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I am experiencing a very odd problem with my fairly new T60 (widescreen). I'm fairly sure that it's a problem with windows rather than with the hardware, but I may be wrong.

At the point where I log on (and not before) one of the pixels takes on the colour of the desktop image at that point, and keeps it.

It appears over all other windows. However, if I move the cursor over it, it responds as if it were part of the window, ie it gets covered up by an opaque pointer, and the text cursor interacts with it in the same way as it interacts with other dark pixels (changes colour). It also changes colour according to the shadow under the cursor.

I tried one of the pixel-fixing programs, and that made it turn white.

Rebooting fixes the problem; logging off then on again does not (nor does changing the wallpaper colour have an effect unless I log on/off).

This has happened twice now, both times with different pixels.

Could it be a problem with the graphics card driver (X1400). I can't see why windows would do this with individual pixels. I don't think it's the monitor, for the reasons listed above.


Has anyone ever seen this before? Proposed fixes would be brilliant (though admittedly it is more of a nuisance than anything else).

I have never tried these methods myself but this is just one google search result....

http://www.wikihow.com/Fix-a-Stuck-Pixe ... CD-Monitor

Try rubbing a cloth over that area, gently.

If it's new (under 21 days) you can complain to lenovo.

Click the middle ultranav/trackpoint mouse button

Hey - that worked! (Like the crafty wink there)

That's really strange. I'm spooked.

Heh.. yes it's strange... It's only a software issue, but this bug has never been solved, although it has been a bug for years. So i'm afraid we all need to click on it when random lit or dead pixels appear

Actually now that I think about it, I do remember this bug being talked about. At least clicking the mouse is easier than rebooting!