Black Squares & Rectangles On Screen (Online Only)

[napoleon bohlumpar]

hi, i started having this problem yesterday.............AFTER i used Defraggler (i've used it for years previously)



these black squares and rectangles will appear on webpages with lots of photos and graphics like news webpages..........especially if i scroll up or down fast.........

these black ''things'' DON'T appear on Gmail, Hotmail, online surveys or other ''serious'' webpages............also i've no problems watching online movies........

these black ''things'' appear only when i'm online............the screen is fine when i'm offline.........

i read somewhere these black ''things'' are like Pop-Ups or something ??!!



## is there anyway to resolve this issue ?

 

[jtjt00]

Which site you got these black "things"?

Better if you can list down all parts of your rig here too.

 

[napoleon bohlumpar]

Which site you got these black "things"?

Better if you can list down all parts of your rig here too.

most websites will have black squares / rectangles.........especially those with a lot of photos...........

the squares / rectangles will not stay but will on / off.........or switch places....

doesn't affect my email accounts though..........i've read online that quite a number of people got this problem before...........culprit is the Chrome browser

 

[eric3743]

Have you try Clear browsing data - clearing you Chrome browser cache, cookies & history.

 

[napoleon bohlumpar]

Have you try Clear browsing data - clearing you Chrome browser cache, cookies & history.

many thanks

but how to do that ah ?

also, will affect my bookmarks or not ?

 

[xonix]

Turn off hardware acceleration for the browser. If the problem stops, then it's graphic cards / browser issues. I have similar issues on Firefox whereby random encounter with webgl or flash content will cause Nvidia driver kernel crashes.

 

[eric3743]

many thanks

but how to do that ah ?

also, will affect my bookmarks or not ?

Clear browsing data will not affect bookmarks, passwords & other settings.

As i had mentioned it will clear only the browser cache, cookies & history.

For Chrome go to Setting -> History -> select Clear browsing data

For IE go to Tools -> Delete browsing history..

 

[yusoffb01]

sounds like graphics card problem

 

[jtjt00]

sounds like graphics card problem

.
Agreed, very likely if graphics card is old.

 

[napoleon bohlumpar]

Clear browsing data will not affect bookmarks, passwords & other settings.

As i had mentioned it will clear only the browser cache, cookies & history.

For Chrome go to Setting -> History -> select Clear browsing data

For IE go to Tools -> Delete browsing history..

if i have 2 windows open ...........if i do the above...........will i lose all the opened tabs or not ?

 

[eric3743]

if i have 2 windows open ...........if i do the above...........will i lose all the opened tabs or not ?

Clear browsing data is to open a new tab to delete all history record on websites at this point.

Hence any tabs which are open will not be touched or deleted.


As for "AFTER i used Defraggler" which software did you use for this.
If it is not Windows default but others then there is possibility some files may be purged or corrupted while processing.

It could cause some settings or drivers to be outdated or whatever.

 

[napoleon bohlumpar]

Clear browsing data is to open a new tab to delete all history record on websites at this point.

Hence any tabs which are open will not be touched or deleted.


As for "AFTER i used Defraggler" which software did you use for this.
If it is not Windows default but others then there is possibility some files may be purged or corrupted while processing.

It could cause some settings or drivers to be outdated or whatever.

DeFraggler is from the same guys that came up with CCleaner........been using it for years with no issues...........

i also tried Firefox and no problems there so only with Chrome............i suspect it could be Ad-Blocker that block those pop-ups that might be causing the black squares.......