Vista - Full Screen Games

I have Windows Vista and when i go to play Full Screen games I have other
windows still in my taskbar but minimized and when I stop playing the game
and come back all the other windows are gone. Any Idea how I can get it to
stop doing that? Thx for any help.

Give some more information. What game? is the task-bar still there? does the
display look different when you exit (i.e. different resolution or colors
look different) Does it happen on all games or just one, have you tried
compatibility mode (right click and select properties)

With more information, someone may be able to help.
Mark

"Jeremy" wrote:

> I have Windows Vista and when i go to play Full Screen games I have other
> windows still in my taskbar but minimized and when I stop playing the game
> and come back all the other windows are gone. Any Idea how I can get it to
> stop doing that? Thx for any help.

The game is FEAR, the taskbar is still there but I have it hide, Display is
fine other than it flashes at a low resolution then goes back to normal size,
yeah it happens with other games, too like CSS, I tried compatability but
none of the list show Windows Vista. Thx for responding.

"Mark" wrote:

> Give some more information. What game? is the task-bar still there? does the
> display look different when you exit (i.e. different resolution or colors
> look different) Does it happen on all games or just one, have you tried
> compatibility mode (right click and select properties)
>
> With more information, someone may be able to help.
> Mark
>
> "Jeremy" wrote:
>
> > I have Windows Vista and when i go to play Full Screen games I have other
> > windows still in my taskbar but minimized and when I stop playing the game
> > and come back all the other windows are gone. Any Idea how I can get it to
> > stop doing that? Thx for any help.

Yes I have a different problem to yours when playing games like F.E.A.R,
Oblivion and The Sims the game stops responding and the taskbar is above
where it's not supposed to and if I move the mouse to where the taskbar was
It shows two of them. Then the whole screen igoes black and I can only see
some of the screen when I roll my mouse over or other times when the
startbar/explorer have been blurred out. Have a look at my post: Taskbar
Flashing and Blurry Madness.
--
Processor: 4.0
Memory: (RAM) 4.2
Graphics: 5.9
Gaming Graphics: 5.4
Primary Hard Disc: 5.8


"Jeremy" wrote:

> The game is FEAR, the taskbar is still there but I have it hide, Display is
> fine other than it flashes at a low resolution then goes back to normal size,
> yeah it happens with other games, too like CSS, I tried compatability but
> none of the list show Windows Vista. Thx for responding.
>
> "Mark" wrote:
>
> > Give some more information. What game? is the task-bar still there? does the
> > display look different when you exit (i.e. different resolution or colors
> > look different) Does it happen on all games or just one, have you tried
> > compatibility mode (right click and select properties)
> >
> > With more information, someone may be able to help.
> > Mark
> >
> > "Jeremy" wrote:
> >
> > > I have Windows Vista and when i go to play Full Screen games I have other
> > > windows still in my taskbar but minimized and when I stop playing the game
> > > and come back all the other windows are gone. Any Idea how I can get it to
> > > stop doing that? Thx for any help.

It sounds like iut might be a display driver issue, what card do you use and
what version of the driver?

Mark


"AntoNZ" <AntoNZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6FC90DE5-E5A1-4D56-AE46-DD128D6CC0A1@microsoft.com...
> Yes I have a different problem to yours when playing games like F.E.A.R,
> Oblivion and The Sims the game stops responding and the taskbar is above
> where it's not supposed to and if I move the mouse to where the taskbar
> was
> It shows two of them. Then the whole screen igoes black and I can only see
> some of the screen when I roll my mouse over or other times when the
> startbar/explorer have been blurred out. Have a look at my post: Taskbar
> Flashing and Blurry Madness.
> --
> Processor: 4.0
> Memory: (RAM) 4.2
> Graphics: 5.9
> Gaming Graphics: 5.4
> Primary Hard Disc: 5.8
>
>
> "Jeremy" wrote:
>
>> The game is FEAR, the taskbar is still there but I have it hide, Display
>> is
>> fine other than it flashes at a low resolution then goes back to normal
>> size,
>> yeah it happens with other games, too like CSS, I tried compatability
>> but
>> none of the list show Windows Vista. Thx for responding.
>>
>> "Mark" wrote:
>>
>> > Give some more information. What game? is the task-bar still there?
>> > does the
>> > display look different when you exit (i.e. different resolution or
>> > colors
>> > look different) Does it happen on all games or just one, have you tried
>> > compatibility mode (right click and select properties)
>> >
>> > With more information, someone may be able to help.
>> > Mark
>> >
>> > "Jeremy" wrote:
>> >
>> > > I have Windows Vista and when i go to play Full Screen games I have
>> > > other
>> > > windows still in my taskbar but minimized and when I stop playing the
>> > > game
>> > > and come back all the other windows are gone. Any Idea how I can get
>> > > it to
>> > > stop doing that? Thx for any help.

