Forum: General
November 24th 07, 05:12 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Application Interface Icons Appear Corrupt
PCR
Today I have 602 icons in "Cash", sized total at 1,607 Kb - and the size is
relatively stable. But I didn't monitor it daily, just a few times. I
recently set Reg value to 4096 without any...
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Forum: General
November 24th 07, 06:26 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Application Interface Icons Appear Corrupt
PCR
Thanks for fixing my spelling errors - now I get it!
What I mean about bug fixes, obvious from Glee's citation:
"The behaviour of the cache file can vary wildly from system to system. I've...
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Forum: General
November 23rd 07, 02:39 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Application Interface Icons Appear Corrupt
PCR
From Glee's links it appears (between lines) that Max Cached Icons registry
value controls RAM only, but not a disk ShellIconCash damp at Win Exit. I
guess, Win98 bug prevents this control...
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Forum: General
November 23rd 07, 05:33 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Application Interface Icons Appear Corrupt
PCR
My key is empty too. I'm not sure why you mentioned this.
As to the size of ShellIconCash, I wonder how it can grow beyond max value
specified in Registry?
Also, I think changing Win Theme...
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Forum: General
November 22nd 07, 02:39 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Application Interface Icons Appear Corrupt
Just wanted to add that looking at ShellIconCash file content with SysImg, I
don't see any Application Toolbal specific icons, in particular from
troublesome applications. They aren't probably...
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Forum: General
November 22nd 07, 06:07 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Forum: Improving Performance
November 22nd 07, 05:33 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,528
Windows Startup Issue
On Glee's advice I am posting below the part of Bootlog file identified by
Boot Analyzer as causing Startup slowdown. As some delay appears to be
related to audio and video strings, my Audio...
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Forum: Improving Performance
November 22nd 07, 05:33 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,528
Windows Startup Issue
On Glee's advice I am posting below the part of Bootlog file identified by
Boot Analyzer as causing Startup slowdown. As some delay appears to be
related to audio and video strings, my Audio...
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Forum: General
November 22nd 07, 05:19 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Views: 2,981
Application Interface Icons Appear Corrupt
PCR
Thank you for extensive and useful advice. It looks like improper and slow
application interface rendering is mostly the result of unjustified use of
non-standard icon sizes, which results in...
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Forum: General
November 20th 07, 09:34 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Application Interface Icons Appear Corrupt
The application interface icons wrong rendering doesn't seem to be dependant
on the Win Resource Meter Readings - unclear icons may appear right after Win
Boot with 80% resources free, and wise...
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Forum: Improving Performance
November 20th 07, 03:55 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,528
Windows Startup Issue
Glee
Did you have a chance to look at the Bootllog file and Screenshots I
e-mailed to your gmail address above?
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Forum: Improving Performance
November 20th 07, 03:55 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,528
Windows Startup Issue
Glee
Did you have a chance to look at the Bootllog file and Screenshots I
e-mailed to your gmail address above?
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Forum: General
November 20th 07, 03:46 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 34
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Application Interface Icons Appear Corrupt
PCR
After observing the application icons behavior for the last couple of days
after changing the Theme on your advice, I noticed that right after Win
Startup icons now appear correctly. After...
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Forum: General
November 19th 07, 09:23 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Application Interface Icons Appear Corrupt
Correction:
Immediately after I switch a Win Theme, and then started an application,
icons got drawn correctly! After PC reboot they return to the same state -
drawn incorrectly. After I switched...
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Forum: General
November 19th 07, 08:26 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Application Interface Icons Appear Corrupt
Here is a list of Logon programs according to Sysinternals Autoruns:
KB891711 Windows KB891711 component Microsoft
Corporation c:\windows\system\kb891711\kb891711.exe
KB918547 Windows KB918547...
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Forum: General
November 19th 07, 08:15 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Application Interface Icons Appear Corrupt
PCR,
Changing Scheme didn't affect the issue. It was only affected by decreasing
Hardware Acceleration to Basic (which is unacceptable for me). Here is the
list of startup applications:
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Forum: Improving Performance
November 19th 07, 07:56 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,528
Windows Startup Issue
Glee,
My e-mail just bounced back. Is there anyway to send it to you, or post the
file somewhere you can get it from privately?
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Forum: Improving Performance
November 19th 07, 07:56 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,528
Windows Startup Issue
Glee,
My e-mail just bounced back. Is there anyway to send it to you, or post the
file somewhere you can get it from privately?
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Forum: General
November 19th 07, 07:40 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Views: 2,981
Application Interface Icons Appear Corrupt
Glee,
Glee,
When I run Win98 in Safe Mode or Basic Hardware Acceleration, all icons in
every application (which is capable to start in Safe Mode) are shown
correctly (to the depth & res....
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Forum: Improving Performance
November 19th 07, 07:20 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,528
Windows Startup Issue
Glee,
I run diagnistics as adviced and found that c:\ lines at startup were caused
by an (looking) empty Winstart.bat file, properly not deleted timely when
uninstalling its application. As to...
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Forum: Improving Performance
November 19th 07, 07:20 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,528
Windows Startup Issue
Glee,
I run diagnistics as adviced and found that c:\ lines at startup were caused
by an (looking) empty Winstart.bat file, properly not deleted timely when
uninstalling its application. As to...
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Forum: General
November 19th 07, 02:12 AM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,939
Typing Text issue
Glee
The laptop Touchpad Pointer Motion is set to Slowest, and there is no option
to disable its buttons, only switch it ON or OFF. I like using it, but I
didn't notice touching it with sleeves....
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Forum: Improving Performance
November 18th 07, 07:07 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,528
Windows Startup Issue
Thank you Glee
I removed 1 blank line in both config.sys and autoexec.bat - both c:/ still
appear at startup. More - I unchecked both files in msconfig and restarted -
it didn't help. I can e-mail...
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Forum: Improving Performance
November 18th 07, 07:07 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,528
Windows Startup Issue
Thank you Glee
I removed 1 blank line in both config.sys and autoexec.bat - both c:/ still
appear at startup. More - I unchecked both files in msconfig and restarted -
it didn't help. I can e-mail...
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Forum: General
November 18th 07, 06:17 PM Posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Replies: 34
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Application Interface Icons Appear Corrupt
Just wanted to add that I installed the latest (supported) version of my
Graphics Card driver with no improvement. I seen in one forume someone
mentioned similar issue as an Application Compiler...
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