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Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit:
search results window continously keeps popping for no reason, i have wiped the hdd clean and reinstalled win7 and ran trend micro house call installed symantec antivirus corp ed and did a mbr ix and i am still having the same problem. At first i thought that it only popped uip with i used the number pad, now it just pops up randomly. Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated.

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Thread follow-up and practical troubleshooting notes based on the posts by and .

A short checklist to isolate whether the pop-up is coming from hardware, a hotkey, or software:

  1. Reproduce the problem while removing or swapping input devices (try a known-good spare).
  2. Boot to Safe Mode or perform a Clean Boot to rule out third-party utilities.
  3. Create a fresh local user account and test there; this isolates profile-level settings or shell extensions.
  4. Note the time of a pop-up and check Event Viewer and Task Scheduler for matching entries.
  5. Use a process-monitoring tool (Process Explorer/Procmon) to capture which process creates the window at the moment it appears.

Deeper diagnostics and quick fixes:

  • Test with the on-screen input tool to see if the same action can be triggered without a physical device.
  • Check accessibility settings and any vendor utilities that assign special keys or media/launcher buttons.
  • If wireless devices are involved, swap batteries and re-pair; try different USB ports or a powered hub.
  • For stuck or intermittent hardware signals, cleaning key/contacts or replacing the device is often faster than chasing software causes.

If the issue turns out to be software, look at Autoruns and remove suspicious autostart items, update device drivers and firmware, and uninstall utilities that add global hotkeys. If it’s hardware, replacing the faulty input device resolves the symptom without OS reinstall. These steps save time and avoid unnecessary reinstallation when the root cause is external.

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Try to press Ctrl + Alt + Del and see if it stops pop up

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the problem was the keyboard :)~

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