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Scrolling in Visual Studio causes text to become unreadable

Since the past week I'm having a very bothering issue that blocks me from using Visual Studio.

For instance, here's what I normally see:

But as soon as I scroll a bit down (either with the arrow key, mouse wheel or the scroll bar), this is what I get:

As you can see, part of the frame seems to be "locked" in the screen.

The only way to see it right, is to make some other window cover VS's window, then going back to VS I see it right.

This is what I have tried (checking if the issue was solved after each step):

  • Check for updates
  • Repair VS2010
  • Remove R# and any other extension/add-in
  • Reinstall R# and any other extension/add-in
  • Remove VS2010 and any related software
  • Reinstall VS2010 + SP1 and updates
  • Remove any other unused software
  • Remove any recently installed/updated software
  • Run CCleaner

None of these steps solved the issue.
This happens only with VS2010, regardless the project or solution I'm opening.

Solution

  • I think you need to start looking beyond Visual Studio for issues. The next thing I'd look at is your graphics driver. Make sure you have the latest available version.