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Windows 'blinks'every 15 seconds. Ctrl-A of address bar, unable to type URL. And othe

Discussion in 'Windows Vista' started by pfranken, May 26, 2009.

  1. pfranken

    pfranken Guest

    One of my two Vista laptops has developped a nasty feature.
    Every 15 seconds it blinks ... let me explain.

    - When in Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer the address bar will be
    fully selected. As if ctrl-A was pressed. Along with that the entire
    window quickly blinks as if being minimized, maximized.
    - Any drop-down, of the address br, or any other field on a web page
    will 'roll-up' without choosing the selection. As if the escape button
    is pressed.
    - An application like Picasa's photoviewer will 'loose' it's full
    screen mode and switch back to a windowed mode. The escape key doesn't
    do that. I wouldn't even know how to do that on purpose.

    I can't remember when it started, maybe it was there from the beginning
    (3 months ago). Maybe when I installed Picasa or Norton 360, I can't
    tell. I just know it's irritating lke hell. Making typing a URL
    virtually imposible.

    I've tried stopping services, killing processes, removing apps from the
    tray, disabling plugins. But no luck yet.

    When searching the internet I do find others with the same issue, just
    described differenty each time. But never a definitive fix.

    *explorer blinking unable to type in web addresses - blabbersplat*
    'windows vista general explorer blinking unable to type in web
    addresses'
    ()

    *Vista screen refreshes every few seconds*


    Does anyone have a good solution for this ? Preferrably a Microsoft KB
    (Knowledge Base) Article with a hotfix ;-)

    Thanks in advance,
    Peter


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    pfranken
     
  2. DL

    DL Guest

    IE 'blinking' can be caused by the vid driver, do you have a manufacturers
    driver installed or did you use winupdate for drivers?
    If you boot your PC into Safe Mode, is the problem replicated?

    "pfranken" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
    news:cb50f1f14af14a7ed4ff4fa88c41a02b@nntp-gateway.com...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    >
    > One of my two Vista laptops has developped a nasty feature.
    > Every 15 seconds it blinks ... let me explain.
    >
    > - When in Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer the address bar will be
    > fully selected. As if ctrl-A was pressed. Along with that the entire
    > window quickly blinks as if being minimized, maximized.
    > - Any drop-down, of the address br, or any other field on a web page
    > will 'roll-up' without choosing the selection. As if the escape button
    > is pressed.
    > - An application like Picasa's photoviewer will 'loose' it's full
    > screen mode and switch back to a windowed mode. The escape key doesn't
    > do that. I wouldn't even know how to do that on purpose.
    >
    > I can't remember when it started, maybe it was there from the beginning
    > (3 months ago). Maybe when I installed Picasa or Norton 360, I can't
    > tell. I just know it's irritating lke hell. Making typing a URL
    > virtually imposible.
    >
    > I've tried stopping services, killing processes, removing apps from the
    > tray, disabling plugins. But no luck yet.
    >
    > When searching the internet I do find others with the same issue, just
    > described differenty each time. But never a definitive fix.
    >
    > *explorer blinking unable to type in web addresses - blabbersplat*
    > 'windows vista general explorer blinking unable to type in web
    > addresses'
    > ()
    >
    > *Vista screen refreshes every few seconds*
    >

    >
    > Does anyone have a good solution for this ? Preferrably a Microsoft KB
    > (Knowledge Base) Article with a hotfix ;-)
    >
    > Thanks in advance,
    > Peter
    >
    >
    > --
    > pfranken <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
     
  3. Re: Windows 'blinks'every 15 seconds. Ctrl-A of address bar, unabl

    I Just rebuild the PC. Problem disappeared. After installation of Norton 360
    it came bouncing back. So I now know where to go .....

    "DL" wrote:
    <!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    > IE 'blinking' can be caused by the vid driver, do you have a manufacturers
    > driver installed or did you use winupdate for drivers?
    > If you boot your PC into Safe Mode, is the problem replicated?
    >
    > "pfranken" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
    > news:cb50f1f14af14a7ed4ff4fa88c41a02b@nntp-gateway.com...<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    > >
    > > One of my two Vista laptops has developped a nasty feature.
    > > Every 15 seconds it blinks ... let me explain.
    > >
    > > - When in Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer the address bar will be
    > > fully selected. As if ctrl-A was pressed. Along with that the entire
    > > window quickly blinks as if being minimized, maximized.
    > > - Any drop-down, of the address br, or any other field on a web page
    > > will 'roll-up' without choosing the selection. As if the escape button
    > > is pressed.
    > > - An application like Picasa's photoviewer will 'loose' it's full
    > > screen mode and switch back to a windowed mode. The escape key doesn't
    > > do that. I wouldn't even know how to do that on purpose.
    > >
    > > I can't remember when it started, maybe it was there from the beginning
    > > (3 months ago). Maybe when I installed Picasa or Norton 360, I can't
    > > tell. I just know it's irritating lke hell. Making typing a URL
    > > virtually imposible.
    > >
    > > I've tried stopping services, killing processes, removing apps from the
    > > tray, disabling plugins. But no luck yet.
    > >
    > > When searching the internet I do find others with the same issue, just
    > > described differenty each time. But never a definitive fix.
    > >
    > > *explorer blinking unable to type in web addresses - blabbersplat*
    > > 'windows vista general explorer blinking unable to type in web
    > > addresses'
    > > ()
    > >
    > > *Vista screen refreshes every few seconds*
    > >

    > >
    > > Does anyone have a good solution for this ? Preferrably a Microsoft KB
    > > (Knowledge Base) Article with a hotfix ;-)
    > >
    > > Thanks in advance,
    > > Peter
    > >
    > >
    > > --
    > > pfranken <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    >
    >
    > <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
     

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