Windows Aero partly messed up.

CDdude55 · Sep 14, 2010, 03:59 PM

So im just on the internet and randomly some feature of aero just randomly disappear. This is also happening in IE and not just Firefox.

Maybe a driver issue?

Here's some pics:

No words are coming up on top of the web browsers either:

erixx · Sep 14, 2010, 04:18 PM

firefox bug ? ;P

I dont have ff and have never seen that issue you have....

CDdude55 · Sep 14, 2010, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erixx

firefox bug ? ;P

I dont have ff and have never seen that issue you have....

It's happening with IE to unfortunately.

erixx · Sep 14, 2010, 09:23 PM

maybe its SLI+Aero? Betadriver?
(As I see you dont have ATI, main suspect for incompatibilities 8)

CDdude55 · Sep 14, 2010, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erixx

maybe its SLI+Aero? Betadriver?
(As I see you dont have ATI, main suspect for incompatibilities 8)

Ya i'm thinking it could SLI acting up. I restarted my computer and it's fine now, just hope it doesn't come back.

I'm using the 258.96 drivers.

yami2ki · Sep 16, 2010, 01:52 AM

I had something similar to that happen on my Vista PC, and an icon would appear on the taskbar that said the video driver stopped working and restarted or something... I just re-installed the driver and it seemed to fix it

Drone · Sep 16, 2010, 04:44 AM

Maybe just an aero glitch. There was a vulnerability in win7x64 aero.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/m...erability/8339

Just in case did you patch it?

Easy Rhino · Sep 16, 2010, 04:45 AM

sounds like an aero glitch to me. work on your drivers.

CDdude55 · Sep 16, 2010, 03:10 PM

All of a sudden this happens and aero went away:

Still haven't check my drivers yet, may try and move up to the 260.56 Beta's.

CDdude55 · Sep 16, 2010, 03:22 PM

Ok, so im downloading the Beta drivers right now.

One thing i really hate about Windows 7 sometimes though, is how it automatically downloads drivers for you, it helps sometimes, but in this case, it's annoying as hell.

EDIT: The Beta drivers couldn't detect my cards

, so i just let Windows do it's thing and redownload the 258.96 drivers.

Drone · Sep 16, 2010, 03:55 PM

not necessarily a driver glitch, maybe a problem with some dll in the os. you can try and run sfc /scannow or system restore

CDdude55 · Sep 16, 2010, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drone

not necessarily a driver glitch, maybe a problem with some dll in the os. you can try and run sfc /scannow or system restore

As soon as i hit enter to get into command prompt to try that, my computer BSOD'd. lol

(it was some sort of system service exception blue screen error)

EDIT: I have sfc/scannow doing it's thing as of now.

Drone · Sep 16, 2010, 04:12 PM

That's bad, really bad. I think the only reasonable thing in this case is reinstalling (windows repair). Luckily win7 is fast (winxp is darn slow when you perform repair function).

btw did you add/remove some hardware? it can also cause it.

CDdude55 · Sep 16, 2010, 04:15 PM

It found corrupt files, though i am not sure what it is:

So i checked the logs in the CBS folder and here's what i see at the vary bottom:

Drone · Sep 16, 2010, 04:32 PM

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928228
note that some files sfc can't fix are not that important, however it ain't easy to interpret this.

It seems it cannot repair miguicontrols.dll. but anyway after sfc and reboot you still have this problem?

CDdude55 · Sep 16, 2010, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drone

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928228
note that some files sfc can't fix are not that important, however it ain't easy to interpret this.

It seems it cannot repair miguicontrols.dll. but anyway after sfc and reboot you still have this problem?

Thanks for that link.

Haven't rebooted yet, but my aero is fine right now. But like i said, it goes away randomly at times. So i hope it's fine now.

As for the BSOD, that was the first time i got that BSOD, it's definitely not a frequent thing.

Drone · Sep 16, 2010, 04:43 PM

bsods happen rarely in win7

http://www.filerepair.ca/DLL-EXE-dow...trols.dll.html

here they say how to repair that dll but I'm not sure is it reliable or not. I didn't know this dll before

CDdude55 · Sep 16, 2010, 05:00 PM

For some reason i can't enable SLI in the Nvidia control panel anymore lol.

EDIT: I have been thanked 666 times, i think that could be the issue. lol

erixx · Sep 16, 2010, 08:31 PM

lol

What do you prefer, another thanks, or keep the 666 ?

CDdude55 · Sep 16, 2010, 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erixx

lol

What do you prefer, another thanks, or keep the 666 ?

lol, luckily i just got another thanks.

So lets hope the bad luck disappears.

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Sep 14, 2010, 04:18 PM	#2
erixx Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Moorsoldaten barracks Posts: 2,183 (1.89/day) Thanks: 711 Thanked 312 Times in 250 Posts System Specs	firefox bug ? ;P I dont have ff and have never seen that issue you have....

