Refreshing desktop

[cassiel]

Hi. I'm experiencing some weird stuff. This is my second installations of windows 7 build 7000. The first was cracked, and now this is a genuine beta. In both i have the same problem:
Sometimes let's suppose i'm extracting files from winrar, when it finishes, nothing shows on desktop. If i click refresh, then my stuff shows up. This is the same when downloading a file, it shows only when i refresh! any ideas on what's going on? i would say it was my fault, but this is tthe second installation....it's totally clean.
Anyway, if i reboot the computer this issue is gone. but it appears from time to time

 

[Mark]

I get the same thing from time to time, I would say it's worth sending some feedback to Microsoft about it, hopefully it will be resolved by the final release or even better with an Update.

 

[linuzo]

Sounds like a video driver issue to me. I would try to reinstall your driver because it could have something to do with it. If your using NVIDIA be sure to complete your Windows Updates or try the NVIDIA beta driver from their site.

 

[mSeliga]

I had this issue from time to time on Vista. I haven't had it since my upgrade to 7 though. Video drivers are most likely the culprit.

 

[cassiel]

hum, thanks for the tips guys. gonna work it out

 

[djhallucn8]

Yep sounds like video to me as well.

 

[cassiel]

i have the latest nvidia drives on my Hp notebook. i got them from windows update. because i believe the ones on the HP site are older, i compared the versions

 

[mSeliga]

i have the latest nvidia drives on my Hp notebook. i got them from windows update. because i believe the ones on the HP site are older, i compared the versions

Did you check for the drivers from Nvidia's website? They have the most up to date drivers, including the beta ones for Windows 7.

 

[cassiel]

Did you check for the drivers from Nvidia's website? They have the most up to date drivers, including the beta ones for Windows 7.

Usually they say my hardware is not compatible, because i have nvidia 8400M GS on my Hp. Probably i can only download the ones on Hp website. but gonna try anyway. thanks

Edit: My bad, they have now a notebook drivers section. eheh, tks man

 

[hethoofd]

Well, it could just as well be some refresh bug in 7. I assume Windows should refresh your desktop every once in a while and maybe that's just not happening.

 

[hethoofd]

I *was* having a driver issue, though. Yesterday, when my laptop woke from sleep and my screen turned back on, the desktop area behind the glass area of the browser I was using turned black. Quite odd, but a refresh of the desktop solved the problem. I'm guessing this is an issue with the prerelease 8400M GS driver I'm using.

 

[cassiel]

hum, guys, hell of a problem here. I was using nvidia drivers from windows update. Now i went to nvidia site, and downloaded the windows vista drivers for notebook (they didn't have for win7), anyway the drives are beta. I installed them, reboot, and then i refresh my WEI . Guess what?

Desktop performance for windows aero:

windows update driver --> 3,4
Nvidia driver -->3,2

Gaming graphics:

Windows update driver -->3,8
Nvidia driver --> 2,0

The new driver was supposed to increase performance, not decrease it. lol

 

[hethoofd]

Well, simply reinstall the driver from Windows Update

 

[cassiel]

oh... but that will leave me frustrated

 

[hethoofd]

Frustrated about the refresh thing?
If it's really a video/driver problem, you might consider sending some feedback. It will probably get fixed (it's still beta anyway).

 

[cassiel]

yeah because this never happened with windows xp for example, must be a bug. oh well, i'm gonna reinstall

 

[Antman]

He is creating unsecured accounts?

 

[mickey megabyte]

i have no idea

 

[ner]

Found a fix

Hi All.

Having the sames issues here to; so just changed the registry key from On = dont auto refresh to Off = Auto refresh.. and its all sorted now..

this is th reg parth;


Searched for occurrences of the word refresh and found this key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{BDEADE7F-C265-11D0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F}\Instance

do this;

1) I backed up the registry.
2) Searched for occurrences of the word refresh and found this key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{BDEADE7F-C265-11D0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F}\Instance
which contains three subkeys. One of them, curiously enough, is DontRefresh and it has a value of 1 (turned ON)
3) I then changed the value to 0 (turned OFF) and hit F5 to refresh and save the now changed registry.


regards