Window wildly scrolls and jumps

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Phisherman

This is an occasional incident and generally happens when a page is
loading or some other activity is happening. A list in Outlook and
newsgroup reader Agent quickly jumps up and down. I close all the
windows and re-open the application, then everything works fine. This
occasionally happened in Windows 98SE too, but in that case I would
remedy the problem by re-booting. Any ideas about this problem and
how to solve it?
 
Phisherman said:
This is an occasional incident and generally happens when a page is
loading or some other activity is happening. A list in Outlook and
newsgroup reader Agent quickly jumps up and down. I close all the
windows and re-open the application, then everything works fine. This
occasionally happened in Windows 98SE too, but in that case I would
remedy the problem by re-booting. Any ideas about this problem and
how to solve it?
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Since it is random, it is probably your video card flaking out. Since
you mention that it happened in Win98, I surmise that your video card
is elderly (unless you replaced it).

The first fix is to install the latest drivers for your video card
because that's the easy one. Never get drivers from Windows Update. Get
them from:

1. The device mftr.'s website; OR
2. The motherboard mftr.'s website if hardware is onboard; OR
3. The OEM's website for your specific machine if you have an OEM
computer (HP, Dell, Sony, etc.).

Read the installation instructions on the website where you get the
drivers.

To find out what hardware is in your computer:

1. Read any documentation you got when you bought the computer.
2. If the computer is OEM, go to the OEM's website for your specific
model machine and look at the specs (you'll be there to get the drivers
anyway)
3. Download, install and run a free system inventory program like Belarc
Advisor. The older Aida32 is good for this, too.

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html - Belarc Advisor
http://www.aumha.org/free.htm - Aida32 (hosted on Jim Eshelman's site)

If updating the drivers fixes the issue, you're done. If it doesn't fix
the issue, uninstall the video card and swap it out for a known-working
one.

Malke
 
Update the graphic driver.Visit the manufacturer's site to download and
install the latest driver.

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]
 
Thanks. My video card is a NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT. The behavior
happened on another computer, completely different hardware/video. I
suspect software, and now perhaps the driver. I've seen this kind of
jumping on other MS machines too, although I have not seen it on a
Mac, Linux-based, or Win2000 machine.
 
Phisherman said:
Thanks. My video card is a NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT. The behavior
happened on another computer, completely different hardware/video. I
suspect software, and now perhaps the driver. I've seen this kind of
jumping on other MS machines too, although I have not seen it on a
Mac, Linux-based, or Win2000 machine.
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Well, if you had included that information in your *first* post, I would
have been able to give you more focused advice.

Update the drivers.

Malke
 
This is an occasional incident and generally happens when a page is
loading or some other activity is happening. A list in Outlook and
newsgroup reader Agent quickly jumps up and down. I close all the
windows and re-open the application, then everything works fine. This
occasionally happened in Windows 98SE too, but in that case I would
remedy the problem by re-booting. Any ideas about this problem and
how to solve it?
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Just for fun, try this ...

When the scroll list starts doing this, lift your mouse from the desk and
then slam it back down. Not so hard that you'll damage your mouse or your
desk. :-) Does this stop the jitters?

This works for me when this happens when using Windoze. Never have this
silliness when working with Linux.


--
WGA is the best thing that has happened for Linux in a while.

The ULTIMATE Windoze Fanboy:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2370205018226686613

A 3D Linux Desktop (video) ...


View Some Common Linux Desktops ...
http://shots.osdir.com/
 
Just for fun, try this ...

When the scroll list starts doing this, lift your mouse from the desk and
then slam it back down. Not so hard that you'll damage your mouse or your
desk. :-) Does this stop the jitters?

This works for me when this happens when using Windoze. Never have this
silliness when working with Linux.
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I havn't had the chance to try this out yet. This problem happens
maybe once a month. But, this does give me an idea to try using the
keyboard instead of the mouse. Both hardware items are MS.
 
Phisherman said:
This is an occasional incident and generally happens when a page is
loading or some other activity is happening. A list in Outlook and
newsgroup reader Agent quickly jumps up and down. I close all the
windows and re-open the application, then everything works fine. This
occasionally happened in Windows 98SE too, but in that case I would
remedy the problem by re-booting. Any ideas about this problem and
how to solve it?
Click to expand...

Dirty optical mouse.
 
Dirty optical mouse.
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That is only "dirty" when running under XP, but according to the OP and my
experiences remain "clean" when running under some other o/s.

--
WGA is the best thing that has happened for Linux in a while.

The ULTIMATE Windoze Fanboy:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2370205018226686613

Is this a modern day equivalent of a Nazi youth rally?:

http://www.ntk.net/media/developers.mpg

A 3D Linux Desktop (video) ...


View Some Common Linux Desktops ...
http://shots.osdir.com/
 
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