Distinct Lunatic Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I've tried posting this on two separate forums dedicated to tech, and in both cases I only got 1 response for ideas and when those weren't the solution the threads essentially died. I'm having an issue where inside of certain programs, pages will start breaking up and overlapping with each other. I first ran into the problem here when using this one software Protocase Designer to create a rough idea for a custom pc case, this problem always happening, sometimes I'd have to save and exit and then reopen just so I can get 30 seconds without the problem happening, it not being an immediate thing. It's not just that program there, if I tried using Runelite to play osrs the option menus would also break up and overlap (the game itself though would work perfectly fine) The only suggestion tossed my way was to use a program called DDU to uninstall all graphics drivers and do a clean install, but that didn't solve anything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilosipherStoned Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) It does seem like something that would likely be an issue with the pc's graphic processor and/or related drivers. Did you mention the operating system you're running? Also I'm sure you've probably tried playing with different resolutions and making other graphic adjustments to your monitor, but also playing with diff resolution settings on the monitor itself and testing diff. monitor sizes/arrangements might aid you in the troubleshooting of the problem. I've definitely never used the program you mentioned it could also be that you need to customize the display settings in the actual program itself to your monitor most programs of that nature have so many adjustments you can make for the task bars and control displays it's hard to say really. Edited March 31, 2020 by PhilosipherStoned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distortedreasoning Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 yeah i never used the program but i think i've ran into some similar type of problem. things like making sure you got the latest updates on windows your using, or going back to a previous version that worked, having the latest versions of the programs you running. could be a known issue. check the settings on the programs youre running getting them back to default. things like that i would try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distinct Lunatic Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 1 minute ago, PhilosipherStoned said: It does seem like something that would likely be an issue with the pc's graphic processor and/or related drivers. Did you mention the operating system you're running? Also I'm sure you've probably tried playing with different resolutions and omaking other graphic adjustments to your monitor, but also playing with diff resolution settings on the monitor/ monitor sizes might aide you in the troubleshooting of the problem. I've definitely never used the program you mentioned it could also be that you need to customize the display settings in the actual program itself to your monitor most programs of that nature have so many adjustments you can make for the task bars and control displays it's hard to say really. I did have some random issue that happen less than a week ago, that I made a post about here, I feel like it wasn't until this happened that this became a problem, but I made sure to try installing these programs on other drives, and even did a clean install of windows using the reset pc setting to try fixing up any hidden issues I had because of this problem and still nothing. One thing I'm thinking of doing is a fully fresh install of windows, not just resetting it. I'm going to avoid that since I'd very likely end up burning through another windows 10 OEM key and have to buy yet another one. It's getting late and I gotta get up at 6 tomorrow, so won't follow up on this more here until tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naraku4656 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 that seems like a video card issue. i'd uninstall/reinstall the drivers or check for update on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilosipherStoned Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Distinct Lunatic said: I did have some random issue that happen less than a week ago, that I made a post about here, I feel like it wasn't until this happened that this became a problem, but I made sure to try installing these programs on other drives, and even did a clean install of windows using the reset pc setting to try fixing up any hidden issues I had because of this problem and still nothing. One thing I'm thinking of doing is a fully fresh install of windows, not just resetting it. I'm going to avoid that since I'd very likely end up burning through another windows 10 OEM key and have to buy yet another one. It's getting late and I gotta get up at 6 tomorrow, so won't follow up on this more here until tomorrow. Hmmm hopefully your os wouldn't be the problem that could be a sign of more things to come, but if you arent experiencing these issues outside of the program I don't know if I'd resort to reinstalling the os until I did what distorted said and made sure it's not just that program. Edited March 31, 2020 by PhilosipherStoned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distinct Lunatic Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, PhilosipherStoned said: Hmmm hopefully your os wouldn't be the problem that could be a sign of more things to come, but if you arent experiencing these issues outside of the program I don't know if I'd resort to reinstalling the os until I did what distorted said and made sure it's not just that program. Will have to look into things more tomorrow. I'm just thinking about based on the problem I had with the drive issues if maybe my windows install is bugged up or something, and reseting it with the same install won't help, not sure. I'm much better working on pc hardware than software. One thought I had though is instead of wiping my drive and risk burning through another OEM key is to dual boot another windows 10 install on the same drive with a fresh clean downloaded version of windows installed through USB, not connected to