How To Get Rid Of White Block

[jstevens]

I have a white block that suddenly appeared on my display. How would I go about removing it? I would appear to be a memory issue.

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I tried right clicking on the desktop and selecting "refresh" but that did not do it.

I really don't want to reboot.

Thanks,
John

[HansV]

Have you tried selecting another desktop background picture, or no background picture?

In the end, rebooting might be the way to go.

[viking33]

"I really don't want to reboot."

What is the harm in rebooting?
That can take care of a lot of odd ball troubles.
If it doesn't. well you have one attempt out of the way.

[jstevens]

Hans - I tried your suggestion about selecting another desktop background and it did not work. The white block remains.

Bob - I agree rebooting does take care of alot of problems but it really doesn't explain why or what caused the white block to begin with.

Resolution:
Decided to reboot and started to close applications. Upon closing Excel, the white block went away. Now I know why.

Thanks for your suggestions,
John

[viking33]

Hans - I tried your suggestion about selecting another desktop background and it did not work. The white block remains.

Bob - I agree rebooting does take care of alot of problems but it really doesn't explain why or what caused the white block to begin with.

Resolution:
Decided to reboot and started to close applications. Upon closing Excel, the white block went away. Now I know why.

Thanks for your suggestions,
John

Partial quote:
Yours is not to reason why, yours is just to do.......etc.
Glad you got it straightened out.

[StuartR]

I have seen this symptom when the computer is short of virtual memory, closing applications until there is sufficient free memory often clears it up.