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In article <71081o$s04$1@oak.prod.itd.earthlink.net>, Darren Dupr�
<DMDx86NOSPAM@altavista.net> writes
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>Joe wrote in message <36335def.2309422@nntp.a001.sprintmail.com>...
>>I noticed that both my desktop & folder icons initially pop-up on the
>>sceen rather slowly when I first bring them up.  However, a week ago I
>>installed the latest driver for my Stealth II video card & the icons
>>started appearing INSTANTLY on my desktop when I booted & when I
>>opened a new folder.  But since installing the "Sin" game demo (now
>>uninstalled) last night, they've gone back to appearing slowly again.
>>I can hear the HDD being accessed, whereas before when they appeared
>>instantly it wasn't.  My hard drive is an Ultra DMA-type & I'm running
>>a K6-2 cpu so I know my system is plenty fast enough.  Is there a
>>solution for this admittedly minor but annoying problem?  I have my
>>home system configured as a "network server" in control panel & I use
>>a permanent swap file (160 MB).
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>This may be obvious, but have you defragged your HD lately?
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It's more than likely that your game installed an older version of
DirectX. Have a look in your folder for directx, it should be version 6
or later.
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Stuart