Screen Flickering

I'm hoping this helps my hubby with his screen problems with his Vista notebook
Thanks, I wasn't quite sure being an XP user but am willing to learn
Hugs
Anne

"stallen" wrote:

>
> Alright guys I signed up for this forum just to provide you with the
> fix/work-around for screen flicker.
>
> I've seen people blame everything from audio drivers to integrated
> graphics for this issue, however these are not the causes.
>
> Microsoft has a service called Transient Multimon Manager (TMM). This
> (supposedly) makes it easier to run multiple displays. It also causes
> the annoying flash we all hate so much.
>
> Here's how to fix it:
> - Click on the Start button (pearl? ball? orb?).
> - Type "Task Scheduler" and hit Enter.
> - On the left-hand side, click "Task Scheduler Local" (you should
> already be there, but just in case).
> - Expand "Task Scheduler Library," then "Microsoft," then "Windows,"
> then click "MobilePC."
> - Up top, you'll see a task called "TMM." Click it, and on the
> right-hand side, click "Disable."
> - You're done. [image:
> http://forum.notebookreview.com/imag...ies/smile.gif]
> It seems that this fix is great if you
> are not using an external monitor. If you need to use an external
> monitor you -may- need to reverse this as needed for full functionality
> with an external monitor.
>
>
> --
> stallen
>

Ignore my earlier reply.
We tried this and it wasn't possible in Vista.
There isn't a Microsoft / Windows /Mobile PC in there.
We found TMM but it is not possible to disable it.
I use XP so I don't know how to help.

Is it possible to stop this happening when my hubby plays games on his
gaming laptop? How can we change the refresh rate for the monitor?
Also the video chip is NVidia and has two bars on the video setting should
they be up to 100% or back where he found them on 0%?

I would appreciate an early answer on this.
Cheers
Anne


"stallen" wrote:

>
> Alright guys I signed up for this forum just to provide you with the
> fix/work-around for screen flicker.
>
> I've seen people blame everything from audio drivers to integrated
> graphics for this issue, however these are not the causes.
>
> Microsoft has a service called Transient Multimon Manager (TMM). This
> (supposedly) makes it easier to run multiple displays. It also causes
> the annoying flash we all hate so much.
>
> Here's how to fix it:
> - Click on the Start button (pearl? ball? orb?).
> - Type "Task Scheduler" and hit Enter.
> - On the left-hand side, click "Task Scheduler Local" (you should
> already be there, but just in case).
> - Expand "Task Scheduler Library," then "Microsoft," then "Windows,"
> then click "MobilePC."
> - Up top, you'll see a task called "TMM." Click it, and on the
> right-hand side, click "Disable."
> - You're done. [image:
> http://forum.notebookreview.com/imag...ies/smile.gif]
> It seems that this fix is great if you
> are not using an external monitor. If you need to use an external
> monitor you -may- need to reverse this as needed for full functionality
> with an external monitor.
>
>
> --
> stallen
>

I'm back here to let you know it didn't work after all... It worked fo
a short period of time but now it's back... I don't know what else t
do... I've checked with Toshiba support and found nothing there... I
seems it has something to do with SP1 but still I'd like to see tha
problem solved somehow..

Any ideas yet?

--
smylena

I finally fixed hubby's problem with his screen.
I just went into the registry with RegEdit and just deleted the items
relating to a couple of games he'd taken out. Re-installed one program,
updated another and after a check disk this morning, so far, every thing
seems back to normal.

"Anne" wrote:

> Ignore my earlier reply.
> We tried this and it wasn't possible in Vista.
> There isn't a Microsoft / Windows /Mobile PC in there.
> We found TMM but it is not possible to disable it.
> I use XP so I don't know how to help.
>
> Is it possible to stop this happening when my hubby plays games on his
> gaming laptop? How can we change the refresh rate for the monitor?
> Also the video chip is NVidia and has two bars on the video setting should
> they be up to 100% or back where he found them on 0%?
>
> I would appreciate an early answer on this.
> Cheers
> Anne
>
>
> "stallen" wrote:
>
> >
> > Alright guys I signed up for this forum just to provide you with the
> > fix/work-around for screen flicker.
> >
> > I've seen people blame everything from audio drivers to integrated
> > graphics for this issue, however these are not the causes.
> >
> > Microsoft has a service called Transient Multimon Manager (TMM). This
> > (supposedly) makes it easier to run multiple displays. It also causes
> > the annoying flash we all hate so much.
> >
> > Here's how to fix it:
> > - Click on the Start button (pearl? ball? orb?).
> > - Type "Task Scheduler" and hit Enter.
> > - On the left-hand side, click "Task Scheduler Local" (you should
> > already be there, but just in case).
> > - Expand "Task Scheduler Library," then "Microsoft," then "Windows,"
> > then click "MobilePC."
> > - Up top, you'll see a task called "TMM." Click it, and on the
> > right-hand side, click "Disable."
> > - You're done. [image:
> > http://forum.notebookreview.com/imag...ies/smile.gif]
> > It seems that this fix is great if you
> > are not using an external monitor. If you need to use an external
> > monitor you -may- need to reverse this as needed for full functionality
> > with an external monitor.
> >
> >
> > --
> > stallen
> >

I don't know if you are still reading this, but I just signed up to tel
you *THANK YOU SO MUCH*. You have really no idea how grateful I am righ
now. It was driving me crazy. Once again, THANK YOUUUUU! :

stallen;433443 Wrote:
> Alright guys I signed up for this forum just to provide you with th
> fix/work-around for screen flicker
>
> I've seen people blame everything from audio drivers to integrate
> graphics for this issue, however these are not the causes
>
> Microsoft has a service called Transient Multimon Manager (TMM). Thi
> (supposedly) makes it easier to run multiple displays. It also cause
> the annoying flash we all hate so much
>
> Here's how to fix it
> > >
- Click on the Start button (pearl? ball? orb?)
- Type "Task Scheduler" and hit Enter
- On the left-hand side, click "Task Scheduler Local" (you shoul
> already be there, but just in case)
- Expand "Task Scheduler Library," then "Microsoft," the
> "Windows," then click "MobilePC.
- Up top, you'll see a task called "TMM." Click it, and on th
> right-hand side, click "Disable.
- You're done. [image
> http://forum.notebookreview.com/imag...lies/smile.gif
> > >
>
> It seems that this fix is great i
> you are not using an external monitor. If you need to use an externa
> monitor you -may- need to reverse this as needed for ful
> functionality with an external monitor

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gloguendi