I use a XFX Geforce 7600GT 256MB AGP 8x card and the driver I am using is
from the Nvidia website which is for Windows Vista 32-bit, Geforce 7 series,
driver version 158.18
I have also discovered today that this doesn't just happen in games, I had
the same problem in Internet Explorer and I lost all the information because
it either flashes rapidly showing the wrong information or it goes black and
I can't see anything. It could possibly be an Aero problem, I'm not sure. If
you need more information, let me know.
--
Processor: 4.0
Memory: (RAM) 4.2
Graphics: 5.9
Gaming Graphics: 5.4
Primary Hard Disc: 5.8


"Mark" wrote:

> It sounds like iut might be a display driver issue, what card do you use and
> what version of the driver?
>
> Mark
>
>
> "AntoNZ" <AntoNZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6FC90DE5-E5A1-4D56-AE46-DD128D6CC0A1@microsoft.com...
> > Yes I have a different problem to yours when playing games like F.E.A.R,
> > Oblivion and The Sims the game stops responding and the taskbar is above
> > where it's not supposed to and if I move the mouse to where the taskbar
> > was
> > It shows two of them. Then the whole screen igoes black and I can only see
> > some of the screen when I roll my mouse over or other times when the
> > startbar/explorer have been blurred out. Have a look at my post: Taskbar
> > Flashing and Blurry Madness.
> > --
> > Processor: 4.0
> > Memory: (RAM) 4.2
> > Graphics: 5.9
> > Gaming Graphics: 5.4
> > Primary Hard Disc: 5.8
> >
> >
> > "Jeremy" wrote:
> >
> >> The game is FEAR, the taskbar is still there but I have it hide, Display
> >> is
> >> fine other than it flashes at a low resolution then goes back to normal
> >> size,
> >> yeah it happens with other games, too like CSS, I tried compatability
> >> but
> >> none of the list show Windows Vista. Thx for responding.
> >>
> >> "Mark" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Give some more information. What game? is the task-bar still there?
> >> > does the
> >> > display look different when you exit (i.e. different resolution or
> >> > colors
> >> > look different) Does it happen on all games or just one, have you tried
> >> > compatibility mode (right click and select properties)
> >> >
> >> > With more information, someone may be able to help.
> >> > Mark
> >> >
> >> > "Jeremy" wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > I have Windows Vista and when i go to play Full Screen games I have
> >> > > other
> >> > > windows still in my taskbar but minimized and when I stop playing the
> >> > > game
> >> > > and come back all the other windows are gone. Any Idea how I can get
> >> > > it to
> >> > > stop doing that? Thx for any help.
>

It looks like there is a 158.24 driver released (if I read it right), you
might try that. Otherwise, you will probably have to post to Nvidia what is
going on and see if they can help. Another thing to check would be any 3rd
party drivers. I had a lot of problems with my display and it turned out to
be the motherboard driver - at least it seems to have gone away when I
updated it.

Mark


"AntoNZ" <AntoNZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:156E9774-FCDD-4D61-8B80-3F09C5BFDF27@microsoft.com...
>I use a XFX Geforce 7600GT 256MB AGP 8x card and the driver I am using is
> from the Nvidia website which is for Windows Vista 32-bit, Geforce 7
> series,
> driver version 158.18
> I have also discovered today that this doesn't just happen in games, I had
> the same problem in Internet Explorer and I lost all the information
> because
> it either flashes rapidly showing the wrong information or it goes black
> and
> I can't see anything. It could possibly be an Aero problem, I'm not sure.
> If
> you need more information, let me know.
> --
> Processor: 4.0
> Memory: (RAM) 4.2
> Graphics: 5.9
> Gaming Graphics: 5.4
> Primary Hard Disc: 5.8
>
>
> "Mark" wrote:
>
>> It sounds like iut might be a display driver issue, what card do you use
>> and
>> what version of the driver?
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> "AntoNZ" <AntoNZ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6FC90DE5-E5A1-4D56-AE46-DD128D6CC0A1@microsoft.com...
>> > Yes I have a different problem to yours when playing games like
>> > F.E.A.R,
>> > Oblivion and The Sims the game stops responding and the taskbar is
>> > above
>> > where it's not supposed to and if I move the mouse to where the taskbar
>> > was
>> > It shows two of them. Then the whole screen igoes black and I can only
>> > see
>> > some of the screen when I roll my mouse over or other times when the
>> > startbar/explorer have been blurred out. Have a look at my post:
>> > Taskbar
>> > Flashing and Blurry Madness.
>> > --
>> > Processor: 4.0
>> > Memory: (RAM) 4.2
>> > Graphics: 5.9
>> > Gaming Graphics: 5.4
>> > Primary Hard Disc: 5.8
>> >
>> >
>> > "Jeremy" wrote:
>> >
>> >> The game is FEAR, the taskbar is still there but I have it hide,
>> >> Display
>> >> is
>> >> fine other than it flashes at a low resolution then goes back to
>> >> normal
>> >> size,
>> >> yeah it happens with other games, too like CSS, I tried compatability
>> >> but
>> >> none of the list show Windows Vista. Thx for responding.
>> >>
>> >> "Mark" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Give some more information. What game? is the task-bar still there?
>> >> > does the
>> >> > display look different when you exit (i.e. different resolution or
>> >> > colors
>> >> > look different) Does it happen on all games or just one, have you
>> >> > tried
>> >> > compatibility mode (right click and select properties)
>> >> >
>> >> > With more information, someone may be able to help.
>> >> > Mark
>> >> >
>> >> > "Jeremy" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > > I have Windows Vista and when i go to play Full Screen games I
>> >> > > have
>> >> > > other
>> >> > > windows still in my taskbar but minimized and when I stop playing
>> >> > > the
>> >> > > game
>> >> > > and come back all the other windows are gone. Any Idea how I can
>> >> > > get
>> >> > > it to
>> >> > > stop doing that? Thx for any help.
>>