"Folk" wrote:
On 16 Nov 2006 12:58:42 -0800, "Holger Strunzelbeck"
wrote:
Hi there,
I just learned that the new Intellipoint Software which was shipped
with my new MS Laser Desktop 6000 causes excessive screen flickering.
It's ipoint.exe in particular.
This seems to originate from the "Window-Viewer" functionality, which
can be assigned to a mousebutton. This Window-Viewer function is taking
screenshots all the time from every program running, to build the
special screen upon them.
Even if the Window-Viewer functionality is not assigned, the problem
keeps existing.
So, this is really really annoying while working with PhotoShop or
other programs - in particular programs, which don't refresh their
screens all the time (TheBat! 2.x for example where the toolbar-buttons
in a message window keep disappearing until I move the window around
again.)
With ipoint.exe running, it's impossible for me to work with PhotoShop.
Selection boxes are vanishing from screen while still dragging the
mouse with every flicker, and so on..
It's happening here on XPSP2 with a Radon9800Pro with Catalyst 6.7.
Anyone else having these problems? Or anyone who knows how I can
eliminate the flickering?
Same problem here Holger. Using the latest Intellipoint software and
the (new) Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 mouse. I found this thread while
researching the problem.
At least now I know it's not some sort of weird display driver
conflict, since I'm using an Nvidia card with it's latest drivers
(93.71).
If I find a solution, I'll post it here. In the meantime, using
MSCONFIG to disable "ipoint.exe" seems to be the only solution that
works.
I wonder if Microsoft is aware of this problem?
And how did you determine that it's the Window-Viewer stuff that's
causing the problem? It sounds reasonable, but I'm curious how you
came to that conclusion.
Its been over a year since I purchased my Microsoft Notebook Laser Mouse
6000 and till now Microsoft haven't been able to come up with a patch for
this issue!
Doing a quick search online, it becomes apparent that this issue have plague
the intellipoint software for as long as it has been around the many
solutions such as the one stated at
http://dotdoh.com/?p=233 are only
temporary fixes that kill the intellipoint software.
This is far from an ideal solutions since one of the reason for the purchase
of the more expensive microsoft mouse was the ability to side scroll which is
now disabled due to the lack of the ipoint software