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display problems

5 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/display-problems.63992/

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deepak rajendran Original post #1
Jul 27, 2007 at 4:05 PM
Whenever I run a game on my pc,the game gets minimised

at the taskbar.The game launches back whenever i click

that minimised tab at the taskbar and runs smoothly.Then again after

10 minutes,the same problem occurs.I bought my new pc some four

months back.This problem occurs with every game that i run, be

those be new games like double agent,fear,ghost recon,blood money,

or old games like mafia. plz help.

my system specs:

intel[r]core[tm]cpu,1.86 ghz with 2gb of ram

intel d965 motherboard

nvidia 7900 gt/gto gpu.

my os is windows xp home edition with service pack 2 installed.

my graphics card drivers are up to date
slugger
slugger #2
Jul 27, 2007 at 10:15 PM
also install d latest DirectX end-user runtime available

den c wat happens

just 2 b safe reinstall d games also

actually it has dawned on my mind dat it cud b some proggy dat is starting causing it 2 minimise [basically stealing focus from d runnin proggy]. c wat proggies r runnin in d b/ground ,maybe sum anti-* or updater/schedular
shady_inc
shady_inc #3
Jul 27, 2007 at 10:31 PM
disable any antivirus and firewall {at your own risk} and then see if problem occurs.
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spikygv #4
Jul 27, 2007 at 10:49 PM
press ctrl+alt+del and end processes that u dont trust ( under ur username ) . do a spyware scan . . its probobly the problem . re-installing OS will surely solve the problem if u have the time and patience..
Ethan_Hunt
Ethan_Hunt #5
Jul 27, 2007 at 11:21 PM
Thats wierd.I have the exact same configuration & don't seem to have any such problem.In fact I just got the card 3 days back & have been trying every possible game out centre,left,right & round without any minimising issues like you mentioned.The only problem I have is with resolution of some games wherein they won't have 1280x1024 resolutions & hence I end up either setting them to 1600x1200 with max settings or 1280x960 max settings.Eitherways the side portions of my monitor gets cut out & hence leading to those black bars coming up which is seriously begining to tick me off.Tried every possible refresh rate but they just don't seem to work.

Try installing a fresh copy of XP.Did you uninstall your old Intel driver before turning to the Nvidia ones?