In news:C3043972-15FB-4E3B-9B0C-CD31F3F2FA5E@microsoft.com,
HartsVideo <HartsVideo@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
> Hi Galen and Mike,
>
> Thanks for responding. The site is graphic intensive . . . winmx
> through private servers. I share old movie and cartoon files from
> the 1920's to the 70's with others. Movies take about 2 days to get
> from #100 in que to #1 and they take at least 24 hours to d/l. I
> haven't stayed on any other site for 2 to 4 days, such as eBay or my
> email, so I don't know if my graphics would start to go when I'm
> there. But when my graphics start to go and have almost completely
> gone at winmx, my graphics are fine when I check my email or go to
> eBay while winmx is still running. My computer doesn't even slow
> down after a few days. My computer is 4 years old and my monitor is
> 3 years old, it's a KDS 17" flat screen.
>
> The reason that I thought that my graphics card might be the problem
> is because, about 2 years ago, I used a program named Leechammer
> while at winmx for winmx. When Leechammer "hammered," the image of
> winmx on my monitor would "shake" quickly for about 5 seconds. This
> would happen more than 50 times in a few hours. When I started to
> receive the beige areas after using Leechammer for about 6 months, I
> uninstalled the program and haven't used it since because I thought
> that it was ruining my graphics card, but the graphics continued to
> turn beige if I was at winmx for more than 2 days. Then, about a year
> later, the pop-up boxes started to be clear with only the border
> showing about a day after the beige areas show up (about the 3rd day
> at winmx). When my grapics get bad after being at winmx for a few
> days, if I reduce winmx to system tray and then maximize winmx, I can
> see everything at winmx again, but as soon as someone sends me a PM
> or if I need to open any other boxes, my graphics go crazy. . .
> almost all white/beige/clear, so I again minimize and maximize winmx
> and I see everything again until the next time that I want to open a
> box, which is fairly often. If you would like the program, the
> patches and the guides so that you can try it yourselves, I'll upload
> them to you if there's a way to do that here.
>
> I hope this info helps.
>
> Denise
>
> =====================
>
> "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> The first two or three lines of your post say it all.. there is only
>> a problem at one particular site.. any where else. and the graphics
>> card appears to be fine.. so it isn't the graphics card, is it..
>>
>> Perhaps you might like to share the URL such that one of us could go
>> see for ourselves..
>>
>> --
>> Mike Hall
>> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>>
>>
>> "HartsVideo" <HartsVideo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E68C3862-F258-452C-B3AB-59B8FE24198A@microsoft.com...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm on the internet at a specific site for days at a time
>>> without rebooting. By the end of the 2nd day, my graphics start to
>>> fade so that there are beige areas where text should be and by the
>>> end of the 3rd day, only the outline of a pop-up box can be seen.
>>> There is no info inside of the
>>> box . . . I see through the box to what is behind the box. These
>>> graphics problems happens only at this site. If I go to another
>>> site (to check my email, etc), I have no problems with my graphics.
>>> I stay on my computer this long because I will lose much time and
>>> info if I stop to reboot. I periodically do a disc clean-up, empty
>>> temporary folders, etc, during the 2
>>> or 3 days but it doesn't help.
>>>
>>> I have Windows XP Pro, an AMD Duron Processor, 945 MHz,
>>> 256 MB Ram. In System Properties > Hardware Tab > Device Manager >
>>> Sound, Video and
>>> Capture Devides, it says that I have "Legacy Video Capture Devices."
>>>
>>> My computer was made for me 4 years ago and the person who
>>> made it
>>> is no longer with us so I can't find out the specifics of what is
>>> inside my
>>> PC.
>>>
>>> I've read some of the other posts here about video cards,
>>> BIOS, whether the video card is part of the motherboard or
>>> separate, and raising the AGP aperture size. If these are possible
>>> solutions to my problem, please
>>> tell me how to get into BIOS, how to raise the AGP aperature size,
>>> and how to
>>> find out whether my video card is part of my motherboard.
>>>
>>> I don't do gaming so I don't need a video card that's fast but I
>>> need one that can work for days on end without the need to reboot.
>>> Someone suggested
>>> that the size should be at least 1G. I have no other problems
>>> with my computer when I stay on line for 2 or 3 days without
>>> rebooting except that I
>>> lose my graphics.
>>>
>>> If I need a new video card, what type of video card will I need to
>>> buy? If
>>> you need more info, I'll be happy to supply it.
>>>
>>> Denise
You say WinMX. The site's been down for forever and a day - though the
application can still be downloaded from quite a few places. Just an FYI:
The servers no longer connect except for the OpenNap P2P servers which it
seems you're doing. That'd not be a site - that'd be an application if I'm
understanding you correctly. You said flat screen and not panel or LCD so
I'm guessing it's a CRT monitor? It could be, as I suggested, the monitor
failing.
--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
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