Elmo
Mon Aug 18 06:51:57 PDT 2008
leahizhere wrote:
> Hi Elmo,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, but it didn't work. I even disabled my video
> card and re went back to the original one. And I downloaded the Service Pack
> 3 and all the other suggestions from Microsoft that I needed.
>
> Another problem that I forgot is the wheel on the mouse now zooms AND
> scrolls.
>
> This whold thing is such a weird problem, I've never seen anything like it.
> It's like it's running on a differnet clock or something. The timing is off.
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Leah
>
> "Elmo" wrote:
>
>> leahizhere wrote:
>>> Help, when I click on the start button on the task menu it pops up briefly
>>> then disappears. So do ALL my menus, ie: right mouse click, any of the pull
>>> down menus, file, edit, view, etc.
>>>
>>> When I double click an icon it open the properties, I have to double click a
>>> few times before it will open.
>>>
>>> When typing, characters only appear if you hit the key right when the curser
>>> blinks on.
>>>
>>> My "my computer" icon is gone. I just saw that this morning.
>>>
>>> I've had this problem since Thursday morning, then it stopped and now it's
>>> back. I have run AVG virus and spyware both and it found nothing. I also
>>> purchased McAfee System Mechanic, it found the usual, registry, defrag, etc.
>>> but nothing associated to this.
>>>
>>> It's a Dell, about 5 years old running windows XP. I've added memory, a
>>> second hard drive, graphics card so it's a good computer for me.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>> A few things to try:
>>
>> Try lowering graphics hardware acceleration slide. You can lower
>> graphics hardware acceleration in Display Properties, Settings tab,
>> Advanced button, Troubleshooting tab. If this helps, you probably need
>> a different graphics card or drivers.
>>
>> Several dialog boxes are blank
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/831430
>>
>> Transparent drop-down Menu and disappearing menu text
>>
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/transmenu.htm
I get a duplication of most of your maladies if I press the Alt key and
click operate the mouse as you describe. An Alt key may be sticking.
--
Joe =o)