Monitor Flicking between modes in Xp

[EvilTwinOfAtrus]

Hi

In Windows Xp - especially when I surf the web using IE6 and scroll up or down - my display will freeze for anything from 1 second to 10 seconds, and then it will flick (just like it does when changing resolution/refresh rate) back to normal. When its flicked, the resolution or refresh rate has not changed. It does not matter which display driver version I use, the results are always the same. I am using a Hansol Mazellan 15ax at 800x600 32bit 85Hz refresh rate. The problem does not occur on any other Operating System. Any Ideas?

Thanks,
Karl

 

[bcastner]

This issue pops up with some frequency, but I have never been able to duplicate the problem.

I apologize for no "killer" fix, but what I would try as workarounds:

1. Under Display Properties, Settings, Adapter, Troubleshoot, move the hardware acceleration slider down a notch.

2. Re-register some critical IE DLLs. URLMON.DLL is my guess as a possible issue, but re-register all the following with a Start, Run sequence:
regsvr32 urlmon.dll
regsvr32 Shdocvw.dll
regsvr32 Msjava.dll
regsvr32 Actxprxy.dll
regsvr32 Oleaut32.dll
regsvr32 Mshtml.dll
regsvr32 Browseui.dll
regsvr32 Shell32.dll

3. If a newer video adapter driver is available on the web site of your video card manufacturer, download and apply the update.


4. Tek-Tip forum member carr has recommended two registry changes. Why this should help is a deep mystery to me, but carr swears it can help and I trust his advice:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace

Highlight this value:

{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}

and delete it: (right-click on it -> select Delete -> click OK)


5. In a related registry change that should not matter but apparantly can help in some cases:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

-or-

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Configure the new key as follows:
Name: NoRemoteRecursiveEvents
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: (boolean) 0 or 1
Default Value: 0
Description:

A setting of 1 turns off Change Notify requests for file and folder changes that occur in subfolders of a mapped network share.

6. You might benefit from the changes suggested in this thread: thread608-707053