Thank you Pete. Yes, I know what you mean. But as far as this particular problem is (was) concerned I can now sleep well. Since I don't...
Thank you mattman. I normally have many shortcuts on the desktop, but I have now placed most of them in another folder within the Desktop...
I have XP PRo SP3 plus all critical ipdates. "What's Running" tells me that WMI is not working, giving the message "WMIEnum.Create adding...
Yes, it is large. However, speed of loading isn't a problem for me. I find it quite acceptable. Ok Arie, I created another user, also with Admin...
The only System Information I can find is in Programs/Accessories/System Tools. It doesn't show any graphs, only text, and shows information...
Well, thank you for that snotty for remark.
I have received a private message from PeteC asking me to continue or conclude this thread. Since my computer still has the problem I would...
I have run Process Explorer three times. Once before I tried a search, once while searching but before display corruption started, and the third...
Ok, I did that a few minutes ago. I'm afraid that there's no change. There's one thing I didn't mention. Sometimes, if I move the mouse...
Correct. Incorrect. I used Driver Genius. Driver date is 23/09/2012 (sic), and driver version is 6.14.13.681 I had a look on that...
Thank you Evan. Doing a search after booting into Safe mode does not cause the problem. There isn't a default Windows theme, I've deleted...
I shall report further in a while. I have other things to do, many of which are more pressing.
Thank you Evan for the suggestions. The corruption appears only when running a search. The video card driver is up to date. I don't...
When searching for a file, after the search facility has been running for alittle while, the desktop display loses various items, particularly...
Thank you Tony. That explains it nicely. Best regards.
In the blue band along the very top of IE8, the u.r.l. of the displayed page, or something obviously related to it, is usually displayed....
There's little point in keeping this thread open. The problem has been overcome. The remaining items in msconfig which I haven't yet...
Yes. I got tired of wading through overly verbose explanations before discovering what I want to know.
There is growing awarness amongst the U.K's media of our government's plans to grant itself the right to snoop on virtually any and all internet...
The disabled items under Services are Defragmentation-Service InstallDriver Table Manager Windows CardSpace...
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