Solved Windows 7 Tabbing out of everything

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Chachii

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I've been looking for a solution for about a month now, and nothing. I've tried using malware/virus removal, CClearner, uninstalling program, disabling services upon startup through msconfig, reinstalling my graphics drivers, etc. It tabs me out of fullscreen applications, removes the focus from current windows and such to where I haev to click on the window to do anything again.

I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit on a custom built PC. I have an NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti, Intel i7-6700, 16 GB DDR4 RAM. My HDD still has over 1TB of free space. It's not my mouse, I've tried a brand new mouse that I had, and the problem still occurs the same amount. I really don't want to have to reformat my hard drive again.
 
I don't think the keyboard would be the issue, honestly. I can't remember when the system started acting up, but I can try that finding a time frame though.

Edit: It's not showing any of the system restore points I had prior to this.
 
Try booting into safe mode and see if the system acts up.

Clean the keyboard there may be a key that is acting up.

What were you doing with the system prior to this starting?
Any software changes, updates, hardware.

Have you made any changes to the Performance Settings?

Is there a different user on that system that you can try and see if the same thing happens?
If there is not an other user create one for testing.

EDIT: One more place to check for causes of weirdness is in the Accessibility section in Windows 7 it is called Ease of Access it has some things that are activated if a key is pressed a certain amount of times. Which should be in the Control Panel.
 
Lets get some info from your machine, to get things rolling.


Step 1: Reset Host File


  • Click here to download RstHosts v2.0
  • Save the file to your desktop.
  • Right Click and Run as Administrator.
  • Click on Restaurer, then click OK at the prompt.
  • This will restore the default host file.
  • Next Click on Creer Un Rapport.
  • This will open a logfile, post that in your next reply.

Step 2: MiniToolBox Scan


Please download MINITOOLBOX and run it.

Checkmark following boxes:



Flush DNS
Reset FF proxy Settings
Reset Ie Proxy Settings
Report IE Proxy Settings
Report FF Proxy Settings
List content of Hosts
List IP configuration
List Winsock Entries
List last 10 Event Viewer log
List Installed Programs
List Users, Partitions and Memory size
List Devices (problems only)



Click Go post the result.

Step 3: Autoruns Scan.


Download Autoruns and Autorunsc Unzip it to your desktop and then double click autoruns.exe
After the scan is finished then click on File>>>>>>>>>>>Save
The default name will be autoruns.arn make sure to save it as Autoruns.txt under the file type option.
in other words make sure it is a .txt file instead of .arn Attach the text in your next reply.


Step 4: HijackThis.



1- Please click HERE to download HijackThis.
2- Run the program.
3- Click on the Main Menu button if not already there.
4- Select Do a system scan and save a logfile.
5- Copy paste the log here.
 
I haven't made any changes or anything, and it seems that safemode isn't helping either. I'm the only one who has a computer in the house though.
I attached the folder that contains the 4 logs an txt files.
 

Attachments

Is there a different user on that system that you can try and see if the same thing happens?
If there is not an other user create one for testing.
Have you created a second user on that system other than yours so we can see if that one is affected or if it is just you account that is acting up.
 
Remove the programs below with Geek Uninstaller.

µTorrent
Advanced SystemCare 10
ASUS Product Register Program
Driver Booster 4.4
Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer
Intel® Driver Update Utility
IObit Malware Fighter 5
IObit Uninstaller
Smart Defrag 5


Run the Iobit Removal Tool


Hijack This Fix.

Start HijackThis , Right Click Run as Admin.
Close all other open programs prior to running this tool!!

Click System Scan Only.
Then check mark the items listed below.

