sometimes i cant tell when my pc has locked up.
is there a way to animate the cursor/hourglass so that if the pc does freeze
i can tell.I know the freezing is a memory issue which i am rectifying.
Thanks

The freezing is not necessarily a memory issue, in fact, it could well be
outdated video drivers. Try this, a safe little test to help narrow the
problem:
Right click a vacant area of the desktop, select Properties, Settings tab,
click on the Advanced button, then the Troubleshoot tab.
You will see the Hardware Acceleration slider....move this to one notch
above 'None.' Reboot your machine and see if the 'freezing' issue is gone.
If so, suspect video and or mouse drivers needing updates. Don't forget to
put the slider back to Full when you have resolved the issue or if it has no
affect.

There are a number of 'animated' cursors available, but, I personally
consider them 'eye candy' and a waste of resources. If you just have to
have them, do a Google search.....just be careful and investigate what you
are getting, things like Comet Cursor would not be desirable.
Heirloom, old and Merry Christmas (or
whatever you prefer) to all

"steve healey" <stevehealey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E5C5A544-074D-42FC-94E9-AB4EEE5E0F9C@microsoft.com...
> sometimes i cant tell when my pc has locked up.
> is there a way to animate the cursor/hourglass so that if the pc does
> freeze
> i can tell.I know the freezing is a memory issue which i am rectifying.
> Thanks

tried what you suggested but all my drivers are the best match. Thanks for
the tips. As i said it could just be memory. i am waiting on delivery to go
from 128 upto 512

Did you lower the Hardware Acceleration, reboot and run your
machine?.....not just check on the drivers. If not, try it and see if the
'freezing' stops. Let us know.
Heirloom, old and it's freezing in here

"steve healey" <stevehealey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4A3C0886-24A2-4DF2-BF0F-94CF0E30F7DA@microsoft.com...
> tried what you suggested but all my drivers are the best match. Thanks for
> the tips. As i said it could just be memory. i am waiting on delivery to
> go
> from 128 upto 512

You can animate the cursor/hourglass in Control Panel-Mouse-Pointers
tab. (Normal Select/Working in Background)

If you don't have any to install, try here:
Animated Cursors-Dierk's - http://www.anicursor.com/
Cursors and Themes-Tucows - http://epix.themes.tucows.com/
Free icons cursors. - http://www.aha-soft.com/iconlibs.htm
Joes Cursors - http://joescursors.tripod.com/
Windows XP Themes,Skins,Icons,Wallpapers:
http://www.wincustomize.com/IndexSkins.aspx

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.html

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 07:47:02 -0800, steve healey
<stevehealey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>sometimes i cant tell when my pc has locked up.
>is there a way to animate the cursor/hourglass so that if the pc does freeze
>i can tell.I know the freezing is a memory issue which i am rectifying.
>Thanks