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Desktop slow to update in Win98SE

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by scrass

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Sometimes, my desktop is slow to update in Win98SE. Let me explain. Somtimes when I close an open window, the program closes, but leaves an "impression" (for lack of a better word) on the desktop. In other words, I can still see the window that WAS open, but nothing on the desktop will respond to clicks. I can open other programs from the taskbar, and when they are closed, they too will leave impressions. After a few seconds, the screen finally updates. This usually continues until I reboot.I have an Intel i815 chipset on an Intel desktop board. COuld this be a memory managment issue since the integrated video shares the RAM with the system?

Shaun Crass

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by joe

Have you tried changing the Refresh rate or even a different resolution or lowering to diferent colors in settings?

by scrass

I did change the color from 16-bit to 24-bit. I am still testing to see if the problem has been resolved.

by thechas

Integrated video can have an impact, especially if you have less than 128MB of RAM.

What you need to do, is change the windows (not the monitors) refresh rate.

It would also help to increase the size of the ICON cache.

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