Hello,
I recently encountered a problem in Vista when I tried to move a window on
the screen with the mouse.
When I click the title bar, my screen gets divided in three parts, one for
the upper half and two in the other half and, instead of moving the window,
the system puts it in one of these places. Then, I can only mive the window
from one place to another, is like a snap-to-grid function.
The only way for me to just move the window is to right-click the title bar
and to choose the "move" command.
I don't know how can I deactivate this snap-to-grid function, I found no
reference of it in no place. It doesn't occur with each window, rarely with
main windows and almost every time with dependent windows.
Thank you very much for your help!

Hi,

Right click the taskbar, is one of the "show windows stacked" or "side by
side" options checked? If so, click on the option to clear the check.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Augustin Varnav" wrote in
message ...
Hello,
I recently encountered a problem in Vista when I tried to move a window on
the screen with the mouse.
When I click the title bar, my screen gets divided in three parts, one for
the upper half and two in the other half and, instead of moving the
window,
the system puts it in one of these places. Then, I can only mive the
window
from one place to another, is like a snap-to-grid function.
The only way for me to just move the window is to right-click the title
bar
and to choose the "move" command.
I don't know how can I deactivate this snap-to-grid function, I found no
reference of it in no place. It doesn't occur with each window, rarely
with
main windows and almost every time with dependent windows.
Thank you very much for your help!

Hi,
Oh no, it is not that simple. Look, there is a screen capture with the
"phenomenon". The way it splits is not characteristic for the stacked or
side-by-side windows and, moreover, is not systematic.
http://www.lexdata.ro/tzuki/capture-ecran.jpg
The picture is not edited. The red frame is the "active" destination of the
window. The other two blue frames are the other options available.
If I choose the Move command from the context menu I manage to move the
window, but then, if I just click on the title bar, the window takes
automatically the shape of the "active" frame.
BitDefender shows no virus activity, so I guess either this is a parameter I
don't know how to set or it's a bug.
What do you say?

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

Hi,

Right click the taskbar, is one of the "show windows stacked" or "side by
side" options checked? If so, click on the option to clear the check.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Augustin Varnav" wrote in
message ...
Hello,
I recently encountered a problem in Vista when I tried to move a window on
the screen with the mouse.
When I click the title bar, my screen gets divided in three parts, one for
the upper half and two in the other half and, instead of moving the
window,
the system puts it in one of these places. Then, I can only mive the
window
from one place to another, is like a snap-to-grid function.
The only way for me to just move the window is to right-click the title
bar
and to choose the "move" command.
I don't know how can I deactivate this snap-to-grid function, I found no
reference of it in no place. It doesn't occur with each window, rarely
with
main windows and almost every time with dependent windows.
Thank you very much for your help!

Did you install any third party utilities for customizing themes or skins?
Like Windows Blinds?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Augustin Varnav" wrote in
message ...
Hi,
Oh no, it is not that simple. Look, there is a screen capture with the
"phenomenon". The way it splits is not characteristic for the stacked or
side-by-side windows and, moreover, is not systematic.
http://www.lexdata.ro/tzuki/capture-ecran.jpg
The picture is not edited. The red frame is the "active" destination of
the
window. The other two blue frames are the other options available.
If I choose the Move command from the context menu I manage to move the
window, but then, if I just click on the title bar, the window takes
automatically the shape of the "active" frame.
BitDefender shows no virus activity, so I guess either this is a parameter
I
don't know how to set or it's a bug.
What do you say?

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

Hi,

Right click the taskbar, is one of the "show windows stacked" or "side by
side" options checked? If so, click on the option to clear the check.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Augustin Varnav" wrote in
message ...
Hello,
I recently encountered a problem in Vista when I tried to move a window
on
the screen with the mouse.
When I click the title bar, my screen gets divided in three parts, one
for
the upper half and two in the other half and, instead of moving the
window,
the system puts it in one of these places. Then, I can only mive the
window
from one place to another, is like a snap-to-grid function.
The only way for me to just move the window is to right-click the title
bar
and to choose the "move" command.
I don't know how can I deactivate this snap-to-grid function, I found
no
reference of it in no place. It doesn't occur with each window, rarely
with
main windows and almost every time with dependent windows.
Thank you very much for your help!

Nope, my Vista installation is pretty fresh, and I tried to use as much as
possible the functionnalities offered within instead of installing third
party applications (I don't even have Winamp, for that matter). I already had
compatibility problems on this system between some utilities for the video
card (Asus ATI EAH3870) and Photoshop CS4, so I am very carefull with the
software I bring in.
I checked to see if the video driver offers me some options in this regard,
but no. All drivers are updated, including mouse.
Best wishes,
Augustin

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

Did you install any third party utilities for customizing themes or skins?
Like Windows Blinds?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Augustin Varnav" wrote in
message ...
Hi,
Oh no, it is not that simple. Look, there is a screen capture with the
"phenomenon". The way it splits is not characteristic for the stacked or
side-by-side windows and, moreover, is not systematic.
http://www.lexdata.ro/tzuki/capture-ecran.jpg
The picture is not edited. The red frame is the "active" destination of
the
window. The other two blue frames are the other options available.
If I choose the Move command from the context menu I manage to move the
window, but then, if I just click on the title bar, the window takes
automatically the shape of the "active" frame.
BitDefender shows no virus activity, so I guess either this is a parameter
I
don't know how to set or it's a bug.
What do you say?

