Also makes me wonder if you have the Active Desktop on turned on.
('View my desktop as a webpage..' in display settings)
This always gives rise to issues, has done since IE4.

"JimB" wrote:

> I am using Windows XP, SP3
> --
> JimB
>
>
> "bargz" wrote:
>
> > 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 Thinking it may have been outdated NVidia drivers, I downloaded and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?
> >
> >