windows close "jerky"

[proinwv]

Hi all!

When I close any window, it closes in "jerks" or stages;
not smoothly. No problem when opening a window. This
occurs with all windows, regardless of the program.

Win 98;350mhz;384mb ram;8mb video 3D Rage LT PRO;GT800
Viewsonic set 1024x768 32bit color.

Any ideas?Thanks, Paul

[Brian A.]

It appears the refresh rate is out of whack. Check/change it.

--
Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none.
One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn.


"proinwv" > wrote in message
...
> Hi all!
>
> When I close any window, it closes in "jerks" or stages;
> not smoothly. No problem when opening a window. This
> occurs with all windows, regardless of the program.
>
> Win 98;350mhz;384mb ram;8mb video 3D Rage LT PRO;GT800
> Viewsonic set 1024x768 32bit color.
>
> Any ideas?Thanks, Paul

[proinwv]

The refresh rate was "optimal". I tried from 60hz to
95hz,as well as "adapter default" and it made no
difference. Any other suggestions?
Paul
>-----Original Message-----
> It appears the refresh rate is out of whack.
Check/change it.
>
>--
>Brian A.
>
>Jack of all trades, Master of none.
>One can never truly be a master as there is always more
to learn.
>
>
>"proinwv" > wrote in
message
...
>> Hi all!
>>
>> When I close any window, it closes in "jerks" or stages;
>> not smoothly. No problem when opening a window. This
>> occurs with all windows, regardless of the program.
>>
>> Win 98;350mhz;384mb ram;8mb video 3D Rage LT PRO;GT800
>> Viewsonic set 1024x768 32bit color.
>>
>> Any ideas?Thanks, Paul
>
>.
>

[Jeff Richards]

This happens when the system is trying to do multiple things while moving
screens around or closing them. For instance, you may notice it when
shutting down because several programs are doing their cleanup and shutdown
at once. If your machine (CPU, RAM, video card etc) is fast enough (and
your description suggests it is) then you shouldn't see this effect, and if
it is happening all the time then there may be something running in the
background that is slowing things down. Check the performance settings for
the video display, and also check whether there's something soaking up your
CPU performance - you can get a process analyser here:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
"proinwv" > wrote in message
...
> The refresh rate was "optimal". I tried from 60hz to
> 95hz,as well as "adapter default" and it made no
> difference. Any other suggestions?
> Paul

Jeff, thanks for the suggestion. I obtained Process
Explorer and it indicates that itself is using about 5%
CPU and "Idle" is 90-95% which sounds good to me. I admit
that I know little else of what it is reporting.

Any further ideas?
Paul
>-----Original Message-----
>This happens when the system is trying to do multiple
things while moving
>screens around or closing them. For instance, you may
notice it when
>shutting down because several programs are doing their
cleanup and shutdown
>at once. If your machine (CPU, RAM, video card etc) is
fast enough (and
>your description suggests it is) then you shouldn't see
this effect, and if
>it is happening all the time then there may be something
running in the
>background that is slowing things down. Check the
performance settings for
>the video display, and also check whether there's
something soaking up your
>CPU performance - you can get a process analyser here:
>http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml
>--
>Jeff Richards
>MS MVP (DTS)
>"proinwv" > wrote in
message
...
>> The refresh rate was "optimal". I tried from 60hz to
>> 95hz,as well as "adapter default" and it made no
>> difference. Any other suggestions?
>> Paul
>
>
>.
>

[Jeff Richards]

That is what I would expect for a system with plenty of available CPU
resources, so something running in the background isn't what's causing the
problem. Check the video adapter settings, especially acceleration, to see
if you can tweak the performance. Check that you are running the correct
video display adapter drivers for your hardware. You could even try
re-installing the drivers in case they have become corrupted. Also, do Start
/ Run / DxDiag and check the processor speed to be sure that the CPU is
running at full rate.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
> wrote in message
...
> Jeff, thanks for the suggestion. I obtained Process
> Explorer and it indicates that itself is using about 5%
> CPU and "Idle" is 90-95% which sounds good to me. I admit
> that I know little else of what it is reporting.

Hi All, we got it.

Taking Jeff's advice took me to Google. A search there,
led me to check the desktop background pic. While it was
only 72k, it was causing the jerky window closing. I guess
due to the time it took the video card to redisplay.

Anyway, thanks to all, and I hope that this will also help
some one else!

PAUL
>-----Original Message-----
>That is what I would expect for a system with plenty of
available CPU
>resources, so something running in the background isn't
what's causing the
>problem. Check the video adapter settings, especially
acceleration, to see
>if you can tweak the performance. Check that you are
running the correct
>video display adapter drivers for your hardware. You
could even try
>re-installing the drivers in case they have become
corrupted. Also, do Start
>/ Run / DxDiag and check the processor speed to be sure
that the CPU is
>running at full rate.
>--
>Jeff Richards
>MS MVP (DTS)
> wrote in message
...
>> Jeff, thanks for the suggestion. I obtained Process
>> Explorer and it indicates that itself is using about 5%
>> CPU and "Idle" is 90-95% which sounds good to me. I
admit
>> that I know little else of what it is reporting.
>
>
>.
>

[Jeff Richards]

Thanks for letting us know that you got it sorted out.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
> wrote in message
...
> Hi All, we got it.
>
> Taking Jeff's advice took me to Google. A search there,
> led me to check the desktop background pic. While it was
> only 72k, it was causing the jerky window closing. I guess
> due to the time it took the video card to redisplay.
>
> Anyway, thanks to all, and I hope that this will also help
> some one else!
>
> PAUL