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Old January 12th 05, 12:26 PM
Kevin
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I noticed that when Windows XP is first installed, windows animation when
minimizing/maximizing is pretty smooth, but after a while, becomes choppy
and flickering. Why is this, and is there a way to fix it, besides turning
the animation off?

Thanks, Kevin


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Old January 12th 05, 01:30 PM
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RAM, RAM and more RAM! though the recommended RAM for XP is 256Mb, that's
good for about a half-hour before such problems arise. I added 512Mb chip a
while back (now running 768Mb) - problem solved, and all apps improved
dramatically.


To answer Why? - once the RAM's used up, XP starts caching to HDD - slower
to access and refresh.

Hope this helps (memory's cheap right now - get as much as you can, it's
cost-effective way to improve any PC).
Sincerely, Len

"Kevin" wrote in message
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I noticed that when Windows XP is first installed, windows animation when
minimizing/maximizing is pretty smooth, but after a while, becomes choppy
and flickering. Why is this, and is there a way to fix it, besides turning
the animation off?

Thanks, Kevin



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Old January 12th 05, 03:42 PM
Yves Leclerc
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Default Windows Animation

Also, Defrag the hard drive. When writing files (and caching included),
files become fragmented. Defrag usually helps.

"yabbadoo" wrote in message
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RAM, RAM and more RAM! though the recommended RAM for XP is 256Mb, that's
good for about a half-hour before such problems arise. I added 512Mb chip
a while back (now running 768Mb) - problem solved, and all apps improved
dramatically.


To answer Why? - once the RAM's used up, XP starts caching to HDD - slower
to access and refresh.

Hope this helps (memory's cheap right now - get as much as you can, it's
cost-effective way to improve any PC).
Sincerely, Len

"Kevin" wrote in message
.. .
I noticed that when Windows XP is first installed, windows animation when
minimizing/maximizing is pretty smooth, but after a while, becomes choppy
and flickering. Why is this, and is there a way to fix it, besides
turning
the animation off?

Thanks, Kevin





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Old January 13th 05, 04:28 PM
Kevin
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Default Windows Animation

Thanks for the advice. Did adding RAM specifically solve the animation
problem on your computer? thanks Kevin

"yabbadoo" wrote in message
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RAM, RAM and more RAM! though the recommended RAM for XP is 256Mb, that's
good for about a half-hour before such problems arise. I added 512Mb chip
a while back (now running 768Mb) - problem solved, and all apps improved
dramatically.


To answer Why? - once the RAM's used up, XP starts caching to HDD - slower
to access and refresh.

Hope this helps (memory's cheap right now - get as much as you can, it's
cost-effective way to improve any PC).
Sincerely, Len

"Kevin" wrote in message
.. .
I noticed that when Windows XP is first installed, windows animation when
minimizing/maximizing is pretty smooth, but after a while, becomes choppy
and flickering. Why is this, and is there a way to fix it, besides
turning
the animation off?

Thanks, Kevin





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Old January 13th 05, 04:48 PM
yabbadoo
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Default Windows Animation

yes

"Kevin" wrote in message
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Thanks for the advice. Did adding RAM specifically solve the animation
problem on your computer? thanks Kevin

"yabbadoo" wrote in message
...
RAM, RAM and more RAM! though the recommended RAM for XP is 256Mb,
that's good for about a half-hour before such problems arise. I added
512Mb chip a while back (now running 768Mb) - problem solved, and all
apps improved dramatically.


To answer Why? - once the RAM's used up, XP starts caching to HDD -
slower to access and refresh.

Hope this helps (memory's cheap right now - get as much as you can, it's
cost-effective way to improve any PC).
Sincerely, Len

"Kevin" wrote in message
.. .
I noticed that when Windows XP is first installed, windows animation when
minimizing/maximizing is pretty smooth, but after a while, becomes
choppy
and flickering. Why is this, and is there a way to fix it, besides
turning
the animation off?

Thanks, Kevin







 




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