Sep 14, 2010, 09:23 PM	#4
erixx Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Moorsoldaten barracks Posts: 2,183 (1.89/day) Thanks: 711 Thanked 312 Times in 250 Posts System Specs	maybe its SLI+Aero? Betadriver? (As I see you dont have ATI, main suspect for incompatibilities 8)

Sep 16, 2010, 01:52 AM	#6
yami2ki Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA Posts: 84 (0.08/day) Thanks: 8 Thanked 19 Times in 15 Posts System Specs	I had something similar to that happen on my Vista PC, and an icon would appear on the taskbar that said the video driver stopped working and restarted or something... I just re-installed the driver and it seemed to fix it

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Sep 16, 2010, 04:44 AM	#7
Drone Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Nonlocal location Posts: 1,897 (1.90/day) Thanks: 62 Thanked 822 Times in 525 Posts System Specs	Maybe just an aero glitch. There was a vulnerability in win7x64 aero. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/m...erability/8339 Just in case did you patch it?

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Sep 16, 2010, 04:45 AM	#8
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Sep 16, 2010, 03:10 PM	#9
CDdude55 Crazy 4 TPU!!! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 6,437 (3.00/day) Thanks: 3,511 Thanked 1,285 Times in 937 Posts System Specs	All of a sudden this happens and aero went away: Still haven't check my drivers yet, may try and move up to the 260.56 Beta's. __________________ Currently playing: Team Fortress 2 (PC) "And remember if you didn't build it yourself, it's not really yours."

Sep 16, 2010, 03:22 PM	#10
CDdude55 Crazy 4 TPU!!! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 6,437 (3.00/day) Thanks: 3,511 Thanked 1,285 Times in 937 Posts System Specs	Ok, so im downloading the Beta drivers right now. One thing i really hate about Windows 7 sometimes though, is how it automatically downloads drivers for you, it helps sometimes, but in this case, it's annoying as hell. EDIT: The Beta drivers couldn't detect my cards, so i just let Windows do it's thing and redownload the 258.96 drivers. __________________ Currently playing: Team Fortress 2 (PC) "And remember if you didn't build it yourself, it's not really yours." Last edited by CDdude55; Sep 16, 2010 at 03:39 PM.

Sep 16, 2010, 03:55 PM	#11
Drone Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Nonlocal location Posts: 1,897 (1.90/day) Thanks: 62 Thanked 822 Times in 525 Posts System Specs	not necessarily a driver glitch, maybe a problem with some dll in the os. you can try and run sfc /scannow or system restore

Sep 16, 2010, 04:12 PM	#13
Drone Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Nonlocal location Posts: 1,897 (1.90/day) Thanks: 62 Thanked 822 Times in 525 Posts System Specs	That's bad, really bad. I think the only reasonable thing in this case is reinstalling (windows repair). Luckily win7 is fast (winxp is darn slow when you perform repair function). btw did you add/remove some hardware? it can also cause it.

Sep 16, 2010, 04:15 PM	#14
CDdude55 Crazy 4 TPU!!! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 6,437 (3.00/day) Thanks: 3,511 Thanked 1,285 Times in 937 Posts System Specs	It found corrupt files, though i am not sure what it is: So i checked the logs in the CBS folder and here's what i see at the vary bottom: __________________ Currently playing: Team Fortress 2 (PC) "And remember if you didn't build it yourself, it's not really yours."

Sep 16, 2010, 04:32 PM	#15
Drone Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Nonlocal location Posts: 1,897 (1.90/day) Thanks: 62 Thanked 822 Times in 525 Posts System Specs	http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928228 note that some files sfc can't fix are not that important, however it ain't easy to interpret this. It seems it cannot repair miguicontrols.dll. but anyway after sfc and reboot you still have this problem?

Sep 16, 2010, 04:43 PM	#17
Drone Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Nonlocal location Posts: 1,897 (1.90/day) Thanks: 62 Thanked 822 Times in 525 Posts System Specs	bsods happen rarely in win7 http://www.filerepair.ca/DLL-EXE-dow...trols.dll.html here they say how to repair that dll but I'm not sure is it reliable or not. I didn't know this dll before

Sep 16, 2010, 05:00 PM	#18
CDdude55 Crazy 4 TPU!!! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 6,437 (3.00/day) Thanks: 3,511 Thanked 1,285 Times in 937 Posts System Specs	For some reason i can't enable SLI in the Nvidia control panel anymore lol. EDIT: I have been thanked 666 times, i think that could be the issue. lol __________________ Currently playing: Team Fortress 2 (PC) "And remember if you didn't build it yourself, it's not really yours." Last edited by CDdude55; Sep 16, 2010 at 05:13 PM.

Sep 16, 2010, 08:31 PM	#19
erixx Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Moorsoldaten barracks Posts: 2,183 (1.89/day) Thanks: 711 Thanked 312 Times in 250 Posts System Specs	lol What do you prefer, another thanks, or keep the 666 ?

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