I receive Aero Lag when opening and closing windows in Windows 7

Anonymous
2009-11-03T19:47:26+00:00

original title:  Aero Lag when opening and closing windows in Windows 7

UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK since we've got the ball rolling here, I am editing this to better reflect what is going on. The below links are just a few out of hundreds of post you will find on the internet about this Aero Lag. Some offer workarounds and some don't. I just Googled Aero Lag and this was from the first page.

If you have the same problem, please provide:

  1. What type of graphics card you have.
  2. What kind of drivers are you using (Win7 preinstalled or manufacturer's drivers)
  3. Was your version of Win7 an update or clean install.
  4. What motherboard you have.

From the sounds of it, Microsoft is looking for a fix.

I also ask for a forum admin to make this a sticky as many people are experiencing this problem.

-Randall

http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/22313-aero-lag-good-system.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-cards/21250-win7-aero-windows-have-choppy-delay-when-opening.html

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproperf/thread/a013396d-8953-4e32-8d13-f2d119cd730d

http://www.flamehaus.com/bbs/-vp3478764.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKNj_90E_PI

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1465844

http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-hardware/1549-windows-7-video-lag.html

http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-software/23315-gaming-video-lag-choppyness.html

http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-support/5287-aero-lags-when-open-new-programs.html

http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=66007

http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t787172.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWdVrSUhvLE

Randall

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Anonymous
2011-01-13T22:36:16+00:00

**Have solved my problem withAeor lag.**Reinstall Windows 7 U64 twice with new/old driver.

Replaced Gforce 8800GTX with Gforce GTX480.

Have spent many days on this problem without a solution.

But here is a very simple solution that works for me.

I removed the USB extension cablefor my CreativeHS-1200WirelessUSB Gaming Headset.

Aero lags when Iused USB extension cable and headset charging.

Without USB extension cable, everything is fine.

So it think itis a voltagedrop in the USB extension cable,causes the system to lag. ?

Hope it can help.

Sincerely,

Dennis Psilander

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-02-12T08:58:03+00:00

    My pc is an HP 8200 elite SFF 

    My specs: Intel core i7 2600

    4gb of ddr3 10600 ram

    HDD 1: 250gb

    HDD 2: 1.5 TB (WD Green Sata)

    ATI Radeon HD 5570 (Low Profile Sapphire)

    My Resolution: 1024x768 (75HZ)

    When I noticed the problem?

    In Chromium while opening up a new tab the animation normally smooth and fast started to lag up...

    Same with windows minimizing and maximizing...

    and typing and highlighting choices in the program selection menu...

    Scrolling on the internet it seemed choppier...

    My temp fix? Use Diablo 2's video test put everything back to normal...

    or changing the display... either refresh or resolution...

    I noticed it came on when I had windows media player and a couple of windows up.

    Oh well got new drivers after it started doing it with the old... uninstalled the old and put new drivers on next... nothing.

    Went into power save settings turned off PCI link power management... thought maybe it was a power issue... nope...

    Now I turned everything to basic no aero...

    Any update on this issue?

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-11-15T20:43:25+00:00

    Aero 7 hic up

    Same problem here lags at start up for about a few seconds

    on mine i can see that during the start up the busy sign apears very briefly during the aero lag 

    at first i was blaming the video card (onboard) but i see some of the users on the forum have better display adapters and still have the same problem  

    come on microsoft were is the update/fix

    My system:    

    Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family [Display adapter]

    Samsung SyncMaster [Monitor] (24,0"vis, s/n CM24H9XQA12286, Outubro 2008)

    OS: Windows7 enterprise OEM

    SERVICE PACK 1

    2,60 gigahertz Intel Pentium Dual-Core

    Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC.

    319,97 GB 196,50 GB free

    Bus Clock: 200 megahertz

    BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 0507 01/15/2010

    Slot 'DIMM A1' has 2048 MB

    Slot 'DIMM B1' is Empty

    64 kilobyte primary memory cache

    2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache

    64-bit ready

    Multi-core (2 total)

    Not hyper-threaded

    Intel Intel Windows7 PC

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-07-21T09:23:19+00:00

    I've been using 64b Windows 7 Ultimate for the past year with no problems and suddenly about 2 weeks ago, I have started to experience this lag.  I've got a custom built PC: 2.8GHz quad-core i7, ATI Radeon 5770 1GB, ASUS P7P55D-E Premium Mobo, 8GB 1600MHz

    • very good specs.  All Windows Updates up-to-date.  Unplugged all USB devices - no change.  Opened & Closed Magnify - temporary improvement. This problem still exists.

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-07-13T11:02:57+00:00

    I hoped that this aero lag was fixed in SP1 but it's here. It's a so small glitch that is ruining whole windows cause I can't help it and not seeing it.

    So I'm back to good old vista sp2 which is perfect for me, everything is working flawless.

    Maybe win 8 will solve that problem.

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