Keyboard intermittently stops respond

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Using Windows XP2
If I am on internet (aol), with one or two sites open
When I want to type something, intermittently the keyboard stops responding,
I have to click the pointer again at the end of my phrase and start typing
again.
Sometimes it even stops after 2 or 3 letters over and over.
It drives me nuts.
Please help me...

MB
 
|>Using Windows XP2
|>If I am on internet (aol), with one or two sites open
|>When I want to type something, intermittently the keyboard stops responding,
|>I have to click the pointer again at the end of my phrase and start typing
|>again.
|>Sometimes it even stops after 2 or 3 letters over and over.
|>It drives me nuts.
|>Please help me...

Sounds like something is taking the focus away from the program, go
into the control panel and check the mouse settings.
 
Hi, it sounds as if something is stealing "focus", which means that it's
making itself the active program and that's why when you continue to
type it seems as if your keyboard is not working and you have to click
again in the entry window. It sounds as if it could be internet
explorer pop-ups or pop-unders.

First off make sure you have no virii or spyware, run a virus check and
use a program like ad-aware to scan your pc for nasties.

Try this and report back your results. :)

Using Windows XP2
If I am on internet (aol), with one or two sites open
When I want to type something, intermittently the keyboard stops
responding,
I have to click the pointer again at the end of my phrase and start
typing
again.
Sometimes it even stops after 2 or 3 letters over and over.
It drives me nuts.
Please help me...

MB
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:) :) :) :) :(
 
Hey Jerry
Thanks for your answer, I think you have the perfect description of my
problem. I checked for virus and spyware with no result
 
Hi, although you say your scan came up negative, there must be something
interfering. Download a program called hijackthis from this link:

http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip

When you run the program choose "Do a system scan and save a logfile.
This will scan your system for running processes and startup items and
open a notepad file with the results. Copy and paste the information
here and I'll have a look.

p.s. dont check any of the boxes yet, just close the program after
you've save the text file.

Jerry.
 
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