Strange desktop problem
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Hi, running Vista 64 and it has developed a problem. After a while the desktop area is unresponsive, the bar at the bottom and the gadget bit work fine. I can move windows around on the desktop but if I click on the background & icons nothing happens. Any ideas? Jim |
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No answer but to clarify, "After a while....." do you mean after a while being used, or after a while being left alone. That is you are using the computer and destop sudenly becomes unresponsive, or when you come back from a coffee you find the desktop unresponsive? |
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Has anyone else had access to your PC? There's an old trick where you replace the desktop wallpaper image with a snapshot of your original desktop, then hide all the icons. |
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Have you done a virus scan recently? running Vista Nevermind, here's your real problem! ;-) |
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I first noticed the problem when I was browsing the blitz website. If I clicked on a link to a file to download a big window would flash up and then dissapear and the download window never appeared. After this I had the problems. The computer works fine, I just don't have control of my icons & desktop area. I did try a virus scan but nothing found. My sister was over with her husband ... so maybe he did something? If I stay offline then the problem doesnot happen. Jim |
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If I clicked on a link to a file to download a big window would flash up and then dissapear and the download window never appeared The way a POP up stopper would work?I suppose its possible you have an invisable POPup stoper thread takeing some cpu |
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If this just started happening a few days ago, you can try doing a system restore to a point before the problem occured, which rolls back all recent changes to the OS/registry but leaves your data files alone. (yaddah yaddah yaddah, use at your own risk) |
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Problem solved ... he had been mucking around with google. Thanks Jim |
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Hi, running Vista 64 and it has developed a problem. Best. Honest. Statement. Ever. Apart from this: Hi, lit a stick of dynamite and it has exploded... |
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LOL! |
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I can move windows around on the desktop but if I click on the background & icons nothing happens. At first I thought you might have had a friend play the "arrange by penis" joke on you :D |