I am stumped!

[Will]

Hello all,

I have just helped set up my brothers new Dell PC (P4,
2.4GHz, 1024Mb RAM, WinXP, 128Mb nVidia) which I bought
for him, and I am having the *most* annoying problem with
it..:

When I drag files around in Windows Explorer and on the
desktop, I can not the see them underneath the
mousepointer - translucent/faded or not, there is nothing
there!! This may sound quite trivial, but it is very
irritating when you have just spent a lot of money on a
PC that is meant to perform these kind of graphical tasks
very easily..!

I have searched all the options I can find: in System
Properties and Display Properties there are visual
effects options but everything is checked and is idential
to my own PC where everything works fine..!

Could it be that I haven't downloaded everything from
WindowsUpdate yet??! Or is the video card not working
properly?? (The translucent selection rectangle works
fine though..)

Many thanks for any help,

Will

[Nicholas]

Right -click on MY COMPUTER and select:
Properties > Advanced > Performance Settings,
check "Show Windows contents while dragging"
and click "apply".

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Nicholas

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"Will" > wrote in message:
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| Hello all,
|=20
| I have just helped set up my brothers new Dell PC (P4,=20
| 2.4GHz, 1024Mb RAM, WinXP, 128Mb nVidia) which I bought=20
| for him, and I am having the *most* annoying problem with=20
| it..:
|=20
| When I drag files around in Windows Explorer and on the=20
| desktop, I can not the see them underneath the=20
| mousepointer - translucent/faded or not, there is nothing=20
| there!! This may sound quite trivial, but it is very=20
| irritating when you have just spent a lot of money on a=20
| PC that is meant to perform these kind of graphical tasks=20
| very easily..!
|=20
| I have searched all the options I can find: in System=20
| Properties and Display Properties there are visual=20
| effects options but everything is checked and is idential=20
| to my own PC where everything works fine..!
|=20
| Could it be that I haven't downloaded everything from=20
| WindowsUpdate yet??! Or is the video card not working=20
| properly?? (The translucent selection rectangle works=20
| fine though..)
|=20
| Many thanks for any help,
|=20
| Will

[Rich Barry]

Will, try a System File Check. Start>Run type: sfc /scannow Have
the Winxp cd in the drive. You could also
try a different Nvidia driver. Go to www.guru3d.com

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"Will" > wrote in message
...
> Hello all,
>
> I have just helped set up my brothers new Dell PC (P4,
> 2.4GHz, 1024Mb RAM, WinXP, 128Mb nVidia) which I bought
> for him, and I am having the *most* annoying problem with
> it..:
>
> When I drag files around in Windows Explorer and on the
> desktop, I can not the see them underneath the
> mousepointer - translucent/faded or not, there is nothing
> there!! This may sound quite trivial, but it is very
> irritating when you have just spent a lot of money on a
> PC that is meant to perform these kind of graphical tasks
> very easily..!
>
> I have searched all the options I can find: in System
> Properties and Display Properties there are visual
> effects options but everything is checked and is idential
> to my own PC where everything works fine..!
>
> Could it be that I haven't downloaded everything from
> WindowsUpdate yet??! Or is the video card not working
> properly?? (The translucent selection rectangle works
> fine though..)
>
> Many thanks for any help,
>
> Will

[Will]

thanks for the reply but those were the System properties
that i was talking about - they're all checked!

if that is the checkbox that covers the 'effect' i was
talking about, then it might be useful to know that the
windows contents ARE visible while dragging - it is just
whilst dragging files/icons that nothing is visible..

thanks once again,

Will


>-----Original Message-----
>Right -click on MY COMPUTER and select:
>Properties > Advanced > Performance Settings,
>check "Show Windows contents while dragging"
>and click "apply".
>
>--
>Nicholas
>
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>
>"Will" > wrote in message:
> ...
>
>| Hello all,
>|
>| I have just helped set up my brothers new Dell PC (P4,
>| 2.4GHz, 1024Mb RAM, WinXP, 128Mb nVidia) which I
bought
>| for him, and I am having the *most* annoying problem
with
>| it..:
>|
>| When I drag files around in Windows Explorer and on
the
>| desktop, I can not the see them underneath the
>| mousepointer - translucent/faded or not, there is
nothing
>| there!! This may sound quite trivial, but it is very
>| irritating when you have just spent a lot of money on
a
>| PC that is meant to perform these kind of graphical
tasks
>| very easily..!
>|
>| I have searched all the options I can find: in System
>| Properties and Display Properties there are visual
>| effects options but everything is checked and is
idential
>| to my own PC where everything works fine..!
>|
>| Could it be that I haven't downloaded everything from
>| WindowsUpdate yet??! Or is the video card not working
>| properly?? (The translucent selection rectangle works
>| fine though..)
>|
>| Many thanks for any help,
>|
>| Will
>.
>