ObjectDock slows down my system?

Monday, February 2, 2004 by ToddeSwe | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

Hi all!

Since i started to use objectdock my whole system is slow and terrible to use. Can someone else verify this so i'm not alone here...

Todde
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yrag
Reply #1 Monday, February 2, 2004 7:22 PM
You're not alone....do you have any 'Docklets' running? Just close and re-start the proggie and that may do the trick. (it's known to build up 'Handle' count over time.)



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Diafragma
Reply #2 Tuesday, February 3, 2004 2:00 AM
Another thing that will help is to turn the dock backgrounds tranparancies to opaque...

ToddeSwe
Reply #3 Tuesday, February 3, 2004 6:44 PM
It helps for a short moment to quit and restart...
Does someone develope ObjectDock or ...
I've got just one docklet and that's the kkmenu

Todde

CerebroJD
Reply #4 Tuesday, February 3, 2004 6:55 PM
tranparancies to opaque


All the way transparent works well too.

ToddeSwe
Reply #5 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 8:25 AM
Strange that just some people have this problem...
When i hit the show button next to the clock down right corner my CPU hits 100% workload... When i quit the ObjectDock everything is cool... and fast as usually.

I've just uninstalled TweakXP and wonder if some prefs from that could cause my problems...?

Todde

paxx
Reply #6 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 9:10 AM
Also if you use ICONS (.ICO) for your dock objects insted of PNG files, it makes a big differerence, especially if you got a lot of them.

DesignCaddy
Reply #7 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 9:22 AM
indeed. icons are a big thing that eats up the processing time to render the magnifying things. if you like the funcitonality of the bar but it runs too slow for you, set it not to magnify the icons, or to magnify only slightly.

ToddeSwe
Reply #8 Wednesday, February 4, 2004 9:52 AM
You may have a point there ... i had ONE ICO and i changed it and i must say that i've noticed a small improvement.

Thanks!

Todde

tjesterb
Reply #9 Thursday, February 5, 2004 3:04 PM
What's your OS? If you're running XP and have multiple users with different themes running that will drag you down fer sher.
How much RAM do have? 512 seems a minimum to keep everything running happily. Running graphic-intensive [ie:DX themes with a lot going on] apps use a lot fo video memory. Your video card will rob memory from your RAM if it's being maxed out. Running Sisoftware Sandra [free vers. on Cnet] will tell you more about your comp. than you probably wanted to know, but it has little tips that show where you're losing performance. Of course, you could go back to the plain old look that came with your comp, but that wouldn't be any fun!

ToddeSwe
Reply #10 Thursday, February 5, 2004 3:38 PM
My OS is Win XP SP1 and no i don't use miltiple users. And yes 512 Mb of memory is correct. And my GFX card is GeForce 4 Ti 4200 with 128 mb mem. So this small thingy like ObjectDock should run perfect on my system i think. Maby the TweakXP has made some changes to my system and that's why it's kinda slow... i have removed TweakXP now but maby some changes don't changes back to how it was before TweakXP ...

I'll do a new install of everything later on and i'll see if that helps.

Thanks anyway, and i'm NOT going to uninstall ObjectDock.

Todde

tjesterb
Reply #11 Thursday, February 5, 2004 3:45 PM
Only joking about un-install! I wish I had a better answer for you on the slow-down I defer to the greater tech-heads out there. Good luck!

DesignCaddy
Reply #12 Saturday, February 7, 2004 11:04 AM
thats your problem. its a gforce

ToddeSwe
Reply #13 Saturday, February 7, 2004 11:11 AM
So my GeForce 4 Ti should'nt be enough?

Made my day ..

Todde

joetheblow
Reply #14 Saturday, February 7, 2004 12:03 PM
I want to set it up on my computer... but I am a lttle scared now.

This is what I have:
Celron 240 GHz
256 RAM

ToddeSwe
Reply #15 Saturday, February 7, 2004 12:27 PM
The problem is NOT with our hardware, it's the ObjectDock that have some bugs.

And i know that other people with lesser computers runs ObjectDock without any problems. And THAT annoy's the hell out of me.

Todde

wombat_1
Reply #16 Saturday, February 7, 2004 12:41 PM
The problem is NOT with our hardware, it's the ObjectDock that have some bugs.

So just buy a 'lesser' computer .... and eat a bowl of bran with prunes each morning .... it won't do much for the compuer but it sure will speed up your 'system'!
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Essencay
Reply #17 Saturday, February 7, 2004 4:24 PM
ObjectDock - I understand that I am downloading unsupported beta software. That means I will not try to obtain technical support from Stardock.


Expect bugs

ToddeSwe
Reply #18 Saturday, February 7, 2004 4:44 PM
I do and i'm just waiting for a new release...
Can some of you guys who have used this ObjectDock for some time now tell me how often they release something new ...

Todde

joetheblow
Reply #19 Saturday, February 7, 2004 5:31 PM
wait a minute... this thread is about a beta Object Dock???

Must have misread it because I though you guys were talking about the regular version.



Of course Beta has problems. What your suppossed to do is inform the program writers what the problems are.

I think I got the regular version and I'll put it on later.... when I got some time.

ToddeSwe
Reply #20 Saturday, February 7, 2004 6:26 PM
eh ... i thought that there was only a beta of ObjectDock available. I use 1.0 Build 285. Is there a newer version available?

Todde

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