The common item I picked up on was "Pentium-4 HT", think it might be a
logical processor issue?

What processor type have you got?

"hdonthecheap" <hdonthecheap@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BE29EFBE-AF60-4DEA-985C-AFA449DE0945@microsoft.com...
>I have exactly this slow painting problem -- and have researched this all
>over.
>
> The only common thread in all these posts is "NVidia GeForce".
>
> My two computers have NVidia GeForce cards, I have slow painting problem
> with IE8. I remove IE8, painting problem gone.
>
> Other people without NVidia GeForce cards do not report this problem --
> generally speaking. Nothing posted on NVidia forums about it ...
>
> Just a guess.
>
> "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 Thinking it may have been outdated NVidia drivers, I downloaded and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?
>>
>>