desktop icons very slow in showing themselves after updates

[Steve]

Hi, I have done a PC rebuild, started with WinXPhome then loaded on SP2,
followed by all my progs, rebooting after each important install. Basically
I know what I am doing ! This is not my first by any means. Everything
slick and fast, close a prog and desktop icons appear instantly. Then came
the time for the Msoft updates having loaded on as many progs as poss before
needing to do the internet connection thing, installed BitDefender and
mailwasher, set up all my defenses, then connected up and did the updates, I
did these in stages because for the first build I ok'd the entire lot, all
except IE7, and found afterwards that the desktop icons were all the same
image of a white square, each one showing its correct appearance and all
redrawn after a few secs. Something in the updates had slowed this down.
Despite doing it in stages second time around and rebooting after each
family were installed, they all seemed ok, redraw slowed a little from
instant to say 2secs. But then a day later I close an app and find myself
waiting several seconds before being able to use a shortcut as they are all
slowly redrawing to their true emblems and I can't tell which is which until
they do. I am not turning the clocks back yet again and dumping a backup on
prior to the updates, then trying each one in turn with a reboot and an
hours PC'ing to see which one is at fault, there are loads of them as
mentioned, it would take days to do.

Just how do I overcome this one ? Sitting and waiting for screen icons to
redraw properly on what is a newly rebuilt PC with a fast system and SATA
HD's is silly.

Steve

 

[Elmo]

Hi, I have done a PC rebuild, started with WinXPhome then loaded on SP2,
followed by all my progs, rebooting after each important install. Basically
I know what I am doing ! This is not my first by any means. Everything
slick and fast, close a prog and desktop icons appear instantly. Then came
the time for the Msoft updates having loaded on as many progs as poss before
needing to do the internet connection thing, installed BitDefender and
mailwasher, set up all my defenses, then connected up and did the updates, I
did these in stages because for the first build I ok'd the entire lot, all
except IE7, and found afterwards that the desktop icons were all the same
image of a white square, each one showing its correct appearance and all
redrawn after a few secs. Something in the updates had slowed this down.
Despite doing it in stages second time around and rebooting after each
family were installed, they all seemed ok, redraw slowed a little from
instant to say 2secs. But then a day later I close an app and find myself
waiting several seconds before being able to use a shortcut as they are all
slowly redrawing to their true emblems and I can't tell which is which until
they do. I am not turning the clocks back yet again and dumping a backup on
prior to the updates, then trying each one in turn with a reboot and an
hours PC'ing to see which one is at fault, there are loads of them as
mentioned, it would take days to do.

Just how do I overcome this one? Sitting and waiting for screen icons to
redraw properly on what is a newly rebuilt PC with a fast system and SATA
HD's is silly.

Steve

Maybe this?

Line 121. Increase Icon Cache
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

[Steve]

Thanks Elmo, I shall backup the PC then try it. Not sure what the action to
the right of that one is for and will that also happen. I am happy with the
layout of the icons.
Each line has two 'fixes', I asum eis one is independent, one downloads the
contents of a cell, not a box.
Steve

 

[Elmo]

Thanks Elmo, I shall backup the PC then try it. Not sure what the action to
the right of that one is for and will that also happen. I am happy with the
layout of the icons.
Each line has two 'fixes', I assume each one is independent, one downloads the
contents of a cell, not a box.
Steve

Right, just the one fix in the left column. The page has about 600
different tweaks, with two, more-or-less per line. Since I didn't
mention the right-hand column, I suspected you'd only look at the tweak
on the left.