Bubble in Corner of Screen

[the DRIZZLE]

I bought an HP laptop a few months ago. I don't really use it much as its a secondary computer for me. But theres one problem that drives me nuts whenever I do use it. Theres a bubble in the lower right corner of the screen, like the remnant of a pop up notification or something that I can't get rid of. Heres a link to a screen shot. http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-2yzhXUjaes/TNgcoR7u8kI/AAAAAAAAAOY/MNHc4ASvCoE/screen.jpg

Its definitely not a problem with the LCD as is shows up on an external monitor and a screen cap. I suspect the problem is linked to HP's bloatware but I really have no idea. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

does it reappear after a reboot? it could be some kind of video card glitch...

perhaps try updating all drivers?

 

[2canSAM]

I would go through and turn off all the extra notification icons in the start menu to see if that took care of it. Or disable some start up programs.

 

[the DRIZZLE]

does it reappear after a reboot? it could be some kind of video card glitch...

perhaps try updating all drivers?

I was thinking the same thing. Windows says the drivers are up to date but thats usually not the best way to update them anyway. I will try to manually update the drivers tomorrow and see what happens. If I can't figure out what it is I may just format and install a clean copy of windows and see if that fixes it.

 

[RavenSEAL]

CCleaner>Tools>Startup>Disable everything you don't recognize...

 

[Rhonda the Sly]

Might be DWM acting up. Try changing to Windows Classic then back to Aero.

 

[corkyg]

All I could see in your pic was the remnant or vestige of a radio button. Does that appear on the desktop as well? Looks to me like a Google problem.

 

[Compman55]

If an HP, for sure you need to spend some time and remove all the bloatware and see what happens. They pack on all kinds of crap.

 

[Steltek]

Does it show up if you boot the computer into safe mode?

If not, I'd start by going through and disabling startup applications one at a time until you find the one creating the problem.

 

[JEDIYoda]

I suspect the problem is linked to HP's bloatware but I really have no idea. Any help would be appreciated.

You mean the sdtuff your too lazy to take off your system......
I have used HP computers for ever and no problems with removing the stuff I don`t want to use...

Get off your sorry rear end and take the "bloatware" off....sad