Black Hole Appearance

[MourningStar]

Lately on my screen, a small rectangular 'black hole' has been randomly appearing in different locations. No matter what the display is (browser, photoshop, mediaplayer, etc.) it won't go away. The first thing I thought was the monitor, so I cycled the power, nothing - reset the settings - nothing. This was followed by a system restore - nothing. As simple curiosity gave way to serious monomania I placed the cursor over it and .... GONE! However, it does return now & then and I apply this same 'fix'. I think my machine is showing the first sign of old age (born 2009). I really don't want it to be a side-effect of an MS update. Questions/comments/suggestions?

(I'm thinking of trying sfc, but have little hope as this utility has never run clean and all here who analyzed the log I submitted could never discover the problem.

-thx

 

[iko22]

No matter what the display is

Ah!!

it won't go away.

If it wont go away, how about a Print Screen of the rectangle. If the rectangle is visible on the Print Screen image, then it is in the operating system. However, if the rectangle is not there, then maybe monitor?

 

[MourningStar]

thx - will try that and report back (when & where this wormhole reappears) ...

 

[MourningStar]

print screen captured it. what next?

 

[Melchior]

print screen captured it. what next?

if u capture it with [print screen] you could paste it into ms paint... and save it as a jpg or png image so we can see it... unless contains sensitive info then u would not want to share it...



but does the print screen image show your black square image?
I have not been having any issues like that and I keep up with Windows updates... so its probably your monitor.. BUT then again if it goes away when u mouse over it.... idk... a Windows issue?:sarc: