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    Disable weird Snap-like feature?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by zadillo, Jan 15, 2016.

  1. zadillo

    zadillo Notebook Virtuoso

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    I am using my new Dell XPS 9550, and there's one thing that's been annoying me.

    When I try to move a window around, this little Blue box shows up at the top of the window split into 4 quadrants - depending on where I move the window, it will then resize it and make it fill in a small quadrant on the screen.

    I thought this feature might be Snap, but I've gone into settings and disabled Snap, and it still shows up. It's a little inconsistent whether a window gets resized or not but i'm finding it really annoying.

    It seems like it might be something other than Snap - both because disabling the Snap stuff in the Multitasking settings doesn't seem to get rid of it, and because when I've looked up guides to Snap in Windows 10, none of them show this weird blue box at the top.

    Any ideas? Is this some Dell specific software I can disable? IMG_2305.JPG
     
    zadillo, Jan 15, 2016
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    OXINARF Notebook Enthusiast

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    It's in Dell PremierColor, Display Splitter.
     
    OXINARF, Jan 15, 2016
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    And that is why hardcore computer enthusiasts reformat a laptop one that received it. It's too get rid of all the junk and bloatware on the machine like that dell app

    Sent from my XT1575 using Tapatalk
     
    kent1146, Jan 15, 2016
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  4. zadillo

    zadillo Notebook Virtuoso

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    Ahh, thank you - that was it! I'm sure that has its applications somewhere, but I was mostly finding it to just be an annoyance - I could never quite figure out how to not prevent it from kicking in when I was simply trying to move a window around.
     
    zadillo, Jan 17, 2016
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  5. zadillo

    zadillo Notebook Virtuoso

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    Fair point, although I'm not sure I'd want the PremierColor app/utility as a whole removed, as it does seem to have some pretty useful functions for color profile management/etc. It's just this Display Splitter function that I wanted to disable (and it was annoying because I thought it had something to do with Snap, so it ended up seeming especially weird when disabling Snap didn't seem to do anything).
     
    zadillo, Jan 17, 2016
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  6. LOUSYGREATWALLGM

    LOUSYGREATWALLGM Notebook Deity

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    Where you able to check your CPU load when idling? My CPU load were always around 20% before clean install and I suspect its the Dell Premier Color like what others have said.
     
    LOUSYGREATWALLGM, Jan 18, 2016
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  7. zadillo

    zadillo Notebook Virtuoso

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    Ahh, I'm not sure. I haven't been keeping a close eye on CPU utilization.
     
    zadillo, Jan 18, 2016
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