What causes all windows & popups to shake and quiver and shiver ?

[Eunice Santorini]

Every once in a while (especially when I visit suspect web sites ,
every single window on my Microsoft Windows XP & Microsoft Windows 2000
operating systems goes haywire.

All the windows (every single one) shake, quiver, & shiver about.

For example, if I use Netscape to pull down a menu item, that pull-down
menu quivers and shakes and shivers. If I use Eudora to read email, not
only does the main Eudora window shake, shiver, and quiver, but, all the
subsequent pull-down and right-click windows also shake, quiver, & shiver.

It extends to the operating system, e.g., if I use the Start Menu, it too
quivers and shakes and shivers. Likewise for any right-mouse-button popups,
like "File->Send To".

Now, I _know_ there exists javascripting to make a BROWSER shake and quiver
and shiver ... but this is EVERY SINGLE WINDOW on the system!

Do you have any idea why this is happening?

Luckily, a simple cold reboot seems to solve the problem.
All patches are up-to-date from http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 7.0.0 is up to date on DAT files (4290 28Aug03)
so I do not think there is a virus.

It's something that happens from the web pages that moves on (somehow) to
all the applications and even the operating system.

What is it that makes Microsoft shake, quiver, and shiver?

Eunice Santorini

 

[Bishoop]

Every once in a while (especially when I visit suspect web sites ,
every single window on my Microsoft Windows XP & Microsoft Windows 2000
operating systems goes haywire.

All the windows (every single one) shake, quiver, & shiver about.

For example, if I use Netscape to pull down a menu item, that pull-down
menu quivers and shakes and shivers. If I use Eudora to read email, not
only does the main Eudora window shake, shiver, and quiver, but, all the
subsequent pull-down and right-click windows also shake, quiver, & shiver.

It extends to the operating system, e.g., if I use the Start Menu, it too
quivers and shakes and shivers. Likewise for any right-mouse-button popups,
like "File->Send To".

Now, I _know_ there exists javascripting to make a BROWSER shake and quiver
and shiver ... but this is EVERY SINGLE WINDOW on the system!

Do you have any idea why this is happening?

Luckily, a simple cold reboot seems to solve the problem.
All patches are up-to-date from http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 7.0.0 is up to date on DAT files (4290 28Aug03)
so I do not think there is a virus.

It's something that happens from the web pages that moves on (somehow) to
all the applications and even the operating system.

What is it that makes Microsoft shake, quiver, and shiver?

Eunice Santorini

I would check out the monitor to see if it's a hardware problem.

 

[Martin Hughes]

Every once in a while (especially when I visit suspect web sites ,
every single window on my Microsoft Windows XP & Microsoft Windows 2000
operating systems goes haywire.

All the windows (every single one) shake, quiver, & shiver about.

For example, if I use Netscape to pull down a menu item, that pull-down
menu quivers and shakes and shivers. If I use Eudora to read email, not
only does the main Eudora window shake, shiver, and quiver, but, all the
subsequent pull-down and right-click windows also shake, quiver, & shiver.

It extends to the operating system, e.g., if I use the Start Menu, it too
quivers and shakes and shivers. Likewise for any right-mouse-button popups,
like "File->Send To".

Now, I _know_ there exists javascripting to make a BROWSER shake and quiver
and shiver ... but this is EVERY SINGLE WINDOW on the system!

Do you have any idea why this is happening?

Luckily, a simple cold reboot seems to solve the problem.
All patches are up-to-date from http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 7.0.0 is up to date on DAT files (4290 28Aug03)
so I do not think there is a virus.

It's something that happens from the web pages that moves on (somehow) to
all the applications and even the operating system.

What is it that makes Microsoft shake, quiver, and shiver?

Did you press the degauss button on your monitor?

 

[Malke]

(big snippage)

I would check out the monitor to see if it's a hardware problem.

Yes, what else are you turning on when the shaking starts? We have 2
monitors on the same table, same electrical line, and when one is
turned on the other will shake. Although you might want to rethink
going to "suspect sites" anyway ;-) !

Malke

 

[Bloke at the pennine puddle]

Sorry. Got to have a little fun.

Eunice, it's not a good idea to threaten your computer with violence.
The poor thing must be scared right down to it's PCB. [=:

 

[Sean Jorden]

(e-mail address removed) (Eunice Santorini) wrote in

Every once in a while (especially when I visit suspect web sites ,
every single window on my Microsoft Windows XP & Microsoft Windows
2000 operating systems goes haywire.

What is it that makes Microsoft shake, quiver, and shiver?

Eunice Santorini

the Jerry Lee Lewis virus.

 

[paul]

Sounds like Crystal Meth.

