Problem running games when skins are running

I notice that during ALL game videos or sometimes during games themselves I get wierd screen blinks like a little white box blinking in bottom left corner etc... I have a 64mb Video card, latest drivers for EVERYTHING, a fast computer, plenty of hard drive space, latest direct x etc...there should be no reason for this and it only happens if I have like a windowblinds skin running or sysmetrix etc...with docked stuff on I guess....any ideas? maybe a second virtual desktop or something? somebody please help! I found the perfect skins I like that all match etc, and I don't wanna have to go back the original boring windows theme but I have way too many games just to NOT play them. Please help. email me if you have to crc4em@hotmail.com. Thanks.

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It's been said in previous convos.. Check your Video Acceleration.. If it's put at full, take it down one spot. Then try. That's all I can think of, I'm not sure if it worked for those other people or not. Let me know.

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Ok well lowering the acceleration didn't help at all however I DID find out that even when I unloaded everything it still did it for some stupid reason...AND it only seems to happen with two out of 4 games...the two cheapest...Medal of honor and whiteout run fine but sniper and test drive have a few probs...no big deal as long as my GOOD games work ok and it's only in the video parts of the games not the actual play...thanks though, oh and different virtual desktops doesn't help either

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Did you make sure you had the latest patches and updates for the games though?

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da_zman20

Join Date 08/2001

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why don't put an exclusion for that exe file in your windowblinds properties, and like wise for window fx... if you are running cursor xp, press ctrl shft + c to disable that... temporarily to see if it is the skinning apps... I used to have a similair problem with kiss psyco circus...put in an excusion to both... never had it agian... you shouldn't notice a difference in the way the game looks since it's full screen anyways...

it couldn't hurt to try... if you don't have window blinds, or window fx... well.... hmmm... why are you here??

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THANKS da_zman20!!! That was most of the problem! I didn't even know windowblinds had that option. Thanks for the help. Games still run a LIL slower than normal but It's all good. as long as that annoying p[erformance lag and wierd blinking boxes are gone and I keep my skin I'm good ta go. Thanks again all. And yeah weaksid I tried that first.

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