I have a major problem going on with Windows 10. I was on the Fast Ring for a long while and the problem started when they began pushing out the Creators stuff. After multiple machine wipes and clean installs, I moved to the general release build, and the
problem is even worse.
Here's the deal.
On the Fast Ring, with the last few builds (not sure how many now), I started getting random click events on the left middle side and the bottom left corner of the screen. It was periodic, seemingly random, and I couldn't determine any causation or correlation
with any particular application. The clicks were without my input at all. I could take my hands off the mouse and keyboard and watch the clicks just click away.
After multiple machine wipes, including formatting the hard drive, including all partitions (I'm on an SP3), doing clean installs, and the problem persisting, I decided to move to the general release build thinking that might help. It's actually worse to
the point that the machine becomes completely unusable, because when the random clicks start (the Action Center now has a mind of it's own too) I can't retain focus long enough on any UI element to navigate.
The difference now is that instead of being on the left side of the screen, all of the random clicks happen on the right side of the screen, but they are much more severe, again to the point where the machine becomes unusable. I am only able to type this
post because I just again reset the machine and haven't installed any applications other than Chrome.
Other things I've tried, to no avail. I swapped my SP3 dock for a new Surface Dock, replaced my wireless mouse with a wired mouse, factory reset my dual external monitors, and reset my router/modem, and have done numerous AV/malware scans using different
clients (Windows Defender, NOD32, Kaspersky, Malwarebytes, Avast ...) and nothing has ever been detected.
So, either I have some very awesome malware hiding in a peripheral or sectors of the SSD that evade formatting, or there are some major driver and/or application conflicts with Windows 10.
I have the SP3 docked in a Surface Dock, with a wired X4 Sidewinder Keyboard, Logitech G502 mouse, a 2k 27" Dell monitor and a 4k 27" Dell monitor.
Here is a list of applications that were installed just before my latest machine reset. One suite not listed is Office365 because I uninstalled that just before the reset to see if perhaps that was a problem, but nothing changed after that uninstall.
| App name | Publisher | Version |
|
| .NET Core SDK 1.0.4 (x64) | Microsoft Corporation | 1.0.4 |
| 7-Zip 16.04 (x64) | Igor Pavlov | 16.04 |
| Active Directory Authentication Library for SQL Server | Microsoft Corporation | 14.0.500.272 |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader DC | Adobe Systems Incorporated | 17.009.20044 |
| Browser for SQL Server 2016 | Microsoft Corporation | 13.1.4001.0 |
| Git version 2.8.1 | The Git Development Community | 2.8.1 |
| Google Chrome | Google Inc. | 59.0.3071.86 |
| Heroku CLI | | |
| IIS 10.0 Express | Microsoft Corporation | 10.0.1737 |
| Intel(R) Processor Graphics | Intel Corporation | 20.19.15.4568 |
| Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 Multi-Targeting Pack | Microsoft Corporation | 4.5.50710 |
| Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1 Multi-Targeting Pack | Microsoft Corporation | 4.5.50932 |
| Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1 Multi-Targeting Pack (ENU) | Microsoft Corporation | 4.5.50932 |
| Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1 SDK | Microsoft Corporation | 4.5.51641 |
| Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 Multi-Targeting Pack (ENU) | Microsoft Corporation | 4.5.51209 |
| Microsoft Azure Authoring Tools - v2.9.5.3 | Microsoft Corporation | 2.9.8699.20 |
| Microsoft Azure Compute Emulator - v2.9.5.3 | Microsoft Corporation | 2.9.8699.20 |
| Microsoft Azure Libraries for .NET – v2.9 | Microsoft Corporation | 3.0.0127.060 |
| Microsoft Azure Storage Emulator - v5.1 | Microsoft Corporation | 5.1.1760.1722 |
| Microsoft Help Viewer 2.2 | Microsoft Corporation | 2.2.23107 |
| Microsoft ODBC Driver 13 for SQL Server | Microsoft Corporation | 14.0.500.272 |
| Microsoft OneDrive | Microsoft Corporation | 17.3.6917.0607 |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2017 T-SQL Language Service CTP2.1 | Microsoft Corporation | 14.0.17119.0 |
| Microsoft SQL Server vNext Policies CTP2.0 | Microsoft Corporation | 14.0.500.272 |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Setup Support Files | Microsoft Corporation | 10.3.5500.0 |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client | Microsoft Corporation | 11.3.6540.0 |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Management Objects | Microsoft Corporation | 12.0.2000.8 |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2016 (64-bit) | Microsoft Corporation | |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2016 LocalDB | Microsoft Corporation | 13.0.1601.5 |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Setup (English) | Microsoft Corporation | 13.1.4001.0 |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2016 T-SQL Language Service | Microsoft Corporation | 13.0.14500.10 |
| Microsoft SQL Server 2016 T-SQL ScriptDom | Microsoft Corporation | 13.1.4001.0 |
| Microsoft SQL Server Data-Tier Application Framework (x86) | Microsoft Corporation | 14.0.3691.3 |
| Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio - 17.1 | Microsoft Corporation | 14.0.17119.0 |
| Microsoft SQL Server vNext CTP2.0 | Microsoft Corporation | |
| Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2014 | Microsoft Corporation | 12.0.2402.11 |
| Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2016 | Microsoft Corporation | 13.0.1601.5 |
| Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2016 | Microsoft Corporation | 13.0.1601.5 |
| Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server vNext CTP2.0 | Microsoft Corporation | 14.0.500.272 |
| Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable - 10.0.40219 | Microsoft Corporation | 10.0.40219 |
| Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219 | Microsoft Corporation | 10.0.40219 |
| Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 | Microsoft Corporation | 12.0.30501.0 |
| Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) - 12.0.30501 | Microsoft Corporation | 12.0.30501.0 |
| Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x64) - 14.10.25008 | Microsoft Corporation | 14.10.25008.0 |
| Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x86) - 14.10.25008 | Microsoft Corporation | 14.10.25008.0 |
| Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Shell (Isolated) | Microsoft Corporation | 14.0.23107.10 |
| Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 | Microsoft Corporation | 1.10.30640.0 |
| Microsoft Visual Studio Code Insiders | Microsoft Corporation | 1.14.0 |
| Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2015 | Microsoft Corporation | 14.0.23829 |
| Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2015 Language Support | Microsoft Corporation | 14.0.23107.20 |
| Microsoft VSS Writer for SQL Server 2016 | Microsoft Corporation | 13.1.4001.0 |
| Microsoft Web Deploy 3.6 | Microsoft Corporation | 10.0.1972 |
| MySQL Installer - Community | Oracle Corporation | 1.4.19.0 |
| MySQL Server 5.7 | Oracle Corporation | 5.7.18 |
| MySQL Workbench 6.3 CE | Oracle Corporation | 6.3.9 |
| Node.js | Node.js Foundation | 6.11.0 |
| Notepad++ (32-bit x86) | Notepad++ Team | 7.3.3 |
| Opera Stable 45.0.2552.898 | Opera Software | 45.0.2552.898 |
| Postman-win64-5.0.0 | Postman | 5.0.0 |
| Windows SDK AddOn | Microsoft Corporation | 10.1.0.0 |
| Windows Software Development Kit - Windows 10.0.15063.137 | Microsoft Corporation | 10.1.15063.137
|
I've reported this problem many, many times through the Feedback Hub, but this must not be a big enough problem for anyone to pay attention to it. As it stands, my last potential fix is to purchase a new machine or force Microsoft to replace my SP3. This
is completely unacceptable.
Has anyone else had this problem? And if so, have you found a resolution?
