Dot in middle of Desktop
Mar 21, 2006 | 01:30 PM
#21
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Originally Posted by ldivinag
you have a desktop pattern, which is set for CENTER instead of tile...
from the looks of it.
from the looks of it.
What you're talking about is that he has a 16:9 image on a 4:3 screen.
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Mar 21, 2006 | 02:02 PM
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hmmm back to this topic.... i forgot from before that when i use JascPaintShopProX.X everyonce in a while it poos on my desktop and leaves behind little pieces of something, no processes are left running from it. Same symptoms and characteristics, but it goes away after a while on mine...
Mar 21, 2006 | 02:16 PM
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Not a dead pixel... In msg #3 he says:
I'd really like him to try this:
Originally Posted by dekri
I can highlight the dot, and when I open up another program it covers up the dot.
Originally Posted by midiwall
Head here, and grab this utility:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilitie...sExplorer.html
Minimize everything on the desktop. Fire up ProcessExplorer, and note the "gunsight" icon next to the binoculars. Click and DRAG that icon over the top of the white box on your desktop. It should highlight it. Let go of the mouse button and ProcExp should pop back as the front window.
The line that's highlighted in ProcExp is the process that owns the window.
Posting that info here should be fairly entertaining.
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilitie...sExplorer.html
Minimize everything on the desktop. Fire up ProcessExplorer, and note the "gunsight" icon next to the binoculars. Click and DRAG that icon over the top of the white box on your desktop. It should highlight it. Let go of the mouse button and ProcExp should pop back as the front window.
The line that's highlighted in ProcExp is the process that owns the window.
Posting that info here should be fairly entertaining.
Mar 21, 2006 | 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by midiwall
Yeup... An app has definitely drawn the box there.
Head here, and grab this utility:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilitie...sExplorer.html
Minimize everything on the desktop. Fire up ProcessExplorer, and note the "gunsight" icon next to the binoculars. Click and DRAG that icon over the top of the white box on your desktop. It should highlight it. Let go of the mouse button and ProcExp should pop back as the front window.
The line that's highlighted in ProcExp is the process that owns the window.
Posting that info here should be fairly entertaining.
Head here, and grab this utility:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilitie...sExplorer.html
Minimize everything on the desktop. Fire up ProcessExplorer, and note the "gunsight" icon next to the binoculars. Click and DRAG that icon over the top of the white box on your desktop. It should highlight it. Let go of the mouse button and ProcExp should pop back as the front window.
The line that's highlighted in ProcExp is the process that owns the window.
Posting that info here should be fairly entertaining.
Sorry it took so long to get back on this, I haven't had much time to mess around with it.
Last edited by Dekri; Mar 21, 2006 at 05:12 PM.
Mar 21, 2006 | 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Dekri
Sorry it took so long to get back on this, I haven't had much time to mess around with it.
I tried the ProcessExplorer and followed your instructions. When it came up, it was highlighted on "BackWeb-137903.exe". Which apears to be a HP update. I'm not quite sure what to do next, I don't want to delete it because I don't know exactly what it is.
I tried the ProcessExplorer and followed your instructions. When it came up, it was highlighted on "BackWeb-137903.exe". Which apears to be a HP update. I'm not quite sure what to do next, I don't want to delete it because I don't know exactly what it is.
http://www.liutilities.com/products/...ackweb-137903/
http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/pr...37903.exe.html
Sounds to me like it's a marketing tool. I'd kill it. It's just sitting there eating resources and obviously it's a piece of crap coding since it's exposing itself.
Last edited by midiwall; Mar 21, 2006 at 05:14 PM.
Mar 21, 2006 | 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Dekri
Im really liking that program, I'm finding tons of crap that I don't want, but didn't know was there.
It's "fun" for me to wander through a friend's box after I haven't seen her for a while (HI SHANNON!). The amount of stuff that collects on a machine just from normal wandering is insane these days.
_ALL_ of the tools at SysInternals are incredible. Even the gag ones are cool (there's a screen saver that does a GREAT emulation of a crash).
For what you're into right now, try these: (text copied from SysInternals website)
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html
See what programs are configured to startup automatically when your system boots and you login.
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilitie...tRevealer.html
Scan your system for rootkit-based malware
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Filemon.html
This monitoring tool lets you see all file system activity in real-time.
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Regmon.html
This monitoring tool lets you see all Registry activity in real-time.
That should be enough to keep you up at night. See what programs are configured to startup automatically when your system boots and you login.
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilitie...tRevealer.html
Scan your system for rootkit-based malware
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Filemon.html
This monitoring tool lets you see all file system activity in real-time.
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Regmon.html
This monitoring tool lets you see all Registry activity in real-time.
Mar 21, 2006 | 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by midiwall
tee-hee. Dude... you don't WANT to know all the crap that's probably on your machine.
It's "fun" for me to wander through a friend's box after I haven't seen her for a while (HI SHANNON!). The amount of stuff that collects on a machine just from normal wandering is insane these days.
It's "fun" for me to wander through a friend's box after I haven't seen her for a while (HI SHANNON!). The amount of stuff that collects on a machine just from normal wandering is insane these days.
Mar 21, 2006 | 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Funrunner
Oh great, so what am I supposed to be cleaning off my machine and how do I do it? You didn't tell me that.....
You're actually in a lot better spot now that The Boy has his own. All the tools are on that machine, but I think The Boy was wandering to places and downloading stuff that loved to sit in nooks and crannys.We'll take a look from a different view point the next time I'm up there.
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