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Screen Saver leaving behind blank box in task bar/system tray
I am running Windows 98SE and I don't remember at what point this started
happening but I would like for it to stop. Here is the problem, when the screen saver kicks on and then you move the mouse or space bar to make it go away it leaves behind a blank box in the system tray at the bottom of the computer. Sometimes it even says screen saver in it but most of the time it is just a blank box. Depends on how many times you make the screen saver go away as to how many blank boxes it leaves behind. Is there something I can do to correct this? Thanks |
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Screen Saver leaving behind blank box in task bar/system tray
1. The blank buttons are often screensaver related so try a different one
or don't use one at all--use power management to shut the monitor off after a few minutes. Also see: Icon Is Displayed on the Taskbar After Closing the Screen Saver 280722 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=280722 2. Update your video driver. 3. If the blank buttons started immediately after a software installation, uninstall that software. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... I am running Windows 98SE and I don't remember at what point this started happening but I would like for it to stop. Here is the problem, when the screen saver kicks on and then you move the mouse or space bar to make it go away it leaves behind a blank box in the system tray at the bottom of the computer. Sometimes it even says screen saver in it but most of the time it is just a blank box. Depends on how many times you make the screen saver go away as to how many blank boxes it leaves behind. Is there something I can do to correct this? Thanks |
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Screen Saver leaving behind blank box in task bar/system tray
How do you update the video driver?
"Ron Badour" wrote in message ... 1. The blank buttons are often screensaver related so try a different one or don't use one at all--use power management to shut the monitor off after a few minutes. Also see: Icon Is Displayed on the Taskbar After Closing the Screen Saver 280722 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=280722 2. Update your video driver. 3. If the blank buttons started immediately after a software installation, uninstall that software. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... I am running Windows 98SE and I don't remember at what point this started happening but I would like for it to stop. Here is the problem, when the screen saver kicks on and then you move the mouse or space bar to make it go away it leaves behind a blank box in the system tray at the bottom of the computer. Sometimes it even says screen saver in it but most of the time it is just a blank box. Depends on how many times you make the screen saver go away as to how many blank boxes it leaves behind. Is there something I can do to correct this? Thanks |
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Screen Saver leaving behind blank box in task bar/system tray
Determine what kind of a video card you have and then do an internet search
to see if you can find a newer driver. Assuming that your display is currently working OK, go to control panel, system, device manager and click on display adapter to find out what you have. If you can find an updated driver, there may be instructions on how to install it. If not, on the display adapter screen, click the driver tab -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... How do you update the video driver? "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... 1. The blank buttons are often screensaver related so try a different one or don't use one at all--use power management to shut the monitor off after a few minutes. Also see: Icon Is Displayed on the Taskbar After Closing the Screen Saver 280722 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=280722 2. Update your video driver. 3. If the blank buttons started immediately after a software installation, uninstall that software. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... I am running Windows 98SE and I don't remember at what point this started happening but I would like for it to stop. Here is the problem, when the screen saver kicks on and then you move the mouse or space bar to make it go away it leaves behind a blank box in the system tray at the bottom of the computer. Sometimes it even says screen saver in it but most of the time it is just a blank box. Depends on how many times you make the screen saver go away as to how many blank boxes it leaves behind. Is there something I can do to correct this? Thanks |
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Screen Saver leaving behind blank box in task bar/system tray
Thanks! Just so happens my monitor quivers and kind of flashes every once
in a while but usually straightens up pretty quickly. Could that be the same problem - video driver? "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Determine what kind of a video card you have and then do an internet search to see if you can find a newer driver. Assuming that your display is currently working OK, go to control panel, system, device manager and click on display adapter to find out what you have. If you can find an updated driver, there may be instructions on how to install it. If not, on the display adapter screen, click the driver tab -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... How do you update the video driver? "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... 1. The blank buttons are often screensaver related so try a different one or don't use one at all--use power management to shut the monitor off after a few minutes. Also see: Icon Is Displayed on the Taskbar After Closing the Screen Saver 280722 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=280722 2. Update your video driver. 3. If the blank buttons started immediately after a software installation, uninstall that software. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... I am running Windows 98SE and I don't remember at what point this started happening but I would like for it to stop. Here is the problem, when the screen saver kicks on and then you move the mouse or space bar to make it go away it leaves behind a blank box in the system tray at the bottom of the computer. Sometimes it even says screen saver in it but most of the time it is just a blank box. Depends on how many times you make the screen saver go away as to how many blank boxes it leaves behind. Is there something I can do to correct this? Thanks |
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Screen Saver leaving behind blank box in task bar/system tray
