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Bright blue rectangle

Old 9th September 2009 | 15:41
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Bright blue rectangle

Hi guys

I hope you can help.

Just appeared on my screen is a bright blue rectangle (90mm x 50mm approx) with 7 squares across the top with various hyerglyfics (sp). I can't click on any of them as the cursor passes underneath the rectangle.

I had this happen to me many moons ago and I can't for the life of me remember how I got rid of it.

I have tried closing down and re-starting but to no avail.

Any help you are able to give would be very much appreciated as it is really annoying me.

Many thanks in advance

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Old 9th September 2009 | 15:45
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A pound to a penny it's your monitor controls. Can you exit the monitor menu or switch it off & on again.?
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Old 9th September 2009 | 17:24
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Laptop / desktop, OS?

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Old 9th September 2009 | 21:22
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Can you select the options in the mystery rectangle using the buttons on the front of your monitor?

If so, sprogget is right!
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Old 10th September 2009 | 04:24
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Hi everyone

Many thanks for your suggestions.

Did a little of pressing buttons on the monitor, closed down pc and, hey presto, when it opened up that annoying rectangle had disappeared.

Once again, fellow Ppruners have come up trumps.

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