OS messing up - randomly minimized full screens and unactive windows

[Faust]

I don't know where exactly it started, and I have no idea how...
A few days ago, kinda.
I also googled it, and found nothing, nothing even remotely similar...


So if I play a game (doesn't matter what), from time to time it just minimizes. It's like when you press Alt+Tab (I obviously don't), except there isn't that little thing in the middle of the screen that shows where do you switch active window.

And when... I make a post like this, or write an e-mail, with the same frequency, the window goes "not active" - I can't type anymore, and the colored "thing" (I don't know it's name, you know, The Helper Forums - Post New Thread - <Browser Name>) goes gray..

Although I have no problems going back, it is still very annoying...

At first I thought the Windows Key was somehow stuck (well not the button, because I've torn them out years ago), so I disabled it, but the problem is still there.

What do you make out of it? Thank you in advance..

 

[Faust]

No one else has a clue? Lulz

 

[Samael88]

Are you pressing any specific keys on your keyboard when it happens?

I had a similiar problem a couple of years back when my old keyboard broke, it sent the wrong signals to the OS sometimes and strangely enought caused that problem.

Have you run a Virus scan lately tho? Just in case it is a virus of some sort?

 

[sqrage]

Are you running itunes in the background?

 

[Faust]

Not pressing any specific keys... absolutely random. I don't even have to press a key.
And I don't think any virus would be designed to do just this... and I'm using AVG, which kept me safe for years, since I began to use it. It's like stapling a condom on your penis.

No, I'm not using iTunes.

It's goddamn raping my cpu, if I'm running a game that was made after 2004...

 

[Faust]

I discovered something, it happens every 30 minutes.
I start the game (full screen), 30 minutes passed, it's minimized. I can wait a few minutes, restore the window, and it goes minimized again 30 minutes after restoring.

I tried stopping all programs that run normally (msn messenger, deamon tools, etc) and it still did...
Yesterday night it stopped for a while... I have no idea how, I didn't do anything.

 

[Samael88]

Dude, AVG kept you safe from viruses, yes, but it is probably the thing causing the problem here
Have you tried updating it lately?
What version do you have?

AVG seems to be aware of the problem and the only current solution is to uninstall AVG and install it again with the latest installation from their home-page, this was in June though, so you could try to update it and see if that gives any luck.

I hope it helps:thup: