Applications launch to background

[Guest mindy.parsons@gmail.com]

I have several Windows 2003 servers which after a time the

applications launch into the background for some odd reason instead of

the foreground. It's not specific to the application - eg. open a

notepad file and it opens greyed out. A reboot clears the problem, but

after a day the server goes back into behaving this way. It makes it

impossible to switch from the Summary window in SSMS to activate a

Query window, and when at a CMD prompt, the history window pops up

after the first entry and I can't get rid of it. Then I reboot and

wait for it to happen again.

 

Has anyone heard of this kind of behavior?

[Guest ThatsIT.net.au]

Re: Applications launch to background

 

Have you tried using another keyboard and mouse?

 

<mindy.parsons@gmail.com> wrote in message

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>I have several Windows 2003 servers which after a time the

> applications launch into the background for some odd reason instead of

> the foreground. It's not specific to the application - eg. open a

> notepad file and it opens greyed out. A reboot clears the problem, but

> after a day the server goes back into behaving this way. It makes it

> impossible to switch from the Summary window in SSMS to activate a

> Query window, and when at a CMD prompt, the history window pops up

> after the first entry and I can't get rid of it. Then I reboot and

> wait for it to happen again.

>

> Has anyone heard of this kind of behavior?

>

[Guest mindy.parsons@gmail.com]

Re: Applications launch to background

 

On Nov 6, 10:06 am, "ThatsIT.net.au" <me@thatsit> wrote:

> Have you tried using another keyboard and mouse?

>

 

 

I can do that, would that make any difference? I have a keyboard and

mouse attached to the switch they're on, but I connect by VNC from

different machines.

[Guest ThatsIT.net.au]

Re: Applications launch to background

 

Well it just sounded a bit like keyboard or mouse events are firing when

they shouldn't.

 

 

 

 

 

<mindy.parsons@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> On Nov 6, 10:06 am, "ThatsIT.net.au" <me@thatsit> wrote:

>> Have you tried using another keyboard and mouse?

>>

>

>

> I can do that, would that make any difference? I have a keyboard and

> mouse attached to the switch they're on, but I connect by VNC from

> different machines.

>