Thanks, I'll try that if it misbehaves again. So far it hasn't.
Chuck Norcutt
On 12/2/2011 12:53 PM, List, OM wrote:
> Probably the video card. Rather than rebooting, try right clicking on the
> desktop, change a display setting such as color, then immediately change it
> back to your desired setting ... should force a redraw and clear up the
> issue until next time it goes to sleep. It might be possible to change
> your power settings to reduce or eliminate the problem.
>
> I've got a computer at the office which creates blue streaks after it
> sleeps...
>
> Jeff
>
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Chuck Norcutt<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> wrote:
>
>> I had left the computer idling for a few hours while I went off and ran
>> some chores. Some time after I started using it again I noticed that
>> the entire display area had been shifted to the right by approximately
>> the width of an icon. The rightmost edge of the screen had either
>> disappeared or, perhaps, wrapped around to the left side. I couldn't
>> move the mouse to the left edge but I didn't think to try reaching the
>> left edge from the right. Yes, I had been diddling with the icon
>> arrangements earlier.
>>
>> I don't know if it was the monitor or (more likely) the NVIDIA display
>> card. But it did take a reboot to get things aligned properly again. I
>> guess I should check that I have the latest driver for that card.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
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