Window Drag Trail :( ?

pr0c3ss · 12 Jul 2013 at 09:28

Got a pretty new comp and have had a few problems from the start. Now this problem of a window trail when dragging a window is doing my head right in.

I've wiped clean my SSD and put windows back on, but even after a fresh install the trail is still there. I've installed and uninstalled graphics drivers from CD, latest stable drivers from amd and latest beta drivers. All result in the trail still being there.

Trail after fresh install with no drivers

and after latest driver installed

For now I have removed show window contents while dragging which I don't like, but is a temp fix. Anyone got any ideas?

I'm running:

Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
4.00 gigahertz AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core
CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z
16GB Kingston HyperX Predator
With latest 1403 Bios update

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Ghz Edition
ASUS VN247

Tried and tested on single and dual screen :mad:

Any help appreciated

pr0c3ss · 12 Jul 2013 at 10:53

After a day of messing with it and achieving nothing, I gave up, posted for help and turned off 'show content while dragging'.

Just now I installed Steam, read a reply on another forum, so turned the 'show content while dragging' option back on and hey-presto.... there's now no trail. Really strange. Hope after a restart it doesn't come back.
:thumb:

yashiro · 13 Jul 2013 at 19:33

It's because aero/desktop composition is disabled.

Try running the Windows Experience Index Assessment.

Try pressing Windows Key+Pause on your keyboard. Click advanced system settings. Click the Settings button in the performance section. Turn everything off. Click apply. Turn everything on. Click apply.

this_is_gav · 13 Jul 2013 at 22:33

yashiro said:
It's because aero/desktop composition is disabled.

No it's not. I'm not saying having 'aero' on (if it's available) won't fix it (it might well, given that it would then be rendered in hardware rather than software), but I've seen enough computers with and without Aero to know that doesn't happen if Aero is disabled.

yashiro · 14 Jul 2013 at 00:29

It can happen when composition is disabled, which is the point.

paradigm · 14 Jul 2013 at 08:50

It can certainly happen if your video card drivers aren't right.

If they were right, they would have run WinSAT and enabled Aero after install. I'd probably re-install my video card drivers.

this_is_gav · 14 Jul 2013 at 10:33

yashiro said:
It can happen when composition is disabled, which is the point.

At work we've got laptops with 7 and 8, Intel and AMD graphics chips and plenty of programs running in compatibility mode forcing non-Aero mode and I don't think I've ever seen that for any reason other than a program freezing (as appears in the screenshot of the folder being dragged over IE10).

If those programs aren't frozen then I'd be looking at my drivers or hardware... one of which is almost a certainty if Aero isn't enabling.