Icon in upper right of screen...

I have WIN98SE with IE 5.5 and just noticed that the icon in the upper right of the screen that usually rotates/moves while navigating the web doesn't move anymore. The only other thing is things seem to be running noticably slower as well. Haven't done anything new recently. What could cause this? I went to safemode and ran defrag and scandisk which did not help...
thanks.

 

any ideas?

Come on folks, I need your help! It's still doing the same thing...
Thanks...

 

Does it not move at all, or just sometimes? It should move whenever data is moving through the modem, and not at all when nothing is coming through.

 

Try here

Maybe one of these links might help !!

http://www.computergripes.com/IE5.html


http://www.wugnet.com/tips/topicdisp.asp?topic=ie

 

just a followup...

I tried everything to correct this. Disk defrag & diskscan, cleaned-up all temp files, IE history and cache, etc, etc. Even changed the monitor contrast/brightness. Then I even changed the colors in windows boxes, etc, all to no avail.

When in IE and going from site to site, I can BARELY make out that the globe is spinning around the MS Flag...and then it will make a very small movement, followed by a period of time before I hear the HD move or the thing changes websites.

What about uninstalling IE 5.5? If I do, will that affect anything else? Bookmarks? Favorites? Anything at all....it may be worht a try...any ideas?

 

Hi Fireman#4
Are you sure it's a throbber problem....and not more that your system has slowed down?
Have you done a recent and updated virus scan? Checked your system for spyware? Unchecked unneccessary apps from loading at start up through msconfig? What are your system specs? What are your resources at after a fresh boot?

Daizy

 

Hi Daizy...

Yes, I did a recent VS and update, checked for spyware with AdAware (spelling?), deleted unneccessary stuff on start-up,
and resources at fresh boot are 84%.

I am running WIN98SE with a MMX MB with a Cyrix 333 CPU, 64 RAM....

I really can BARELY see the world turning around the MS Flag...never seen it before, way different from the unit at work...

 

Have you done the registry check to make sure you do not have the hkeys mentioned in the links offered previously. ie;

To restore the default animated logo, delete the 'BrandBitmap' and 'SmBrandBitmap' string values found under the registry key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar].

To restore the default idle logo, delete the 'SmallBitmap' and 'BigBitmap' string values found under the registry key [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main].

Restart Internet Explorer for the change to take effect.

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If you do not have these keys than you can ignore the above, but it may be possible that somewhere along the line, animated logo option parameters where placed in the reg. In any case a look-see couldn't hurt.

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goddez1...

I was able to get to the registry and look in both places, but I don't know exactly where the BrandBitmap and SmBrandBitmap string values are there!

I tried to highlight, cut & paste to put the info here, but cant do that. Can you please tell me the exact item name, and what info should follow? Thanks so much...

 

Lots of the keys won't be there unless you have installed something or tweaked the program in such a way that would cause them to be written to the registry.

For instance, my IE6 doesn't have any of those keys either.

As goddez1 said, "If you do not have these keys than you can ignore the above ... "

 

I'm sorry fireman#4,
I failed to notice up to this point that you have described your experience level as a Beginner. Had I been more observant I would have offered more information on how to do what I priorly had suggested. Although I think if the registry values mentioned where there you would have seen them but this is a step-bystep on how to make sure:
*click start button
*click the run
*type regedit and hit enter
*Registry is now displayed in a two pane view, left pane containg hkeys and when opened [expanded by clicking on them], their subkeys. The pane on the right contains various data or values for the settings of their hkey or subkey. This changes as the folder of focus changes. You job here is to scroll through the hkeys and subkeys until you reach the subkey of focus which in this case is the main Hkey of
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and clicking through the subkeys
\SOFTWARE
\Microsoft
\Internet Explorer until you are at the subkeys of
\Main

Once at the subkey of "/main" is opend, the values you need to check for will be on the right hand side or pane view. If you see the values: 'BrandBitmap' and 'SmBrandBitmap' you need to delete these two values only [not the hkeys or subkeys]. This is done by right clicking on the values or left clcick hight and from the upper tool bar select file>delete or while highlighted press your keyboards delete key. If they are NOT there then you have nothing to do but close the registry, for it is the absence of these values that makes IE use it's default animated logo.

NOTE*You need to repeat the sae process for the other hkey mentioned in my previous thread.

