Let's get this info out into the open where we can SEE it:
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Start, Right click My Computer, Properties, Advanced Tab, Click the
settings button under performance, Choose Adjust for best performance.
Job Done!
I have been working on it all night, it was that simple. If this
worked for you, please tell me
According to Dell tech support, sysfader problems are caused by
conflicts between Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2. Options to fix
are wiping your hard drive and then reinstalling XP (in my case,
didn't ask about other OS) with SP 1 and then never downloading SP 2.
Or wipe your hard drive and buy a new XP with SP 2, thereby putting $
in the coffer of Microsoft, which caused the problem. Dell has been
getting many, many calls, with a wide variety of symptoms, as
evidenced by this thread.
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If this is true, then we shouldn't be meekly saying "Google this" and
coyly posting links; we should be shouting this from the rooftops.
Here we have ppl "just" wiping the OS to keep alive some useless
time-wasting UI fluffware, attributing this to malware when it's
possibly just some wretched OS bug?
Dell's a huge "one size fits all" company. How many installations
have their bad advice on this issue destroyed so far?
As to the value of a slowed-down (sorry, "animated") UI; it's great
for presentations where you want to show how to do things on a big
screen to an audience, but the rest of us may prefer to get some work
done. If I wanted a dribbling UI, I'd have kept my old and slower PC.
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