jsulmeyer
4 Jun 2005, 3:37pm
Several months ago I upgraded to Windows XP. About a month later I noticed what appeared to be two dead (white) pixels in the upper right corner of the title bar of my browser window. Oddly, though, these "dead" pixels were not really dead, but would disappear when I clicked on the title bar or resized the window. Even more strange, if I dragged the window across the screen, the "dead" pixels would actually follow along, i.e. stay in the same place on the title bar and move across the screen along with the window being dragged.
This phenomenon has occurred, intermittently, ever since. Sometimes it's one pixel, sometimes its three or four, and 99% of the time it occurs in the right hand corner of a window's title bar (I have seen it occur on my desktop, as well). I've tried several different monitors and monitor cables, but I've been unable to get this behavior to stop. I spoke to a tech support guy at Samsung (maker of my flat panel monitor) and he believed that the problem was a software issue - probably Windows XP itself - rather than a hardware issue. I tried addressing the issue with Microsoft, but they were no help.
This behavior is really annoying and I'd GREATLY appreciate any assistance I can get.
Much thanks,
John
This phenomenon has occurred, intermittently, ever since. Sometimes it's one pixel, sometimes its three or four, and 99% of the time it occurs in the right hand corner of a window's title bar (I have seen it occur on my desktop, as well). I've tried several different monitors and monitor cables, but I've been unable to get this behavior to stop. I spoke to a tech support guy at Samsung (maker of my flat panel monitor) and he believed that the problem was a software issue - probably Windows XP itself - rather than a hardware issue. I tried addressing the issue with Microsoft, but they were no help.
This behavior is really annoying and I'd GREATLY appreciate any assistance I can get.
Much thanks,
John