The bottom line: Files backed up, then restored from HP's built-in backup/restore recovery partition program can't be searched or seen or found after a restore. ...

I think it's solved, however I don't recall now what did it because I've been too busy and when I fixed it I didnt write down exactly what it was, however, I'm fairly certain it was the Brother...

Since my last post, the box has reappeared but Photos was not in the list. Today, I closed one of two entries called "system" and it went away. Btw, fwiw, Winlister mentions several programs are open...

I think WinLister did it. I just opened Photos and noticed it right after. I closed a helf dozen other program windows (that weren't visible) and then closed Photos and boom! the rectangle was gone....

Have you experienced this in Safe Mode?
-I don't run in safe mode so I couldn't say.

What software have you installed very recently?
-This problem has been going on for months now probably - I...

Oh yeah, a few details could've helped.
It's an Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 on an Asus Z87A

Yeah, I did actually do a clean reinstall of the driver. Nvidia has the GeForce experience thing. I ran the...

For months now I have been getting a black rectangle in the middle of my screen. Sometimes, depending on the window that's up, it doesn't show as anything - it's transparent, but it's still there. On...

Hi Ken!

that did it!

i will check out disabling fast user switching now. After disabling f.u.s. does that allow for hibernation to be turned back on or is it dependent on fus?

Rick

Dell Optiplex 9020 core i5 4xxx CPU. Windows 10 Pro on a company domain.
After about June 13 when Creators Update went in, user gets a blank password box on a blue win10 background wallpaper....