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White screen???

MonicaMoo
MonicaMoo Posts: 96 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
Can anybody advise why my laptop screen keeps turning white, it seems to hang and I can't do anything with it?? It doesn't affect a particular programme I am running, happens randomly! It a fairly new laptop and this has been happening for a couple of days now. Any help and advice much appreciated :D

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  • totalsolutions
    totalsolutions Posts: 3,110 Forumite
    A) it's faulty
    B) picked up some malware that affects the screen, it's a computer after all and might be running a clear screen program--ok unlikely but might be...
    C)Screen saver popping up?

    >It doesn't affect a particular programme I am running, happens randomly!
    Not sure what you mean by this statement.
  • MonicaMoo
    MonicaMoo Posts: 96 Forumite
    Thanks for the reply
    Happens randomly meaning, does not just happen when running a particular programme, because at first I thought it was something to do with Adobe Bridge as that is when it started happening when I was sorting some pics out! Any advice on what to do to sort it?
  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    edited 1 August 2009 at 11:17AM
    If a programme is not responding in Vista then the window is running within will turn a whiter shade of pale, is that what you mean?

    Someone has coined the TLA WWD or White Window of Death!
    http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1150094&seqNum=10
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
  • MonicaMoo
    MonicaMoo Posts: 96 Forumite
    Thanks Penrhyn, thats sounds like exactly whats happening, will read the link, thank you
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