Sticky Notes issue...

[Lamsebamsen]

Hello there...
I'm not sure this thread is in the right forum, if not - please move it to the appropriate

I installed Windows 7 on all of my pc's a week or so ago, and everything works beautifully, except for one little annoying issue...

(Actually there is two, but the other one I will adress at the forum for that specific piece of software...)

On my desktop, "Sticky Notes" have a weird little "frame" around them...
If I move a "Sticky Note", the frame goes away...
- only to return a couple of seconds later.

I wondered if any of you had the same "problem", and if so - does anyone have a fix for this?

Really love the "Sticky Notes", but the "frame thing" is violating my W7-eye-candy-experience.


It's a reinstall, since I don't believe in upgrades...
It's Windows 7 Ultimate x64...
All drivers is up-to-date...
I don't use/install "ancient software"...

Any other questions you might have, I will do my best to answer them if needed.

Thanks in advance

T.​

 

[Brink]

Hello Lamsebamsen, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Could you post a screenshot of Sticky Notes with the frame around it? It may help ID what the problem is.

In the mean time, you might consider trying the free program Stickies to see if you may like it better.

 

[oldspook]

I don't get a frame around my sticky notes.

While we are on the subject of sticky notes, is there any way to change the font?

 

[Brink]

Hello Oldspook,

You can't change the font in Sticky Notes, but you can change the text format.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/6281-sticky-notes-change-text-format.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[Lamsebamsen]

Hello Lamsebamsen, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Could you post a screenshot of Sticky Notes with the frame around it? It may help ID what the problem is.

In the mean time, you might consider trying the free program Stickies to see if you may like it better.

Here is a screenshot, thanks for all of your replies so far.

While reading all of your replies, I could se that there was already a thread with the same issues...
So I will try to see if any of the advice in that thread should help.
Will post again within 5 minutes.

About the free software "Stickies", if all fails with Sticky Notes then I will try it. I don't like having stuff on my pcs that doesn't work, so I would like to get this sorted. but thanks for the tip!

 

[Lamsebamsen]

Okay, so here is what I've tried after reading the other thread:
http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/22901-white-borders-around-sticky-notes.html

Reinstalling/Updating the driver:
First I tried removing and then reinstalling through Windows Update...
- problem is still there.
Then I tried removing and then reinstalling with the driver directly from Nvidia...
- driver wouldn't install, it says that I am using a 32bit driver on a 64 bit system - and then in the next "box" it said that I wasn't running Windows Vista or Windows 7 in 64 bit.
I am 100% sure that I am running 64 bit W7 on my desktop, which have the problem, and 32 bit W7 on my laptop.
So I really don't get why it says that!?

Unchecking "Visual Effect - drop shadow":
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1908-visual-effects-settings-change.html

Didn't help either, problem still persists.


Any ideas would be highly appriciated!

 

[Brink]

Seems like you tried just about all the usual things.

Do you have the latest 195.39 beta drivers from NVIDIA installed? You might also test with a darker desktop background to see how it looks with it.

 

[Lamsebamsen]

Seems like you tried just about all the usual things.

Do you have the latest 195.39 beta drivers from NVIDIA installed?

Nope, I haven't tried the BETA drivers.
As you can read further up in this thread, I apparently have problems installing any drivers on my desktop 64 bit W7...

You might also test with a darker desktop background to see how it looks with it.

Well, that wouldn't be removing the problem itself...
I have never been a big fan of treating symptoms, I want to cure the disease

 

[Lamsebamsen]

Oh joy...
I actually managed installing the BETA driver after a little work-around (don't know what I did to be honest)...
But the "weird-frame-around-the-StickyNote-notes" are still there

Other suggestions are very much appriciated!

 

[harpua]

Just FYI, you might want to try another "sticky notes" type app that is very much like the Vista gadget but slightly improved and compatible with W7. I greatly prefer it to the "sticky notes" that is native to W7. This gadget is available free on Windows Live and is called: "Large Notes." It saves multiple notes, you can customize fonts and colors of the notes, there are various sizes of notes and it's ultra simple to set up and use. You basically just download and install the gadget and place it anywhere you want on your desktop.

 

[Lamsebamsen]

Just FYI, you might want to try another "sticky notes" type app that is very much like the Vista gadget but slightly improved and compatible with W7. I greatly prefer it to the "sticky notes" that is native to W7. This gadget is available on Windows Live and is called: "Large Notes." It saves multiple notes, you can customize fonts and colors of the notes, there are various sizes of notes and it's ultra simple to set up and use. You basically just download and install the gadget and place it anywhere you want on your desktop.

That would, again, just be treating the symptoms...
I would rather find the disease itself, and get rid of it.
But thanks for suggesting the LargeNotes application

 

[harpua]

Not really. What I'm saying is this app has better easier functionality, imo. YMMV of course. But I haven't used sticky notes since I installed Large Notes. In fact just finally took SNs off the start menu yesterday after I realized it was just taking up space now.

 

[Lamsebamsen]

Not really. What I'm saying is this app has better easier functionality, imo. YMMV of course. But I haven't used sticky notes since I installed Large Notes. In fact just finally took SNs off the start menu yesterday after I realized it was just taking up space now.

I appriciate your suggestion, don't get me wrong
It's just that I would like to get this problem solved, since it could potentially also affect other applications than just StickyNotes.

Besides, I used LargeNotes for a while on Vista...
- and didn't really like it tbh.
It's the simplicity I like about StickyNotes.
Yes, you can call me simple

 

[aperson]

I have exactly the same problem.
maybe that is a nVidia driver issue?

 

[Brink]

Hello Aperson, and welcome to Seven Forums.

I haven't had a problem like this with using any of the NVIDIA drivers, but uninstalling and reinstalling them might not be a bad idea in case they got corrupted.

 

[Lamsebamsen]

Hello Aperson, and welcome to Seven Forums.

I haven't had a problem like this with using any of the NVIDIA drivers, but uninstalling and reinstalling them might not be a bad idea in case they got corrupted.

I have installed - uninstalled, both WHQL and BETA drivers...
Still no luck, same weird frame around the StickyNotes

 

[aperson]

Sorry I forgot to mention I did all the suggested "fixes" above before posting.
I also have a Leptop running Win 7 x64 Pro with Intel chipset running sticky notes no problem.
Tried on friends PC with ATI display adapter also no problem.
I suspect it is some sort of glitch on nVidia.

 

[Lamsebamsen]

Sorry I forgot to mention I did all the suggested "fixes" above before posting.
I also have a Leptop running Win 7 x64 Pro with Intel chipset running sticky notes no problem.
Tried on friends PC with ATI display adapter also no problem.
I suspect it is some sort of glitch on nVidia.

Wouldn't be the first "glitch" in Nvidia drivers for a new OS...
Considering how long the OEMs have the new software for testing before the actual release-date, that would just be pathetic if it were the case again...

 

[thefabe]

I just read through this thread and decided to give sticky notes a look on mine and no boarders here with the 191.07 driver. Doesn't help but thought I'd post anyway.

 

[Lamsebamsen]

I just read through this thread and decided to give sticky notes a look on mine and no boarders here with the 191.07 driver. Doesn't help but thought I'd post anyway.

A couple of other people have written in this thread, that they haven't had any issues with StickyNotes and Nvidia drivers...
- so I don't think so either.

Unless of course it's a combo of Nvidia drivers and other programs that tricker the unintended "frame-effect"!?