windows close "jerky"

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

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

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"proinwv" wrote in message
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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

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

.

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 he
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr.../procexp.shtml
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
"proinwv" wrote in message
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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 he
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr.../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


.

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.


.

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