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

Hi,

Right click the taskbar, is one of the "show windows stacked" or "side by
side" options checked? If so, click on the option to clear the check.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Augustin Varnav" wrote in
message ...
Hello,
I recently encountered a problem in Vista when I tried to move a window
on
the screen with the mouse.
When I click the title bar, my screen gets divided in three parts, one
for
the upper half and two in the other half and, instead of moving the
window,
the system puts it in one of these places. Then, I can only mive the
window
from one place to another, is like a snap-to-grid function.
The only way for me to just move the window is to right-click the title
bar
and to choose the "move" command.
I don't know how can I deactivate this snap-to-grid function, I found
no
reference of it in no place. It doesn't occur with each window, rarely
with
main windows and almost every time with dependent windows.
Thank you very much for your help!

Hi,

Well, I've not seen anything like that occur before, so I'm thinking it's
due to some issue between software installed on your system and the video
drivers. Did the occurence of this problem coincide with anything that you
installed or updated?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Augustin Varnav" wrote in
message ...
Nope, my Vista installation is pretty fresh, and I tried to use as much as
possible the functionnalities offered within instead of installing third
party applications (I don't even have Winamp, for that matter). I already
had
compatibility problems on this system between some utilities for the video
card (Asus ATI EAH3870) and Photoshop CS4, so I am very carefull with the
software I bring in.
I checked to see if the video driver offers me some options in this
regard,
but no. All drivers are updated, including mouse.
Best wishes,
Augustin

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

Did you install any third party utilities for customizing themes or
skins?
Like Windows Blinds?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Augustin Varnav" wrote in
message ...
Hi,
Oh no, it is not that simple. Look, there is a screen capture with the
"phenomenon". The way it splits is not characteristic for the stacked
or
side-by-side windows and, moreover, is not systematic.
http://www.lexdata.ro/tzuki/capture-ecran.jpg
The picture is not edited. The red frame is the "active" destination of
the
window. The other two blue frames are the other options available.
If I choose the Move command from the context menu I manage to move the
window, but then, if I just click on the title bar, the window takes
automatically the shape of the "active" frame.
BitDefender shows no virus activity, so I guess either this is a
parameter
I
don't know how to set or it's a bug.
What do you say?

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

Hi,

Right click the taskbar, is one of the "show windows stacked" or "side
by
side" options checked? If so, click on the option to clear the check.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Augustin Varnav" wrote in
message ...
Hello,
I recently encountered a problem in Vista when I tried to move a
window
on
the screen with the mouse.
When I click the title bar, my screen gets divided in three parts,
one
for
the upper half and two in the other half and, instead of moving the
window,
the system puts it in one of these places. Then, I can only mive the
window
from one place to another, is like a snap-to-grid function.
The only way for me to just move the window is to right-click the
title
bar
and to choose the "move" command.
I don't know how can I deactivate this snap-to-grid function, I
found
no
reference of it in no place. It doesn't occur with each window,
rarely
with
main windows and almost every time with dependent windows.
Thank you very much for your help!

I really cannot associate this behaviour with something I installed. The
Photoshop issue was solved long time ago (few weeks), then I had an issue
with mouse pointer freezing upon resume from sleep, uninstalled-reinstalled
mouse drivers, freezing persisted, then disapeared after few more days...
I also changed the display language from FR to EN (my Vista is French from
Belgium), it was the last thing I did before the framing issue surfaces,
although the English language pack was installed long time ago.
Now I feel like in Twilight Zone. Who knows, maybe it will fix itself, like
the mouse
Thank you for all your help and time.

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

Hi,

Well, I've not seen anything like that occur before, so I'm thinking it's
due to some issue between software installed on your system and the video
drivers. Did the occurence of this problem coincide with anything that you
installed or updated?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Augustin Varnav" wrote in
message ...
Nope, my Vista installation is pretty fresh, and I tried to use as much as
possible the functionnalities offered within instead of installing third
party applications (I don't even have Winamp, for that matter). I already
had
compatibility problems on this system between some utilities for the video
card (Asus ATI EAH3870) and Photoshop CS4, so I am very carefull with the
software I bring in.
I checked to see if the video driver offers me some options in this
regard,
but no. All drivers are updated, including mouse.
Best wishes,
Augustin

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

Did you install any third party utilities for customizing themes or
skins?
Like Windows Blinds?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Augustin Varnav" wrote in
message ...
Hi,
Oh no, it is not that simple. Look, there is a screen capture with the
"phenomenon". The way it splits is not characteristic for the stacked
or
side-by-side windows and, moreover, is not systematic.
http://www.lexdata.ro/tzuki/capture-ecran.jpg
The picture is not edited. The red frame is the "active" destination of
the
window. The other two blue frames are the other options available.
If I choose the Move command from the context menu I manage to move the
window, but then, if I just click on the title bar, the window takes
automatically the shape of the "active" frame.
BitDefender shows no virus activity, so I guess either this is a
parameter
I
don't know how to set or it's a bug.
What do you say?

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

Hi,

Right click the taskbar, is one of the "show windows stacked" or "side
by
side" options checked? If so, click on the option to clear the check.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Augustin Varnav" wrote in
message ...
Hello,
I recently encountered a problem in Vista when I tried to move a
window
on
the screen with the mouse.
When I click the title bar, my screen gets divided in three parts,
one
for
the upper half and two in the other half and, instead of moving the
window,
the system puts it in one of these places. Then, I can only mive the
window
from one place to another, is like a snap-to-grid function.
The only way for me to just move the window is to right-click the
title
bar
and to choose the "move" command.
I don't know how can I deactivate this snap-to-grid function, I
found
no
reference of it in no place. It doesn't occur with each window,
rarely
with
main windows and almost every time with dependent windows.
Thank you very much for your help!