Bug with Notification Window Display

[Dan Wilson]

Currently running Microsoft AntiSpyware beta 1 on Windows
XP Pro, SP2.

MS-ASW will occasionally pop up notification windows in
the lower right corner of the screen, notifying that a
particular program was allowed to do something because it
is known not to be spyware (such as Microsoft installers),
or will pop up a window in the same area that asks the
user what to do (such as whether to allow a script to run).

This notification window scrolls up from behind the
Windows task bar (similar to the way that MSN Messenger
scrolls up small notifications in this same area).

The bug appears if the user has relocated his taskbar from
the normal position at the bottom of the screen. I have
my taskbar on the screen's left edge. When MS-ASW
attempts to put up a notification window under this
condition, it continues scrolling up the right side of the
screen until it scrolls off the top of the screen out of
view.

The program needs to locate the user's taskbar position
and place the notification windows accordingly instead of
assuming that the user's taskbar is at the bottom of the
scren.

 

[Dan Wilson]

Just saw a different post that already reported this, and
confirmed that it's a known bug.

Thanks!

 

[Paul]

When MS-ASW attempts to put up a notification window
under this condition, it continues scrolling up the right
side of the screen until it scrolls off the top of the
screen out of view.

That made my day, thatnks for the laugh..

 

[Bill Sanderson]

That settles it. I'm gonna move my taskbar just to see what it does--can
you believe I've been reading about this behavior for what, three weeks now?
and I've never bothered to go look at it.