Vista - Black line down right hand side of desktop wallpapers.

Hi Visterati,

Strange one this.

Centered wallpapers on my little widescreen laptop.

They all appear with a black line down the right hand side of the image -
e.g.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...tuff/sshot.jpg

Any ideas ? I don't remember this in any of the weekly builds or RC's ?

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Cheers - Brownz
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Is that the border for your sidebar maybe?

Jeff

"Brownz (Asus S6F Vista)" <someone.not@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Visterati,
>
> Strange one this.
>
> Centered wallpapers on my little widescreen laptop.
>
> They all appear with a black line down the right hand side of the image -
> e.g.
>
> http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...tuff/sshot.jpg
>
> Any ideas ? I don't remember this in any of the weekly builds or RC's ?
>
> --
> Cheers - Brownz
> http://www.brownz.org/

Looks like the edge of the sidebar to me. It must appear as a black line
when one's wallpaper is white.

Jeff wrote:
> Is that the border for your sidebar maybe?
>
> Jeff
>
> "Brownz (Asus S6F Vista)" <someone.not@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:rtTlh.7383$CR3.435@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>> Hi Visterati,
>>
>> Strange one this.
>>
>> Centered wallpapers on my little widescreen laptop.
>>
>> They all appear with a black line down the right hand side of the
>> image - e.g.
>>
>> http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...tuff/sshot.jpg
>>
>> Any ideas ? I don't remember this in any of the weekly builds or RC's ?
>>
>> --
>> Cheers - Brownz
>> http://www.brownz.org/
>

Daze N. Knights laid this down on his screen :

It's not the sidebar, for one it's too wide and the plus and arrow
signs
are not visible. Plus, the sidebar fades if you don't mouse over it.
It's more likely to be in the actual image that's on the desktop.
It sometimes happens when you convert .jpg images to .bmp.
Try cropping the actual picture a little, so that egde is gone.



> Looks like the edge of the sidebar to me. It must appear as a black
> line when one's wallpaper is white.
>
> Jeff wrote:
>> Is that the border for your sidebar maybe?
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> "Brownz (Asus S6F Vista)" <someone.not@microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:rtTlh.7383$CR3.435@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>>> Hi Visterati,
>>>
>>> Strange one this.
>>>
>>> Centered wallpapers on my little widescreen laptop.
>>>
>>> They all appear with a black line down the right hand side of the
>>> image - e.g.
>>>
>>> http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...tuff/sshot.jpg
>>>
>>> Any ideas ? I don't remember this in any of the weekly builds or
>>> RC's ?
>>>
>>> -- Cheers - Brownz
>>> http://www.brownz.org/
>>

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"Daze N. Knights" <Daze@microchip.com> wrote in message
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> Looks like the edge of the sidebar to me. It must appear as a black line
> when one's wallpaper is white.

That was my first thought, but it's a bit far left to be the sidebar border.
I don't think it's adjustable (at least not here...).




> Jeff wrote:
>> Is that the border for your sidebar maybe?
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> "Brownz (Asus S6F Vista)" <someone.not@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:rtTlh.7383$CR3.435@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>>> Hi Visterati,
>>>
>>> Strange one this.
>>>
>>> Centered wallpapers on my little widescreen laptop.
>>>
>>> They all appear with a black line down the right hand side of the
>>> image - e.g.
>>>
>>> http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...tuff/sshot.jpg
>>>
>>> Any ideas ? I don't remember this in any of the weekly builds or RC's ?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cheers - Brownz
>>> http://www.brownz.org/
>>

"Daze N. Knights" <Daze@microchip.com> wrote in message
news:u%23wuE5RLHHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Looks like the edge of the sidebar to me. It must appear as a black line
> when one's wallpaper is white.

Also, just realized: Check out the weather gadget. It's enlarged, which
usually happens only when you drag it off the sidebar.



> Jeff wrote:
>> Is that the border for your sidebar maybe?
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> "Brownz (Asus S6F Vista)" <someone.not@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:rtTlh.7383$CR3.435@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>>> Hi Visterati,
>>>
>>> Strange one this.
>>>
>>> Centered wallpapers on my little widescreen laptop.
>>>
>>> They all appear with a black line down the right hand side of the
>>> image - e.g.
>>>
>>> http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...tuff/sshot.jpg
>>>
>>> Any ideas ? I don't remember this in any of the weekly builds or RC's ?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cheers - Brownz
>>> http://www.brownz.org/
>>

mxh was thinking very hard :
> "Daze N. Knights" <Daze@microchip.com> wrote in message
> news:u%23wuE5RLHHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Looks like the edge of the sidebar to me. It must appear as a black
>> line when one's wallpaper is white.
>
> Also, just realized: Check out the weather gadget. It's enlarged,
> which usually happens only when you drag it off the sidebar.

That doesn't mean the sidebar isn't open. There's one easy way to find
out:
Rightclick anywhere on the righthand side of the line. If the context
menu says 'close sidebar' instead of 'personalize' at the bottom,
you've got your answer... ;-)

--
Mamamegs.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.
(Adam Savage)

Nederlandse nieuwsgroepen voor Vista
alt.nl.os.windows.vista
microsoft.public.nl.windows.vista

_*mamamegs@gmail.com*_

mxh was thinking very hard :
> "Daze N. Knights" <Daze@microchip.com> wrote in message
> news:u%23wuE5RLHHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Looks like the edge of the sidebar to me. It must appear as a
>> black line when one's wallpaper is white.
>
> Also, just realized: Check out the weather gadget. It's enlarged,
> which usually happens only when you drag it off the sidebar.

That doesn't mean the sidebar isn't open. There's one easy way to find
out:
Rightclick anywhere on the righthand side of the line. If the context
menu says 'close sidebar' instead of 'personalize' at the bottom,
you've got your answer... ;-)

--
Mamamegs.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.
(Adam Savage)

Nederlandse nieuwsgroepen voor Vista
alt.nl.os.windows.vista
microsoft.public.nl.windows.vista

_*mamamegs@gmail.com*_

That is the left most edge of your sidebar. It appears when you have the
mouse in the sidebar area. Move your mouse to the left and it will go away.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!



"Brownz (Asus S6F Vista)" <someone.not@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Visterati,
>
> Strange one this.
>
> Centered wallpapers on my little widescreen laptop.
>
> They all appear with a black line down the right hand side of the image -
> e.g.
>
> http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...tuff/sshot.jpg
>
> Any ideas ? I don't remember this in any of the weekly builds or RC's ?
>
> --
> Cheers - Brownz
> http://www.brownz.org/

> "Brownz (Asus S6F Vista)" <someone.not@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:rtTlh.7383$CR3.435@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>> Hi Visterati,
>> Strange one this.
>> Centered wallpapers on my little widescreen laptop.
>> They all appear with a black line down the right hand side of the image -
>> e.g.
>> http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...tuff/sshot.jpg
>> Any ideas ? I don't remember this in any of the weekly builds or RC's ?
>>
> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in
> message news:%23tT8O$SLHHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> That is the left most edge of your sidebar. It appears when you have the
> mouse in the sidebar area. Move your mouse to the left and it will go
> away.
> Richard Urban

Err, thanks - its not the sidebar, thats closed.

I've tried cropping and recropping various photo's, all of them do the same.

--
Cheers - Brownz
http://www.brownz.org/