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Is my PC haunted?
ellay864
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Recently my PC has been doing weird things! It has started typing by itself - in fact I've just hit the back button about a dozen times to get this sentence out as it keeps adding in characters I dont want. At first it was the number 8 so I thought the key was stuck but then we moved to other numbers and letters, just lots of random characters appearing wherever my cursor happens to be.
And then today a new thing has started where my calculator window opens up all by itself. It hasn't taken to doing any sums yet but will open multiple versions of the calculator.
It's all intermittent and as soon as I yell for OH to come see what's happening it stops but it is real I promise. Is it a virus?? Or any other non-paranormal suggestion?
And then today a new thing has started where my calculator window opens up all by itself. It hasn't taken to doing any sums yet but will open multiple versions of the calculator.
It's all intermittent and as soon as I yell for OH to come see what's happening it stops but it is real I promise. Is it a virus?? Or any other non-paranormal suggestion?
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Have you tried plugging in another keyboard?0
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wireless keyboard? - check batteries!!
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Sorry folks...now OH has finally seen it for himself he's realised what the problem is. I used to have a wireless keyboard and the transmitter was still plugged in, but OH has just got a new wireless keyboard for his upstairs PC a few days ago and it seems it's interfering and working downstairs on my monitor!!0
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HA HA HA ... sorry, bet you had a giggle at this once you realised what was happening0
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lol how funny bet it freaked you out thoughReplies to posts are always welcome, If I have made a mistake in the post, I am human, tell me nicely and it will be corrected. If your reply cannot be nice, has an underlying issue, or you believe that you are God, please post in another forum. Thank you0
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I actually found it kind of amusing at first (though bloody annoying!) but what did freak me out that I didn't like to mention before, was when I got rows of 6's...it did 3 then paused and that WAS scary :eek:0
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A few years ago we had somebody at work who's laptop used to start typing out (what seemed like) a book. It wasn't just random letters or numbers but actual full paragraphs. Turned out the motherboard was kippered but nobody could work out why it was doing it or where it was getting the information from to type.0
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Perhaps this technology could be used in routers?
A wireless keyboard that transmits between floors, how often do we see threads where the laptop can't find the router a few feet away?
Move along, nothing to see.0 -
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Thanks for the good laugh, glad you figured it out. 
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