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Odd Symbol in Thumbnail Icons
It is hard to explain so a picture is worth a thousand words. Here is this grey box with a bar in all my photo thumbnail icons, so what is it and how to I get rid of them?- dustymars
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- file management graphics grey box icons image preview tech support thumbnails user interface visual issues windows
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 10 How to Remove the White Fog Layer Overlay on My Screen?
Hi, so I was raging at a game (stupid I know) and I hit my keyboard, I assume it hit a short cut for accessibility or something because now it has a white like fog layer over my screen. Anyone know how to fix this? Cheers- Mikey Silcox
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- accessibility fix fog gaming keyboard screen shortcuts visual issues
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 windows screen dimensions ratio settings.
I have just installed afresh, Windows 10 Home on a computer which the screen's visible area dimensions ratio is 16 x 9. However the picture appears somewhat squashed vertically. When I look at the System settings for the Display I find that the list of possible Width and Height...- DenPit
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- aspect ratio display settings graphics driver installation pixel settings resolution screen ratio screen size visual issues windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Folder and image thumbnail problem
Hello all. Recently I'm having this problem with thumbnails using windows explorer, whenever I open a folder configured to use large or medium icons, all I see are blank squares instead of the thumbnails or icons. It seems like a refresh problem because just by going to the view tab and...- hanswr
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- bugs build 10586 cache drivers explorer folders icon size icons image language limitations problem refresh tech support thumbnails update user help view settings visual issues windows 10
- Replies: 20
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Something's wrong with my screen resolution...
Graphics Card - GeForce GTX 555 Windows Version - Windows 10 Home Toshiba Screen Resolution - 1768x992 Graphic's Driver Version - 364.51-desktop-win10-64bit-international-whql Location - USA First off, I've always set my screen resolution to 1768x992. That's what I had it set to for XP, Win7...- Legna
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- desktop display settings driver version gaming geforce gtx graphics card graphics driver icons international out of bounds resolution stardock tech support toshiba update usa visual issues win 10 windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 10 Having "lagging" issues?
Hi, Upgraded to Windows 10, for 1 or 2 months ago. Now I am having issues with my computer. The problem is as following: When I am doing something on my computer for some time it freezes (both audio and visuals) for a few millisecs, maybe a sec. This happends about 10-15 times through a session...- Ragnarok
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- audio issues avira computer issues freezing hardware hidden items lagging malwarebytes os issues performance sessions system check tech support troubleshooting upgrade user suggestions virus visual issues windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Screen Display Gets Dimmer (More Orange?)
I just recently purchased the ASUS ROG G750JM-DS71. I noticed that I can't seem to the get the display to be in full brightness. For example when booting it up, the brightness seems much higher, and after a few seconds at the desktop the screen would suddenly get darker. The brightness is indeed...- RadRob
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- asus brightness color display g750jm gaming hardware laptop orange tint problem screen settings troubleshooting user experience visual issues windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 windows program file association settings not working correctly
I recently found many application would not save to correct type. Some software icons would come out to a blank or white block, but those software actually there. For example, realrecorder is running, it would come out a white block on taskbar on bottom. I tried use 'access and program default'...- citrix
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- application computer help control panel default programs file association icons microsoft word settings software system issues troubleshooting user interface visual issues windows wordpad
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Persisting Graphics Issues with Blurry Text and Missing Elements in Windows 8 Pro
Anyone else getting this weird, blurry font and missing text on the start screen side of things? Everything desktop is working just swell for me. Windows IE10 Showing boxes and arrows instead of text when you wave the mouse over. You can't use any links in the desktop to bring on explorer...- Rayamp
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- blurry text desktop display driver issues fonts graphics gtx 570 ie10 missing text performance personalization reinstall resolution software start screen troubleshooting upgrade visual issues windows 8
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 Weird little issue with "directional arrows"?
