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

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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:

What type of graphics card you have.
What kind of drivers are you using (Win7 preinstalled or manufacturer's drivers)
Was your version of Win7 an update or clean install.
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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**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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Anonymous

2009-11-01T09:04:15+00:00

Well, I can see that 2 Microsoft mods posted in this thread regarding this issue. Another Microsoft mod posted in my thread, which is the same issue, and seemed to blame the problem on my hardware, even though I was able to replicate this across 3 different systems.

Here's the link to my thread.

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

Yeah, it seems strange that the problem should occur over 3 different systems, but have you tried to update mobo bios? I never did, I just installed vista again, but I'm starting to think it has something to do with older motherboards.
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Anonymous

2009-11-01T09:34:39+00:00

Well, I can see that 2 Microsoft mods posted in this thread regarding this issue. Another Microsoft mod posted in my thread, which is the same issue, and seemed to blame the problem on my hardware, even though I was able to replicate this across 3 different systems.

Here's the link to my thread.

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

Yeah, it seems strange that the problem should occur over 3 different systems, but have you tried to update mobo bios? I never did, I just installed vista again, but I'm starting to think it has something to do with older motherboards.

I'm curious as to what would make you think that it has to do with the motherboards. I've updated the BIOSes on ALL of them. Please keep in mind that these 3 computers are RADICALLY different from each other; they don't even share any of the same hardware. Not to mention, they are not what we would consider "old" by any means. 2 of the three systems have boards that were built within the last year. I'd say that's pretty new.

The videos speak for themselves. It's not a hardware problem. It's a Windows bug, until Microsoft can prove otherwise.

Or maybe they'll just make an excuse like the mod made me in the other forum, where he says the jaggy icons are "built in". Like it's a feature. Sorry, I call it a bug. If your (Microsoft's) previous OS had NONE of these childish UI bugs (which should be quite easy to fix and shouldn't have been there in the first place), I don't see how a brand spanking new OS should have these bugs. Heck, XP didn't even have such a jerky animation or jaggy icons.
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Anonymous

2009-11-01T14:05:08+00:00

This just in: yesterday my roommate installed Win7 on his 1-year-old Alienware laptop which has a Core 2 Quad and a 9800 GT mobile. He has the open/close stutter issue as well - looks exactly the same as my completely different AMD system. My motherboard is about 6 months old and I have the latest BIOS.

@ajm - You are totally right! Microsoft can make excuses all day but this is definitely a Windows issue.
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Anonymous

2009-11-02T17:20:25+00:00

So, is Microsoft going to stay silent on this? I/we're not going to let this go easy. Microsoft had plenty of time to fix this bug.

Please let us know what you are going to do about this, Microsoft.
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