For the past 2 days my computer has been acting weirdly-
1. A click of the mouse opened the same window 2 or more times.
2. I heard a brief strange 'grating/pipping' noise, as -
3. The list of my contacts in Windows Live Messenger flashed on and off.
4. The cursor moved of its own accord/was uncontrollable
5. When playing solitaire of various types the game played itself.(I lost
)
6. I had to use ctrl/alt/delete to close open pages because clicking the 'x' didnt work
My attempts to cure this-
Changed mouse
System restore back 3 weeks
Disc clean up and defrag
Removed Real player (because it was recently downloaded)
Removed Spybot search and destroy (replaced with Windows defender)
(I always Avg virus scan daily and I have used Spybot daily)
All programme and Windows updates installed (after system restore)
I suspect that the problem is due to overheating, since it doesn't happen until several hours of use have elapsed.
I hope that this PC is not signalling its imminent death because it is less than 3 years old and I dread the prospect of Vista.
It is a Dell Dimension 5100 desktop
Has anyone else had this problem? and
How did you cure it? (other than by switching off for a few hours)