I haven't heard of this particular situation, but there are interactions
between IE8 and desktop GUI theme management software. Are you using
windows blinds or other theme management software? Have you in some way
modified the standard windows display themes?

Steve


"bargz" <bargz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C300BFF2-8139-4055-BA77-C460C9EA0368@microsoft.com...
>I have Windows XP SP3, and I decided to install Internet Explorer 8 last
> week. It installed fine, and I used it for a week, but my desktop UI
> speed
> had become NOTICEABLY sluggish: when I move windows around, there would be
> a
> white "lag" behind them, similar to turning on "mouse trails" for your
> cursor. It acted like I had disabled video acceleration. Also, YouTube
> videos were jittery and my CPU utilization was very high while watching.
>
> Thinking it may have been outdated NVidia drivers, I downloaded and
> installed the latest release from NVidia's web site, but the situation did
> not improve.
>
> I've searched the web and the newsgroups and cannot find anyone with a
> similar problem; I found some people complained about sluggish WEB PAGES
> with
> IE8, but my issue is not that web pages are slow to load, but specifically
> it's a problem with my GUI rendering speed.
>
> Anyway, this morning I uninstalled IE8, rebooted, and now my GUI speed is
> back to normal (fast) -- I can move windows around without trails -- so it
> is
> obviously something with Internet Explorer 8.
>
> My system specs:
> Dell 400SC
> Pentium-4 HT 2.8GHz single core
> 3 GB memory
> NVidia GeForce 7600 GS 512MB AGP 8X, driver version 185.85
> Dual LCD monitors
> Windows XP SP3 with all high-priority updates
>
> Thoughts? Anyone?
>
>