Manufacturer: Dell
Model: Optiplex 380
Processor: Pentium Dual-Core CPU E5800 @ 3.20GHz 3.20GHz
RAM: 2.00
System Type: 32-bit OS
Operating System: Windows 7 SP1
There is a gray box appearing at the top of the desktop over top of the desktop icons. It is about 2" x 3", solid gray, with nothing on it (no text or buttons). It doesn't appear when windows first starts, and the only way to get rid of it is to restart the computer.
Maybe this has something to do with the last round of updates. There are now transparent gray x's on the corners of the documents on my desktoop. They are on both .docx and Wordpad documents. I opened one of the documemts and it opened find but I cannot understand the purpose of these odd gray x's.
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[URL] as you can see my proxy settings are blocked and i cant change them, im using the administrator account in that computer.I cant access any webpage but i can use SKYPE chat and play online.
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