vandenberg
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5118
Registered: 6-21-2005
Location: Nopolo
Member Is Offline
Mood: mellow
|
|
PC geeks..a question
Lately my Photobucket site has started to have the cursor blink severely and even disappear once in a while. Don't know how to fix it.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
|
|
|
dtbushpilot
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3296
Registered: 1-11-2007
Location: Buena Vista BCS
Member Is Offline
Mood: Tranquilo
|
|
Me too....dt
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
|
|
|
DENNIS
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 29510
Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: Punta Banda
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
Any suggestions would be appreciated. |
I suggest tossing out all your composure and pounding your keyboard with a big hammer.
Well...you said any sugg.........It's the best I can do. 
|
|
|
dtbushpilot
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3296
Registered: 1-11-2007
Location: Buena Vista BCS
Member Is Offline
Mood: Tranquilo
|
|
I tried that. When I got my new computer I found that it still did it.....dt
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
|
|
|
vandenberg
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5118
Registered: 6-21-2005
Location: Nopolo
Member Is Offline
Mood: mellow
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
I tried that. When I got my new computer I found that it still did it.....dt |
Also...started doing it in Vista and now in Windows7.
And Kate, I found that's where you usually get the worst answers. Better off at a geek site.
[Edited on 11-2-2009 by vandenberg]
|
|
|
vandenberg
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5118
Registered: 6-21-2005
Location: Nopolo
Member Is Offline
Mood: mellow
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
I tried that. When I got my new computer I found that it still did it.....dt |
contacted Photobucket and if they send me a solution I'm sure to notify you.
|
|
|
TheColoradoDude
Nomad
Posts: 287
Registered: 2-10-2009
Location: Colorado/San Carlos, Sonora
Member Is Offline
Mood: Paz, Amor, y Tacos de Pescado
|
|
I would recommend first rebooting and see if that fixes it. if not then hit Ctl/Alt/Delete which opens up your task manager and see if there is
something unusual running and if so close it.
It sounds like something is running in the background or that your system is updating.
Run a system clean up as well. Start/programs/accessories/system tools/Disk Cleanup
It is also a good idea to run a disc defragment every once in a while. Start/programs/accessories/system tools/Disk Deframenter
|
|
|
vandenberg
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5118
Registered: 6-21-2005
Location: Nopolo
Member Is Offline
Mood: mellow
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by TheColoradoDude
I would recommend first rebooting and see if that fixes it. if not then hit Ctl/Alt/Delete which opens up your task manager and see if there is
something unusual running and if so close it.
It sounds like something is running in the background or that your system is updating.
Run a system clean up as well. Start/programs/accessories/system tools/Disk Cleanup
It is also a good idea to run a disc defragment every once in a while. Start/programs/accessories/system tools/Disk Deframenter
|
In Win 7 this is all done automatically.
|
|
|
tehag
Super Nomad
Posts: 1248
Registered: 1-8-2005
Member Is Offline
|
|
Computer
How long have you been running Win7? It's pretty new, yeah? Hmmm.
Certainty is the child of ignorance, knowledge is the mother of doubt. Question everything!
http://bcsbirds.com |
|
|
MrBillM
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 21656
Registered: 8-20-2003
Location: Out and About
Member Is Offline
Mood: It's a Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah Day
|
|
Windows 7
Not that it has anything to do with the problem, but reading the November PC World which is devoted mostly to Win 7, their best advice is what I've
said everytime a new system comes out.
WAIT.
And let the early-adopters find whatever problems there are and Windows issues fixes.
One the other hand, if you're running Windows Vista, you might as well go ahead and change.
I just checked Photobucket and don't have a problem, but then I run XP on most machines, including this one.
|
|
|
vandenberg
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5118
Registered: 6-21-2005
Location: Nopolo
Member Is Offline
Mood: mellow
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by tehag
How long have you been running Win7? It's pretty new, yeah? Hmmm. |
Tom, it started doing it a few months ago on Vista. Since I was going to upgrade to 7 I let it go and figured it would straighten itself out with the
new OS. No such luck.
[Edited on 11-2-2009 by vandenberg]
|
|
|
vgabndo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3461
Registered: 12-8-2003
Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
Member Is Offline
Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
|
|
New...I should have expected it long ago. I'm just getting half way comfortable using XP. It has more capability than I could learn in a billion
retirements. I propose someone start a movement to freeze an element of all this progress and insure it remains usable to the masses of non-geeks.
Notice that there seems to be a burgeoning new industry making cell phones that just make stinkin' phone calls.
Peace, love, fish tacos, and a familiar operating system.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
|
|
|
Santiago
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3540
Registered: 8-27-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by MrBillM
Not that it has anything to do with the problem, but reading the November PC World which is devoted mostly to Win 7, their best advice is what I've
said everytime a new system comes out.
WAIT.
And let the early-adopters find whatever problems there are and Windows issues fixes.
|
I agree with MrBillM.
Sigh, now it's gonna take at least 3 sessions of RM to get my bearings back......
|
|
|
mulegejim
Nomad
Posts: 470
Registered: 9-4-2006
Location: San Clemente, CA/Mulege, BCS
Member Is Offline
|
|
Welcome to the world of Microsoft.
|
|
|
Woooosh
Banned
Posts: 5240
Registered: 1-28-2007
Location: Rosarito Beach
Member Is Offline
Mood: Luminescent Waves at Rosarito Beach
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
| Quote: | Originally posted by tehag
How long have you been running Win7? It's pretty new, yeah? Hmmm. |
Tom, it started doing it a few months ago on Vista. Since I was going to upgrade to 7 I let it go and figured it would straighten itself out with the
new OS. No such luck.
[Edited on 11-2-2009 by vandenberg] |
Did you do a clean install or install Win7 over your existing Vista system (XP or downgrading requires a clean install)? I bit the bullet and did a
clean install- my PC is much faster and more stable.
Caution: If you choose the "keep your settings, programs and files" when you upgrade to Win7- you risk transferring the problem too.
Yeah I'm a geek- I go back to FORTRAN punch card programing... a real dino.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
|
|
|
vandenberg
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5118
Registered: 6-21-2005
Location: Nopolo
Member Is Offline
Mood: mellow
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
Caution: If you choose the "keep your settings, programs and files" when you upgrade to Win7- you risk transferring the problem too.
|
Yeah, precisely what I did.
|
|
|
BajaNuts
Super Nomad
Posts: 1085
Registered: 5-11-2008
Location: eastern WA, the DRY side
Member Is Offline
Mood: no worry, no hurry....it's all good!
|
|
vandenberg-
This is for you and many more of us!
Enjoy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be3alRoxkOo&feature=relat...
|
|
|
vandenberg
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5118
Registered: 6-21-2005
Location: Nopolo
Member Is Offline
Mood: mellow
|
|
Got on some geek site and like I said, that's were you get the best answers. Apparently it's a common problem.
I followed their steps and it works fine now, including some other issues I had. Actually it were the other issues that made me find that site and lo
and behold it cured the cursor flicker in Photobucket at the same time.
Tools,
Internet Options,
Privacy,
Click on settings and restart.
Did it for me.
Suerte!!
|
|
|
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
