Dark transparent window overlayed all windows

There is a Dark Transparent 'window' that has overlayed it self on the screen. It is in the top Right Corner and I can not make it disappear...
Any ideas?
Before I start tearing apart my system?
cheers.

Amagine,
Is it LCD or CRT?
Could be the monitor:
1. Try it on another system!
If all else fails.
2. Try going into ColorSync Utility and playing around with the color settings and see what happens.
Try changing the resolution and colors, also if there are multiple Hz settings try changing them and playing around with that.
3.Still there? Try reseating the video card. No dice with that, and the same deal on another system then it's the monitor. If it's LCD it's probably the monitor.
Do it in whatever order is easier for you. I just felt like numbering them.
-Eric

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