Solve : Wierd slow right click?

1.	Solve : Wierd slow right click?
Answer» Yesterday the computer worked fine, Today, when I right-click the mouse, it takes a second for the screen to appear - ghostly at first, then comes on. Then I noticed the problem with other stuff - even my hearts card game's slow, and that's scary because it came with Windows. I ran virus check, negative. I have plenty of free memory. I tried system restore, no luck. Even when I click on All Programs and try it, it takes a couple of seconds - and the ghostly screen. I use a Dell Dimension XPS, WIN XP and it worked fine. Any help would be great. Thanks. Quote I ran virus check, negative. Tell us what you USED for this? Quote Tell us what you used for this? Norton, just updated. By elimination, I think my problem is with the graphics accelerator, where would I post the question? - Thanks Quote Norton, just updated Not conclusive. Quote By elimination, I think my problem is with the graphics accelerator So you have diagnosed the problem (This will be fun) Leave this thread going, everyone checks in this forum and it gives people an insight into your problem. Quote So you have diagnosed the problem (This will be fun) I wouldn't say diagnosed, just think that's what it is. Leave this thread going, everyone checks in this forum and it gives people an insight into your problem. Please I still don't know how to fix it.Download and install EVEREST Home. This will tell you all the components in that machine. Once you've determined which vid card you have visit the manufacturers site and see if there are updated video drivers available. I'm still not quite sure why you suspect the vid card though. Is this a wireless mouse ? ? patio. If Norton is all you are using you may have other problems now, and certainly will later. Quote I'm still not quite sure why you suspect the vid card though. Is this a wireless mouse ? ? patio. I got a message saying something about that when I put in Stand By. It says that it'll go into software mode because it can't do it in hardware mode - or something like it. :-/ I didn't write down hoping it'd solve the problem. I'll check with your recommendation and if it works, I'll post it - and write down what the error message says. Thanks.Give a scan for spywares also.Status: I BOUGHT and ran spyware, removed all supposed trojan and adware (193 of them). No change. By the way, [glb]a curse on all these people who write the viruses, trojans, spywares and adwares, may their lives be full of unhappiness and frustration![/glb] I downloaded Everest (very helpful), ran it and tried to contact ati - see following. The original error messages said: "SMARTSAVE has reset your graphics accelerator as it was no longer responding to graphics driver commands. Please tell ATI Tech" "SMARTSAVE was unable to fully recover from a hardware deadlock, and has swichted to software rendering. To restore hardware rendering you must restart your computer." - It didn't So I went to Microsoft (after trying to e-mail ati for 5 hours of navigating their site) to download the most recent driver. Then the fun started I got a blue screen saying that I have a problem with my ativga2 or something (my driver, I know), that I should return to a previous setting - which I did - since the driver is in an infinite loop. Then I get a new error message: "VPU Recover was unable to..." you get the drift. The original problem's still there - all POP up windows slooowly come up. But it looks more and more like my card has failed - a hardware problem. I have a "ticket" sent to ati to see if they can come up with a solution. Meanwhile, if anyone has an idea, I'm willing to give it thought. Thanks for ALL your help - I always willing learn more stuff.By the time you solve this, if you solve it, you could have formatted the drive and reinstalled Windows. I would try a Linux Live CD to see if it works OK with that. Then you know if it was hardware or software you have to resolve. What did you buy?Thanks for ALL your help - I always willing learn more stuff. Starting with English. I bought Spyware Doctor. My brother is a Linux guy, and maybe one day I'll do it. All I can say is, I'm tired of technical difficulties when all I'm trying to do is play a game... Of course, it got worse. Now everytime I turn on the computer I get the blue screen with the message that the program is on an endless loop. I'll try ATI again. Their "solution" made things worse, maybe they'll have something else.What is the stop error messageOn the blue screen it says the computer stopped loading to PROTECT from damage due to problems with ati2dvag and that the software is in an endless loop, that I should contact the vendor (I did) and upgrade the software (I did, that's what got me here!). It has the stop #, but I didn't copy it down. Now I'm afraid of turning off the computer, I depend on it too much. The speed response of the mouse is BACK, so the original problem is gone Now if I can keep my computer from freezing... I've been trying to catch up with some work, maybe tomorrow I'll e-mail ATI again and see what they say. Any other ideas are welcome .