 

[Grant Wagner]

Every once in a while (especially when I visit suspect web sites ,
every single window on my Microsoft Windows XP & Microsoft Windows 2000
operating systems goes haywire.

All the windows (every single one) shake, quiver, & shiver about.

For example, if I use Netscape to pull down a menu item, that pull-down
menu quivers and shakes and shivers. If I use Eudora to read email, not
only does the main Eudora window shake, shiver, and quiver, but, all the
subsequent pull-down and right-click windows also shake, quiver, & shiver.

It extends to the operating system, e.g., if I use the Start Menu, it too
quivers and shakes and shivers. Likewise for any right-mouse-button popups,
like "File->Send To".

Now, I _know_ there exists javascripting to make a BROWSER shake and quiver
and shiver ... but this is EVERY SINGLE WINDOW on the system!

Do you have any idea why this is happening?

Luckily, a simple cold reboot seems to solve the problem.
All patches are up-to-date from http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 7.0.0 is up to date on DAT files (4290 28Aug03)
so I do not think there is a virus.

It's something that happens from the web pages that moves on (somehow) to
all the applications and even the operating system.

What is it that makes Microsoft shake, quiver, and shiver?

Eunice Santorini

I have no idea what you mean by "shake and quiver" but I have seen something
similar after loading certain Java applets using Sun's JRE Plug-in. Certain OS
UI elements tend to "flicker" after loading certain Java applets. After
visiting these suspect web sites check your tray (the indented area by the
clock in the lower right corner) for a Sun Java icon. Right-click it (and wait,
it can take a while for the menu to appear), then choose Exit, does the problem
go away?

--
| Grant Wagner <[email protected]>

* Client-side Javascript and Netscape 4 DOM Reference available at:
*
http://devedge.netscape.com/library/manuals/2000/javascript/1.3/reference/frames.html

* Internet Explorer DOM Reference available at:
*
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/dhtml_reference_entry.asp

* Netscape 6/7 DOM Reference available at:
* http://www.mozilla.org/docs/dom/domref/
* Tips for upgrading JavaScript for Netscape 7 / Mozilla
* http://www.mozilla.org/docs/web-developer/upgrade_2.html

 

[Brian Tillman]

Every once in a while (especially when I visit suspect web sites ,

every single window on my Microsoft Windows XP & Microsoft Windows 2000
operating systems goes haywire.

There is a known virus that will do that, as well as the other suggestions
people have put forth.
--
Brian Tillman Internet: Brian.Tillman at smiths-aerospace dot com
Smiths Aerospace Addresses modified to prevent SPAM.
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3 Replace "at" with "@", "dot" with "."
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
This opinion doesn't represent that of my company

 

[Randell D.]

Every once in a while (especially when I visit suspect web sites ,
every single window on my Microsoft Windows XP & Microsoft Windows 2000
operating systems goes haywire.

All the windows (every single one) shake, quiver, & shiver about.

For example, if I use Netscape to pull down a menu item, that pull-down
menu quivers and shakes and shivers. If I use Eudora to read email, not
only does the main Eudora window shake, shiver, and quiver, but, all the
subsequent pull-down and right-click windows also shake, quiver, & shiver.

It extends to the operating system, e.g., if I use the Start Menu, it too
quivers and shakes and shivers. Likewise for any right-mouse-button popups,
like "File->Send To".

Now, I _know_ there exists javascripting to make a BROWSER shake and quiver
and shiver ... but this is EVERY SINGLE WINDOW on the system!

Do you have any idea why this is happening?

Luckily, a simple cold reboot seems to solve the problem.
All patches are up-to-date from http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 7.0.0 is up to date on DAT files (4290 28Aug03)
so I do not think there is a virus.

It's something that happens from the web pages that moves on (somehow) to
all the applications and even the operating system.

What is it that makes Microsoft shake, quiver, and shiver?

Eunice Santorini

I've read the the history of this post and I think I know what it is -
Everything shakes on one monitor, but another monitor near by does not
suffer the same problems (though you don't say if you've visited the same
websites on the other monitor).

I've seen everything shake before and found it can relate to having a
telephone, cell phone or non-shielded music speakers too near the monitor,
or a radio or some other device that is likely to have a speaker of some
sort (that contains a magnet). Eventually, it will kill your monitor... and
in a worse case scenario, it could be a larger than normal electrical source
being near by (a power bar/extension cord perhaps?)

The fact that it happens only on occassions makes me think its your cell
phone which sends a signal to make sure your cell phone provider knows that
your phone is on and ready to receive (or that you have something electrical
that is being switched on/off frequently).

Try that out...

I do not believe Javascript can provide any access to anything outside the
browser - I think ActiveX or perhaps Java might be able to change the
refresh rate of your monitor since I believe both have access to system
files... but I'd be doubtful on this.

hope that helps...