Black bars in system tray

[ejt]

I finally figured out how to get my monitor to keep a 1024x768 resolution, but now I have these black bars in the system tray to contend with. Could this have something to do with the refresh rate that I've been reading about? Sorry, but I haven't learned how to get system info from the command line yet otherwise I would post what I could. TIA- I really take my hat off to all you folks that your time to help newbies with their problems.

[claydoh]

Re: Black bars in system tray

maybe try a screenshot? It could be a refresh rate problem, but if the rest of your screen looks fine, I don't know what would cause 'black bars'

What video card do you run? And what driver have you tried to install for it, if you have tried to do so?

[ejt]

Re: Black bars in system tray

this morning they were gone until I opened thunderbird and adept, then, as the my mouse passed over the icons in the tray they appeared in blue this time. Upon seeing your message, was going to do a screen capture and as the mouse passed over them they disappeared. Spooky! If I can catch them I will post a capture. Thanks.

[ejt]

Re: Black bars in system tray

I finally got a decent capture. It doesn't effect performance but it is irritating.

[monte48lowes]

Re: Black bars in system tray

I have had similar issues with one of my laptops that has an ATI graphics card. Since I don't use it much, I haven't bothered fixing/researching the problem.

Mike