Computer is acting like there are hidden keystrokes

Josh Jackson 0 Reputation points
2026-04-28T05:44:18.0466667+00:00

I am using Windows 11 version 25H2. Updates are current, drivers are current, and I haven't installed anything new recently.

I put my computer into sleep before I went to bed, it was working fine at this point. When I woke up, I noticed it was on with the screen off on the lock screen with the prompt for my password. I unlocked it, and didn't notice anything off. A short while later, I tried to ALT+Tab out of Minecraft and noticed that it just wouldn't keep the list of recent tabs open. It just kept closing it. After mashing the buttons a few times to pull one of the windows up, I noticed that the right click context menu would not stay open either. Thinking it was just a glitch, I unplugged my mouse and keyboard, plugged them back in to no change. I tried to restart, and when I open the start menu it stays open just fine, but as soon as I click somewhere it just goes away without doing anything unless it is a direct file link, like a pinned app. So, manually pressing the power button, it said it was shutting down and then just popped back up on the desktop with a couple windows closed. I had to press and hold the power button to get it to shut down. After booting back up, it again went straight to the password prompt with no changes to the above issues. I tried to run some commands in the terminal as admin and the popup that comes up to verify just closes before I can click yes. I have to press the left arrow and then space immediately to get into it. I have run sfc /scannow with nothing found. I have done winget for driver updates, and everything is up to date there. I have turned fast booting off. The most recent Windows update was for definitions yesterday. I have restarted Windows Explorer, both in the task manager and in the terminal. I have noticed that the right click context menu works in windows like Device Manager and web browsers, but elsewhere it just goes away immediately. I tried to do the Reset PC option in the Recovery settings, and it just closes the window. Tried to have it just reinstall Windows, and it cancels the action. To me, it is acting like there is a keystroke in the background forcing all this, but that doesn't lineup with the start menu as it will stay open until I click.

I am at a loss here. Am I missing something here or is there something else I can try?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures

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Josh Jackson 0 Reputation points
2026-04-28T06:14:44.2566667+00:00

Can go ahead and close this. I had saved a picture from Google AI that was causing the issues. I deleted the file and everything is alright again.

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