the internet so no extra background programs are installed, so I can manually do that, and if that works or doesn't then I know what to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilosipherStoned Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, Distinct Lunatic said: Will have to look into things more tomorrow. I'm just thinking about based on the problem I had with the drive issues if maybe my windows install is bugged up or something, and reseting it with the same install won't help, not sure. I'm much better working on pc hardware than software. One thought I had though is instead of wiping my drive and risk burning through another OEM key is to dual boot another windows 10 install on the same drive with a fresh clean downloaded version of windows installed through USB, not connected to the internet so no extra background programs are installed, so I can manually do that, and if that works or doesn't then I know what to do Yeah I'd try reinstalling the program and it's related drivers before I started a major overhaul on the os and checking your hardware. etc especially if you can save your work in a retrievable format. Could be something as simple as a driver bug or error, and there's been a patch or update recently that hasnt been added to the support pages for the program. That's happened to me with a lot of sound and video editing programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distortedreasoning Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Distinct Lunatic said: I did have some random issue that happen less than a week ago, that I made a post about here, I feel like it wasn't until this happened that this became a problem, but I made sure to try installing these programs on other drives, and even did a clean install of windows using the reset pc setting to try fixing up any hidden issues I had because of this problem and still nothing. One thing I'm thinking of doing is a fully fresh install of windows, not just resetting it. I'm going to avoid that since I'd very likely end up burning through another windows 10 OEM key and have to buy yet another one. It's getting late and I gotta get up at 6 tomorrow, so won't follow up on this more here until tomorrow. doing a fresh install doesnt mean you gotta buy another copy of windows. it will recognize the hardware you registered on. also windows is free. a windows reinstall is not a bad idea. sometimes shit gets messed up on a systemic level for one reason or another and a new install just fixes it. i dont think its any hardware issue but sometimes drivers can fuck things up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distinct Lunatic Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 7 hours ago, Distortedreasoning said: doing a fresh install doesnt mean you gotta buy another copy of windows. it will recognize the hardware you registered on. also windows is free. a windows reinstall is not a bad idea. sometimes shit gets messed up on a systemic level for one reason or another and a new install just fixes it. i dont think its any hardware issue but sometimes drivers can fuck things up. For some reason I just have bad luck when it comes to windows activation. Just last month I was building a new pc for my friend, him upgrading from an older i7 4790k based system to a ryzen 5 3600 one, that being a major overhaul with new cpu, motherboard, and ram. But I was able to stick in his old drives and do a clean install to insure everything with the new platform works properly and his key kept working. For me if I ever change out the motherboard (which happened 3 times in the past 8 months) it burns through my key. I think his key was originally an OEM key as well for 8.1 pro but I think back when Ms were giving everyone free upgrades to w10 his OEM key was turned into a normal key. in my experience with clean installs I've seen many people that recommend doing a full clean install of windows atleast once a year since it helps keep your pc running more fresh, getting rid of anything in the background that could be could be holding it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Just a shot in the dark - I had a program that did not play well with Windows Aero. If you have Aero enabled, you might try temporarily disabling it & see if the program runs as expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distinct Lunatic Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 40 minutes ago, tsar4 said: Just a shot in the dark - I had a program that did not play well with Windows Aero. If you have Aero enabled, you might try temporarily disabling it & see if the program runs as expected. Will have to try this out later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distinct Lunatic Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 So I tried testing things out by doing a fully clean install of Windows. I made a partition on the same drive as my current one, around 65gb, more than enough to install windows and other needed things, me dual booting windows 10 so I don't risk burning through an OEM key if it doesn't solve the problem. An important thing I made sure to do was to create a new media tool with a fresh download of windows, doing a complete new install on the new partition, I also made sure my pc wasn't connected to the internet beforehand, so all of Microsofts useless shit doesn't get downloaded and installed on top of that stuff, since the way it works is if connected to the internet during a new install it will download basic/old drivers for everything, I want things to be as fresh as possible. After it was installed, then I went and connected to the internet and downloaded windows updates, nvidia drivers, and motherboard drivers, and set my settings for things to as I have them on my main install. Once all the setup was done and over, I went on to test things out by using both programs that were showing that problem and... no problems at all, it actually works fine without that bug. The annoying thing though being as I expected, I'd have to buy another OEM key for that partition, and I don't have $35 to spare at the moment, so will hold off until I have the cash, then just make that partition my new main one and then delete this one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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