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      08-16-2011
I've been noticing something wrong about the windows on my desktop since yesterday, and tried searching for a solution for it. However, nobody seems to have had this problem before as I couldn't find any topics related to my problem.

I'm running Windows 7 x64-bit, and my problem is that I'm seeing a faded "glow" to the right of the windows on my desktop, and a darker fade to the left of them. The fade looks like the window, and if I scroll up and down on the open window the fade will scroll too. This does not happen on a background that is only one colour.

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I've tried troubleshooting Windows Aero but it didn't detect any problems. I installed a previous version of my graphics card but that didn't help either. Any suggestions on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

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      08-16-2011
I am having trouble seeing what's wrong. I played the clip several times, even maximized to full-screen and I am still not picking up on what you are referring to...
 
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      08-16-2011
I am also having troubles seeing the issue.
 
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      08-16-2011
It's a glow effect to the right of the window, as if it were giving off a shadow of light. It's the opposite for the left side, which looks like an actual shadow.
 
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      08-16-2011
To be honest, I don't really see it. This is to be expected however if the issue is your monitor and you didn't use an external device (like a camera phone) to record the image. If you did use an external camera then perhaps it's just too dark and too low a resolution for me.

It is possible your monitor is going bad but more likely you have some pixels over-magnatized; I would suggest degaussing your monitor. Normally there is an option to do this in your monitors settings panel.
 
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      08-16-2011
I have an LCD monitor, so I cannot degauss it.
It's easier to see the glow on the top and bottom of the sides for me, and on 1080p. (shouldn't be looking directly at/in the window, but outside it)
It's very faint, and looks like a ghost of the window.
(My brother says he can see it on his monitor as well, and also told me it's a "visual effect shadow thingy" and is supposed to be there) So, sorry for making you as confused about it as I was.

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      08-16-2011
Still don't see it. As I said before, if the issue is with your MONITOR then we will not see it in a screen shot.

Can you try a different monitor? Maybe have a look at your posted video/images from a friends computer and see if it appears the same to you as it does at home.
 
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      08-16-2011
I just edited my last post to say that my brother could see it on his monitor, and to say that he said it was a visual effect and supposed to be there. It may be slightly annoying, but if it's part of Windows I'll just have to deal with it.
 
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      08-16-2011
Well windows shading etc can be disabled if that's all it is.
 
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      08-17-2011
How would I go about doing that? Because I've tried switching to a basic and high contrast theme in Personalization, if that's what you're talking about.
 
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