Pop Up Dialog Box Flying Off Screen (Me Too)

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Wyld Animal

I have the Exact same issue.
Ans I too Have My Start Menu set up Along the Left side
of the Screen.

When the Anti-Virus software was coded, the Programs
wrote code to first find out where the TOP of the Task
Bar is located.
They then FLY in the POP up message to Sit at the TOP of
the Task Bar.

Since Our Task Bar is ALONG one Side of the Screen (lef t
or Right side doesn't matter), the TOP of the Task Bar is
at the very TOP os the screen, so the POP up Flys all the
way off screen. It is actually there, you just can't see
it...

You Can test this, by moving your task bar back to the
Bottom of the screen again..

I haven't tested it with the task bar at the TOP of the
Screen, But I think the Same thing would Happen.

I don't know anyway to Report this Issue to them.
But they should provid an Option.

One have the Pop up fly to the top of the task bar.
Two, have the pop up fly to the Center of the Screen.

this would fix the issue.
 
This is the right place to report the issue--thanks. The alerts do work
properly with the taskbar at the top of the screen, fwiw.
 
Here is a Way to Respond to the Off screen Pop-up alerts
First Download the Win XP Power Toy Task Switcher

http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/
WXP/EN-US/TaskswitchPowertoySetup.exe

Install it.

Hold down ALT-TAB to open it up. and Keep ALT pressed.

With the New Task Switcher, you will now not only see a
List of Application Icons, but you will have a Sample
View of the Application Screen.

While Still Holding ALT down. Press TAB to cycle through
the List. You Will be able to Read the POP-up Message.

When you Let go of Alt-Tab, your Focus will be in that
Pop-up Screen, but you can't see it...

Now you can Press TAB to Cycle through the Options in the
POP-up Alert.

TAB Once - Cycles to the Remember this Check box - Press
Space bar to change it.
TAB Twice - Cycles to BLOCK - Press Enter to Select it.
TAB Three - Cycles to ALLOW - Press Enter to Select it.
TAB Four - Cycles to the Discription Tex - Use down arow
to move down. (Hitting ALT-TAB will allow you to Read the
New Text Position. When you let go, you will still be in
the Description text or TAB press Four.)
TAB Five - ??? Nothing
TAB Six - ??? Nothing
TAB Seven - Back at TAB One the Remember this Check Box.


Even though you can't See what you are doing. Your Focus
is placed inside the pop-up message off screen. Each TAB
press cycles through the all of the Options Buttons, and
pressing Enter Selects the Current Button option.


By Using the ALT-TAB power Toy, you can at least Read
what the Message is, and see your Options. Then it is
Just a Matter of Releasing ALT-TAB, and Pressing TAB to
cycle to the right Option button, and Press Enter to
Select it.

Hope That Explained it well enough, but once you have the
Toy loaded, and you get to try it... You'll see want I
mean..

Wow, I had 13 hidden pop-up that I had to respond to...

Also, If you Just want to close all the open POP-ups and
start from scratch.

You can do a CTRL-ALT-DELETE and bring up the TASK
Manager.

Under the Process tab you will see the list of all open
process.

Locate the ones named
gcsaServAlert.exe
Click on them and then Click on End Process.
This will close one of the Popup Alerts.
If you Have more than one open. You can look through the
list and close them all.
Make sure you only find the ones named
gcsaServAlert.exe
 
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