Chinese Popup??

I can't seem to figure out why this popup/software continues to appear. It will randomly open while I'm using Adobe programs (Ps, illustrator, indesign). It's only popped up once with another design program (Rhino). It appears when I use the keyboard for shortcut commands and in order to use the keyboard again, I have to close the program and reopen it, but it always comes back.

I CAN interact with it. I can move it around, click the left and right arrows on the right side of the popup, and click the symbols and it will add content to the upper left popup box.

I CANNOT right click and get any information about it though. I when I switch programs, say to task manager, then back to the program it's popping up in, the popup disappears until I strike the keyboard again, so I don't know how I could identify it "processes". I do not see anything foreign under "programs" within task manager.

With the help of Kestrel13!, I followed a rigorous procedure in an attempt to remove it, but we were unsuccessful.

Has anyone seen this before? Suggestions for removal??

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll5/JPiazza7/chinesepopup.jpg

 

This is some sort of IME (Input Method Editor to Input multi-byte characters such as Chinese or Japanese).

If you did not install a separate IME, then most likely they are part of these programs, e.g. Illustrator.

Can you search Illustrator Help, to see how this IME can be disabled?

If you don't find your answer, try also to ask in http://forums.adobe.com/community/illustrator/illustrator_general

 

I found some similar questions in the Illustrator forum

• http://forums.adobe.com/message/4143127#4143127
• http://forums.adobe.com/message/3268045#3268045

It may actually be the Microsoft IME; try if you can change the Input Method back to English using Alt+Shift.

 

Or, if you do not use any Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Vietnamese languages, you can uninstall the IME (Asian Language Support) altogether.

What Windows version are you using?