Weird mark on my screen can be screen captured?

[HummusCake]

If you look closely you can a black smudge mark, and i can't get rid of it. i am able to screenshot so what is it?

[Tamesh16]

this is very interesting, my though would have been a problem with your monitor, but since you can screenshot it, i am unsure 

have you tried downloading new drivers for your gpu to see if that helps?

[Murasaki]

Does it persist after shutting off the machine and back on?

[HummusCake]

1 hour ago, Murasaki said:

Does it persist after shutting off the machine and back on?

I can try

 

1 hour ago, Tamesh16 said:

this is very interesting, my though would have been a problem with your monitor, but since you can screenshot it, i am unsure 

have you tried downloading new drivers for your gpu to see if that helps?

yeah i was browsing steam forums then i saw it, so i tried opening different apps and it wouldn't go away

[akio123008]

It doesn't look like a smudge mark up close though;

[Murasaki]

32 minutes ago, akio123008 said:

It doesn't look like a smudge mark up close though;

A far fetched theory - this could be a tiny ass window. It has a shadow and all that.

[cafe]

click on it and alt-f4 and see what happens

also run a malwarebytes scan lol

also reinstall gpu drivers

[Bombastinator]

1 hour ago, RelativeMono said:

click on it and alt-f4 and see what happens

also run a malwarebytes scan lol

also reinstall gpu drivers

I concur.  It’s not impossible it’s a single pixel sized window from a piece of malware.

[akio123008]

2 hours ago, Murasaki said:

A far fetched theory - this could be a tiny ass window. It has a shadow and all that.

Damn hadn't thought of that.

[Guest]

29 minutes ago, akio123008 said:

Damn hadn't thought of that.

What happens if you change resolution? Could be knackered gpu.

[Kisai]

8 hours ago, linusfanboi_skrub1 said:

If you look closely you can a black smudge mark, and i can't get rid of it. i am able to screenshot so what is it?

load up msconfig, turn on safeboot, see if disappears or moves.

[Murasaki]

6 hours ago, Genwyn said:

I’m putting this on my list of unique computer issues I’ve never seen before.

 

Do you have steam running by any chance? It may be some kind of UI artifact that’s not closing with the steam app. I’ve had lines of text from that new chat client persist even with the window minimized.

Lol steam can be weird sometimes. I remember when i saw the updater on a tiny window like this.

[HummusCake]

a late update guys sorry but it went away yesterday. turns it out wasnt steam. i closed everything and still showed.i reattached my display port in the laptop and that fixed it. Im still weirded out by how i could screen capture it

[homeap5]

Task manager and kill process one by one.