Maybe. Could also be a fan or speakers too close to the monitor. It also
might need a different refresh rate. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... Thanks! Just so happens my monitor quivers and kind of flashes every once in a while but usually straightens up pretty quickly. Could that be the same problem - video driver? "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Determine what kind of a video card you have and then do an internet search to see if you can find a newer driver. Assuming that your display is currently working OK, go to control panel, system, device manager and click on display adapter to find out what you have. If you can find an updated driver, there may be instructions on how to install it. If not, on the display adapter screen, click the driver tab -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... How do you update the video driver? "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... 1. The blank buttons are often screensaver related so try a different one or don't use one at all--use power management to shut the monitor off after a few minutes. Also see: Icon Is Displayed on the Taskbar After Closing the Screen Saver 280722 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=280722 2. Update your video driver. 3. If the blank buttons started immediately after a software installation, uninstall that software. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... I am running Windows 98SE and I don't remember at what point this started happening but I would like for it to stop. Here is the problem, when the screen saver kicks on and then you move the mouse or space bar to make it go away it leaves behind a blank box in the system tray at the bottom of the computer. Sometimes it even says screen saver in it but most of the time it is just a blank box. Depends on how many times you make the screen saver go away as to how many blank boxes it leaves behind. Is there something I can do to correct this? Thanks |
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Screen Saver leaving behind blank box in task bar/system tray
I apologize for being so uneducated about the workings of this darn computer
but I don't know how to set refresh rate. Also, I went out and found an updated driver for my video card (SiS3626) and I downloaded it, but it put it in a folder of its own instead of installing over the old one. Can I just delete the old folder contents and will it then recognize the new one? I couldn't find instructions for installing update to video card. Thanks for your help. "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Maybe. Could also be a fan or speakers too close to the monitor. It also might need a different refresh rate. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... Thanks! Just so happens my monitor quivers and kind of flashes every once in a while but usually straightens up pretty quickly. Could that be the same problem - video driver? "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Determine what kind of a video card you have and then do an internet search to see if you can find a newer driver. Assuming that your display is currently working OK, go to control panel, system, device manager and click on display adapter to find out what you have. If you can find an updated driver, there may be instructions on how to install it. If not, on the display adapter screen, click the driver tab -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... How do you update the video driver? "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... 1. The blank buttons are often screensaver related so try a different one or don't use one at all--use power management to shut the monitor off after a few minutes. Also see: Icon Is Displayed on the Taskbar After Closing the Screen Saver 280722 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=280722 2. Update your video driver. 3. If the blank buttons started immediately after a software installation, uninstall that software. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... I am running Windows 98SE and I don't remember at what point this started happening but I would like for it to stop. Here is the problem, when the screen saver kicks on and then you move the mouse or space bar to make it go away it leaves behind a blank box in the system tray at the bottom of the computer. Sometimes it even says screen saver in it but most of the time it is just a blank box. Depends on how many times you make the screen saver go away as to how many blank boxes it leaves behind. Is there something I can do to correct this? Thanks |
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Screen Saver leaving behind blank box in task bar/system tray
Please provide the link where you found the driver. I will download it and
see what it is. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... I apologize for being so uneducated about the workings of this darn computer but I don't know how to set refresh rate. Also, I went out and found an updated driver for my video card (SiS3626) and I downloaded it, but it put it in a folder of its own instead of installing over the old one. Can I just delete the old folder contents and will it then recognize the new one? I couldn't find instructions for installing update to video card. Thanks for your help. "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Maybe. Could also be a fan or speakers too close to the monitor. It also might need a different refresh rate. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... Thanks! Just so happens my monitor quivers and kind of flashes every once in a while but usually straightens up pretty quickly. Could that be the same problem - video driver? "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Determine what kind of a video card you have and then do an internet search to see if you can find a newer driver. Assuming that your display is currently working OK, go to control panel, system, device manager and click on display adapter to find out what you have. If you can find an updated driver, there may be instructions on how to install it. If not, on the display adapter screen, click the driver tab -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... How do you update the video driver? "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... 1. The blank buttons are often screensaver related so try a different one or don't use one at all--use power management to shut the monitor off after a few minutes. Also see: Icon Is Displayed on the Taskbar After Closing the Screen Saver 280722 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=280722 2. Update your video driver. 3. If the blank buttons started immediately after a software installation, uninstall that software. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... I am running Windows 98SE and I don't remember at what point this started happening but I would like for it to stop. Here is the problem, when the screen saver kicks on and then you move the mouse or space bar to make it go away it leaves behind a blank box in the system tray at the bottom of the computer. Sometimes it even says screen saver in it but most of the time it is just a blank box. Depends on how many times you make the screen saver go away as to how many blank boxes it leaves behind. Is there something I can do to correct this? Thanks |
