Sidebar background color problem at system startup?

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MichaelR

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Hello,

I am having a problem that maybe some one in this forum can help me with. On occasion, when I start up my PC (running Vista64 sp2 OS) my sidebar has a white background instead of the usual translucent one. If I close the side bar, the white background remains with holes in it where the Gadget icons were. Logging off of Windows Vista and then back on again fixes the problem. Has anyone else had this specific problem? Is this a glitch with Vista OS and there is no cure?

Any help appreciated,

MichaelR
 

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I'm gonna guess it's either a GPU or Ram problem if either is underpowered you may not be able to run vista's Aero graphics.
 

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    phenom IIx4 810
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    m4a79t deluxe
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    evga 295 co-op and 9800 gtx for PhysX
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Areofanadam,

You posted:

I'm gonna guess it's either a GPU or Ram problem if either is underpowered you may not be able to run vista's Aero graphics.

I don't think my problem is caused by either GPU or RAM under power. I've got a pretty souped up computer.

What's strange to me about this problem is it only happens once in a blue moon. If it happened all of the time, I'll bet I could fix it.

- Michael R
 

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Sometime AV program trying to block it to open in the full operation ...
until it goes through it scanning ...

or maybe just a glitch ...here and there ....nothing harmful ...

Every OS or ps has its own little bugs ... IMO
 

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    S-Vaio FZ
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    Intel Core2duo T7100-1.8GHz
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    DDR2-2GB-PC2.5300-Sp.667MHz
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    Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100-358MBvideo ram
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
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    200GB/7200Rpm/Serial ATA
I agree with tek101. It is probably a glitch of which we all have some. I suspect some program (and the security program is a good guess) that interferes at startup. Next time it happens, let it sit there as is for 10 or 20 minutes and see whether it goes away. You can also run Process Explorer whilst it is happening to see which processes are active and shut some down to see whether that helps.
Process Explorer
 

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    Dell
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    Q6600
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    4GB
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    HP w2207h
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    2x250GB HDDs 1x60GB OCZ SSD 6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
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    Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop
MichaelR said:
Areofanadam,

You posted:

I'm gonna guess it's either a GPU or Ram problem if either is underpowered you may not be able to run vista's Aero graphics.

I don't think my problem is caused by either GPU or RAM under power. I've got a pretty souped up computer.

What's strange to me about this problem is it only happens once in a blue moon. If it happened all of the time, I'll bet I could fix it.

- Michael R
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Ah, it's intermittent. If that's the case I agree with tek it's probably software issues. Try running a starup manager like auslogics or the like and cut out any no vital programs one at a time. If it's just one program it's an easy fix.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    phenom IIx4 810
    Motherboard
    m4a79t deluxe
    Memory
    8Gb DDR3 OCZ Platinum AMD Edition
    Graphics card(s)
    evga 295 co-op and 9800 gtx for PhysX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Mk241H
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 7200 750Gb
    PSU
    ABS Tagan BZ 800W
    Case
    Xclio A380PLUS-BK Fully Black
    Cooling
    Asus Royal Knight
    Mouse
    Logitech 5 button tilt wheel laser (don't remember model#)
    Keyboard
    Razor Lycosa Mirror edition
    Internet Speed
    Wireless Road Runner
Hello,

Thanks to all for your input. I do have Norton Internet Security 2009 installed. I wonder if I went into my firewall settings and set sidebar to "allow" instead of "auto" if that would solve my problem?

Also: Anyone have their internet connect icon on the lower right of the screen show the blue bubble connect indicator on and off repeatedly, yet the internet connection works either way?

- Michael R
 

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System One

MichaelR said:
Hello,

Thanks to all for your input. I do have Norton Internet Security 2009 installed. I wonder if I went into my firewall settings and set sidebar to "allow" instead of "auto" if that would solve my problem?

Also: Anyone have their internet connect icon on the lower right of the screen show the blue bubble connect indicator on and off repeatedly, yet the internet connection works either way?

- Michael R
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the norton thing is a possibility but the internet light is a common problem they never got around to fixing. instead, they made windows 7:huh:
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    phenom IIx4 810
    Motherboard
    m4a79t deluxe
    Memory
    8Gb DDR3 OCZ Platinum AMD Edition
    Graphics card(s)
    evga 295 co-op and 9800 gtx for PhysX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Mk241H
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 7200 750Gb
    PSU
    ABS Tagan BZ 800W
    Case
    Xclio A380PLUS-BK Fully Black
    Cooling
    Asus Royal Knight
    Mouse
    Logitech 5 button tilt wheel laser (don't remember model#)
    Keyboard
    Razor Lycosa Mirror edition
    Internet Speed
    Wireless Road Runner
the norton thing is a possibility but the internet light is a common problem they never got around to fixing. instead, they made windows 7

Oh no. What else has Microsoft not fixed with Vista?

- Michael R
 

My Computer

System One

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