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Windows 7 Calculator Randomly Opening

Branoic · 2010-04-11 20:05:16

Hi, This problem only started yesterday, with no obvious reason. I've got Windows 7 and the calculator has suddenly started opening multiple times randomly. In fact, in the time I've begun typing this message it has now opened 14 times, and opens faster and more frequently the more I type!! I've run a virus scan and havent…

11-04-2010 09:05PM

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Branoic

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Hi,

This problem only started yesterday, with no obvious reason. I've got Windows 7 and the calculator has suddenly started opening multiple times randomly. In fact, in the time I've begun typing this message it has now opened 14 times, and opens faster and more frequently the more I type!! I've run a virus scan and havent found anything. What could be causing this???

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#2 11-04-2010 11:45PM

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Do you have a keyboard with a calculator key on it (I have one!)? Maybe something stupid like something hitting off the key?

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#3 12-04-2010 01:57AM

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Windows key + C ?

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#4 12-04-2010 06:43PM

dazzerb

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check your local Task Scheduler. Might have gotten in there somehow.

(BTW: check out your local Task Scheduler anyway. Lots of stuff in there by default since Vista)

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#5 13-04-2010 02:41PM

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New Keyboard?

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#6 15-04-2010 04:55PM

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Try a different keyboard, same thing happened to me (search kept opening usually) it was a fancy keyboard an all.

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