When ever i scroll down from page to page either on the internet or on applications such as word documents, my monitor does not scroll smoothly, but rather jumps screens. For example, when you grab the scroll bar on the right side of internet pages and pull down, it should scroll smoothly as you go down the page. My monitor jumps from page to page very slowly, and is not a smooth transition. It is quite annoying. Please help!
I could have zero other programs running, and it still does the lag thing. I have windows XP, 512MB RAM with 1.8 GHz AMD processor. I also have norton antivirus, i've have the Adware and spybot programs to try to get rid of spyware. I still have the same problem.
Do you think it could be a problem with the driver for my video card?Thanks,
I could have zero other programs running, and it still does the lag thing. I have windows XP, 512MB RAM with 1.8 GHz AMD processor. I also have norton antivirus, i've have the Adware and spybot programs to try to get rid of spyware. I still have the same problem.
Do you think it could be a problem with the driver for my video card?
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Your monitor should have a reasonable to good refresh rate so I doubt it's at fault. It sounds as if you have another program running in the background which is slowing your computer down. Press the keys CTRL. ALT and DELETE at the same time and have a look to see what's running. Close down any programs you aren't using and see if that fixes things.
Another problem could be a shortage of memory. I'd recommend no less than 512 Megabytes or ram with Windows XP.
If you could give me more info as to which operating system you're using, how fast is the CPU and how much memory etc it would be easier to diagnose.
One last thing, you could have a virus and it's chewing up memory. Do you have an up to date virus checker? If not install AVG. it's completely free and available on the net. While you're at it install a spyhunter program and malware checker. There's some weird rogue nasties crawling all over the net. You could've even installed a nasty along with a freebie program you got off the net.
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Yes it certainly could be, especially if you're using the generic driver which Windows found for it. Do a google for the driver or go to www.drivers.com. Or better still go to the board manufacturer and download the latest drivers.
One way to check if there is something hogging your memory is push the Ctrl, Alt and Delete key and right down the bottom of the window which opens (Task Manager) you can see the CPU USAGE. If this is flicking around 1 to 5 then it's ok if nothing is running but if it's up closer to a hundred or jumping very high it could still be a nasty's got you. Don't forget not all virus or malware checkers find everything and there's new ones coming out every day. The one I personally recommend is SpyStopper Pro. It hasn't let anything through since I installed it and that was 5 months ago. One last thing, try swapping your memory modules with a friend's, you could have a problem there. Or take the memory modules out, clean the contacts with a piece of printer paper and slot them back in again. If you have 2 sticks leave one out and try out the computer. If it still plays up try the other stick on it's own. If the problem clears then buy a new module or stick.
BMWYes it certainly could be, especially if you're using the generic driver which Windows found for it. Do a google for the driver or go to www.drivers.com. Or better still go to the board manufacturer and download the latest drivers.
One way to check if there is something hogging your memory is push the Ctrl, Alt and Delete key and right down the bottom of the window which opens (Task Manager) you can see the CPU USAGE. If this is flicking around 1 to 5 then it's ok if nothing is running but if it's up closer to a hundred or jumping very high it could still be a nasty's got you. Don't forget not all virus or malware checkers find everything and there's new ones coming out every day. The one I personally recommend is SpyStopper Pro. It hasn't let anything through since I installed it and that was 5 months ago.
One last thing, try swapping your memory modules with a friend's, you could have a problem there. Or take the memory modules out, clean the contacts with a piece of printer paper and slot them back in again. If you have 2 sticks leave one out and try out the computer. If it still plays up try the other stick on it's own. If the problem clears then buy a new module or stick.
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While browsing, hold down the Ctrl button and roll your mouse's scroll back and forth in order to change page size. As far as I recall, under Windows 7 you could do the same thing with text in rich-text documents, help files and while viewing images using the default Windows 7 application.
I think you want to know how to zoom on a internet page ..and this is made by holding down the ctrl and scrolling with the mouse or the pad..For other applications ..the zoom is located under preferences..or options .. For the desktop ..the enlarging and minimizing is made from the properties (click right on desktop and choose properties..or personalize for w-7 )..in there on settings you have the possibility to enlarge icons ..and fonts ..
The Page Down key or the Down Arrow key is stuck on the keyboard, or the laptop thinks so.
Try cleaning the keyboard with compressed air and a gentle vacuum. DO NO USE WD-40 or similar.
