Thumbnails blank or fuzzy

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xiz

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I have been looking everywhere and can't seem to find an answer to why some of my thumbnails are blank or fuzzy. For Example: On my Desktop it will say the folder name then above it a transparent square.

If I go into a folder I am able to see tile previews but when I switch to thumbnail mode, they get fuzzy.

Thanks for the help
 

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Hi xiz, welcome to the Vista Forums.

I've never personally had this problem before, but here are some steps to try to fix this little problem.

1) Go to Start Menu > Control Panel > Folder Options
2) Click the View tab
3) Look under advanced settings check the status of “Always show icons, never thumbnails”. This one will need to be unchecked to see thumbnails, especially in the Desktop Background chooser.

Alternatively, if the solution above doesn't work, you may want to try doing an Install Repair, where it allows you to repair any corrupt files. Make sure you have your Vista DVD handy! Also, be sure to uninstall Service Pack 1 first if you do have it installed.

To Uninstall SP1:

1) Go to Start Menu > Control Panel > Programs and Features (or go to Run > Appwiz.cpl)
2) Click "View installed updates".
3) Click Service Pack for Microsoft Windows (KB936330), and then click Uninstall.
4) Follow the onscreen instructions

Good luck, hope this helps!
 

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    Gateway MT6821
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    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5200
    Motherboard
    Intel® 945GM
    Memory
    2GB DDR2
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    Intel® GMA 950
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    SigmaTel 9250
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    1200x800
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    1.5 MB (Yes, slow high speed.)
Thanks for the help Thao,

I uninstalled SP1 and booted to the Vista DVD. Went through the options and when I got to the 'What time of installation do you want?' screen, I was unable to choose 'Upgrade'. It said that I should launch the repair tool in windows. I looked around and can't seem to find it..Do you know where it may be?
 

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in the start search bar on start menu, type system restore. open and restore.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
    Memory
    8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 7200rpm 250Gb SATA,
    Samsung 7200rpm 750Gb SATA,
    WD 7200rpm 1TB SCSI SATA.
    PSU
    Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
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    Antec 900 Gaming Case
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    Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium, Dominator RAM cooler
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    Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
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Xiz, would you mind trying this?

I wouldn't recommend performing a System Restore unless you have to.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway MT6821
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5200
    Motherboard
    Intel® 945GM
    Memory
    2GB DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel® GMA 950
    Sound Card
    SigmaTel 9250
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Built-In
    Screen Resolution
    1200x800
    Internet Speed
    1.5 MB (Yes, slow high speed.)
Have you considered the possibility there may not really be a problem at all? You may simply be viewing older files that don't have high resolution icons associated with them. I noticed you said it's not all files and folders, just some.

This "problem" was pretty prevalent in OS X when it was first introduced and went to the larger 128x128 icons, and everything previously had been 32x32. Suddenly all those older icons looked fuzzy if you had your icon sizes set to larger sizes. Now that the OS is mature those old icons are few and far between and there's no longer an issue, but that's not the case yet with Vista.

When you say the preview icons are sharp, but then go to thumbnails and they're blurry, that leads me to believe what I described is what is happening. Don't waste your time doing a repair install, that's always the last (and lazy) resort.
 

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  • CPU
    Q9450 @3.4Ghz
    Motherboard
    Asus P5Q Deluxe
    Memory
    8GB Corsair Dominator @ 1066
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus AH4850
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 2235BW
    Hard Drives
    2x Seagate 750GB
    1x Seagate 160GB (IDE)
    PSU
    Cooler Master Real Power Pro 850
    Case
    Cooler Master Cosmos
    Cooling
    Cooler Master V8
    Keyboard
    Logitech WAVE Cordless
Hey Everybody.
Thao I tried a system restore and it failed weirdly enough..it gave me that IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL bsod a few times before I managed to stop it.

Tried the System File Checker with the sfc/scannow command but still, to no avail.

SgtBaxter, I also forgot to mention that I could see all of my Thumbnails and such before but that some disappeared after a significant malware removal.
For ex: I open up 'Pictures' see all the folder thumbnail icons with their names, but no preview of what is in inside of them. When I double click on any folder I see blank squares in the Large Icons view with just the file names.
 

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