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From: jcwasik@PacBell.COM (Joe Wasik)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Bizarre Windows bug - video
Message-ID: <8733@pbhyf.PacBell.COM>
Date: 22 Mar 91 21:01:50 GMT
References: <1991Mar13.005847.5062@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991Mar22.002336.12123@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Reply-To: jcwasik@PacBell.COM (Joe Wasik)
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
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>mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) writes:
>>Sometimes when I move the mouse after a long idle period a little
>>square mouse dropping will appear where it was, often with information
>>from a nearby area of the screen in it. The correct information for that area 
>>of the screen can be restored only by moving the afflicted area all the
>>way off the screen, letting Windows redraw, and then moving it back, letting
>>Windows redraw yet again.

Sounds a lot like a problem I used to have.  I my case, the mouse would
leave little lines behind if it was moved.  Like your case, my problem
was data related because the "droppings" would only appear on certain
colors/screens.  It was fixed by replacing the memory chips on the
video card.

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Joe Wasik, Pac*Bell, 2600 Camino Ramon, Rm 4E750V, San Ramon, CA (415)823-2422
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