Recommend a Key Logger?

[Kelemvor]

So my wife complains that her laptop is possessed and opens and closes programs all by itself while she's typing. She got a new laptop and the ghosts seem to have followed her over to the new one.

I'm assuming she's bumping something on the touchpad or pressing a key combo that is moving things around.

Is there some sort of key logger type program that will record every key press and mouse click that I can then look at when she says something else happened to see what's really going on?

 

[rudeguy]

Sub 7!

 

[Possessed Freak]

serious answer, see if she has moist palms. I have had users express all kinds of weird touchpad problems. Turns out almost all of them have sweaty hands.

 

[rudeguy]

can you tell us which programs?

I just had to troubleshoot something similar not that long ago. I can't remember the key combo but it had to do with a poorly located function key and one of the "home row" keys

 

[Juddog]

So my wife complains that her laptop is possessed and opens and closes programs all by itself while she's typing. She got a new laptop and the ghosts seem to have followed her over to the new one.

I'm assuming she's bumping something on the touchpad or pressing a key combo that is moving things around.

Is there some sort of key logger type program that will record every key press and mouse click that I can then look at when she says something else happened to see what's really going on?

Try turning off the touchpad completely for a while and see if the symptoms persist. Typically when I see symptoms such as this, it's because the user has enabled the advanced touchpad features and activates them randomly (e.g. the double tap, drag & drop with one finger, etc..)

 

[rudeguy]

Try turning off the touchpad completely for a while and see if the symptoms persist. Typically when I see symptoms such as this, it's because the user has enabled the advanced touchpad features and activates them randomly (e.g. the double tap, drag & drop with one finger, etc..)

oOooOOO

That's right. Touchpads have gesture controls now. I hate those things.

 

[SunnyD]

serious answer, see if she has moist palms. I have had users express all kinds of weird touchpad problems. Turns out almost all of them have sweaty hands.

Usually happens quite often when the laptop is with her behind a locked door, no? :sneaky:

 

[Aaviel]

This thread is definitely going places.

 

[AViking]

Just turn off the touch pad. Then when she's convinced there are no ghosts following her you can turn it back on and teach her how to type without hitting the keypad. Or just get her a mouse and leave it off.

 

[Kelemvor]

Try turning off the touchpad completely for a while and see if the symptoms persist. Typically when I see symptoms such as this, it's because the user has enabled the advanced touchpad features and activates them randomly (e.g. the double tap, drag & drop with one finger, etc..)

Yeah, that's the route I'm going to go as well. The new laptop has a button to turn the pad on and off. Also going to check the settings to adjust for sensitivity, quick corner taps macros, etc.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Yeah, that's the route I'm going to go as well. The new laptop has a button to turn the pad on and off. Also going to check the settings to adjust for sensitivity, quick corner taps macros, etc.
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nvm...

 

[JamesV]

I'd check to make sure 'sticky keys' is turned off.

EVERY single issue like this that my friends/family have had - all were because of sticky keys. Stupid that it's on by default.

 

[VirtualLarry]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2347170

Maybe "They" are doing it?

 

[who?]

Does it have one of these http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ae83/ attached to it?

 

[Newbian]

Waiting for op to report he is stalking someone.

 

[Kelemvor]

Turned off the touchpad and connected a wireless mouse last night so she can use it that way for a while to see if the gremlins go away...

 

[rudeguy]

perfect

now pics of wife?

 

[Juddog]

perfect

now pics of wife?

That didn't take long. :whiste:

 

[rudeguy]

That didn't take long. :whiste:

hey we helped him first

 

[Juddog]

hey we helped him first

True!

 

[Jeff7]

First they speak to us, then they destroy our data, and ruin our productivity.


Soon.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Sub 7!

Ha, I remember playing with that as a kid. So much fun screwing with people. I'd be curious to do a port scan on a random range to see if I'd find infected people now. I think trojans are a thing of a past now though, everybody is behind a NAT device.