screen flicker problem

[Ken Cole]

And very few machines come with the latest and greatest installed as
not many "installers" do windows updates as part of the installation.

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Bob Rasmussen <ras at anzio.com> wrote:
> One more thing: Don't assume that because the machine is new, you have the
> latest video driver. Often, new machines have new drivers, which have new
> problems. Very often there will soon be a patched driver available.
>
> On Wed, 13 Jul 2011, Bob Rasmussen wrote:
>
>> I have a couple more vague hints, based on my understanding of what's
>> going on behind the scenes in Windows 7.
>>
>> 1) Bring up the Control Panel, then System. See the numeric "Windows
>> Experience Index". Click on the link. You'll see a rating for "Desktop
>> performance for Windows Aero" and a "3D business and gaming graphics
>> performance". I would think the former would be most applicable. This will
>> at least be a point of comparison between machines.
>>
>> 2) Windows 7 can optionally build graphics windows offscreen (in memory),
>> and the "blt" them to screen hardware. This MIGHT be related to the "Aero"
>> feature. (Another visible effect of Aero is seen by doing WindowKey-Tab,
>> like doing Alt-Tab; Aero gives a 3D, semitransparent effect.) My thinking
>> goes like this: If the graphics is slow, and Aero is on, it might be sped
>> up by turning the Aero feature off. I believe there is a way to do this,
>> but I don't know where right now.
>>
>> 3) If you go to search the web for solutions, remember, filePro is NOT a
>> DOS application it is a "console application".
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> On Wed, 13 Jul 2011, Bob wrote:
>>
>> > I'm guessing this is an issue with screen stuff since they can reduce the
>> > window size (not resolution) and eliminate the problem.  At least that's
>> > what I'm told.
>> >
>> > Dosen't matter.  I'm due to go onsite in a couple of weeks so maybe I can
>> > figure something out.
>> >
>> > Thanks everyone....
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Richard Kreiss" <rkreiss at gccconsulting.net>
>> > To: "'Bob'" <roberth at sim-soft.com>; "'fplist'"
>> > <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 4:18 PM
>> > Subject: RE: screen flicker problem
>> >
>> >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >> -----Original Message-----
>> > >> From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
>> > >> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On
>> > >> Behalf Of Bob
>> > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 4:56 PM
>> > >> To: fplist
>> > >> Subject: screen flicker problem
>> > >>
>> > >> I've got a client that's running filepro in a window network with a
>> > > mixture of
>> > >> windows xp and windows 7.  The server is windows 2003 runing fp 5.0.
>> > >>
>> > >> They just recently upgraded some of their xp units to windows 7.  On
>> > >> windows 7 the screen flickers a lot in the filepro app.  It does not do
>> > >> so
>> > > with
>> > >> every keystroke but maybe every 2nd or 3rd keystroke cause the flicker.
>> > >>
>> > >> I've had them turn off the virus software, temporarily, to see if it
>> > > helped.
>> > >> Nope.  They can resize the screen input size to a much smaller size and
>> > > not
>> > >> see this problem........didn't get the details on that.
>> > >>
>> > >> Has anyone seen this?  Any ideas?
>> > >
>> > > What version of Windows 7 are they using?
>> > >
>> > > I have Win 7 pro 32 bit laptop and Win 7 64 bit Ultimate desktop HP with a
>> > > pair of 23" HP LED monitors and I am not having any problems.
>> > >
>> > > I have a client with HP desktops running win 7 pro.  They are having a
>> > > problem in that values entered into dummy fields using the numeric keypad
>> > > are not visible.  A dummy field that holds a lookup up value does flash on
>> > > screen then disappears.
>> > >
>> > > I have not had a chance to work out this problem yet.  My feeling this is
>> > > an
>> > > issue other than with filePro and Win 7.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Richard Kreiss
>> > > GCC Consulting
>> > > rkreiss at gccconsulting.net
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
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