Guest ColTom2 Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 Hi: Does anyone have an answer as to how to stop desktop icons from blinking or resetting? Sometimes when I open or close a screen some of my icons will revert back to a generic icon and then after a few seconds or so reset back to the correct icon. It more of an annoyance than anything to have to wait for a varying number of them to reset. I have tried changing my monitor screen refresh rate, but that has not prevented the above problem. Thanks, ColTom2
Guest R. McCarty Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 Re: Blinking Or Resetting Icons That effect could indicate a driver issue. What video hardware does the computer have ? ( Chipset based or an AGP/PCIexpress card ). Unless the system is heavily loaded the screen refresh should not be perceptible to the user. One commonly overlooked item is the default monitor driver. Most PCs get by with a generic "Plug-&-Play" driver. It helps to override that with a vendor/model specific driver that more closely describes the monitor's capabilities. "ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message news:%23vlYnFsEJHA.4336@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Hi: > > Does anyone have an answer as to how to stop desktop icons from blinking > or resetting? Sometimes when I open or close a screen some of my icons > will > revert back to a generic icon and then after a few seconds or so reset > back > to the correct icon. > > It more of an annoyance than anything to have to wait for a varying > number > of them to reset. > > I have tried changing my monitor screen refresh rate, but that has not > prevented the above problem. > > Thanks, > > ColTom2 > >
Guest JS Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 Re: Blinking Or Resetting Icons See Kelly's Korner (line 121): http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Increasing the size of your Icon cache Also TechRepublic for more detail: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-1035_11-5164407.html This value is set to 8096 on my PC. JS http://www.pagestart.com "ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message news:%23vlYnFsEJHA.4336@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Hi: > > Does anyone have an answer as to how to stop desktop icons from blinking > or resetting? Sometimes when I open or close a screen some of my icons > will > revert back to a generic icon and then after a few seconds or so reset > back > to the correct icon. > > It more of an annoyance than anything to have to wait for a varying > number > of them to reset. > > I have tried changing my monitor screen refresh rate, but that has not > prevented the above problem. > > Thanks, > > ColTom2 > >
Guest Elmo Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Re: Blinking Or Resetting Icons ColTom2 wrote: > Hi: > > Does anyone have an answer as to how to stop desktop icons from blinking > or resetting? Sometimes when I open or close a screen some of my icons will > revert back to a generic icon and then after a few seconds or so reset back > to the correct icon. > > It more of an annoyance than anything to have to wait for a varying number > of them to reset. > > I have tried changing my monitor screen refresh rate, but that has not > prevented the above problem. > > Thanks, > > ColTom2 http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 157. Prevent Automatic Folder and Icon Refresh - Enable -- Joe =o)
Guest ColTom2 Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Re: Blinking Or Resetting Icons Hi: Thanks for all the replies! JS I have ran Kelly's Korner Line 121 and set my value at 2000. If this doesn't work, which by the way seems to be working, then I'll give Elmo's response a try. Thanks again.... ColTom2 "Elmo" <elmogeek@iglou.invalid> wrote in message news:ur5FmXuEJHA.4948@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... ColTom2 wrote: > Hi: > > Does anyone have an answer as to how to stop desktop icons from blinking > or resetting? Sometimes when I open or close a screen some of my icons > will > revert back to a generic icon and then after a few seconds or so reset > back > to the correct icon. > > It more of an annoyance than anything to have to wait for a varying > number > of them to reset. > > I have tried changing my monitor screen refresh rate, but that has not > prevented the above problem. > > Thanks, > > ColTom2 http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 157. Prevent Automatic Folder and Icon Refresh - Enable -- Joe =o)
Guest JS Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Re: Blinking Or Resetting Icons You're welcome. The more icons that are on your desktop the large the value need to be. My desktop looks like an icon mine field which is why I use 8096 on my PC. JS "ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message news:OkD0NS0EJHA.4104@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Hi: > > Thanks for all the replies! > > JS I have ran Kelly's Korner Line 121 and set my value at 2000. If this > doesn't work, which by the way seems to be working, then I'll give Elmo's > response a try. > > Thanks again.... > > ColTom2 > > > "Elmo" <elmogeek@iglou.invalid> wrote in message > news:ur5FmXuEJHA.4948@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > ColTom2 wrote: >> Hi: >> >> Does anyone have an answer as to how to stop desktop icons from >> blinking >> or resetting? Sometimes when I open or close a screen some of my icons >> will >> revert back to a generic icon and then after a few seconds or so reset >> back >> to the correct icon. >> >> It more of an annoyance than anything to have to wait for a varying >> number >> of them to reset. >> >> I have tried changing my monitor screen refresh rate, but that has not >> prevented the above problem. >> >> Thanks, >> >> ColTom2 > > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm > Line 157. Prevent Automatic Folder and Icon Refresh - Enable > > -- > Joe =o) > >
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