If that doesn't work, try an external keyboard plugged into a USB slot. You may have to disconnect the keyboard ribbon connector first, if it does not recognize the external keyboard.
some printers collate pages, which means they print from the last page to the first page. so that when you pick up the pages from the finished printing tray they are in order.
if you say it stops after the first page, there are a few possible reasons for this. either you closed the application you were printing from before you finished printing (which sometimes cancels the printing job) or the computer decided it wanted to cancel the printing on its own, this can happen if the printer has sometimes an error, this error or cause could be a lag between the data transfer to the printer.
try printing without collating the pages, while keeping the application/document open.
These commands are built-in. You do not have to add or program them. Working with Applications Say... Open Word Open Excel Open Email Open Powerpoint Open Internet Open Notepad
Close Application Close Window Close Document
Scroll Down Scroll Up Start Word Start Excel Start Email Start Powerpoint Start Internet Start Notepad
Minimize Maximize
Scroll Left Scroll Right
Browsing the Web Browse the web using the following commands: Open Internet Google Website Yahoo Website Altavista Website MSN Website eBay Website e-Speaking Website Go Back Go Forward Refresh
Dialog Commands Sometimes a program will simply ask you for a yes or no answer to an alert box or dialog. Yes No Cancel Affirmative
System Commands You can control when e-Speaking is "listening" to you using these voice commands. Standby Resume Stop Listening Begin Listening Hello Computer Listen to Me Add a New Command Add Mouse Click
Moving the Mouse The Mouse Movement option has to be checked on the Mouse menu. Mouse Left Mouse Right Mouse Down Mouse Up Faster Slower Stop
Mouse Clock One Mouse Clock Two Mouse Clock Three Mouse Clock Four Mouse Clock Five Mouse Clock Six Mouse Clock Seven Mouse Clock Eight Mouse Clock Nine Mouse Clock Ten Mouse Clock Eleven Mouse Clock Twelve
Mouse Jump To Mouse One - Top of Window Mouse Two Mouse Three Mouse Four - Middle of Window Mouse Five Mouse Six Mouse Seven - Bottom of Window Mouse Alpha - Left of Window Mouse Beta Mouse Charlie Mouse Delta - Middle of Window Mouse Echo Mouse Foxtrot Mouse Golf - Right of Window
Editing Commands Doing some word processing? These commands may help perform common Windows functions. Select All Edit Copy Edit Paste Edit Undo Edit Delete Edit Find Delete Line Find Search and Replace
Moving the Text Cursor These commands may help navigate documents. Left Arrow Left One Left Two Down Arrow Down One Down Two Right Arrow Right One Right Two Up Arrow Up One Up Two Page Up Page Down Beginning of Line End of Line Beginning of Document End of Document
Simulating Keys Enter Key Home Key End Key Spacebar Escape Key Delete Key Backspace Key Tab Key
Dictation Start Dictation Stop Dictation Standby Resume Train Word Show Commands
Dictation - Editing Delete that Phrase Delete that Text Delete Last Phrase Delete Last Text Strike that Phrase Delete Last Word Edit Copy Edit Paste New Line (inserts a line) Next Line (inserts a line) New Paragraph (inserts 2 lines) Next Paragraph (inserts 2 lines) Select All Delete Key Backspace Key
Reading Commands Read All Text Read Selected Text Stop Reading Pause Reading Resume Reading Skip Ahead Skip Back Read Faster Read Slower
Phonetic Alphabet You must really like using voice if you are into the Phonetic Alphabet. Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet Kilo Lima Mike November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey Xray Yankee Zulu
This is a very interesting problem.. Normally I would say the a router could not cause this kind of problem, but if the page is still loading, it could be possible.
When this happens, has the page finished loading all ready? The little circle of dots spinning in the top right of the browser if you are running firefox, will tell you if the page is still loading. There will be a similar icon for Internet Explorer too.
If the page has already loaded completely, then there is no way a router could cause the slow down. If you used the install CD that came with the router (no necessary by the way) then it could have loaded some "free" software on PC and this software is now slowing the browser down.
If your mouse isn't acting funny while using it in any other applications, you can either try uninstalling internet explorer and reinstalling it, or try using different browser such as Firefox
Thanks,
I could have zero other programs running, and it still does the lag thing. I have windows XP, 512MB RAM with 1.8 GHz AMD processor. I also have norton antivirus, i've have the Adware and spybot programs to try to get rid of spyware. I still have the same problem.
Do you think it could be a problem with the driver for my video card?
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