Re: Why do my Desktop Icons refresh slowly?

From: Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\) (user_at_#notme.com)
Date: 03/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:30:53 -0800

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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