Hi everyone, I hope someone can help me with this problem.

When playing games the game is often minimised to desktop. This happens
approximately every 15 minutes and is getting annoying. I can get back into
some games by just maximising the window again, but some games crash when
doing so, which means I can only play them for 15 minutes at a time.

I have noticed that every 15 minutes a program appears to run briefly (<1
second). A tab appears in the bar at the bottom of the desktop with a small
white box in it, but no program name. I have tried clicking on it when it
appears but nothing happens.

I need to try and find out what program is doing this and try to prevent it.

I have opened TweakUI and clicked on the 'Prevent applications from stealing
focus' box, but it still happens!

Any help would be much appreciated

Hi,

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=827315

You'll find help from these:
AdawareII www.lavasoft.de
Spybot www.safer-networking.org

From MVP Richard Harper on cleaning up malware infested systems:
http://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm

This one can help you avoid these programs from being installed in the first
place:
Spyware Blaster: www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

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