Hi Ace,

Do you have any software running that would cause this?
FRAPS for example will display your FPS onscreen.

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"Ace" <Ace@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BACA9276-0F19-4FB9-81EC-25C6C3F82D99@microsoft.com...
| its all games dat i play - not a certain game
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| i used 2 have home edition which didnt do this but i recently installed
| media center 2005 which is doing this
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| this is a laptop - the pc doesnt do this and it has the same windows installed