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Video's (youtube and news websites show twice (in a split video screen top/bottom divided by a thick green bar. Sometimes the sound is also messed up (screeches). In IE theyplay just fine. I use Win XP Nvidea 8600 gts. Anyone help with this?

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When veiwing videos on news channels (bbc) or on youtube. Most times the video window splits into two. A top window and bottom window divided by a thick green bar even in full screen.

Sometimes the sound is garbled (screeches). The problem does not exist in IE and has only been present since downloading Firefox. I like firefox, but would return to IE if this problem can't be fixed.

When veiwing videos on news channels (bbc) or on youtube. Most times the video window splits into two. A top window and bottom window divided by a thick green bar even in full screen. Sometimes the sound is garbled (screeches). The problem does not exist in IE and has only been present since downloading Firefox. I like firefox, but would return to IE if this problem can't be fixed.

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It's a feature of your graphics card that was accidentally switched on by the latest flash update. Disabling hardware acceleration is a dirty fix that works; updating your drivers will reportedly reset the switch and fix your problem, but I haven't tried it.

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It's a feature of your graphics card that was accidentally switched on by the latest flash update. Disabling hardware acceleration is a dirty fix that works; updating your drivers will reportedly reset the switch and fix your problem, but I haven't tried it.

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Thank you for your quick answer. I checked the microsoft hardware updates and they had a new driver update for my gfx card (released July 2010). After installation everything was fixed.

Your help is very much appreciated, thank you.

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I updated the driver via the microsoft update site and lost all network connections. I reverted to the previous driver and POOF! all was well. Got the network back and no more split screen.