determine what is invoking refresh/F5 in WinXP?

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Published on 2010-03-29T15:54:11Z Indexed on 2010/03/29 16:03 UTC
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My laptop recently started invoking refresh (F5) on its own. Works OK from start-up/reboot but then for no apparent reason will start refreshing

Initially thought it was a web page scripting issue, as I noticed it while browsing. But then found it occurs with the browser closed.

Not sure if this could be a hardware issue, or some silly virus, or just a bug?

Would like a utility that could tell me what device/program is invoking the refresh.

Any ideas?

thanks

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