strange rectangle obscuring the view when chrome or safari are maximized

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I have a strange issue that happens with both the Chrome and Safari browsers. It only happens when the browser is maximized on my 2nd monitor.

A rather large (toolbar sized) rectangle obscures the top-left of my window. It occupies about half the screens width and is a few textlines high. It is filled with junk or old screen contents. It does not scroll.

Hard to describe but here is a screenshot (I've added the red box).

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So, is this a known problem? Anything I can do about it?

Henk

Posted 2012-03-17T17:35:07.943

Reputation: 477

Well, at least I guess it's safe to say that it's Webkit related. – Der Hochstapler – 2012-03-17T17:41:19.417

@OliverSalzburg - yes, that kind of reassured me. Makes malware less likely. – Henk – 2012-03-17T17:47:33.043

Operating system? – iglvzx – 2012-03-18T18:22:42.113

It's running on Win7 HP, SP1. Second monitor on HDMI, both are 1920x1080 – Henk – 2012-03-18T18:26:49.907

Do you have DWM disabled? – Tamara Wijsman – 2012-03-19T14:56:46.783

Answers

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You have to update video drivers since modern drivers do not allow to reduce hardware acceleration level on Win7 to eliminatie "artifacts"

ZaB

Posted 2012-03-17T17:35:07.943

Reputation: 2 365

But what makes you think that this is an acceleration artifact? – Henk – 2012-03-18T18:47:27.353

Because millions of others do not have it? – ZaB – 2012-03-19T00:12:31.147

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