I wish I'd known that years ago. I always use solid colors for background as it's less of a distraction (I suppose if I'd alternated between an image and solid color I'd have noticed it but I didn't).
The question remains why didn't Microsoft notice the problem at the time as to the programmer it should have been obvious. But then from experience I think I've answered that already.
BTW, I've still some old machines with Win 7 so I might experiment with it.
OK, thanks. So it looks like I'd be wasting my time testing my old Win-7 machines as they'd be patched I'd reckon.
Somewhere in my archive I've still a pre-release beta which from your comment wouldn't be patched but I don't think I've sufficient enthusiasm or curiosity to install it from scratch. :-)
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I wish I'd known that years ago. I always use solid colors for background as it's less of a distraction (I suppose if I'd alternated between an image and solid color I'd have noticed it but I didn't).
The question remains why didn't Microsoft notice the problem at the time as to the programmer it should have been obvious. But then from experience I think I've answered that already.
BTW, I've still some old machines with Win 7 so I might experiment with it.
N.b. this bug was patched in early November 2009, within the first month of Windows 7's general availability.
OK, thanks. So it looks like I'd be wasting my time testing my old Win-7 machines as they'd be patched I'd reckon.
Somewhere in my archive I've still a pre-release beta which from your comment wouldn't be patched but I don't think I've sufficient enthusiasm or curiosity to install it from scratch. :-)