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Title: Windows screen
Post by: george on November 16, 2008, 03:03:30 PM
24-ins iMac Intel Leopard 10.5.5
When running windows via boot camp I can see faint images of my mac desktop on screen, is this a fault or pending failure of screen?
George
Title: Windows screen
Post by: Xairbusdriver on November 16, 2008, 10:06:07 PM
It seems even LCDs can get burn-ins. Might help to change your Desktop image more often, have the screen 'sleep' quicker, turn down the brightness a little... However, IMHBAO*, you should stop using Windows! rant.gif

*In My Humble But Accurate Opinion laugh.gif
Title: Windows screen
Post by: george on November 19, 2008, 08:38:45 AM
Krissel, I have received an e-mail (Mail) telling me that you had posted a reply (an hour ago) to my thread and it seems to be still in hyper space can you repost it?
George
Title: Windows screen
Post by: Paddy on November 19, 2008, 09:41:23 AM
George, apparently Apple is aware of this issue (though it certainly isn't one confined to their products) and has this suggested fix:

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You can prevent image persistence by using the Energy Saver sleep feature to turn off the display when it is not in use, or by using the Screen Saver to make sure that a static image isn't on the display for long periods of time.The Energy Saver sleep feature is very useful because the backlight bulbs are turned off during periods of inactivity, which may prolong their useful life.

In the rare event that an image does become persistent, you can usually get rid of it by following these steps:
  1. Temporarily set the Energy Saver sleep setting to 'never sleep'.
  2. Display an all-white pattern across the entire display for the same amount of time that the persistent image had been displayed on the screen. To do this:
  3. Create an all-white screen in a graphics application such as AppleWorks or Photoshop, and save it as a JPEG file.
  4. Use this as the image displayed by the screen saver.
  5. Turn the display brightness down (but not off) to preserve backlight bulb life.
  6. Verify that the persistent image is gone.
  7. If necessary, repeat the process until the persistent image is gone.
  8. Restore the Energy Saver settings.


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2807?viewlocale=en_US
Title: Windows screen
Post by: george on November 19, 2008, 11:55:11 AM
Thanks Paddy, I will endeavour to follow the instructions if I can.
Where it manifested itself was in the Boot Camp Windows desktop ( which I inadvertently deleted) and that is another story which may come up as a separate thread, now that has set me thinking if and when I restore the partition for Windows do I get an image free desktop screen?
George
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Title: Windows screen
Post by: Paddy on November 19, 2008, 12:21:07 PM
In Windows you can set your desktop image to anything you like - just like the Mac desktop. The default in XP is a scene of a hill with lots of sky. Not sure about Vista, since the only friend I have who uses it has his own photo set. But you can certainly choose a white screen if you wish in either OS.
Title: Windows screen
Post by: george on November 19, 2008, 12:30:41 PM
Paddy, Ill take a chance and stay on this thread with my subsequent problem already referred to that of "deleting" my Windows partition (which I need to run MS Money) if I run Time Machine will it "find" my deleted windows partition?
George
Title: Windows screen
Post by: Paddy on November 19, 2008, 05:10:33 PM
George, I'm not much of an expert on Time Machine, since until now I've used SuperDuper and nothing but as my back-up utility of choice. This may change with the new Mac - I've yet to decide.

However, TimeMachine only runs when OS X is running - so it doesn't back up BootCamp. sad.gif Methinks you'll need to reinstall it.
Title: Windows screen
Post by: krissel on November 19, 2008, 11:35:29 PM
George, I posted thinking you were running Windows via Parallels or Fusion. My suggestion was that perhaps you might check for an inadvertent setting for translucent windows and you were seeing OS X underneath.
 
Then I reread your post and saw you were using Boot Camp so my idea was not feasible and I deleted it.  rolleyes.gif