Flickering Screen

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I am running Windows XP Home edition on a Dell computer.
For the past six months we have had trouble with the
screen image "flickering." When this happens, if you
click on the Start button to open a program, the program
list pops up and down quickly and you can't access it. We
have found that by holding down the control key the
flickering sometimes stops, but the problem is getting
worse. It is not the monitor. I hooked the monitor up to
two different computers at two different locations, and
it works fine. Hope someone has some ideas. Thanks.
 
Right-click on your desktop and select:
Properties > Settings > Advanced > Monitor
and increase the Screen Refresh rate until the
problem subsides.

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|I am running Windows XP Home edition on a Dell computer.
| For the past six months we have had trouble with the
| screen image "flickering." When this happens, if you
| click on the Start button to open a program, the program
| list pops up and down quickly and you can't access it. We
| have found that by holding down the control key the
| flickering sometimes stops, but the problem is getting
| worse. It is not the monitor. I hooked the monitor up to
| two different computers at two different locations, and
| it works fine. Hope someone has some ideas. Thanks.
 
On Tue said:
I am running Windows XP Home edition on a Dell computer.
For the past six months we have had trouble with the
screen image "flickering." When this happens, if you
click on the Start button to open a program, the program
list pops up and down quickly and you can't access it.
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That doesn't sound like a refresh rate or screen issue.

It sounds like a bad mouse button that's double-triggering.


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