blinking icons

[Guest D.]

hello ,

(xp pro sp2 i.e.7 o.e.6)

when i wake my computer up,

the quick launch , startup & desktop

icons blink, disappear, and then

reappear .

can anyone tell me how to correct this ?

thank you ,

Dick

[Guest Brian A.]

Re: blinking icons

 

"D." <wdstk69@sover.net> wrote in message

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> hello ,

> (xp pro sp2 i.e.7 o.e.6)

> when i wake my computer up,

> the quick launch , startup & desktop

> icons blink, disappear, and then

> reappear .

> can anyone tell me how to correct this ?

> thank you ,

> Dick

>

>

>

 

That's the screen refreshing. You could try changing you refresh rate to see if it

helps.

Right click an empty area on the desktop.

Click "Properties" in the popup menu.

Click Settings tab > Advanced button > Monitor tab.

Only use refresh rates your monitor supports and be careful when setting it higher,

sometimes it makes it worse.

 

 

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[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: blinking icons

 

 

"Brian A." <gonefish'n@afarawaylake> wrote in message

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> "D." <wdstk69@sover.net> wrote in message

> news:uTiUOo6AIHA.4880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> hello ,

>> (xp pro sp2 i.e.7 o.e.6)

>> when i wake my computer up,

>> the quick launch , startup & desktop

>> icons blink, disappear, and then

>> reappear .

>> can anyone tell me how to correct this ?

>> thank you ,

>> Dick

>>

>>

>>

>

> That's the screen refreshing. You could try changing you refresh rate to

> see if it helps.

> Right click an empty area on the desktop.

> Click "Properties" in the popup menu.

> Click Settings tab > Advanced button > Monitor tab.

> Only use refresh rates your monitor supports and be careful when setting

> it higher, sometimes it makes it worse.

>

 

That's a different type of refresh. The problem the OP refers to is the

operating system refreshing the actual icons that are displayed on the

desktop. It is possible to disable this, though it is registry hack. I

would advise against doing so because if an icon does get lost, it won't get

refreshed.

[Guest D.]

Re: blinking icons

 

thanks for the replies ,

i think i'll just live with it .

dick