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#May 6th, 2008 @ 3:20 PM
Manabi
Manabi
Take back the web!

How come I see this every time I go to play a game (e.g. Stepmania) or turn off desktop composition (same thing, I know) :

white box with a gray border and a small magnifying glass in the upper right-hand corner.

Driver Version: 7.14.10.1437
Operating System: Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium* , (6.0.6000)
Default Language: English
DirectX* Version: 10.0
Physical Memory: 2037 MB
Minimum Graphics Memory: 8 MB
Maximum Graphics Memory: 256 MB
Graphics Memory in Use: 118 MB
Processor: x86 family 6 Model 14 Stepping 12
Processor Speed: 1728 MHZ
Vendor ID: 8086
Device ID: 27A2
Device Revision: 03

#May 6th, 2008 @ 3:52 PM
evildictaitor
evildictaitor
if( !succeed( try() ) ) { while(true) try(); }
Try manually turning off Desktop composition (set the theme to Basic) and then try.

It looks very odd to me. When the driver goes down it ought to just black the screen and recompose.
#May 6th, 2008 @ 8:50 PM
Manabi
Manabi
Take back the web!
First I changed the theme to aero basic; it did not appear.  When I ran net stop uxsms, then it appeared.  I noticed in Visual Studio as well, that after running a build, part of the code editor (where the text is) is shifted around about in the same shape and area as the box, which appears in the top left corner, and sometimes appears to change shape...

I wonder if anyone else ever saw this phenomenon.  Also, I think this happened a few driver updates ago.
#May 6th, 2008 @ 9:04 PM
CannotResolveSymbol
CannotResolveSymbol
{insert caption here}
I wonder if that's a window from another process that's supposed to be hidden?  Does it stay around long enough that you could use Spy++ (or a similar app, like Winspector Spy if you don't have access to a full Windows SDK install) to identify what process it belongs to?
#May 7th, 2008 @ 1:39 AM
the_corona
the_corona
That window is from the .....darn what was it called. Some remake of the expose effect for windows, I can't really remember the name. The window normally is hidden and is there to search through windows.

At least thats how I used to get it.
#May 7th, 2008 @ 6:52 AM
Manabi
Manabi
Take back the web!
the_corona wrote:
That window is from the .....darn what was it called. Some remake of the expose effect for windows, I can't really remember the name. The window normally is hidden and is there to search through windows.

At least thats how I used to get it.
Switcher?  Because I have it on my computer. I'll try turning that off and then trying again...

edit: Well, you're right! However there doesn't seem to be a way to disable the window.
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