white dot on desktop?

[Salmon Trout]

Very possible video hardware driver issues... with both ATI and Nvidia cards driver updates have been known to cure this problem.

[patio]

Windows may be running out of Black pixels....
This has been known to happen if you spend alot of time on conspiracy websites...
Re-boot and see if it improves...

[GoTTi]

must have over looked the first time that was asked about bg change...

i have change it yea. i put a random image as the bg from the web, still there..

i changed the color...still there...

i changed the resolution sizes as well, and its still showing up....

the only time the dot doesnt show is when i minimze everything to the desktop using the show desktop button on win7, and when i click the tab to reopen the window, the dot comes back...

[billrich]

This is a guess since I had a similar problem with my Dell monitor:

The Dell cables are not well insulated and the monitor cable can pick up interference from other cables it has contact with.  I made sure the monitor cable had no contact with other cables and the problem disappeared.

Good Luck

[GoTTi]

This is a guess since I had a similar problem with my Dell monitor:

The Dell cables are not well insulated and the monitor cable can pick up interference from other cables it has contact with.  I made sure the monitor cable had no contact with other cables and the problem disappeared.

Good Luck

im on a laptop

[GoTTi]

Windows may be running out of Black pixels....
This has been known to happen if you spend alot of time on conspiracy websites...
Re-boot and see if it improves...

does not improve. the white dot goes away whenever i click on the show desktop button. when i open the button/program back up to show itself, the dot comes back

[GoTTi]

Very possible video hardware driver issues... with both ATI and Nvidia cards driver updates have been known to cure this problem.

i updated the nvidia driver, and the dot is still there

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Can you post another full desktop screenshot?

[Salmon Trout]

I zoomed into the screenshot posted above; there is a white blob in the ringed area; due to to jpeg compression can't see the structure properly

[billrich]

This annoying small white dot on the desktop. I have taken a screen shot of it and pasted below. The dot is there at all times UNLESS I click the show desktop button, then it vanishes. But if I have active windows it is there. The screen shot I took is without the icons showing, and its still there.
Any ideas?

Take the computer to your trusted local computer shop.

Send the bill to BR549.

[Geek-9pm]

Have you tried to swatch between performance and appearance settings?
Can you turn on your magnifier and run it a 8X and see if the dot shows up inside the mangier?

[GoTTi]

Have you tried to swatch between performance and appearance settings?
Can you turn on your magnifier and run it a 8X and see if the dot shows up inside the mangier?

the dot is showing in the magnifier

[Karnac]

http://www.wikihow.com/Fix-a-Stuck-Pixel-on-an-LCD-Monitor

[Geek-9pm]

http://www.wikihow.com/Fix-a-Stuck-Pixel-on-an-LCD-Monitor

Just read that real fast. Basically, you take a very tiny felt tip pin and with a black background on the LCD you find the white dot and...
Put the tipe of the pen on it!  

[Salmon Trout]

The dot has NOTHING AT ALL to do with the monitor. It is present in the video memory. This is proved by the fact that a screen dump shows it. It is either a software (e.g. driver, desktop background setting) or hardware (display card or chipset) issue.