Taskbar Weirdness is 7077

[aeronauticsrock]

I have a problem with 7077 that I cant see to find anything on...

The taskbar is very weird. These are the symptoms:

1) When it is on the top, it extends past the normal height and is as "tall" as is "wide" when it is docked on the side. Everything looks right, but the mask extends too far down, making things there (the top of my browser, icons) blurry.

Sometimes this goes away when I move it back and forth to different positions... or sometimes:

2) After moving it around, ill have it on the top of my screen. But there is a taskbar mask on the left side of the screen too! So the bar is at the top and the left inch of my screen is randomly blurry (from the taskbar mask).


Have any idea what can cause this? Im fully stumped.

 

[Orbital Shark]

It sounds like a graphics issue, have you got the latest drivers installed?

 

[aeronauticsrock]

The nvidia Windows 7 drivers dont work for me... Im on a GeForce Go 7400.

I havent had this problem on any other build.

 

[Quantum]

had the same problem, just appreard on 7077! but now it seems gone, i moved my bar right then top again and it was fixed.... weird

 

[Orbital Shark]

Have you installed the drivers from here Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers ?

You may need to run the installer in compatability mode for XP/Vista depending on the driver you download. Afterwards Windows Update will notify of any drivers that can be upgraded.

It's worth a try (if you haven't already). Otherwise i'm fresh out of ideas, sorry.

 

[copernicus]

Can you ge a screenshot of it?

Cause I have no idea what's being referred to.

 

[Orbital Shark]

As you can see in the 1st screenshot, you have 1 or 2 options to choose. You can download the specific driver you require (Vista 32 or 64 depending on your installation). You can also allow for the site to check your hardware to see if it's up-to-date.

Once you download the driver, locate where it's saved (usually the Downloads folder) and right-click it then select 'Properties'. Next, click the 'Compatability' tab & set up as seen in 2nd screenshot. Now run the file and it should install, if you get a message stating that an older driver is being installed just choose yes to continue.

Once installed you will need to restart you machine. Then using Windows Update you can use it to search for new drivers.

Hope this helps

 

[aeronauticsrock]

Sure, here.

All that blurred area is "taskbar"

 

[marcellusmighty]

Okay, my first question is why the taskbar is a solid color while the windows are transparent.

 

[aeronauticsrock]

The taskbar is transparent.. that part of my desktop is plain black, so youre seeing that behind it.

Thats chrome, so the top is transparent.

 

[Orbital Shark]

You can actually see that the taskbar is not solid. You just need to look at the image in the window glass.

As far as fixing this, i'm stumped, not see it before. Will keep digging

 

[marcellusmighty]

Gotcha. Can you take a screen when your mouse is hovering on the start button?

 

[aeronauticsrock]

surely.

Shark, Ive done all the update stuff. I was doing the update I DL'ed from nvidia, and half way through the screen goes off and on as everything it refreshing. It finishes, everythings fine.

When I reboot, its back. Windows now finds an update, do that. After the update its fine, when I restart its back.

Thanks for the help so far though!

 

[copernicus]

Was the install a fresh install or an upgrade?

 

[Orbital Shark]

You may need to check in the task manager as to what programs & processes are running. It now sound like something that is starting on bootup is causing this error.

If you could post screenshots of your task manager processes then i might be able to tell you what might me causing it

 

[marcellusmighty]

Okay, thanks aero. The reason I asked is someone has been uploading a torrent labeled as "7077" and has everything in 7, but the start button animation was that of the beta (which meant it had been tampered with). So at least we know it's a somewhat genuine build. Is your taskbar locked after moving it?

 

[marcellusmighty]

And... does anyone notice the tiny difference between the two taskbars: mine and aero's?

 

[aeronauticsrock]

Mine is set on small icons- isnt that the difference?

This was an upgrade.

Im only starting up my touchpad driver, video card, and dock.

 

[marcellusmighty]

Besides the small icons. On your taskbar, you have those weird textured dots (the pattern obscured by the word "start" in the second photo). If my memory serves me, didn't those only appear when the taskbar was not locked on XP (maybe Vista?).

 

[aeronauticsrock]

oh right, its not lock. I played with locking for a few minutes and it seems to have no effect.