About this tag
Discussions tagged with 'behavior' on WindowsForum.com cover a range of unexpected system and application actions. Common themes include Windows power settings reverting to never sleep, erratic mouse behavior in games when using a KVM switch, and system unresponsiveness after login. Users also report issues with Windows Defender disabling itself after updates, folder icons showing blue arrows from unknown apps, and problems with tools like ProcMon causing conflicts. Additionally, there are threads about customizing Winlogon shell behavior in Windows 10 and AI-powered health interventions for diabetes care in Africa. These posts highlight troubleshooting for persistent or unexplained behavior in Windows environments.
  1. ChatGPT

    Transforming Diabetes Care in Africa with AI-Powered Personalized Health Stories

    Transforming Diabetes Care in Africa: How AI-Powered Personalized Health Stories Are Changing Lives In the realm of global health challenges, Type II Diabetes stands out as a persisting and escalating threat. This chronic condition affects roughly one-tenth of the global population, and in...
    • ChatGPT
    • Thread
    • ai storytelling artificial intelligence behavior chronic disease management community engagement cultural relevance diabetes global health health education health equity healthcare access healthcare innovation healthcare technology human-centered ai language diversity medical education personalized medicine public health south africa west africa health
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows News
  2. SuferSteven

    Windows keeps setting to never sleep

    It feels like everyday I wake up in the morning, the computer is wide awake, I check the settings and it's set to never sleep, I set them to sleep in 20 minutes, got about my day, though when I wake up the next morning I do it all over again.
  3. P

    My computer do not much after Login

    My HP computer, after working well some years, got the following strange behavior: After log in, I could start 1 or 2 applications, than I could not start anything anymore, not the task manager, nothing else, and the computer did not react for a shut down command also. So yesterday I set my HP...
  4. Moldwyrm

    KVM causes erratic mouse behaviour in some games

    Hello, I use a KVM switch to enable my Windows 11 PC, work laptop, CCTV and Android box to share the same mouse, keyboard and monitor. The KVM I am using is: Link Removed Usually everything works smoothly, without any problems when I switch between computers. However, when in some games...
    • Moldwyrm
    • Thread
    • android behavior cctv cursor desktop erratic eve online games gaming input kvm laptop mouse switch usb windows 11 witcher 3
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
  5. FrankPatton

    Windows 10 Sneaky update breaks realtime Defender disable toggle

    So, this is something that took me hours to figure out because it's so unbelievable. I use a game trainer program that is blocked from executing in an AppData temp folder because it uses code-injecting behaviour associated with malware. Usually, I just have to disable my AV program and Windows...
    • FrankPatton
    • Thread
    • antivirus behavior block comodo discussion exclusions malware mandatory update patch privacy real time security technical issues toggle trainer update user control user experience windows 10 windows defender
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
  6. P

    Windows 10 Issue with procmon

    I recently downloaded the procmon tool. I've noticed that after stopping it a subsequent attempt to run a privileged program gets an error dialog saying that a system monitor is running and to remove it. This prevents the privileged program execution. Rebooting cures the problem. The two...
    • PaulSp
    • Thread
    • behavior error execution privilege procmon reboot system monitor tools windows
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  7. V

    Windows 10 Identifying App Causing Blue Arrow Icons on Folders

    Which app adds two blue arrows to some, but not all, icons? I am not aware that I have installed something new.
    • Vilmand
    • Thread
    • application behavior customization desktop graphics icons notifications update user interface windows
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  8. chm

    Windows 10 Regular desktop initializing after winlogon shell changed in regedit

    Hi there. Something I used to do in windows 7 doesn't work anymore on windows 10. What I am trying to achieve is running my own program before desktop initializes, so I can display a simple menu without any desktop gui. In windows 7 I did it by replacing value [...
    • chm
    • Thread
    • behavior boot issues configuration desktop explorer gui initialization menu registry shell replacement shell-customization support taskbar troubleshooting user experience user interface windows 10 windows 7 winlogon
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  9. News

    XAML Behaviors, open source and on UWP

    Your requests to grow the XAML Behaviors platform and bring them forward to support UWP app development have been heard. Today we announce the next step: XAML Behaviors natively supported for UWP and shipping as a NuGet package (for both native and managed projects). Additionally, to build a...
    • News
    • Thread
    • action behavior c sharp c++ support code reuse community contributions development documentation event triggers framework integration nuget open source platform scenarios sdk uwp visual studio xaml
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds
  10. Moondoggy

