Horizontal grey line's on desktop. Is it a vid card prob?

[PC_Dread]

My desktop now has grey lines coming off text and the
edge of open windows. I have run system tests and nothing
appears to be wrong with my video card or monitor..i used
a different monitor and the same prob. The desktop
appears dull even on high settings, but when the mouse
hovers over an icon it's brighter than the rest of the
screen.

Having seen this problem questioned in a few forums i
can't find the answer, is there a way i can check if it
is video card memory or a windows problem.

System spec

AMD Athlon 1Gh
256Mb sdram
Nvidia G-Force 256

Display

AOC Monitor
Set at 1024 by 768 desktop resolution


Can anyone help?

 

[PA Bear]

Rule out hijackware:

Dealing with Hijackware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

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HTH...Please post back to this thread

~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

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