Jonathan Kay [MVP]
February 29th 04, 10:45 PM
Greetings Randy,
You may just need to upgrade the version of DirectX you have installed:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=141D5F9E-07C1-462A-BAEF-5EAB5C851CF5
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
"Randy Stiles" > wrote in message
...
> What causes a delay between keyboard entry and the text showing up in the dialog box for
> Windows Messenger? Sometimes the delay is up to a minute between the actual keystroke and
> the text displaying. My wife is getting really annoyed with the delay and I've tried
> everything I can think of. I've checked background processes during her messenger sessions,
> nothing seems to be taking an extreme amount of resources from the system.
>
> system: pentium 2Ghz w/448Mb ram
> os: windows XP
> modem connection @ 44kbps
You may just need to upgrade the version of DirectX you have installed:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=141D5F9E-07C1-462A-BAEF-5EAB5C851CF5
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
"Randy Stiles" > wrote in message
...
> What causes a delay between keyboard entry and the text showing up in the dialog box for
> Windows Messenger? Sometimes the delay is up to a minute between the actual keystroke and
> the text displaying. My wife is getting really annoyed with the delay and I've tried
> everything I can think of. I've checked background processes during her messenger sessions,
> nothing seems to be taking an extreme amount of resources from the system.
>
> system: pentium 2Ghz w/448Mb ram
> os: windows XP
> modem connection @ 44kbps