Hi Barg,

See this blog post.

http://blogs.msdn.com/tonyschr/archi...mitations.aspx

Regards.

"bargz" <bargz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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 Thinking it may have been outdated NVidia drivers, I downloaded and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?
>
>