Computer help, please!

LittleTaz · 04-07-2009, 09:22 PM

I'm not sure exactly when it started, but sometime within the last 2 weeks or so the preview text box that you get when you mouse over things like thread topics has gotten weird. It's not just here, but anything that has the mouseover javascript. So, I roll over a thread topic and see the opening sentence in a text box... fine... now, I can go to another page, another site, anywhere, and every time the mouse lands on a blank spot that same text box pops up. I thought it might be a Java glitch, so I uninstalled it. No good, it's still happening... Help! It's annoying as hell!

Method · 04-08-2009, 10:51 AM

Did you try clearing out your cache?

jtemple · 04-08-2009, 06:40 PM

In windows, at least on your desktop, sometimes the tooltips will disappear. They're still, but there's a bug that makes them pop up behind everything. This is for tooltips for stuff like hovering over your clock display in your system tray.

Here's the desktop fix, I'm not sure if it applies to what's in your web browser.

Click Start --> All Programs

Right-Click anything in the All Programs list and select "Sort By Name".

Don't ask me why, but that works.

Particle Man · 04-08-2009, 06:49 PM

have you installed something different recently (either intentionally or not)

LittleTaz · 04-08-2009, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Method

Did you try clearing out your cache?

Yes, still there...

Quote:

Originally Posted by jtemple

In windows, at least on your desktop, sometimes the tooltips will disappear. They're still, but there's a bug that makes them pop up behind everything. This is for tooltips for stuff like hovering over your clock display in your system tray.

Here's the desktop fix, I'm not sure if it applies to what's in your web browser.

Click Start --> All Programs

Right-Click anything in the All Programs list and select "Sort By Name".

Don't ask me why, but that works.

Didn't work...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Particle Man

have you installed something different recently (either intentionally or not)

Nope....

Thanks for trying though... back to losing what little bit of mind I have left... *sigh*

04-07-2009, 09:22 PM	#1
LittleTaz WERA Yellow Plate Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Greenbrier, TN Moto: '00 Ninja 250 Posts: 748	Computer help, please! I'm not sure exactly when it started, but sometime within the last 2 weeks or so the preview text box that you get when you mouse over things like thread topics has gotten weird. It's not just here, but anything that has the mouseover javascript. So, I roll over a thread topic and see the opening sentence in a text box... fine... now, I can go to another page, another site, anywhere, and every time the mouse lands on a blank spot that same text box pops up. I thought it might be a Java glitch, so I uninstalled it. No good, it's still happening... Help! It's annoying as hell! __________________ Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most

04-08-2009, 06:49 PM	#4
Particle Man Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central NY Moto: 2003 SV650S Posts: 14,959	have you installed something different recently (either intentionally or not) __________________ I'm not "fat." I'm "Enlarged to show texture." Handle every stressful situation like a DOG: If you can't eat it or hump it, pi$$ on it & walk away.

04-08-2009, 10:51 AM	#2
Method Canyon Carver Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Portland, OR Moto: MTA Posts: 416	Did you try clearing out your cache?

04-08-2009, 06:40 PM	#3
jtemple Geek Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Papillion, Nebraska Moto: 2011 Husqvarna TE630 Posts: 1,437	In windows, at least on your desktop, sometimes the tooltips will disappear. They're still, but there's a bug that makes them pop up behind everything. This is for tooltips for stuff like hovering over your clock display in your system tray. Here's the desktop fix, I'm not sure if it applies to what's in your web browser. Click Start --> All Programs Right-Click anything in the All Programs list and select "Sort By Name". Don't ask me why, but that works.