Don't know what else to call it. It's basically the directional arrows that would be used as a command in a game, and they're are only coming up as little squares. (As shown in the picture I uploaded). Does this for every game as well, not just this one, and while it's not a major issue it is...- Darick Adams
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- command symbols directional arrows fix fonts game compatibility gaming graphics issues user experience visual issues
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Desktop Display - Columns Of Horizontal Lines
Columns of Horizontal Lines appear randomly and frequently on my desktop. Not always but sometimes 2 or 3 times a day. Images of the display on my desktop are attached along with my pc specs and a detailed version OURPC.txt. Some days they never appear. My computer freezes as a result and only a...- Del56
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- annoyance bsod corruption desktop display drivers freezing graphics hardware intel hd lines performance reboot safe mode support system specs troubleshooting tweaks visual issues windows
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows Vista Fuzzy Fonts / Blurry Fonts / ClearType problems
Okay, I've looked on about fifty million sites to figure this out and I'm out of ideas. I have Windows 7, SP1. For any text, the text is blurry on my LCD Monitor, but looks perfectly fine on my laptop monitor. I'm using an HDMI cable and extending the screen. I've tried pretty much every...- ozmoyra
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- blurry text cleartype display font issues fuzzy fonts graphics hdmi monitor resolution screen extension text clarity troubleshooting ubuntu user interface virtual machine visual issues vmware windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Why is native resolution cutting off edges of screen? Need Help(HDTV)
So I just got a brand new computer and hooked it up to my HDTV but the sides of my screen are cut off. I need help finding out how to fix this. Here's a pic: Link Removed- Mattforill
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- computer setup display settings hdtv help image scaling native resolution new computer resolution screen cutoff visual issues
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 Font looks weird after formatting
I've formatted my laptop a few days ago and thought that some fonts in some websites looked weird compared to before, I thought I was just being paranoid and that it was my imagination, but after a few days where I couldn't stop to think that, I took a printscreen in the other pc on the house...- GamerBR
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- comparison display firefox fonts formatting graphics internet explorer laptop segoe ui settings software tech support troubleshooting user experience visual issues website windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Win 7 program fix needing help please
Hi all, I have a problem not being able to see things in all my programs with in win7 for instance filling in the blank boxes on this site to register was real hard I cannot hardly see the little boxes to fill in let alone read what they are asking for. I also use Corel Draw and I cannot...- stickies
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- accessibility coreldraw cursor visibility paypal personalization program issues theme settings user interface visual issues windows 7
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Windows 7 Cannot see photos or graphics
I cannot see photos or graphics in either Explorer or Chrome. Its a Hewlett Packard laptop with Windows 7 OS. I see red x's or broken boxes with red dots where photos should be. I've checked to see if see photos, etc. are checked. Any help will be appreciated.- compsavy
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- broken images chrome explorer graphics hewlett-packard laptop issues photos red x visual issues windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Graphics driver problem?
Last night I installed Windows 7 for the second time, the first time I had the exact same problem and downloading drivers from dell that were 'Windows 7 compatible' didn't seem to fix anything.. Link Removed Pretty sure from that picture you'll be able to see my problem and that's just a mild...- Ignoral
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- 3d chat compatibility dell drivers dual core gaming graphics installation laptop performance problem processor ram resizing restart ultimate visual issues windows 7 windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 Window Color Glitch after Computer Left Idle
I experienced this problem soon after upgrading from vista to windows 7. When i leave the computer until it goes into screen saver and then come back a few minutes later, my personalized window color will change into a pale blue color soon after waking the computer from the screen saver. The...- Liquid
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- glitch graphics idle pale blue personalization screensaver upgrade visual issues window color windows 7
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- Forum: Desktop Customization
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Windows 7 Removing folder icon from cursor
When I click and drag to move a file I get this hunumgous folder icon attached to the cursor. The icon is so big that it blocks my view of where I'm trying to drop it. Can this folder icon be removed? TIA Ken- knestle
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- cursor customization desktop experience drag and drop file management icon size moving files user experience user interface visual issues windows 10 windows 11 windows settings
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- Forum: Desktop Customization
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Windows 7 New HP Pavilion p6230y desktop stretched
Hello all. I bought and HP Pavilion p6230y desktop PC a few days ago, loaded with Windows 7. I have a widescreen monitor with a max resolution of 1920 x 1080. When I started the machine and went through the setup process, the max resolution was selected and all appeared normal until I took a...- Raider Power
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- cleartype configuration desktop display drivers graphics hp pavilion icons monitor resolution screen adjustment settings tech support troubleshooting user experience visual issues wallpaper widescreen windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support