simple and no-error containing openGL programs wont render, Win 7

After successfully building program, I go to run it and only get the window with a transparent center to appear.

I tried other simple codes and the same thing occurs

For troubleshooting, I'm using the simple code located at this link
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/classes/cs...ode/triangle.c

Any suggestions why I'm having issues?

I'm using visual studio 10 express on windows 7 professional

thanks in advance for any considerations

There are several things you can try:

1) Set the glClearColor() and do a glClear() to test whether you're able to affect the window at all.
2) If so, then it's probably an issue with your projection or modelview matrices, or the viewport. Try an orthographic projection, it's usually easier to get right than perspective.

thanks for the reply, doing further internet searching about the Asus softwares like smart doctor and gamer osd...I read that a guy was having problems with his opengl, so he began to remove each one of the Asus softwares until he found what was causing the conflict

I uninstalled asus gamer osd, and restarted the computer. It now renders the simple triangle in the code. I log off/log back in just to make sure it was working, and it is...hopefully it will stay that way