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Devices => PC's and Other Hardware => Topic started by: AoXoMoXoA on September 12, 2014, 09:21:25 am

Title: Win8 focus issue - every 15 sec something steals focus
Post by: AoXoMoXoA on September 12, 2014, 09:21:25 am

I bought a new HP laptop with Win8 x64, Core i7. Great machine except for one thing so far . . . . 
Approximately every 15 seconds whatever window I am working in loses focus for about 2 or 3 seconds, then returns. It is enough to drive me crazy especially when typing as it causes dropped letters.

I have disabled all startup items, tried disabling the touchpad, everything I can think of or find on the web searches I have done.

Has anyone had this problem? More importantly, have you found a solution?

Title: Re: Win8 focus issue - every 15 sec something steals focus
Post by: JimH on September 12, 2014, 09:37:34 am

Open Task Manager and watch the memory, disk, and CPU activity.

Antivirus?

Title: Re: Win8 focus issue - every 15 sec something steals focus
Post by: AoXoMoXoA on September 12, 2014, 10:26:39 am

Hi Jim, thanks for responding.

I disabled Kaspersky Internet Security along with all else I could but have not tried uninstalling it.
Out of desperation I did a system restore and at the moment seems to have worked, but this problem does not seem to be present after every reboot so I will need to give it some time to make sure that did the trick.

Seems there are a lot of people with a similar issue in both Win7 and Win8, but none have posted a definitive solution.

I tried watching Task Manager but was unable to catch the culprit.

Title: Re: Win8 focus issue - every 15 sec something steals focus
Post by: JimH on September 12, 2014, 11:53:05 am

Try an Internet search.  It could be something like a bad network driver.

Try HP.  They will probably recognize it if it's their problem.