O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Toolbar\GoogleToolbar_64.dll
O2-32 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Toolbar\GoogleToolbar_32.dll
O2-32 - BHO: Lync Click to Call BHO - {31D09BA0-12F5-4CCE-BE8A-2923E76605DA} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OCHelper.dll (file missing)
O3 - Toolbar: Google Toolbar - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Toolbar\GoogleToolbar_64.dll
O3-32 - Toolbar: Google Toolbar - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Toolbar\GoogleToolbar_32.dll
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Advanced SystemCare 10] C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\ASCTray.exe /Auto
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [CCleaner Monitoring] C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner64.exe /MONITOR
O4 - HKU\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [Sidebar] C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /autoRun
O4 - HKU\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [Sidebar] C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /autoRun
O4 - MSConfig\startupreg: [OGMgmmouseRun] C:\Program Files (x86)\UtechSmart 16400DPI VENUS Gaming Mouse\ogmmon.exe -runauto (file missing) (HKLM) (2017/07/09)
O4 - MSConfig\startupreg: [SunJavaUpdateSched] C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe (HKLM) (2017/06/13)
O4 - User Startup: ShareX.lnk -> C:\Program Files\ShareX\ShareX.exe -silent
O4-32 - HKLM\..\Run: [IObit Malware Fighter] C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\IObit Malware Fighter\IMF.exe /autostart
O22 - Task (Queued): \Microsoft\Office\OfficeTelemetryAgentFallBack2016 - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoia.exe scan upload mininterval:2880
O22 - Task (Queued): \Microsoft\Office\OfficeTelemetryAgentLogOn2016 - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoia.exe scan upload
O22 - Task (Ready): ASC10_PerformanceMonitor - C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Monitor.exe /Task
O22 - Task (Ready): ASC10_SkipUac_Chachii - C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\ASC.exe /SkipUac
O22 - Task (Ready): Adobe Flash Player PPAPI Notifier - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashUtil32_26_0_0_131_pepper.exe -check pepperplugin
O22 - Task (Ready): Adobe Flash Player Updater - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe
O22 - Task (Ready): Driver Booster Scheduler - C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Driver Booster\4.4.0\Scheduler.exe /scheduler
O22 - Task (Ready): Driver Booster SkipUAC (Chachii) - C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Driver Booster\4.4.0\DriverBooster.exe /skipuac
O22 - Task (Ready): Opera scheduled Autoupdate 1493523982 - C:\Program Files\Opera\launcher.exe --scheduledautoupdate $(Arg0)
O22 - Task (Ready): SmartDefrag_AutoAnalyze - C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Smart Defrag\AutoDefrag.exe /AUTOANALYZE
O22 - Task (Ready): SmartDefrag_Update - C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Smart Defrag\AutoUpdate.exe /autorun
O22 - Task (Ready): Uninstaller_SkipUac_Chachii - C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\IObit Uninstaller\IObitUninstaler.exe /UninstallExplorer
O22 - Task (Ready): \ASUS\ASUS Product Register Service - C:\Program Files (x86)\ASUS\APRP\aprp.exe
O22 - Task (Ready): \Intel\Intel Telemetry 2 - C:\Program Files\Intel\Telemetry 2.0\lrio.exe
O22 - Task (Ready): \Microsoft\Office\Office Automatic Updates - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe /update SCHEDULEDTASK displaylevel=False
O22 - Task (Ready): \Microsoft\Office\Office ClickToRun Service Monitor - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe /WatchService
O22 - Task (Ready): \Microsoft\Office\OfficeBackgroundTaskHandlerLogon - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\officebackgroundtaskhandler.exe
O22 - Task (Ready): \Microsoft\Office\OfficeBackgroundTaskHandlerRegistration - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\officebackgroundtaskhandler.exe
O22 - Task (Ready): \Microsoft\VisualStudio\VSIX Auto Update 14 - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\VSIXAutoUpdate.exe
O22 - Task (Ready): \Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\ProgramDataUpdater - C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe aepdu.dll,AePduRunUpdate
O22 - Task (Ready): {154AA808-1F2C-44E3-89FB-46441A5E4660} - C:\Windows\system32\pcalua.exe -a "C:\Users\Chachii\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_USB-SND8 - Windows Drivers.zip\Win7\Setup.exe"
O22 - Task (Ready): {DD624BBF-F907-45FE-BC04-34BE6F645EC7} - C:\Windows\system32\pcalua.exe -a C:\Python35\Scripts\pyinstaller.exe -d C:\Python35\Scripts
O23 - Service R2: Advanced SystemCare Service 10 - (AdvancedSystemCareService10) - C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\ASCService.exe



Now click on fix checked.
After the fix is complete, then reboot your machine.


JRT Scan.



Please download Junkware Removal Tool and save it on your desktop.


  • Shut down your anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall software now to avoid potential conflicts.
  • Run the tool by double-clicking it. If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7, right-click it and select Run as administrator.
  • The tool will open and start scanning your system.
  • Please be patient as this can take a while to complete depending on your system's specifications.
  • On completion, a log is saved to your desktop and will automatically open.
  • Please post the JRT log.



Temp File Cleaner.


  • Note: This program may very well reboot your machine. Save any work prior to running.
  • Clean up your temp files with TFC.exe
  • Save it to your desktop.
  • Right click run as admin.
 
I think Malnutrition's solution worked perfectly, I haven't experienced any of the tabbing or about a day or so now. Thanks everyone for the help!
 
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