Ask Experts Questions for FREE Help !
Ask
    gwzap's Avatar
    gwzap Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
    New Member
    		  
    #1

    Dec 31, 2007, 11:31 AM
    Laptop windows flicker
    I have a Compaq M700 laptop that I've been using for the past 3 years. It has really been a workhorse for me in spite of it only having 256 megs of ram and a PIII. I had windows 2000 on it, which it ran OK, but then had an issue that, when I went to any web browser, it would flicker between min and max view quickly. I thought maybe it was Internet Explorer, but it wasn't. I thought it might have been an issue with Windows 2000, but it isn't as I installed Linux. Any ideas?

    Gary
    biggsie's Avatar
    biggsie Posts: 1,267, Reputation: 125
    Ultra Member
    		  
    #2

    Jan 1, 2008, 05:19 AM
    System Requirements for Windows 2000

    System Requirements for Windows 2000

    Some programs can cause flicker, when system becomes unstable

    How many programs are running -- can you exit programs and stop problem
    gwzap's Avatar
    gwzap Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
    New Member
    		  
    #3

    Jan 1, 2008, 12:19 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by biggsie
    System Requirements for Windows 2000

    System Requirements for Windows 2000

    Some programs can cause flicker, when system becomes unstable

    How many programs are running -- can you exit programs and stop problem
    It wasn't just in explorer, but in any applet that used a browser interface such as control panel. While I stated in my original statement it happened in Linux, (Mandriva 2008), I have now put Fedora 2007 on the laptop with no similar issues.

    As to your point about using more programs, I have ran Windows 2000 with Outlook, IE, word, and other programs with no problems. Quite a feat with only 256 megs with no issues. This issue came up relatively recently, I re-installed Windows 2000, with no change, installed Mandriva Linux(dearly loved) and now I have Fedora... I do like, it is very stable, but not as driver friendly as Mandriva.

    Gary
Not your question? Ask your question View similar questions
 

Question Tools Search this Question
Search this Question:

Advanced Search

Add your answer here.


Check out some similar questions!

Windows / Laptop Will NOT start up. Tried Ultimate boot cd - No Luck [ 3 Answers ]

Hi, I am running windows xp on a hp laptop. Fairly new, about a year old. 1 gb of ram, 120 gigs hard drive space. AMD turion64 dual I try to start my computer and it just keeps restarting. It gets to the Windows logo and the loading bar. Then it restarts. I have tried to enter safe...

Compaq laptop Hard Drive won't load windows xp [ 1 Answers ]

Hello, I have a Compaq 3015us laptop that's acting up. Upon start up the compaq splash screen comes up as it should then then the computer runs bios and the next screen asks which boot device I would like to use, Hard Drive (C), CD Rom (D) or Floopy Drive (A), and its never done that before. The...

IMB T40 Laptop won't start windows XP without blue screen error. [ 5 Answers ]

I'm using a Access IBM predesktop Area computer (laptop also known as T40) with 512 RAM. It has windows XP home edition with all the updated files from Microsoft. The problem is I get a blue screen containing an error message (more details about error below). Now I know I have the options to...

Windows XP and 2000 on laptop [ 1 Answers ]

I have both XP Home and 2000 Pro installed on my laptop. XP Home, doesn't work. When I start-up my laptop, I have a black screen with the option to select XP Home or 2000 Pro. If I select XP Home, I get a message "Cannot start disk because of computer hardware configuration problem". Can't I...

Gateway Laptop Screen Flicker [ 1 Answers ]

I have a Gateway laptop just over a year old that will occasionally have a screen flicker that changes the brightness. It’s almost as if the power supply was unplugged and the system went into battery management reducing the brightness and then will return to bright. We move the computer around to...

View more questions Search