Superfluous responses required by Windows

Odin · 29 May 2014

Whenever I restart my computer the Control Panel (which I have pinned to the taskbar) opens to no discernible purpose, and I always have to close it. Also, when I restart or just waken the computer from sleep I must always click on a square in the middle of the screen before I can resume operation. (Concerning this latter issue, that square apparently points to the user, but I am the only user.) Is there any way of making these operations of mine unnecessary? Could I either automate my response in each case, or, better, could I eliminate the issues altogether?

andrew129260 · 29 May 2014

You may have programs running at startup that is causing this issue. Please see this tutorial to temporary disable them and see if the issue is resolved:

Troubleshoot Application Conflicts by Performing a Clean Startup

lehnerus2000 · 29 May 2014

Odin said:

Also, when I restart or just waken the computer from sleep I must always click on a square in the middle of the screen before I can resume operation. (Concerning this latter issue, that square apparently points to the user, but I am the only user.)

I'm not sure if this is what you mean.

Tutorial
Log On Automatically at Startup

Check that the Startup folders do not contain any entries that aren't required (e.g. Control Panel):

C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup