dotted lines ?

[gigabyte]

why do i get the doted lines on my start button when i use classic mode?????

 

[logicearth]

Why use classic in the first place?

 

[Dom]

why do i get the doted lines on my start button when i use classic mode?????

Hi, I think this happens to everyone. Even in safe mode, it is there. I think it has something to do with keyboard focus, but I'm not entirely sure.
Try pressing the Windows key orb and at the same time press 'T'. Tell us if anything happens.

 

[gigabyte]

why use classic mode . ok i use classic mode to get as much performance out of my pc thats why.

 

[Dom]

why use classic mode . ok i use classic mode to get as much performance out of my pc thats why.

Should have said that in the original post so there wouldn't be other questions asked.

 

[gigabyte]

but still i shouldnt get the dotted lines on my start button. i always use classic mod and never had the doted lines on the start button beffore im just guessing it can be a bad install of windows.

 

[Petey7]

I decided to try it just to see and I don't get the dotted line you have. I wouldn't go calling it a bad install though. What other changes have you made?

 

[Dom]

but still i shouldnt get the dotted lines on my start button. i always use classic mod and never had the doted lines on the start button beffore im just guessing it can be a bad install of windows.

Have you followed my advice?

 

[logicearth]

why use classic mode . ok i use classic mode to get as much performance out of my pc thats why.

Well you are doing it wrong. Turning Aero off for performance reasons is pointless. Aero itself, the transparent window borders all those animations are done on the GPU. Now if your GPU is crap beyond comprehension then sure. However, classic mode uses the CPU to draw and build the borders of the window and all that good (ugly) stuff. Classic mode steals precious CPU time away from your applications, didn't you know? Thats why Aero was created which uses DirectX and works exclusively on the GPU.

Face it, you want to be running Aero, offload the GUI work to the under utilized GPU.
And no you do not have a crap graphics card. In fact I think you have to be joking.
Get as much performance out of your PC? Geeze my computer is crap compared and yet no performance issues.
(Aside from high-end gaming...)

 

[gigabyte]

dom i did ur advice but nothing happend still the same. logicearh i didnt turn areo off i just picked classic mode? and becides how do i turn areo on if its off in classic mode.

 

[Petey7]

What he is trying to say, and I do not testify to the validity of because I don't know, is that the Aero based themes are more GPU intensive, while classic themes are more CPU intensive. In other words the CPU is actually having to do more work than when you use the newer Aero style themes.

 

[gigabyte]

ill go back to areo based thems then thankyou petey.

but the only reson i picked classic mode was because i thought i will get mor out of my pc. and also on this fourm i seen that if you have areo off you get better perfomance. but anyway iv gone back with areo on thanks petey againe.

 

[Petey7]

Not a problem, my good sir.

 

[gigabyte]

petey i fixed the problem im not getting dotted lines when i switch back to classic mode. when i installed windows i let windows 7 install and find my graphics card driver but what i did to fix the problem i used drivesweeper i deleted all the old drivers then i went to ati website and downloaded the driver for my graphics card and now i dont get the doteted lines no more.

 

[Dom]

petey i fixed the problem im not getting dotted lines when i switch back to classic mode. when i installed windows i let windows 7 install and find my graphics card driver but what i did to fix the problem i used drivesweeper i deleted all the old drivers then i went to ati website and downloaded the driver for my graphics card and now i dont get the doteted lines no more.

Glad its sorted Sorry if I sounded rude earlier, I guess I wasn't in too good a mood.

 

[gigabyte]

dont worry about dom its all cool where all here to help each other.