Display corrupted with repeated scrollbar in SSMS Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio

Question

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) corrupts the display results and query window in both versions 2005 and 2008 as shown in the screenshot. It seems like the window drawing / re-drawing display system repeats the scroll bars and does not draw / re-draw the content areas. This occurs on Windows 7 x64 on both a 2-monitor setup on a workstation and on a laptop.

UPDATE Q1 2011: MS has tagged this with "Active" on its issue tracker at MS Connect .

UPDATE Q2 2011: Bug reproduced on NVidia (2) and Radeon hardware

A few add-ons such as Tabs Studio and a few screen capture utilities are in use, but the behavior persists even if these are disabled and/or unloaded and on reboot.

My question is if this is caused by something that is within my control and how the behavior may be fixed. In the meantime I am using Linqpad (wonderful) but we still need to use SSMS for a number of reasons and this is driving us nuts.

At least one other person has had this happen and has posted on MS's connect site, but it has not be resolved or address by MS as far as I can tell.

Answer 1

It's an identified bug in SSMS per http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/533311/display-corruption-on-ssms-at-large-resolutions-on-second-screen

No workarounds have been identified.

Answer 2

I had this issue as well (SSMS 2008 R2, Win 7 64 bit, 3 screens, NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420).

The workaround that fixed the problem for me was was to change the 'Compatibility Settings' for Ssms.exe. Check the Setting: 'Disable display scaling on high DPI settings'.

Screenshot here: http://imgur.com/uONK7

Next time SSMS opened, no more annoying scrolling bugs.

Answer 3

I also had the same problem in SSMS2008R2. A quick fix is to drag a Splitter between ObjectExplorer and SQLEditor. SSMS re-paints itself then and display is at least correct. Works with about 75% probability. :)