What's causing the Right Click?

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I have a small desktop running win7 and it's been perfect for a couple of years now. My keyboard and mouse are both wire connected.

Couple of days ago I started to get the right click box appear at unexpected times without me having done anything so assuming it was a faulty mouse I switched it for a new one - no difference, fault continued at intermittent times. Next I unconnected the mouse and waited to see what happened, yep, it appeared! So definitely not the mouse. Next I loaded up my email site and then disconnected both mouse and keyboard and waited - yep, still doing it!

So what on earth can be causing it????
 
Well it is possible there is something unwanted on the computer. Bad program, virus, malware, etc. These can cause such a problem. And it can be very irritating because it seems like it would be hardware. Tricky stuff.

A good way to test this is to try starting up the computer in "Safe Mode". It should then have very limited access to programs. See if the problem still occurs. If it doesn't, you have something unwanted on the device and will need to run some good deep thorough scans to root out the problem. Make sure, should this be the issue, you run antivirus, spyware and malware scans, which will require different programs. Luckily there are lots of good programs for this out there.

How to enter "Safe Mode" when booting the computer.

In Windows 8 and 10...

As your computer restarts, press F8 (possibly a few times) to enter "Safe Mode"

a. Press the "F4" key to Enable "Safe Mode".
(The computer will then start in "Safe Mode" with a minimal set of drivers and services.)

b. Press the "F5" key to Enable "Safe Mode" with Networking.
( Once "Safe Mode" with Networking starts, Windows is in Safe Mode, with additional network and services for accessing the Internet and other computers on your network.)

c. Press the "F6" key to Enable "Safe Mode" with Command Prompt.
(In "Safe Mode" with "Command Prompt" starts Windows in Safe Mode, with a Command Prompt window instead of the Windows interface. This option is mostly only used by IT professionals.)

Now sign in to the computer with your account name and password. (If you have one set.) When you are finished troubleshooting, you can exit "Safe Mode" restarting your computer.


In Windows 7/Vista/XP...

1. Immediately after turning on the computer, or restarting it (usually after you hear your computer beep), tap the F8 key, repeatedly, in 1 second intervals.

2. The computer will then display hardware information and run a memory test.

3. Next the "Advanced Boot Options" menu will appear.

4. In the "Advanced Boot Options" menu use the arrow keys to select "Safe Mode" or "Safe Mode with Networking" and press ENTER.
 
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