Re: Why do my Desktop Icons refresh slowly?

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From: ricardo09871 (ricardo09871_nospam_at_excite.com)
Date: 03/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 21:42:27 GMT

Thanks ... I bought PestPatrol and use it religiously everyday ... used to use Ad-Aware and
it's good too.

I'll clean up my desktop a bit and also tweak the icon cache if necessary.

"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in message
news:eWMg1WREEHA.1456@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> If the card has its own memory, it's not sharing with main system memory.
>
> I would look into ad aware as mentioned previously just to be sure there's
> no malware involved here, www.lavasoftusa.com.
>
> From what you are saying, the problem may simply be too many icons on the
> desktop.
>
> Good luck.
>
> --
> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> Windows Shell/User
> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>
> "ricardo09871" <ricardo09871_nospam@excite.com> wrote in message
> news:e418c.68427$KO3.229498@attbi_s02...
> > Thanks to everyone for all the great suggestions about my "too many"
> > slowly refreshing
> > desktop icons.
> >
> > My ATI AIW 9800 Pro card has 128mb of it's own DDR memory. I don't think
> > it shares my
> > system memory, but is there a way I can tell for sure?
> >
> > My system is pretty fast, so I believe it is matched up okay with the
> > video card:
> >
> > Windows XP Pro with the latest Service Pack (clean install)
> > P4 -3.0 (800)
> > 1 GB PC3200 DDR Ram
> > DFI PS83-BL Mainboard with latest Bios
> > 128MB AGP 8X ATI AIW Radeon 9800 Pro
> > All the latest hardware drivers and software updates
> >
> > Everything runs great other than the icons refreshing slowly ... I'll
> > clean up my desktop as
> > a first step.
> >
> > "Rocket J. Squirrel" <rocky@bullwinkle.com> wrote in message
> > news:ue5WQNREEHA.1544@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >> I am a diehard Jay Ward fan, hence the moniker.
> >>
> >> I want to apologize to the groups, and especially to "Neil", for making a
> >> post while having a big snicker on my face. No need to embarass people.
> >> Besides, in my newbie days I used to ask questions that nobody could
> >> answer...because they were rolling on the floor busting a gut.
> >>
> >> Rocky
> >>
> >> "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in
> >> message news:utkPuEREEHA.548@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> > Just can't resist responding to another Jay Ward fan...the progenitor
> >> > of
> >> > Rocky and Bullwinkle among others.
> >> >
> >> > To answer your questions which may well have been rhetorical since the
> >> > wording implies you know this but for others, the monitor's refresh
> >> > rate
> >> has
> >> > no bearing on the icons refreshing on the desktop. Refreshing is a bit
> >> > of
> >> a
> >> > misnomer as the action is known as "flashing," at least it was known as
> >> that
> >> > in Windows 9x and one of the reasons for the nomenclature was to
> >> > separate
> >> it
> >> > from the "refresh rate" as applied to a monitor and graphics card.
> >> Refresh
> >> > rate applies to the speed at which the monitor refreshes the screen.
> >> > Flashing is tied to how the system redraws the desktop. It wouldn't
> >> > apply
> >> > to the speed of the computer except in regard to whether or not the
> >> computer
> >> > would support the card and that's not speed related though there can be
> >> > an
> >> > inter-relationship with regard to a graphics card's speed and the
> >> > ability
> >> of
> >> > the computer to handle it, i.e. a slower system with a card with a lot
> >> > of
> >> > memory.
> >> >
> >> > Would it apply to an LCD, well, not really.:-)
> >> >
> >> > And to all my friends in Frostbite Falls, a hearty hello!
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Michael Solomon MS-MVP
> >> > Windows Shell/User
> >> > Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
> >> > DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
> >> >
> >> > "Rocket J. Squirrel" <rocky@bullwinkle.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:%23GAv10QEEHA.3016@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >> > > "Also look to see what your desk top refresh rate is set at in
> >> comparison
> >> > > to
> >> > > the size of monitor that you are using. That should speed up the
> >> machine
> >> > > big time."
> >> > >
> >> > > Could you explain what a monitor's refresh rate has to do with the
> >> > > speed
> >> > > of
> >> > > a computer? And does this also apply to LCD monitors?
> >> > >
> >> > > Rocky
> >> > >
> >> > > "Neil" <crosen@gordon.army.mil> wrote in message
> >> > > news:%23vwMOtQEEHA.1272@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >> > >> Yes, get rid of all the short cuts/downloads/.Zip files that you
> >> > >> have
> >> > >> already extracted. Also look to see what your desk top refresh rate
> >> > >> is
> >> > > set
> >> > >> at in comparison to the size of monitor that you are using. That
> >> should
> >> > >> speed up the machine big time. While you are at it go ahead and get
> >> rid
> >> > > of
> >> > >> the programs that are in the sys tray that you never use. Most of
> >> > >> them
> >> > > have
> >> > >> an option to not display in the systray or not start during boot up.
> >> > > Other
> >> > >> than that your machine should be really fast.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> --
> >> > >> Neil Crose
> >> > >> University of Information Technology
> >> > >> Ft. Gordon, Georgia
> >> > >> crosen@gordon.army.mil
> >> > >> "ricardo09871" <ricardo09871_nospam@excite.com> wrote in message
> >> > >> news:xs_7c.74868$Cb.1005688@attbi_s51...
> >> > >> > My Windows XP Pro desktop icons are refreshing as a batch every
> >> > >> > five
> >> > >> minutes or so and quite
> >> > >> > slowly also. This usually happens after I close another
> >> > >> > application
> >> > >> that's been covering
> >> > >> > the desktop. I've got about 50 desktop icons and they are set for
> >> Auto
> >> > >> Arrange.
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > Is that too many?
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > I am not using any desktop theme other than a solid color and have
> >> > > active
> >> > >> desktop turned
> >> > >> > off.
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > My video card is an ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon 9800 Pro plus a
> >> > >> > P4C-3.0
> >> > > (800)
> >> > >> on a Intel i865
> >> > >> > chipset mainboard. I have 1 GB of DDR PC3200 memory and I let
> >> Windows
> >> > >> manage my Pagefile.
> >> > >> > All my hardware drivers are up-to-date.
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> > Thanks.
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> >
> >> > >>
> >> > >>
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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