Black and gray box keeps popping up on my monitor and I cant get it to stay off
Black and gray box pops up on my monitor. Cant move my mouse over it. Cant remove it. It just recently started doing this. I know it has to do with the settings on my monitor, but im not sure how to set it. When I tried, it would go off for a few minutes and then pop right back up. I want to try to set it so that it wont keep appearing. I would aappreciate any suggestions, as im not good at figuring out this sort of thing. Thanks, Mary
My monitor is a wide screen HPw2338h
Could you perhaps describe this "black and gray box" better? Does it have any text?
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