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Windows Animation
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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Windows Animation
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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Windows Animation
Also, Defrag the hard drive. When writing files (and caching included),
files become fragmented. Defrag usually helps. "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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Windows Animation
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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Windows Animation
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"Kevin" wrote in message ... 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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