Windows screen conflicts with monitor screen

Try shutting down all programs on your system. My guess is that you have a
program that has docked itself to the top of your screen. (Also run a
spyware detector.)

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"FrankV" wrote in message
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Dell Dimension 4400
Dell 1800FP Monitor
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX
WinXP Home V/2002 SP1 with all updates


I have the type of problem where one minute everything was ok and then for
no
reason something went wrong. I've had no luck in tracking down the problem
with
msconfig, regedit or a number of other programs. I hope you understand
what
I'm
trying to explain. A picture of the screen would show you clearly but I
can't
send it through this mail. I sample picture is on my web:
http://aclassictouch.biz/ScreenProblem.htm.

What I see on my screen is as follows:

The color and background picture is the full screen but all active icons I
have
set up have shifted down 1 inch and the top 1 inch is inactive, even
though
the
background is still in it. The screen is correct during boot but just
before it
completes everything is shifted down 1 inch. This indicates Windows has
made
a
change but I can't track down the change. To make it worse, the Office
buttons
on the upper right corner, within this 1 inch dead area, is still active.
Plus,
pop-ups can still use this top 1 inch.

It's almost like I have been infected with something that was blocked by
PestPatrol or Spybot but they didn't fix the window size.

Then to make it more complicated, IE (or anything like word, explorer,
etc.)
all
cannot use this top 1 inch even when they have been 'maximized'. But then
if
I
use the 'full screen' button it fills the whole screen and monitor. In
other
words, the 'maximize' and 'full screen' are 2 different things. This also
shows
there is nothing wrong with the monitor itself.

Then the final straw is occasionally it shifts everything up and the 1
inch
is
dead on the bottom of the screen.

I would appreciate any suggestions in tracking down this problem.

Frank V. vze32975 at verizon dot net


P.S.; If I log in to another user name on this computer the screen is
correct.
There must be a specific parameter that re-defined the screen for this one
user.
That's what I can't find.

Thanks but I've already done everything you suggested.

What I have learned now is it agrees exactly with the Microsoft Knowledge
Base Article - 302803 "Remote Desktop Connection Client Does Not Start
Properly" for Microsoft Windows XP Professional at
http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=winxp.

SYMPTOMS

When you start the Remote Desktop Connection client, you may find that the
window size is the same as the remote desktop size, not full screen as
expected; however, the Maximize button indicates the window is in the
maximized state. If you click the Maximize button, the window does not enter
full-screen mode as expected; instead, the window is restored to a size
slightly smaller than the remote desktop size.

It appears as though my XP Home thinks it is XP Professional and is causing
this problem. I don't know what started it or how to correct it.





"Delwin Lee [MSFT]" wrote in message
...
Try shutting down all programs on your system. My guess is that you have a
program that has docked itself to the top of your screen. (Also run a
spyware detector.)

--
Please reply in newsgroup.

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.



"FrankV" wrote in message
...
Dell Dimension 4400
Dell 1800FP Monitor
NVIDIA GeFo
WinXP Home V/2002 SP1 with all updates


I have the type of problem where one minute everything was ok and then
for
no
reason something went wrong. I've had no luck in tracking down the
problem
with
msconfig, regedit or a number of other programs. I hope you understand
what
I'm
trying to explain. A picture of the screen would show you clearly but I
can't
send it through this mail. I sample picture is on my web:
http://aclassictouch.biz/ScreenProblem.htm.

What I see on my screen is as follows:

The color and background picture is the full screen but all active icons
I
have
set up have shifted down 1 inch and the top 1 inch is inactive, even
though
the
background is still in it. The screen is correct during boot but just
before it
completes everything is shifted down 1 inch. This indicates Windows has
made
a
change but I can't track down the change. To make it worse, the Office
buttons
on the upper right corner, within this 1 inch dead area, is still
active.
Plus,
pop-ups can still use this top 1 inch.

It's almost like I have been infected with something that was blocked by
PestPatrol or Spybot but they didn't fix the window size.

Then to make it more complicated, IE (or anything like word, explorer,
etc.)
all
cannot use this top 1 inch even when they have been 'maximized'. But
then
if
I
use the 'full screen' button it fills the whole screen and monitor. In
other
words, the 'maximize' and 'full screen' are 2 different things. This
also
shows
there is nothing wrong with the monitor itself.

Then the final straw is occasionally it shifts everything up and the 1
inch
is
dead on the bottom of the screen.

I would appreciate any suggestions in tracking down this problem.

Frank V. vze32975 at verizon dot net


P.S.; If I log in to another user name on this computer the screen is
correct.
There must be a specific parameter that re-defined the screen for this
one
user.
That's what I can't find.