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
    2009-11-03T17:50:41+00:00

    I think I'll give this post a bump just so MS doesn't think it's dead.

    Randall

    I can assure you that this post will not go anywhere until we receive a response from Microsoft as to what they intend to do about this problem. A canned response doesn't count, either.

    Refer to my other thread, where I received a response from Microsoft.

    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproui/thread/c3b1b4ae-b5d9-4679-99ff-61b847452191

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  2. Anonymous
    2009-11-03T15:51:49+00:00

    I think I'll give this post a bump just so MS doesn't think it's dead.

    Randall

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  3. Anonymous
    2009-11-03T00:17:21+00:00

    Glad I came upon this post, I was starting to wonder about this as well. 

    -Brand new laptop (Dell Studio XPS 16) with a fresh install of Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit...not installed by vendor

    -4GB DDR3 RAM

    -1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 with latest 64-bit drivers

    -7200 RPM 500GB hard drive

    -2.66 Centrino Core2 Duo

    Only the close animation is not smooth.  I seem to have only noticed it lately (had the laptop3-4 days).  It definitely happens all the time now regardless of rebooting.  I'd expect the other animations to fizzle out if it was a hardware problem or an app messing with it.  I must say I have been very happy with Windows 7 thus far...but this adds a bit of "cheapness" to it.  Just like the youtube videos I have seen, it seems to just "jump" to the first frame of the animation and go smoothly from there.

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  4. Anonymous
    2009-11-03T00:01:01+00:00

    So do we even know what the cause of the lag/stutter? Is it Aero?

    Randall

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