Help - Windows Title Bar Text is Smeared / Distorted

Can anyone help me fix this issue?

The text in title bar on open windows is "smeared" or distorted. It seems
to be associated with movement mouse. The best way that I can explain it is
that the text seems to fold and the stretch down the screen. When I move the
mouse it will seem to smear more or less in coordination with mouse movement.


It seems to be only aesthetic and doesn't affect the performance. This has
been happening for months and is quite annoying.

Here's a link to a typical screenshot.
http://s141.photobucket.com/albums/r...BarSmeared.jpg

I am running Vista 32 (not SP1 yet). AMD 4400+ Dual Core CPU. 2 GB RAM
Nvidia 7900GS video card. All the latest updates/drivers are installed.

I am hoping this is just a simple setting for my video card. However, I
have tried a few of the obvious things (resolution, refresh rate, etc.) and
nothing seems to help.

Help!

I could really use some help on this.

"Eric714" wrote:

> Can anyone help me fix this issue?
>
> The text in title bar on open windows is "smeared" or distorted. It seems
> to be associated with movement mouse. The best way that I can explain it is
> that the text seems to fold and the stretch down the screen. When I move the
> mouse it will seem to smear more or less in coordination with mouse movement.
>
>
> It seems to be only aesthetic and doesn't affect the performance. This has
> been happening for months and is quite annoying.
>
> Here's a link to a typical screenshot.
> http://s141.photobucket.com/albums/r...BarSmeared.jpg
>
> I am running Vista 32 (not SP1 yet). AMD 4400+ Dual Core CPU. 2 GB RAM
> Nvidia 7900GS video card. All the latest updates/drivers are installed.
>
> I am hoping this is just a simple setting for my video card. However, I
> have tried a few of the obvious things (resolution, refresh rate, etc.) and
> nothing seems to help.
>
> Help!

Eric714 wrote:

> I could really use some help on this.
>
> "Eric714" wrote:
>
>> Can anyone help me fix this issue?
>>
>> The text in title bar on open windows is "smeared" or distorted. It
>> seems
>> to be associated with movement mouse. The best way that I can explain it
>> is
>> that the text seems to fold and the stretch down the screen. When I move
>> the mouse it will seem to smear more or less in coordination with mouse
>> movement.
>>
>>
>> It seems to be only aesthetic and doesn't affect the performance. This
>> has been happening for months and is quite annoying.
>>
>> Here's a link to a typical screenshot.
>>
http://s141.photobucket.com/albums/r...BarSmeared.jpg
>>
>> I am running Vista 32 (not SP1 yet). AMD 4400+ Dual Core CPU. 2 GB RAM
>> Nvidia 7900GS video card. All the latest updates/drivers are installed.
>>
>> I am hoping this is just a simple setting for my video card. However, I
>> have tried a few of the obvious things (resolution, refresh rate, etc.)
>> and nothing seems to help.

Sounds like artifacting from your video card. That's a nice card, but I'd
swap it out for a known-working one and see what happens. Maybe try the
card in another system for testing.

Malke
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