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  • Petrushka
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 12307

    Help!

    Whenever I hit two keys simultaneously a blue square appears in the top left of my screen which has headings for 'Restore', 'Maximise', 'Minimise' and 'Close'. Nothing happems when I click on any of them and it is impossible to either carry on working or to get rid of this irritating square. It seems to happen whatever I am in at the time.

    Does anyone know how to get rid of it without turning off my computer and rebooting?

    I am on Windows Vista (yes, I know) and IE8.
    "The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink
  • MrGongGong
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 18357

    #2
    Originally posted by Petrushka View Post
    Whenever I hit two keys simultaneously a blue square appears in the top left of my screen which has headings for 'Restore', 'Maximise', 'Minimise' and 'Close'. Nothing happems when I click on any of them and it is impossible to either carry on working or to get rid of this irritating square. It seems to happen whatever I am in at the time.

    Does anyone know how to get rid of it without turning off my computer and rebooting?

    I am on Windows Vista (yes, I know) and IE8.
    well for what it's worth
    ditch IE8
    ditch Vista
    Firefox would probably solve your wee problem (though i'm on Safari on a mac today )

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    • Serial_Apologist
      Full Member
      • Dec 2010
      • 37812

      #3
      Originally posted by MrGongGong View Post
      well for what it's worth
      ditch IE8
      ditch Vista
      Firefox would probably solve your wee problem (though i'm on Safari on a mac today )
      Everyone I know swears by Firefox. My computer whizz installled it for me 2 years ago, and, apart from the fact that I am unable to download youtube clips free, the way I can with Internet Explorer, (where a little pop-up pops up over the top of the clip which one clicks on), it has given me no problems, and the visual definition is better.

      S-A

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      • handsomefortune

        #4
        but i'm running firefox too, and have no problem watching utube clips .......? (thankfully)

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        • eighthobstruction
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 6447

          #5
          Ditto....No reason why Utube should be anything BUT FREE.... BABY FREE....Firefox TOPS....never a complaint in 8 years....
          bong ching

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          • french frank
            Administrator/Moderator
            • Feb 2007
            • 30448

            #6
            Originally posted by eighthobstruction View Post
            Firefox TOPS....never a complaint in 8 years....
            Firefox 5 came out - not compatible with Google toolbar. Much grumbling while we waited for the update. Firefox 6 - still not compatible with Google toolbar and pretty strong hint that this was intentional. Moved over briefly to Chrome but <sigh>, back to Firefox again
            It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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