about every 2 minutes (ranges up to 15 minutes)
For example, I'll have just one window open, and the computer will suddenly act as if I clicked the desktop so the window is deselected/not active...VERY annoying when I'm typing (in a word doc, this post, anything) Because if I'm not watching, half of what I've typed ended up typing into nothing, so I have to start over.
Additionally, when playing a full screen game or full screening a video, the game will minimize as if I alt+tab, or full screen video will return to a window.
I need to make it clear (as I've read in other threads elsewhere) I'm definitely not alt+tab'ing accidentally, or clicking the little clear box in the bottom right corner that shows the desktop.
I also cannot press alt+tab the moment the focus is stolen to see what program is doing it...I've had a lot of practice and nothing ever shows up.
Obviously this is not a laptop so there is no track pad to accidentally press or something like that.
I've done a virus scan with MBAM and MSE and done spyware checks and I get nothing. This also seems to be a common symptom with other people.
I use quite a bit of background processes, and I have tried to turn off many of them. This started when I re-installed Geforce Experience (It was giving me an error and that was the only way to fix it.) so I'm guessing it has to do with that.
I used Windows Task Explorer and managed to get this screenshot at the time GTA 5 minimized (was running it on second monitor.)
Thanks in Advance!
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