Does anybody still have this problem? I've changed computers (Z400), video cards (Quadro 600), operating systems (XP32 to XP64) and IV versions (now 2012) and I can't get rid of this problem.
It appears to be a graphics problem, but it's hard to imagine how this problem could carry over to all new hardware. Your graphics card isn't anything to brag about (Nvidia's comparison chart has it in the entry level section), but it shouldn't be doing this. Have you updated the driver (first uninstalling the old one)?
There have been the odd reports of mouse drivers causing graphics trouble-- are you using the default Windows mouse driver, or something proprietary?
I installed the latest driver then went back to the latest Autodesk recommended one due to regular bsods. Now the OS is stable but still having the other problems. Have contacted Nvidia but they blame the software. Only happens when Inventor is open but it "infects" other programs with odd graphics glitches like bits of one window showing in a different application. I have tried complete uninstalls of drivers with no success.
I have a Logitech wireless mouse now. Used to have a Microsoft wireless mouse. I have a SpaceExplorer. Again this has been upgraded since the problem started years ago.
Weird. I also have a Logitech wireless device (trackball) and a SpaceExplorer, no graphics issues at all. I'm using the default Microsoft mouse drivers and the latest graphic driver available for my device, and I'm driving a big screen (30") with it at the moment.
It's going to be hard to track down, I expect, since most Inventor users aren't having this problem. Do you have colleagues running the same setup?
I have colleagues running the same workstation, maybe different peripherals. The only common factor here is me. I used to be able to suppress the problem by running a screen recording app (just letting it sit in the background doing nothing) called CamStudio but that stopped working after an Inventor release a few years back and I don't have it installed on my new workstation.
I've always used PDFCreator. Could that be the problem?