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There is a white bar about a half inch running vertical on the right hand of my screen and it's causing my firefox to work improperly. What is wrong?

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As the question states. The problems is that my mouse has to be about a cm or 2 to the right of icons and anything that is clickable to highlight the item and to be able to click it. Not sure what is wrong?

As the question states. The problems is that my mouse has to be about a cm or 2 to the right of icons and anything that is clickable to highlight the item and to be able to click it. Not sure what is wrong?

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} While you are in safe mode;

Type about:preferences<Enter> in the address bar

Select Advanced > General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.

Poke around safe web sites. Are there any problems?

Then restart.

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The uploaded image is a screen shot showing the right part of my screen with a white vertical bar. No other program on my computer does this. Not sure what to do. It's not a big problem, it's more annoying than anything.

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Chosen Solution

Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} While you are in safe mode;

Type about:preferences<Enter> in the address bar

Select Advanced > General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.

Poke around safe web sites. Are there any problems?

Then restart.

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That was awesome!!! Thank you so much!!! LOVE FIREFOX!!!

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Glad to help. Happy computing.