Widgets, Objects on desktop move slowly

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Im wondering if anybody here can help me out with this issue... At one point everything worked properly and the animations(objects, widjects) ran smoothly. I accidently refreshed my monitor settings and when I went back to my desktop the animations were moving in slow motion, which kinda sucks...Im sure something screwed up in the monitor settings but not sure what they are to be set at to bring it back to normal...Thanx, and hope somebody can help me with this...
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Check: display properties - settings - advanced - monitor - make sure the box labeled "hide modes....." is checked then click the adapter tab and choose "List Modes" scroll through the list and choose the resolution you want with the highest color depth and click OK, Apply see if it works better. If not try backing off the resolution until it does. You can also cut back on color depth but nowadays most things like at least 16 bit color.
Almost forgot (I have a laptop and frequency is set) you can try changing the frequency on the modes page. 75hz and above is or was considered "paper white" years ago but technology has really improved since then so it's not unusual to see adapter running over 85hz.

All the items effect the amount of display memory used and "may" be the problem.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hardware Acceleration?
Star Control: Origins
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanx for the advice, but still have the problem...I have 2gig ram, so I dont think it's a memory prob...
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
What kind of graphics card are you using? I had the same problem until I got a good graphics card.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Gforce 5500FX It was working fine till I reset the monotor settings by accident
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The troubleshoot tab has a slider called "Hardware Acceleration" if your system has it it should be slid all the way to Full. Since your having problems you may want to uncheck Write Combining.

Alternately try pressing alt-ctrl-del (at the same time ONLY once) and Task Manager will start. Under the processes tab you'll see a list of what programs are using what memory. In the column labeled CPU it show what is using what percentage of the processor at the time. System Idle Process should be listed at 95% or above most of the time unless your running some other programs at the same time. I would look to see what ELSE is using a lot of CPU and let us know.

A lot of time a sudden slow down like your experiencing is caused by malware/spyware/adware. If you don't already, I would suggest running a couple Programs like Spybot and Adaware.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hi Cindi,
I'm mailing a package out to Troy in the Morning. Hope all is well with you.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Make sure your "refresh" speed is between 60 and 70, if you are using an LCD. If these other suggestions (above) don't resolve your issue, try setting your performance and quality settings back to default by clicking the "restore" button in said panel. If you do not know how to get to that panel:
right-click desktop
click "properties"
click "settings" tab
click "advanced" button
click "geforce 5500" tab
highlight "performance & quality settings"
under "active profile" is a "restore" button, click it.

Make sure you have your AGP speed setting to "x8":
highlight "AGP settings"
move the slider to "x8" just under "AGP rate".

Oh, and make sure under "Additional 3D settings" that the "max frames to render ahead" is not higher than 3.

This should set you back to workable settings.
Hope this helps. Happy skinning!!
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hi Cindi,
I'm mailing a package out to Troy in the Morning. Hope all is well with you.


Hi Michael!! Yes, things are great here. Thanks! How are ya'll doing? We will let you know when it get's here.
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I checked the Gforce setting tab, wasn't able to locate the restore option. For all the other options u mentioned after the restore, I was not able to locate them...
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
System Idle Process is between 82-90%, desktop X is using between 8-12%, everything else is usally zero...
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
JohnnyPants, are you running the latest drivers?Link
This might help.
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
What monitor are you using?
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

JohnnyPants,

If you have not already done so, you might try "Save theme > unload DX objects and widgets > clear the DX cache by deleting the DesktopX cache folder. Note - you may have to reselect any "run at startup" options once you reload the saved theme, after clearing the cache.

For basic instructions on clearing cache, you can go here http://corkyo.wincustomize.com/Articles.aspx?SID=5463&AID=82461 

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have a IBM T860 LCD monitor, bought last year...Im up to date with all the drivers, monitor and video card... I also tried clearing the cache, which did not work...
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Where do I go to change the AGP speed and the other optoion u mentioned. Thanx