Re: Why do my Desktop Icons refresh slowly?

From: Neil (crosen_at_gordon.army.mil)
Date: 03/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:20:01 -0500

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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