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That being said and after you double check for these, I wonder if the effect you are being annoyed by is due to one of several other possibilities.......

1]Perhaps your video adapter needs updating or has a corrupted driver.

2]Perhaps the IE version, at work, is a newer version and you are using an older one. I believe somewhere between 5.5 and 6 the colors became much more animated, vivid, xp-ish.

3]There is an option for showing icons in all possible colors via the display settings so....
*right click a blank spot on desktop and select "properties ", click on the "effects tab" and make sure this option hasn't been turned off somehow.

4]I applied this tweak along time ago, even though I have win98SE. It isn't harmful so.....Don't know if this had any effect or if it will effect the IE logo icon but.......

You can have high-color icons displayed on your Desktop without having Microsoft Plus! Pack for Windows 95 installed on your computer.

If you like a bit more colour and detail in your icons then use this (provided your system is not already CPU or main memory stressed, and your video card can handle greater that 256 colors). The effect is quite noticeable and visually beneficial.

Backup the Registry, run RegEdit, and locate the Key below:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics]

Add a new String (if not present) under the Registry key above by:
right-clicking on an empty spot in the right hand pane, select New -> String and type "Shell Icon BPP ", without the quotes. Or edit/double-click it if already present, and give it one of these values:
Use 16 for 16-bit graphics cards (65,000 colors or High Color)
Use 24 for 24-bit graphics cards (16 million colors or True Color)
NOTE*The default is 8 (256 colors). The number 4 is used for 16 colors. A 0 defaults to 256.

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Have you tried repairing IE with the self fix routine it uses to repair it's self? Via control panel>add/remove software>scroll to IE and click on it. It will have an option to "fix ". This is what you are looking for not the unistall.
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I wonder if doing a file find for "shelliconcache" and deleting this when found, will help. It will be rebuilt on a restart. I just don't know if IE's logo will be effected in anyway by this but it also is not harmful.

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Double check your display settings [again, via a right click on destop>properties>Apperence tab....It is the "ICON" size I'm interested in here. Sometimes if this is setting is larger than 32, problems can occur. It may help to change it up [bigger] and than change it back or vise_versa.

While your in here make sure your resolution and color settings are correct. Particularly "Color" [recommend "16 highbit] but this is subject to personal preference.
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Lastly is there any other element that may be thrown in here that's not being mentioned, such as a changed color management scheme for monitor or some kind of tweaker that allows invisble or transparent icons etc.

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To other members........
Does anyone know, off the top of their head, if individual gifs are used for the default throbber in IE and where they are? Perhaps the replacement of these is needed. Doubtful but ya' never know.

 

Thanks Goddez1...

When I have a chance I will go thru all your suggestions...thanks alot!

 

Hi goddez1
Here's some throbber info.
And yet more
Adnauseum

Daizy

 

Bless your heart Daizy,

And thanks for trying, but I wasn't asking for the how-to on replacing or redirecting IE's default spinning flag to/with a different customized/branded one. I know the reg keys point to the new file/path. But the removal of these keys forces IE to use the default, unfortunately that doesn't tell me what the default path/file is.ie;

What I was looking for was:
Where the default is located when these pointers are not specified with switches. ie; Can I find the *.bmp in a directory? Is it encoded inside a dll or exe.

Thinking that perhaps this file can be replaced with extracted new one.

I have tried, finding a reference that explains exactly where IE get's this nfo and default graphic. Although not very hard, admitedly.
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Your right, this post is getting lengthy [adnauseum: your term] but the fix or reason for faded throbber, for the poster has not been found and I hate to leave a post without seeing it through to final conclusion. If it were me and this drove me crazy, I would already have replaced it with another but that, evidently, is not what the poster wishes to do. So I'll keep pecking away at it until "The Fat Lady Sings ".

Thank you for trying. It is appreciated. [I sure hope the nfo isn't there and I'm just not connecting the dots. ]

 

Awwww shoot goddez1 That "adnauseum" comment was directed at myself! I tend to over do the links..when just one will do.

I think I've just muddied the waters here...and for that I apologize. I've been reading all over to see if I can get a straight answer for you, but short of knowing explicitly what the registry keys are...I've come up with very little.

This page talks about placing the code in a directory like c:\program files\wsh.

Daizy