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F24 Key code constantly registering = multiple issues.
Hi everyone,
I can't seem to track this down and I don't really want to do a clean install after setting up my environment for work. I'm not sure if this happened out of the box or not. I'm hoping someone will have magic solution that will save hours of reinstalling...
I first noticed the problem when having multiple windows of the same type open. The taskbar by default would stack these. To switch between them you would hover over the stacked icon and that would bring up a grid or list of the windows above the icon. On m machine this 'preview' would only flash and then disappear. I also noticed the screensaver would never come on, alt+tab window switching would also flash and then go away, and there were some other general 'window focus' issues. After googling for a solution and reading some related issues I got the idea to write a quick app that would display keystrokes and mouse presses to a window. For some reason the F24 key is constantly being sent to the OS. I don't have a F24 key(I'm thinking it is either a combination of keys or a storage for a hotkey). Since I don't have a physical F24 key I'm thinking it has to be a software issue. I've tried killing processes one at a time and testing to see if it helps without any luck. I've run out of ideas without doing a clean install. Does anyone have any other ideas???
I have an Alienware m17x, core duo T9600 2x 2.80Ghz, 4GB Ram, NVIDIA GeForce 9400 running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
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