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Yesterday the computer worked fine, Today, when I right-click the mouse, it takes a second for the screen to appear - ghostly at first, then comes on. Then I noticed the problem with other stuff - even my hearts card game's slow, and that's scary because it came with Windows. I ran virus check, negative. I have plenty of free memory. I tried system restore, no luck. Even when I click on All Programs and try it, it takes a couple of seconds - and the ghostly screen. I use a Dell Dimension XPS, WIN XP and it worked fine. Any help would be great. Thanks. Quote

I ran virus check, negative.

Tell us what you USED for this? Quote

Tell us what you used for this?

Norton, just updated. By elimination, I think my problem is with the graphics accelerator, where would I post the question? - Thanks Quote

Norton, just updated

Not conclusive.

Quote

By elimination, I think my problem is with the graphics accelerator

So you have diagnosed the problem
(This will be fun)

Leave this thread going, everyone checks in this forum and it gives people an insight into your problem. Quote

So you have diagnosed the problem
(This will be fun)

I wouldn't say diagnosed, just think that's what it is.

Leave this thread going, everyone checks in this forum and it gives people an insight into your problem.

Please I still don't know how to fix it.Download and install EVEREST Home. This will tell you all the components in that machine. Once you've determined which vid card you have visit the manufacturers site and see if there are updated video drivers available.

I'm still not quite sure why you suspect the vid card though.
Is this a wireless mouse ? ?

patio. If Norton is all you are using you may have other problems now, and certainly will later. Quote

I'm still not quite sure why you suspect the vid card though.
Is this a wireless mouse ? ?

patio.

I got a message saying something about that when I put in Stand By. It says that it'll go into software mode because it can't do it in hardware mode - or something like it. :-/ I didn't write down hoping it'd solve the problem. I'll check with your recommendation and if it works, I'll post it - and write down what the error message says. Thanks.Give a scan for spywares also.Status:

I BOUGHT and ran spyware, removed all supposed trojan and adware (193 of them). No change. By the way, [glb]a curse on all these people who write the viruses, trojans, spywares and adwares, may their lives be full of unhappiness and frustration![/glb]

I downloaded Everest (very helpful), ran it and tried to contact ati - see following.

The original error messages said:
"SMARTSAVE has reset your graphics accelerator as it was no longer responding to graphics driver commands. Please tell ATI Tech"
"SMARTSAVE was unable to fully recover from a hardware deadlock, and has swichted to software rendering. To restore hardware rendering you must restart your computer." - It didn't

So I went to Microsoft (after trying to e-mail ati for 5 hours of navigating their site) to download the most recent driver. Then the fun started

I got a blue screen saying that I have a problem with my ativga2 or something (my driver, I know), that I should return to a previous setting - which I did - since the driver is in an infinite loop. Then I get a new error message:
"VPU Recover was unable to..." you get the drift.

The original problem's still there - all POP up windows slooowly come up. But it looks more and more like my card has failed - a hardware problem. I have a "ticket" sent to ati to see if they can come up with a solution. Meanwhile, if anyone has an idea, I'm willing to give it thought. Thanks for ALL your help - I always willing learn more stuff.By the time you solve this, if you solve it, you could have formatted the drive and reinstalled Windows. I would try a Linux Live CD to see if it works OK with that. Then you know if it was hardware or software you have to resolve.

What did you buy?Thanks for ALL your help - I always willing learn more stuff.
Starting with English.

I bought Spyware Doctor. My brother is a Linux guy, and maybe one day I'll do it. All I can say is, I'm tired of technical difficulties when all I'm trying to do is play a game... Of course, it got worse. Now everytime I turn on the computer I get the blue screen with the message that the program is on an endless loop. I'll try ATI again. Their "solution" made things worse, maybe they'll have something else.What is the stop error messageOn the blue screen it says the computer stopped loading to PROTECT from damage due to problems with ati2dvag and that the software is in an endless loop, that I should contact the vendor (I did) and upgrade the software (I did, that's what got me here!). It has the stop #, but I didn't copy it down. Now I'm afraid of turning off the computer, I depend on it too much. The speed response of the mouse is BACK, so the original problem is gone Now if I can keep my computer from freezing... I've been trying to catch up with some work, maybe tomorrow I'll e-mail ATI again and see what they say. Any other ideas are welcome .

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