OK, all you computer Gurus....why does Notepad constantly open on its on with Win 7? And at times the cursor will just disappear and after a hard tap over hard-drive area it will re-appear?
Any answers?
perhaps you have inadvertently set a hotkey or shortcut to open notepad?
I don't know if I have or not. This has happened since I got this replacement computer with Win 7 (64 bit). I haven't set any shortcut keys.
I can be idle...and Notepad will open.
well you are not alone - look
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6142_102-0. … dID=262859
I remember that happening at times when I had Win XP. But not near as many times as it does with Win 7. As long as it is not some sort of Virus or a hacker I am probably not that concerned, just will have to keep closing it. lol
Why can't Windows put out a product without problems??? lolol
I have bookmarked the link you gave me so I can keep up with the discussion to see if someone has an answer.
Thanks for your answer and the link!
Its an XP forum - but youll see two of the posts are from diff Win7 users, one with the a barnd new laptop.
The obvious solution (as also suggested in the thread) is that it must be a shortcut issue - you say this happens during idle also - so a program must be requesting it.
Look through your task manager and see what programs are running in the background and in your startup folder - disable all that ar enot necessary - this will hekp w/ system performance an dif your lucky you will also find teh offending program.
Its prob not a win7 error, its probably an annoting bloatware program that came installed or an adware program you picked up inadvertently
OK, thanks. I will look at that. Although...not being a computer Tech/Geek...I really am not sure to to look for to disable.
I saw the comments with Win 7 on Dell. And since I am one of those unfortunate ones with a Dell I am wondering if that may be a cause also.
LOL, if only it was that easy! When I had the issue with XP I had a Hewlett Packard.
by Michael Willis 13 years ago
I have search Windows for a fix for this issue and was surprised at how many people have this problem. Windows has not solution...Duh. Why would I think they did, really!I am wondering if I could just "Delete NotePad" and have no problems! DO I have to have NotePad on my computer? I would...
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