A little PC help please

[Kyle]

Alright when ever I have a program open(Photoshop, Firefox, etc) and I go to close it or minimize it for some reason in the top left hand corner it shows a little box which is annoying. Here is an example


As you can see there it looks all normal as it is spose to but once when I close it or minimize it it well show a little box. Here is what I mean.



See how it shows a box which was part of the window in the top left hand corner? It is really annoying me for some reason and I can't seem to fix it.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[Kyle]

Reinstalled my graphics card and now it is fine.

Sorry for posting it.

[sleepy-sheep]

how big is your monitor? lol

[Kyle]

sleepy-sheep,Jul 21 2009, 01:53 AM Wrote:how big is your monitor? lol

24inches.

and it started doing it again.

Any suggestions? Do you think it is the monitor?

[BALL]

theres literally no way its ur monitor u dummy especially if u can take a screen shot of it

its probably some dumb program ur running which is incompatible with ur dumb operating system

[coca]

Looks like a hidden window that's being shown by mistake

Post your process list?

Press Windows key + R, and type: tasklist > C:\tasklist.txt

Then open C:\tasklist.txt in notepad or whatever and paste it here

Then download Winspector from http://www.windows-spy.com/download/ (you're NT), then install it, run it, and drag the crosshair onto the box you're talking about it and it should lead you to the process which owns it

Post your results!

[Kyle]

coca,Jul 21 2009, 02:45 PM Wrote:Looks like a hidden window that's being shown by mistake

Post your process list?

Press Windows key + R, and type: tasklist > C:\tasklist.txt

Then open C:\tasklist.txt in notepad or whatever and paste it here

Then download Winspector from http://www.windows-spy.com/download/ (you're NT), then install it, run it, and drag the crosshair onto the box you're talking about it and it should lead you to the process which owns it

Post your results!

When I use Winspector and put it over the corner that is causing the problem it just selects the whole desktop. But here is my process list.


Image Name PID Session Name Session# Mem Usage
========================= ====== ================ ======== ============
System Idle Process 0 Console 0 28 K
System 4 Console 0 256 K
smss.exe 812 Console 0 424 K
csrss.exe 876 Console 0 5,920 K
winlogon.exe 916 Console 0 3,240 K
services.exe 960 Console 0 5,584 K
lsass.exe 972 Console 0 1,696 K
ati2evxx.exe 1128 Console 0 3,620 K
svchost.exe 1148 Console 0 5,200 K
svchost.exe 1196 Console 0 4,812 K
svchost.exe 1344 Console 0 31,660 K
svchost.exe 1484 Console 0 4,496 K
svchost.exe 1540 Console 0 4,180 K
ati2evxx.exe 1656 Console 0 4,184 K
spoolsv.exe 1812 Console 0 4,856 K
explorer.exe 1284 Console 0 6,536 K
RTHDCPL.EXE 1456 Console 0 25,384 K
msnmsgr.exe 1556 Console 0 53,212 K
MOM.exe 1676 Console 0 6,632 K
CCC.exe 272 Console 0 13,552 K
svchost.exe 1408 Console 0 3,376 K
ATKKBService.exe 1452 Console 0 2,660 K
mDNSResponder.exe 1472 Console 0 3,792 K
openvpnas.exe 184 Console 0 6,320 K
hsssrv.exe 204 Console 0 6,320 K
StarWindService.exe 576 Console 0 2,832 K
nSvcAppFlt.exe 672 Console 0 5,668 K
nSvcIp.exe 1716 Console 0 5,808 K
alg.exe 3420 Console 0 3,812 K
wlcomm.exe 620 Console 0 34,108 K
wuauclt.exe 2416 Console 0 3,988 K
Steam.exe 1180 Console 0 12,964 K
openvpntray.exe 7520 Console 0 4,868 K
winamp.exe 7508 Console 0 3,300 K
firefox.exe 13836 Console 0 169,988 K
PokerStars.exe 584 Console 0 7,272 K
wmiprvse.exe 15864 Console 0 6,036 K
cmd.exe 8044 Console 0 2,932 K
tasklist.exe 13960 Console 0 4,300 K

[coca]

Alright, try terminating your processes one by one til all you're left with is lsass, svchost, smss, csrss, and winlogon

Hopefully this should narrow it down so we know what process is causing the problem (I'm betting Firefox or Steam)

[Underdog]

Kyle,Jul 21 2009, 07:05 PM Wrote:

coca,Jul 21 2009, 02:45 PM Wrote:Looks like a hidden window that's being shown by mistake

Post your process list?

Press Windows key + R, and type: tasklist > C:\tasklist.txt

Then open C:\tasklist.txt in notepad or whatever and paste it here

Then download Winspector from http://www.windows-spy.com/download/ (you're NT), then install it, run it, and drag the crosshair onto the box you're talking about it and it should lead you to the process which owns it

Post your results!

When I use Winspector and put it over the corner that is causing the problem it just selects the whole desktop. But here is my process list.


Image Name PID Session Name Session# Mem Usage
========================= ====== ================ ======== ============
System Idle Process 0 Console 0 28 K
System 4 Console 0 256 K
smss.exe 812 Console 0 424 K
csrss.exe 876 Console 0 5,920 K
winlogon.exe 916 Console 0 3,240 K
services.exe 960 Console 0 5,584 K
lsass.exe 972 Console 0 1,696 K
ati2evxx.exe 1128 Console 0 3,620 K
svchost.exe 1148 Console 0 5,200 K
svchost.exe 1196 Console 0 4,812 K
svchost.exe 1344 Console 0 31,660 K
svchost.exe 1484 Console 0 4,496 K
svchost.exe 1540 Console 0 4,180 K
ati2evxx.exe 1656 Console 0 4,184 K
spoolsv.exe 1812 Console 0 4,856 K
explorer.exe 1284 Console 0 6,536 K
RTHDCPL.EXE 1456 Console 0 25,384 K
msnmsgr.exe 1556 Console 0 53,212 K
MOM.exe 1676 Console 0 6,632 K
CCC.exe 272 Console 0 13,552 K
svchost.exe 1408 Console 0 3,376 K
ATKKBService.exe 1452 Console 0 2,660 K
mDNSResponder.exe 1472 Console 0 3,792 K
openvpnas.exe 184 Console 0 6,320 K
hsssrv.exe 204 Console 0 6,320 K
StarWindService.exe 576 Console 0 2,832 K
nSvcAppFlt.exe 672 Console 0 5,668 K
nSvcIp.exe 1716 Console 0 5,808 K
alg.exe 3420 Console 0 3,812 K
wlcomm.exe 620 Console 0 34,108 K
wuauclt.exe 2416 Console 0 3,988 K
Steam.exe 1180 Console 0 12,964 K
openvpntray.exe 7520 Console 0 4,868 K
winamp.exe 7508 Console 0 3,300 K
firefox.exe 13836 Console 0 169,988 K
PokerStars.exe 584 Console 0 7,272 K
wmiprvse.exe 15864 Console 0 6,036 K
cmd.exe 8044 Console 0 2,932 K
tasklist.exe 13960 Console 0 4,300 K

What's your PS name??

Oh and try updating your video drivers if you haven't already

[Kyle]

coca,Jul 21 2009, 07:31 PM Wrote:Alright, try terminating your processes one by one til all you're left with is lsass, svchost, smss, csrss, and winlogon

Hopefully this should narrow it down so we know what process is causing the problem (I'm betting Firefox or Steam)

Right when I ended Steam it went away. So now I assume it is steam that is causing this issue but how on earth do I fix it.

Coca thanks alot for helping me man I really appreciate it.