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  1. 08-08-2001, 03:39 PM #1
    hhh8785
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    Weird Box in Corner of Desktop

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    Follow the red arrows and the marked area, and you will see what I am talking about. What is it? It shows up on my desktop from time to time. My friends have noticed it on their computers too. One friend used a program to maximize whatever it is, and it appears to be invisible. What is it? Anyone know?

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  2. 08-08-2001, 04:27 PM #2
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    Had that on my laptop till I did a re-build, sorry, but I never did find out what it was.

    Would be interesting to know.

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  3. 08-08-2001, 04:30 PM #3
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    What OS and Apps (incl. TSR's) are you running?


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  4. 08-08-2001, 04:42 PM #4
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    i'm not too sure what that is, but i'm more concerned about all the other boxes on your desktop.

    heheheh
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  5. 08-08-2001, 07:13 PM #5
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    Hmmm Can't say ive ever seen that before... Does it change when you switch the size of the screen area? Is it there when you choose to have no backround? All I can say is, you should probably worry about oranizing that desktop of yours before worrying about something like that lol...
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  6. 08-08-2001, 07:34 PM #6
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    I've got it to, it's something on the IE 6 desktop! It's not a hyperlink or anything, just something ol Bill threw in there I guess!
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  7. 08-08-2001, 10:23 PM #7
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    That is a pretty clean desktop compared to last week. I actually did some cleaning at the end of last week. I'm running win98se, and I don't have IE6. I have IE 5.5, so it can't be about IE6.
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  8. 08-08-2001, 10:51 PM #8
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    I get the same little box whenever I minimize KazaA. Not sure if my roomate has noticed this on his computer or not tho.

    ciao!
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  9. 08-08-2001, 11:56 PM #9
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    Enable tool tips and hover the curser over it. It may tell you what it is.
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  10. 08-09-2001, 12:06 AM #10
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    I just ran KazaA and minimised it, but didn't see the problem!
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  11. 08-09-2001, 12:15 AM #11
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    I've got the same thing here, not sure what it is either and have been wondering. I think it does have something to do with kazaa, i didn't have it just now until i opened kazaa, then bang it popped up. I closed kazaa and bang it dissapeared. So i think thats what causes it. Lemme know.

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  12. 08-09-2001, 03:40 PM #12
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    I ti s definitely NOT IE6. I would suspect a trojan maybe? Then again, AOL is a trojan...and all your friends have that too don't they?

    It's not MS related at all.
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  13. 08-09-2001, 10:17 PM #13
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    Has anyone seen "the net" with Sandra Bullock. I'd say it's the equivalent of the Pi symbol in that movie.

    Try clicking on it to see where it will take you....



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  14. 08-09-2001, 10:31 PM #14
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    Well I theorized with my friends that Bill Gates is watching us all through it. After trying the thing with Kazaa, it showed up. So I think it is Kazaa minimized. Its just kinda weird.
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  15. 08-10-2001, 06:36 AM #15
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    Never have I ever had that box on my desktop, so I downloaded that KazaA and when I minimized KazaA, there that little box was. It was very easy to get rid of, all I had o do was either minimize KazaA, which worked "sometimes," but everytime you simply right click on the desktop, and refresh, it goes away.
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