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How does window blinds effect my computer

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Hi,

Awhile back I bought window blinds and I now have a new PC, it is a Gateway FX510 series, I have 3 gigs of ram, a 21' LCD flat panel screen with high def connected via DVI.

I bought the latest version of window blinds, I got the whole object desktop.

Anyhow,
I noticed that my computer was not responding as fast as it was before I put in the window blinds, there seems to be a lag when I do things, like open programs and windows, etc;

Is this normal for window blinds to slow down your PC? the whole idea of me getting the extra ram and having a dual core processor was to speed up the workings of my PC.
Of course I like the extra bells and whistles. But, not if it is going to effect the performance of my machine.

Does anyone else see this as a problem with your machines's?
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
since you have the whole package... what else are you running?

the only time WB seems to affect performance for me is when I'm changing skins.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have never had a performance problem with WB, and my system is less powerful than yours. Like Bichur said, are you running any other programs with it?
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm running XP home SP2 on a HP I bought 3 yrs ago with Intel 4 2.60GHz, 512 MB RAM, NvGeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

We need a bit more information to start tracking down the issue.  When you're noticing a slow-down, what does your process list show as taking up the most RAM and CPU?

What other applications are you running?  Antivirus?  Firewall? 

Are you running CursorXP, DesktopX, ObjectBar, ObjectDock?