Odd little problem after SP1 installed

Home Premium - install went OK.
The thumbnails that appear when you move the cursor over minimized
applications or windows now don't show the contents of the window properly,
apart (it seems!) from Windows Mail....all the others are blank with a small
square icon in the middle. Anyone noticed that?

kosmos corn posted this a few hours ago

"The wallpaper is not appearing at all on my desktop. Also the thumbnails
are
blank with nothing showing except for their filenames. This affected images,
files, and folders. The thumbnails seemed to show the previews again after i
cycled through the different views, but after i reopened windows explorer
the
thumbnails disappeared again. When i go to personalize to change the
wallpaper form there it show blank thumbnails in most sections. in some
sections it showed a fuzzy icon as a thumbnail. What could have happened and
how do i fix it?"

I have not seen such problems!

I have installed sp1 on more than 10 machines now... and have not seen
anything like that




"Gordon" <> wrote in message
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> Home Premium - install went OK.
> The thumbnails that appear when you move the cursor over minimized
> applications or windows now don't show the contents of the window
> properly, apart (it seems!) from Windows Mail....all the others are blank
> with a small square icon in the middle. Anyone noticed that?

"On the Bridge!" <On@the,Bridge> wrote in message
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> kosmos corn posted this a few hours ago
>
> "The wallpaper is not appearing at all on my desktop. Also the thumbnails
> are
> blank with nothing showing except for their filenames. This affected
> images,
> files, and folders. The thumbnails seemed to show the previews again after
> i
> cycled through the different views, but after i reopened windows explorer
> the
> thumbnails disappeared again. When i go to personalize to change the
> wallpaper form there it show blank thumbnails in most sections. in some
> sections it showed a fuzzy icon as a thumbnail. What could have happened
> and
> how do i fix it?"
>
>

Not seen anything as bad as that - all thumbnails seem to work except the
minimized application/window pop-ups...

"Gordon" <> wrote in message
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> "On the Bridge!" <On@the,Bridge> wrote in message
> news:47e100be$...
>> kosmos corn posted this a few hours ago
>>
>> "The wallpaper is not appearing at all on my desktop. Also the
>> thumbnails are
>> blank with nothing showing except for their filenames. This affected
>> images,
>> files, and folders. The thumbnails seemed to show the previews again
>> after i
>> cycled through the different views, but after i reopened windows explorer
>> the
>> thumbnails disappeared again. When i go to personalize to change the
>> wallpaper form there it show blank thumbnails in most sections. in some
>> sections it showed a fuzzy icon as a thumbnail. What could have happened
>> and
>> how do i fix it?"
>>
>>
>
> Not seen anything as bad as that - all thumbnails seem to work except the
> minimized application/window pop-ups...

Is Glass turned on?

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"Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" <> wrote in message
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> "Gordon" <> wrote in message
> news:frqvjg$d21$...
>> "On the Bridge!" <On@the,Bridge> wrote in message
>> news:47e100be$...
>>> kosmos corn posted this a few hours ago
>>>
>>> "The wallpaper is not appearing at all on my desktop. Also the
>>> thumbnails are
>>> blank with nothing showing except for their filenames. This affected
>>> images,
>>> files, and folders. The thumbnails seemed to show the previews again
>>> after i
>>> cycled through the different views, but after i reopened windows
>>> explorer the
>>> thumbnails disappeared again. When i go to personalize to change the
>>> wallpaper form there it show blank thumbnails in most sections. in some
>>> sections it showed a fuzzy icon as a thumbnail. What could have happened
>>> and
>>> how do i fix it?"
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Not seen anything as bad as that - all thumbnails seem to work except the
>> minimized application/window pop-ups...
>
> Is Glass turned on?
>

Where do I find that? (Vista newbie.....)

do your windows borders look semi-transparent?

thats what glass is

"Gordon" <> wrote in message
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> "Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" <> wrote in message
> news:48E79AE1-972D-457E-A7BB-...
>> "Gordon" <> wrote in message
>> news:frqvjg$d21$...
>>> "On the Bridge!" <On@the,Bridge> wrote in message
>>> news:47e100be$...
>>>> kosmos corn posted this a few hours ago
>>>>
>>>> "The wallpaper is not appearing at all on my desktop. Also the
>>>> thumbnails are
>>>> blank with nothing showing except for their filenames. This affected
>>>> images,
>>>> files, and folders. The thumbnails seemed to show the previews again
>>>> after i
>>>> cycled through the different views, but after i reopened windows
>>>> explorer the
>>>> thumbnails disappeared again. When i go to personalize to change the
>>>> wallpaper form there it show blank thumbnails in most sections. in some
>>>> sections it showed a fuzzy icon as a thumbnail. What could have
>>>> happened and
>>>> how do i fix it?"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Not seen anything as bad as that - all thumbnails seem to work except
>>> the minimized application/window pop-ups...
>>
>> Is Glass turned on?
>>
>
> Where do I find that? (Vista newbie.....)

"On the Bridge!" <On@the,Bridge> wrote in message
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> do your windows borders look semi-transparent?
>
> thats what glass is

I know what it /is/ - I was asking where I turn it on and off.

However - I've just rebooted after updating my wireless card driver and
funnily enough, the problem seems to have been cured....

i know you are asking how to turn it on and off but the answer is a
composite of many things




"Gordon" <> wrote in message
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> "On the Bridge!" <On@the,Bridge> wrote in message
> news:47e11463$...
>> do your windows borders look semi-transparent?
>>
>> thats what glass is
>
> I know what it /is/ - I was asking where I turn it on and off.
>
> However - I've just rebooted after updating my wireless card driver and
> funnily enough, the problem seems to have been cured....

"Gordon" <> wrote in message
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>> do your windows borders look semi-transparent?
>>
>> thats what glass is
>
> I know what it /is/ - I was asking where I turn it on and off.
>
> However - I've just rebooted after updating my wireless card driver and
> funnily enough, the problem seems to have been cured....

Are you using a laptop or desktop computer with onboard graphics? It just
sounds like Aero ran out of VRAM, and if it is sharing the main memory,
there just wasn't enough left for it to use.

ss.

"On the Bridge!" <On@the,Bridge> wrote in message
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>
> I have installed sp1 on more than 10 machines now... and have not seen
> anything like that


Oh, have you got an imaginary computer network too, like Frank's?

ss.