"flashing" web pages 1

[harrysdad]

Hi. Have a problem with Citrix - any dynamic elements in web pages cause the page to "flash". This is true of external web pages as well as on our intranet (so it's not me!). Any dhtml effects such as pop-up menus or even css a:hover {background-color: } effects cause this problem.

Obviously this means - no dynamic effects. This has been restricting what we can do on our intranet, particularly in the "e-learning" area, as most of our users connect to NT4/ Win2k/ XP servers via Citrix. I don't actually know if this is a feature of Citrix or the windows server environment but thought other Citrix-familiars might have experienced this before. Any advice would be appreciated.

Tony

 

[Ogi]

Hi,

If you are using an earlier version of IE than 6, ensure that this key is set for all users:-

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Force Offscreen Composition"=dword:00000001
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This was taken off my W2K server so WON'T work on NT4 but you can hack it and find the diference with the first line between W2K and NT.

Save this file as a .reg file and import it on login.

Cheers,
Carl.

 

[harrysdad]

Hi Carl,

Made the change, tested it, it works, and you are a genius!

Cheers,

Tony

 

[Ogi]

Hi,

Thanks for that!

I've been down that route and it's a pain, especially when you can't automatically go to the latest version for what ever reason!

Cheers,
Carl.