Top Left corner of my screen is "dead". WTF?????

[smiley@invalid.com]

I am not sure how to exactly describe this, so here's what is

happening. For some weird reason the top left corner of my screen

does not work when I click on anything in that corner. On my desktop,

the icon in that corner is "My Computer". If I try to click on it,

nothing happens. If I load any program, for example, lets say I open

Internet Explorer. the "FILE and EDIT" options do not work on the top

bar. This is true of any program I open. In brief, there is an area

about 1.5 inches in size that will not work at all, on this computer,

and it's located in the top left corner of the screen. This just

suddenly happened. I suspect a possible virus, or??????



As a followup note. I have both Win98se and Win2k installed on this

computer (dual boot). This problem does not occur when I boot to

Win98, nor does it occur if I boot to Dos. It only happens when I am

booted to Win2K. This proves it's not a hardware issue, but rather a

problem in Win2K.



As a final note, using my former example, if I minimize IE, so the top

of the window is located more in the middle of the screen, then I can

click on the FILE and EDIT buttons. Therefore, it's just that corner

of the screen, which is "dead".



This is the oddest thing I have ever seen.......



Can anyone assist?



Thanks



Smiley

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

wrote in message

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> I am not sure how to exactly describe this, so here's what is

> happening. For some weird reason the top left corner of my screen

> does not work when I click on anything in that corner. On my desktop,

> the icon in that corner is "My Computer". If I try to click on it,

> nothing happens. If I load any program, for example, lets say I open

> Internet Explorer. the "FILE and EDIT" options do not work on the top

> bar. This is true of any program I open. In brief, there is an area

> about 1.5 inches in size that will not work at all, on this computer,

> and it's located in the top left corner of the screen. This just

> suddenly happened. I suspect a possible virus, or??????

>

> As a followup note. I have both Win98se and Win2k installed on this

> computer (dual boot). This problem does not occur when I boot to

> Win98, nor does it occur if I boot to Dos. It only happens when I am

> booted to Win2K. This proves it's not a hardware issue, but rather a

> problem in Win2K.

>

> As a final note, using my former example, if I minimize IE, so the top

> of the window is located more in the middle of the screen, then I can

> click on the FILE and EDIT buttons. Therefore, it's just that corner

> of the screen, which is "dead".

>

> This is the oddest thing I have ever seen.......

>

> Can anyone assist?

>

> Thanks

>

> Smiley



It sounds as if something was interfering with your mouse so that

coordinates relating to the top left-hand corner are no longer correctly

processed. Does this happen in Safe Mode too? And what happens when you use

the usual keyboard shortcuts for those pull-down menus that are beyond the

reach of the mouse, e.g. Alt+E?

 

[smiley@invalid.com]

On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:37:55 +0100, "Pegasus [MVP]"

wrote:



>

>

> wrote in message

>news:hrldo5p9p8ma22paumccgcoltk9725t0dm@4ax.com...

>> I am not sure how to exactly describe this, so here's what is

>> happening. For some weird reason the top left corner of my screen

>> does not work when I click on anything in that corner. On my desktop,

>> the icon in that corner is "My Computer". If I try to click on it,

>> nothing happens. If I load any program, for example, lets say I open

>> Internet Explorer. the "FILE and EDIT" options do not work on the top

>> bar. This is true of any program I open. In brief, there is an area

>> about 1.5 inches in size that will not work at all, on this computer,

>> and it's located in the top left corner of the screen. This just

>> suddenly happened. I suspect a possible virus, or??????

>>

>> As a followup note. I have both Win98se and Win2k installed on this

>> computer (dual boot). This problem does not occur when I boot to

>> Win98, nor does it occur if I boot to Dos. It only happens when I am

>> booted to Win2K. This proves it's not a hardware issue, but rather a

>> problem in Win2K.

>>

>> As a final note, using my former example, if I minimize IE, so the top

>> of the window is located more in the middle of the screen, then I can

>> click on the FILE and EDIT buttons. Therefore, it's just that corner

>> of the screen, which is "dead".

>>

>> This is the oddest thing I have ever seen.......

>>

>> Can anyone assist?

>>

>> Thanks

>>

>> Smiley

>

>It sounds as if something was interfering with your mouse so that

>coordinates relating to the top left-hand corner are no longer correctly

>processed. Does this happen in Safe Mode too? And what happens when you use

>the usual keyboard shortcuts for those pull-down menus that are beyond the

>reach of the mouse, e.g. Alt+E?



I just managed to fix the problem by restoring an earlier copy of the

registry. Hiwever, I'd still like to know what caused this in the

first place. I did not try safe mode, but using shortcuts such as

ALT+E or others DID work. One other thing I will mention is that when

Win2K was loading, I could highlight "My computer" on the desktop if I

did it immediately. After 2K completed loading, the problem appeared.

I fought with this for several days and tried all sorts of things.

Suppose I should have tried safe mode. I was about ready to reinstall

2K, but loading an earlier registry fixed it. I wonder where the

coordinates are listed in the registry? This is one of the weirdest

problems I have ever seen on a computer.



Thanks 4 the help.



Smiley

 

[Greg Russell]

In news:hrldo5p9p8ma22paumccgcoltk9725t0dm@4ax.com,

smiley@invalid.com typed:

> I am not sure how to exactly describe this, so here's what is

> happening. For some weird reason the top left corner of my screen

> does not work when I click on anything in that corner. On my desktop,

> the icon in that corner is "My Computer". If I try to click on it,

> nothing happens. If I load any program, for example, lets say I open

> Internet Explorer. the "FILE and EDIT" options do not work on the top

> bar. This is true of any program I open. In brief, there is an area

> about 1.5 inches in size that will not work at all, on this computer,

> and it's located in the top left corner of the screen. This just

> suddenly happened. I suspect a possible virus, or??????



.... or mouse driver issue. It would be worthwhile to uninstall/reinstall the

driver, or else try a different mouse such as a USB device, PS2 device, etc.