So a week or two later an update on the "show window contents while dragging" tip I gave. It doesn't work. Vista doesn't honour the setting and just keeps dropping it. A restart does work as I assume the registry setting which hasn't changed (how could it with permissions revoked) gets reloaded, but that's no fun.
I left it at that point thinking, "I'm about to move to Windows 7, that'll fix it surely", upgraded and all was fine for a few days. Then the dreaded border box and no contents. I don't know why it bugs me so much, it's just so Windows 95 though, there is no reason for it and it's one of those rare beasts, a problem with no resolution through a google search.
I'm positive it's now Media Player, I've read somewhere that the VMR rendering mode can affect the setting so will have a play and write another tip as soon as I fix it!
PS Windows 7 is ace, it might only be a gimmicky taskbar but oh what a fantastic gimmick. Bye bye ObjectDock, bye bye Start Menu, hello fantastic taskbar.
UPDATE: The registry permission change had disappeared after upgrading to Windows 7, I re-applied it shortly after writing the first message and two days now without losing the setting again. Looking good.
