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the_hoodie

#1 July 19, 2008, 07:24:01 pm
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So whenever I mouse-over something that displays text for something it will display like normal. However, when I put my mouse onto a blank area, it will display the mouse-over text from the earlier time. It is not much of a problem, but it is really annoying, so I would like be able to fix it.


As you can see, that is obviously not what is supposed to display there when I sit my mouse still.
Last Edit: August 12, 2008, 03:01:12 am by the_hoodie
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Jayce

#2 July 19, 2008, 07:46:41 pm
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I find things like that annoying too...
I either keep trying to click on it to get it away, mouseover something else briefly or minimize/maximize the window...
None of which are a real FIX for the problem I guess...
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goat

#3 July 19, 2008, 11:21:10 pm
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Turn hardware acceleration down a notch (control panel/display/settings tab/advanced/troubleshoot tab), see if that helps.
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the_hoodie

#4 July 20, 2008, 12:06:21 am
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Nope, doesn't work.
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goat

#5 July 20, 2008, 01:50:53 am
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Do you have the latest drivers for your video card?
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goldenratio

#6 July 20, 2008, 01:54:59 am
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you know i get this sometimes, but its not like its an "incorrect" tooltip or anything. I always assumed it was just an anomaly having to do with focus/timing issues. For instance sometimes ill have a vlc instance open watching something, pause it, refresh GW in my browser, then alt+tab back to vlc, hit space and F (play and fullscreen), then after a second the tooltip for the GW page will show (like as if im hovering over a topic in the board index, like your screenshot shows).

It doesn't happen with any regularity and I've never attempted to recreate it with any regularity as I just assumed it was an anomoly. I still think it's just an anomaly and you shouldn't worry about it.
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the_hoodie

#7 July 20, 2008, 03:22:36 am
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GR: It has been happening for a month now and I am really starting to get pissed off at it.

Goat: Yeah, I updated them yesterday.
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goat

#8 July 20, 2008, 05:41:19 am
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Does this just happen in your internet browser, or in windows? Is it java/flash pages, or also html? Whats your browser and OS versions?
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the_hoodie

#9 July 22, 2008, 04:33:55 am
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Just the internet browser. All pages are affected. Firefox 3 and Windows XP
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goat

#10 July 22, 2008, 07:01:28 pm
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SP3 I assume? Does it happen in other browsers as well? Is the tooltip staying on longer than 5 seconds?
Last Edit: July 22, 2008, 07:06:24 pm by goat
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Dale Gobbler

#11 July 23, 2008, 03:10:00 am
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On this topic. sometimes whenever I put my mouse down on the toolbar icons to see like how far my windows update is going, it sometimes appears behind the toolbar and I can't see it that good. I close any open windows and programs that are open whenever it happens, but it still goes behind it sometimes.
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Madolah

#12 July 23, 2008, 08:09:16 am
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SP3 is very glitchy like this for like 1/50
there still working out the bugs..  just uninstall SP3 and reinstall.. i used to get ghost images from the dragged images i dragged to browser... they'd stay just slightly visible there but was fixed by a reninstall..
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goat

#13 July 23, 2008, 01:27:41 pm
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Quote from: Aztec on July 23, 2008, 03:10:00 am
On this topic. sometimes whenever I put my mouse down on the toolbar icons to see like how far my windows update is going, it sometimes appears behind the toolbar and I can't see it that good. I close any open windows and programs that are open whenever it happens, but it still goes behind it sometimes.

That's a windows bug going back to the days of windows 95. It just happens. Microsoft's "Resolution" for it is worth a read if you want a good laugh.
Last Edit: July 23, 2008, 01:29:14 pm by goat
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the_hoodie

#14 August 04, 2008, 12:23:25 am
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Quote from: goat on July 22, 2008, 07:01:28 pm
SP3 I assume? Does it happen in other browsers as well? Is the tooltip staying on longer than 5 seconds?
It only happens in Firefox (and I have reinstalled, disabled apps, all that jazz) and only lasts 5 seconds.
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goat

#15 August 04, 2008, 12:25:18 am
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Quote from: the_hoodie on August 04, 2008, 12:23:25 am
It only happens in Firefox (and I have reinstalled, disabled apps, all that jazz) and only lasts 5 seconds.

That's just how Firefox handles tooltips, mine does it too.
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the_hoodie

#16 August 04, 2008, 08:15:12 pm
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Yeah but it doesn't happen on my other computer.
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goat

#17 August 06, 2008, 01:18:17 am
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Different video drivers? OS versions?
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the_hoodie

#18 August 12, 2008, 03:00:46 am
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Well it seems to have fixed itself, but now I have a different, completely unrelated problem:

My custom themes no longer work. I had the uxtheme.dll installed, and my theme was working fine. I come back a week later, after being on vacation, the theme was reset to the windows classic and I couldn't change to the custom themes anymore. I tried reinstalling the uxtheme.dll multi-patcher, and it still doesn't work.
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the_hoodie

#19 August 29, 2008, 11:41:05 pm
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Anyone help?
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goat

#20 August 29, 2008, 11:47:22 pm
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is "use visual styles" checked in system/advanced/performance?
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