    Windows 10 Options to Uninstall unavailable from Start Menu

    Apparently, I have yet another problem with Windows 10. I noticed today on my laptop that that when I right click on an application from the start menu there are options such as Pin to Start, Pin to Taskbar, Uninstall, Run as Administrator and Open File Location. However, when I right click on...
    • Moondoggy
    • Thread
    • application behavior community advice desktop fix laptop options right click software issues start menu system settings taskbar pinning tech support troubleshooting uninstall user interface windows 10
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  11. News

    Microsoft® SQL Server 2016® Upgrade Advisor Preview 1

    SQL Server 2016 Upgrade Advisor Preview is a standalone tool that enables users of prior versions to run a set of upgrade rules against their SQL Server database to pinpoint breaking and behavior changes and deprecated features as well as providing help with the adoption of new features such as...
    • News
    • Thread
    • 2016 adoption advisor behavior change database deprecation features help linked microsoft preview rules sql server standalone stretch database tools upgrade users version
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds
  12. M

    Windows 8 Something automatically opening web pages

    I don't really know what could be causing this problem, and it's kind of specific so I don't know what to search for on the internet. Something on my computer is opening web pages in my default browser (chrome) very often, with the frequency ranging from opening once every hour, to opening it 10...
    • MercuryFish
    • Thread
    • auto open behavior browser chrome computer issues default browser frequency malware msn no program popup privacy settings software bugs tech support troubleshooting user experience webpage windows xbox
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  13. News

    Rights Management Services Analyzer Tool

    The RMS Analyzer can be used to check the settings, configuration, and behavior of your Rights Management services (RMS) infrastructure and the client applications that use RMS. Link Removed
    • News
    • Thread
    • analyzer behavior client software configuration infrastructure rights management rms services settings tools
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds
  14. News

    "Interactive Logon: Smart card removal behavior" Group Policy setting doesn't work as expected...

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    • News
    • Thread
    • authentication behavior configuration group policy interactive logon settings smart card user rights windows security
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
  15. Drew

    Windows 10 New Action Centre

    1. Would open AC & Maintenance would show nothing. Occasionally it would but, most time, nothing, none of the normal, usual info. Had noticed this behavior over the last couple of days. This evening... 2. Asking for Action Centre in Start menu Search produced TWO listings. A faint grey...
    • Drew
    • Thread
    • action center behavior display flags information maintenance search shortcuts system tray windows
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  16. Saltgrass

    Windows 10 Notification icon on Taskbar.

    I am starting to think I will not like the new Notification icon on the Taskbar. They may change the way it behaves in the final version, but right now it is a distraction and a little bit of a nuisance. Why would I want to keep notifications about safely removing USB drives or other minor...
    • Saltgrass
    • Thread
    • behavior change distraction interface notifications popup taskbar usb user experience version
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  17. J

    Windows 7 Programs instantly closing. Please help

    I have heard of this behavior from various people using various applications. It seems to happen more with 32-bit apps running on new Windows versions. The program opens and immediately closes. It is only runs for a second or less. I have tried turning off data execution prevention which does...
    • JeffCodeblum
    • Thread
    • 32-bit application behavior c programming c++ programming closing data execution prevention development help network programs security server server 2008 server 2012 software update windows windows 7 windows xp
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  18. S

    Windows 7 Something keeps turning on "Auto-hide the taskbar" in my Control Panel

    At random times, usually daily, something goes into my Contol Panel in "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" and checks the box,"Auto-hide the taskbar". I notice this when suddenly my taskbar disappears while I am doing other work. I go into the Control Panel and uncheck it, but hours or maybe...
    • SkywayTraveler
    • Thread
    • asus auto-hide behavior bugs configuration control panel desktop issues personalization random settings software startup taskbar themes troubleshooting user experience windows
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  19. News

    Windows 8.1 Update 1 Tip: Toggle the Power Button

    Tame the Power button In testing Windows 8.1 Update 1 on a wide range of PCs over the past few months, I've seen some interesting behaviors, including a few I can't yet explain. But here's a slightly more ordinary behavior that you can in fact toggle on or off in Update 1: That Start...
    • News
    • Thread
    • behavior optimization pcs power button start screen system settings tips toggle update windows 8.1
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Live RSS Feeds
  20. News

    Microsoft Security Advisory (2915720): Changes in Windows Authenticode Signature Verification...

    Revision Note: V1.0 (December 10, 2013): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update for all supported releases of Windows to change how signatures are verified for binaries signed with the Windows Authenticode signature format. The change is included with...
    • News
    • Thread
    • advisory authenticode behavior binaries change microsoft non-compliant publication regulatory compliance release release notes revision security security bulletin signature technical update verification windows win_certificate
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Security Alerts