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    Little square in my desktop

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by dani_spain, Feb 13, 2008.

  1. dani_spain

    dani_spain Notebook Guru

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    Hi, anyone can tell me what is this square that appears in my desktop?? Is situated in the top left corner. Thanks
     
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  2. Arki

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    Can you take a screenshot of it? Could it be a dead/stuck pixel?
     
    Arki, Feb 13, 2008
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    dani_spain Notebook Guru

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    Here is the image
     

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    Does it do anything when you hover over it or click it?

    Is it there even after reboot?
     
    elfroggo, Feb 13, 2008
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    It could be the wallpaper. Have you tried a diffrent wallpaper
     
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    It has to do with his video card's icon in the system tray I believe. Dani, I assume you have an ATI card? I also assume you updated to the 8.1 driver?

    Go into its preferences and uncheck system tray icon. This is a bug in CCC.exe. Version 8.2 should fix this.
     
    Arki, Feb 13, 2008
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    If it was a dead pixel.. Would it appear in a "Printscreen" screenshot?
     
    arlab, Feb 13, 2008
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    Dead pixels would not appear in a print screen screenshot.

    It is not a dead pixel, look at the size of the thing!
     
    elfroggo, Feb 13, 2008
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    Try manually shutting down some applications that you use. I have a similar square (a little green one which dissappears when I close ICQ6). So my guess is that the square is there due to an application (or a service) you are running.
     
    MarkoD, Feb 13, 2008
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    The square dissapeared!!! It was a problem of the graphic card driver. The catalyst 8.1 had a bug. Thanks all of you.
     
    dani_spain, Feb 13, 2008
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    Ye, I had that at my computer at work, now I know what it is mmmmm.... Thanks!
     
    maxsquared, Feb 13, 2008
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