My dear 96 year old mother-in-law trashed her vista computer some way or another and went out and bought an HP Desktop with WIN8. After the initial issues with WIN8 for folks raised on previous windows versions, things seemed to be going OK.
A day or two ago she called me (mother-in-law lives across the street) complaining that her computer started flashing (not off an on, but it seems between the desktop and probably a screen saver I discovered after going across the street). I initially advised her to just turn the computer off, go read for a while and then come back to it.
This HP desktop doesn't have a standard power supply but has a brick that plugs into a socket (round brick connector plug), so you can't turn it off completely without removing the brick connector. I went across the street to do that for her and in viewing her screen constantly switching between pages she told me that she was trying to download something called WEBSHOTS and the screen started blinking back and forth. Turns out, WEBSHOTS is asking for trouble if you download it. A bunch of pictures for desktop backgrounds and screen savers.
The real problem is the constant screen switching goes so rapidly you can't get into any other program or WIN8 control to delete WEBSHOTS. The standard Metro start page is stable, but if you click on anything the system immediately reverts to switching back and forth.
You can't mouse click fast enough to get into control panel using the right side popup, and if you are fast enough to use key strokes to get control panel, then programs and features and attempt to uninstall WEBSHOTS, the uninstall never completes because everything starts blinking again.
Any ideas how to fix a program glitch that won't hold still?
A day or two ago she called me (mother-in-law lives across the street) complaining that her computer started flashing (not off an on, but it seems between the desktop and probably a screen saver I discovered after going across the street). I initially advised her to just turn the computer off, go read for a while and then come back to it.
This HP desktop doesn't have a standard power supply but has a brick that plugs into a socket (round brick connector plug), so you can't turn it off completely without removing the brick connector. I went across the street to do that for her and in viewing her screen constantly switching between pages she told me that she was trying to download something called WEBSHOTS and the screen started blinking back and forth. Turns out, WEBSHOTS is asking for trouble if you download it. A bunch of pictures for desktop backgrounds and screen savers.
The real problem is the constant screen switching goes so rapidly you can't get into any other program or WIN8 control to delete WEBSHOTS. The standard Metro start page is stable, but if you click on anything the system immediately reverts to switching back and forth.
You can't mouse click fast enough to get into control panel using the right side popup, and if you are fast enough to use key strokes to get control panel, then programs and features and attempt to uninstall WEBSHOTS, the uninstall never completes because everything starts blinking again.
Any ideas how to fix a program glitch that won't hold still?
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