Win2000 paint problem

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I have a bunch of users that cannot get off 2000 due to a non supported
application so until the application changes from SNA they cannot.

The problem is:
A paint issue. The screens are jumbled with overlay of another application,
buttons missing etc. Does not happen on XP boxes so my guess is that it
truly is a Win2k issue.

Any suggestions?

I have located 4 paint fixes on the Microsoft site and they also have SP4.

Mark
 
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M K said:
I have a bunch of users that cannot get off 2000 due to a non
supported application so until the application changes from SNA they
cannot.
The problem is:
A paint issue. The screens are jumbled with overlay of another
application, buttons missing etc. Does not happen on XP boxes so my
guess is that it truly is a Win2k issue.

Any suggestions?

I have located 4 paint fixes on the Microsoft site and they also have
SP4.
Mark
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By paint do you mean screen refresh issues or issues with the paint
application? :S

If refresh issues I'd advise changing the graphics drivers
 
Steve Parry said:
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By paint do you mean screen refresh issues or issues with the paint
application? :S

If refresh issues I'd advise changing the graphics drivers
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Sorry yes its refresh not MS Paint. I think they have tried updating drivers
but I will confirm.

Mark
 
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M K said:
Sorry yes its refresh not MS Paint. I think they have tried updating
drivers but I will confirm.

Mark
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even try downgrading drivers on some cos sometimes there can be issues with
newer ones.
 
Steve Parry said:
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even try downgrading drivers on some cos sometimes there can be issues
with newer ones.
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Good idea, I will have them try that. Anything is worth a shot at this
point!

Mark
 
I am also having screen painting issues. I have Win2000 Server, and a
GeForce FX 5200 AGP. Both the original drivers on the CD for the GeForce
and the latest downloaded from nVidia exhibit the problem. It seems to be
memory related, in that it only happens after running some hogs like AOL 9
or the 3DNA 3d desktop. (It came on the GeForce CD, but can be downloaded
from http://www.3dna.net/).

Now, the 3DNA desktop is the quickest way to force the problems if you want
to see them.

The thing is, we aren't running out of system memory (512mb installed),
according to Task Manager.

I seem to recall there was a similar issue with Windows 98, where there was
a special pool of graphics resources that amounted to only 64k, and when it
was used up these kinds of problems happened. Does Windows 2000 have this
limitation as well? And if so, have they /lowered/ the pool? When we were
running Win98, with even /less/ memory, we did not see this problem just
from running AOL.

My wife insists on using AOL, so if there is a fix for this problem I would
like to know. Perhaps somebody knows a set of "good" drivers for the
GeForce? Or is it really not driver related after all?

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