left part of screen is blank

The icons on the left side of my screen move about 2-3" to the right, and
that space is blank...If I restart the computer it's ok...but after awhile, I
come back to the computer and the left side is blank again.
I have 2 spyware programs and anti-virus and firewall....all of em are clean.

chuck1217 wrote:
> The icons on the left side of my screen move about 2-3" to the right, and
> that space is blank...If I restart the computer it's ok...but after awhile, I
> come back to the computer and the left side is blank again.
> I have 2 spyware programs and anti-virus and firewall....all of em are clean.

Laptop or desktop? Kind of monitor if desktop? If a desktop, does the
issue occur when you connect the machine to a different monitor?

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Chuck,

Not exactly sure what you mean by 'blank' but this symptom occurs on my PC
occasionally due to my video card Display Settings acting up, temporarily
booting into a larger screen resolution and then fixing itself.

Also, if 'Windows Sidebar' starts without any 'Gadgets', the screen shifts a
few inches, though on my PC it shifts from the right side.

If Windows Sidebar is one of your startups, try to uncheck it in 'Run >
msconfig > Startup' and restart PC.

Drew

"chuck1217" <chuck1217@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:781BBFED-54E5-48F6-8C7F-2C5BB6DD8A0B@microsoft.com...
> The icons on the left side of my screen move about 2-3" to the right, and
> that space is blank...If I restart the computer it's ok...but after
> awhile, I
> come back to the computer and the left side is blank again.
> I have 2 spyware programs and anti-virus and firewall....all of em are
> clean.
>