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Screen Saver leaving behind blank box in task bar/system tray
http://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/sis6326.html
"Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Please provide the link where you found the driver. I will download it and see what it is. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... I apologize for being so uneducated about the workings of this darn computer but I don't know how to set refresh rate. Also, I went out and found an updated driver for my video card (SiS3626) and I downloaded it, but it put it in a folder of its own instead of installing over the old one. Can I just delete the old folder contents and will it then recognize the new one? I couldn't find instructions for installing update to video card. Thanks for your help. "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Maybe. Could also be a fan or speakers too close to the monitor. It also might need a different refresh rate. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... Thanks! Just so happens my monitor quivers and kind of flashes every once in a while but usually straightens up pretty quickly. Could that be the same problem - video driver? "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Determine what kind of a video card you have and then do an intern et search to see if you can find a newer driver. Assuming that your display is currently working OK, go to control panel, system, device manager and click on display adapter to find out what you have. If you can find an updated driver, there may be instructions on how to install it. If not, on the display adapter screen, click the driver tab -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... How do you update the video driver? "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... 1. The blank buttons are often screensaver related so try a different one or don't use one at all--use power management to shut the monitor off after a few minutes. Also see: Icon Is Displayed on the Taskbar After Closing the Screen Saver 280722 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=280722 2. Update your video driver. 3. If the blank buttons started immediately after a software installation, uninstall that software. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... I am running Windows 98SE and I don't remember at what point this started happening but I would like for it to stop. Here is the problem, when the screen saver kicks on and then you move the mouse or space bar to make it go away it leaves behind a blank box in the system tray at the bottom of the computer. Sometimes it even says screen saver in it but most of the time it is just a blank box. Depends on how many times you make the screen saver go away as to how many blank boxes it leaves behind. Is there something I can do to correct this? Thanks |
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Screen Saver leaving behind blank box in task bar/system tray
First, you have to unzip the file. Once that is done, I would go to the
folder and double click the setup.exe file. Follow the on screen prompts. There is also a file: SIS6326M.INF and that is an installation file as well--right click and select Install. I don't know which way they intended for the driver to be installed. If setup.exe doesn't work, try this method. It's kind of odd that there are no instructions included. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... http://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/sis6326.html "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Please provide the link where you found the driver. I will download it and see what it is. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... I apologize for being so uneducated about the workings of this darn computer but I don't know how to set refresh rate. Also, I went out and found an updated driver for my video card (SiS3626) and I downloaded it, but it put it in a folder of its own instead of installing over the old one. Can I just delete the old folder contents and will it then recognize the new one? I couldn't find instructions for installing update to video card. Thanks for your help. "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Maybe. Could also be a fan or speakers too close to the monitor. It also might need a different refresh rate. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... Thanks! Just so happens my monitor quivers and kind of flashes every once in a while but usually straightens up pretty quickly. Could that be the same problem - video driver? "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... Determine what kind of a video card you have and then do an intern et search to see if you can find a newer driver. Assuming that your display is currently working OK, go to control panel, system, device manager and click on display adapter to find out what you have. If you can find an updated driver, there may be instructions on how to install it. If not, on the display adapter screen, click the driver tab -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... How do you update the video driver? "Ron Badour" wrote in message ... 1. The blank buttons are often screensaver related so try a different one or don't use one at all--use power management to shut the monitor off after a few minutes. Also see: Icon Is Displayed on the Taskbar After Closing the Screen Saver 280722 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=280722 2. Update your video driver. 3. If the blank buttons started immediately after a software installation, uninstall that software. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Phyllis" wrote in message ... I am running Windows 98SE and I don't remember at what point this started happening but I would like for it to stop. Here is the problem, when the screen saver kicks on and then you move the mouse or space bar to make it go away it leaves behind a blank box in the system tray at the bottom of the computer. Sometimes it even says screen saver in it but most of the time it is just a blank box. Depends on how many times you make the screen saver go away as to how many blank boxes it leaves behind. Is there something I can do to correct this? Thanks |
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