Windows Animation

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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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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" <jkevn@comcast.net> 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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Also, Defrag the hard drive. When writing files (and caching included),
files become fragmented. Defrag usually helps.

"yabbadoo" <lsdolby@ignore.ntlwor.com> 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" <jkevn@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:%23$N%23cmJ%23EHA.2012@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>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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Thanks for the advice. Did adding RAM specifically solve the animation
problem on your computer? thanks Kevin

"yabbadoo" <lsdolby@ignore.ntlwor.com> wrote in message
news:%23MrnFKK%23EHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> 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" <jkevn@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:%23$N%23cmJ%23EHA.2012@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>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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yes

"Kevin" <jkevn@comcast.net> 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" <lsdolby@ignore.ntlwor.com> wrote in message
> news:%23MrnFKK%23EHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> 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" <jkevn@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:%23$N%23cmJ%23EHA.2012@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>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
>>>
>>
>>
>
>