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HDTV Tuner Program is randomly starting itself once a day.
Hi I have an AVerMEDIA Volar Green USB2.0 HDTV Tuner to watch TV on my PC, which is set up as a 5.1 surround Sound, 3D, Home Theater and Gaming system in my lounge room.
However at least once a day, the program that the tuner uses to play TV Broadcasts just starts itself, regardless of if I am watching a DVD/BluRay or in the middle of a game. I hear the classic "BADAM!" of a device being connected and the AVerTV 3D application start's up, with Windows 7 automatically alt+tabbing me from whatever app/game I am on at the time to bring the AVerTV 3D application into focus. This is getting annoying. Some games don't like being alt+Tabbed and I have to unplug the device from my USB port, because if I am on one of those games, and the AVerTV 3D program starts the game crashes because Windows alt+tabs out of it on it's own, to focus on the AVerTV 3D app that starts itself.
This has only been happening for a month or two and I have had this device for 8 months at least. I did the usual scanning with Microsoft Security Essentials, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and Super Anti-Spyware, but they did not find anything. I also used Ccleaner and WiseCare365 to optimise the registery and clear out all the values from old, uninstalled apps/games that are no longer being used.
I even tried uninstalling the AVerTV 3D app, unplugging the device, clearing the device completely in device manager, rebooting, and plugging the device back in and reinstalling the software/drivers, then rebooting again, and this also didn't help.
The only thing I haven't done is reformat my PC and perform a clean reinstall of Windows 7 pro x64. I really don't want to perform this nightmare, unless Windows stuff up so bad no program would run.
Any Help to get rid of this annoying problem would be apreciated. Often after watching TV, I forget to unplug the USB HDTV Tuner device, and get reminded when the AVerTV 3D app starts itself, and I get alt+tabbed out of my app/game, for an unplanned TV session.
AVerTV 3D is also not set as a sceduled task.
SYSTEM SPECS:
Windows 7 Professional 64bit on Kingston HyperX Fury SSD (120Gb)
ASUS Z97-k Mobo
Corsair HX850i Platinum Grade 850w PSU
Intel i7-4790k in turbo mode 4.4Ghz via BIOS XMP settings
Corsair H115i Liquid CPU Cooler with 280mm Radiator & 2x Fans
32Gb Corsair Vengeance pro 2400 DDR3 RAM set to 2400Mhz in Bios XMP settings
8Gb Gigabyte Xtreme Gaming GTX1080 Waterforce OC (2,150Mhz Core + 10,600Mhz VRAM)
Sound Blaster Zx PCIe Sound Card
Logitech Z906 THX Certified 5.1 Surrond Speakers and LFE
Seagate 8Tb Archive Internal HDD
Seagate 4Tb Internal HDD
WD Caviar 1.5Tb Internal HDD
WD Elements 1Tb External USB 3.0 HDD
WD Elements 3Tb External USB 3.0 HDD
ASUS VG278 27" 120Hz 3D Monitor with Nvidia 3D Vision 2 (tm)
AVERMedia Volar Green USB2.0 HDTV Tuner
Targus Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter
AfterGlow Wired Xbox360 Controller
Logitech K260 Wireless Keyboard
Fractal Design XL-R2 Full Tower ATX Chassis
ASUS PCE-AC68U AC1900 PCIe WiFi Card paired with:
ASUS RT-AC68U AC1900 Dual-Band Router on 5ghz band
Last edited by Hoover1979; 07 Jun 2017 at 04:24. Reason: fixing typos, elaborating information