Re: Help Please
From: Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote (bens_at_bogusaddress.mvp)
Date: 05/06/04
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Date: 05 May 2004 17:22:29 -1000
On 05 May 2004 16:33, "matthewwvsu" wrote:
>I've noticed lately that my computer has been acting strange. It seems
>almost as if someone else is controling my computer in the backgroud.
>For example after a few minutes of inactivity my screen saver will come
>on, and a few minutes later the screen saver will stop and the main
>desktop screen comes back on. It doesn't make scence for this to occure
>since no one is working at the computer. I scanned for computer viruses
>with Norton Antivirus 2002 and found none. It even has the newest virus
>definitions and updates installed. I also scanned my computer for
>spyware with Spybot Search & Destroy and found nothing.
>It too was up to date. I have Windows XP firewall enabled along with
>Norton's Personal Firewall. Any suggestions as to what could be causing
>my screen saver to stop and the main desktop screen to come back on for
>no reason? Please email me. flowmaster85@charter.net
It can be something entirely innocuous. That happened to my machine the
other night; I was sitting 10 feet away and my screen saver suddenly went
off. I discovered that it happened because my wife closed the garage door
and the vibration was enough to make my optical mouse twitch just slightly,
enough to wake the computer.
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