Windows 'blinks'every 15 seconds. Ctrl-A of address bar, unable to type URL. And othe

One of my two Vista laptops has developped a nasty feature.
Every 15 seconds it blinks ... let me explain.

- When in Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer the address bar will be
fully selected. As if ctrl-A was pressed. Along with that the entire
window quickly blinks as if being minimized, maximized.
- Any drop-down, of the address br, or any other field on a web page
will 'roll-up' without choosing the selection. As if the escape button
is pressed.
- An application like Picasa's photoviewer will 'loose' it's full
screen mode and switch back to a windowed mode. The escape key doesn't
do that. I wouldn't even know how to do that on purpose.

I can't remember when it started, maybe it was there from the beginning
(3 months ago). Maybe when I installed Picasa or Norton 360, I can't
tell. I just know it's irritating lke hell. Making typing a URL
virtually imposible.

I've tried stopping services, killing processes, removing apps from the
tray, disabling plugins. But no luck yet.

When searching the internet I do find others with the same issue, just
described differenty each time. But never a definitive fix.

*explorer blinking unable to type in web addresses - blabbersplat*
'windows vista general explorer blinking unable to type in web
addresses'
(http://www.eggheadcafe.com/conversat...eadid=32433057)

*Vista screen refreshes every few seconds*
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-genera...w-seconds.html

Does anyone have a good solution for this ? Preferrably a Microsoft KB
(Knowledge Base) Article with a hotfix ;-)

Thanks in advance,
Peter


--
pfranken

IE 'blinking' can be caused by the vid driver, do you have a manufacturers
driver installed or did you use winupdate for drivers?
If you boot your PC into Safe Mode, is the problem replicated?

"pfranken" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> One of my two Vista laptops has developped a nasty feature.
> Every 15 seconds it blinks ... let me explain.
>
> - When in Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer the address bar will be
> fully selected. As if ctrl-A was pressed. Along with that the entire
> window quickly blinks as if being minimized, maximized.
> - Any drop-down, of the address br, or any other field on a web page
> will 'roll-up' without choosing the selection. As if the escape button
> is pressed.
> - An application like Picasa's photoviewer will 'loose' it's full
> screen mode and switch back to a windowed mode. The escape key doesn't
> do that. I wouldn't even know how to do that on purpose.
>
> I can't remember when it started, maybe it was there from the beginning
> (3 months ago). Maybe when I installed Picasa or Norton 360, I can't
> tell. I just know it's irritating lke hell. Making typing a URL
> virtually imposible.
>
> I've tried stopping services, killing processes, removing apps from the
> tray, disabling plugins. But no luck yet.
>
> When searching the internet I do find others with the same issue, just
> described differenty each time. But never a definitive fix.
>
> *explorer blinking unable to type in web addresses - blabbersplat*
> 'windows vista general explorer blinking unable to type in web
> addresses'
> (http://www.eggheadcafe.com/conversat...eadid=32433057)
>
> *Vista screen refreshes every few seconds*
> http://www.vistax64.com/vista-genera...w-seconds.html
>
> Does anyone have a good solution for this ? Preferrably a Microsoft KB
> (Knowledge Base) Article with a hotfix ;-)
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Peter
>
>
> --
> pfranken

I Just rebuild the PC. Problem disappeared. After installation of Norton 360
it came bouncing back. So I now know where to go .....

"DL" wrote:

> IE 'blinking' can be caused by the vid driver, do you have a manufacturers
> driver installed or did you use winupdate for drivers?
> If you boot your PC into Safe Mode, is the problem replicated?
>
> "pfranken" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> >
> > One of my two Vista laptops has developped a nasty feature.
> > Every 15 seconds it blinks ... let me explain.
> >
> > - When in Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer the address bar will be
> > fully selected. As if ctrl-A was pressed. Along with that the entire
> > window quickly blinks as if being minimized, maximized.
> > - Any drop-down, of the address br, or any other field on a web page
> > will 'roll-up' without choosing the selection. As if the escape button
> > is pressed.
> > - An application like Picasa's photoviewer will 'loose' it's full
> > screen mode and switch back to a windowed mode. The escape key doesn't
> > do that. I wouldn't even know how to do that on purpose.
> >
> > I can't remember when it started, maybe it was there from the beginning
> > (3 months ago). Maybe when I installed Picasa or Norton 360, I can't
> > tell. I just know it's irritating lke hell. Making typing a URL
> > virtually imposible.
> >
> > I've tried stopping services, killing processes, removing apps from the
> > tray, disabling plugins. But no luck yet.
> >
> > When searching the internet I do find others with the same issue, just
> > described differenty each time. But never a definitive fix.
> >
> > *explorer blinking unable to type in web addresses - blabbersplat*
> > 'windows vista general explorer blinking unable to type in web
> > addresses'
> > (http://www.eggheadcafe.com/conversat...eadid=32433057)
> >
> > *Vista screen refreshes every few seconds*
> > http://www.vistax64.com/vista-genera...w-seconds.html
> >
> > Does anyone have a good solution for this ? Preferrably a Microsoft KB
> > (Knowledge Base) Article with a hotfix ;-)
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Peter
> >
> >
> > --
> > pfranken
>
>
>