Smooth Scrolling

First thing I do on any Windows box:
Disable 'smooth scroll.'
Doing this in Vista is similar to how it was in XP:
Open System Properties (<windows key> + <pause/break>; or, right-click Computer > properties.)  Click 'advanced system settings' on the left.|
In the Advanced tab, click on Settings, under Performance.  In the Visual Effects tab (in the box that opens), uncheck 'Smooth-scroll list boxes' (near the bottom), and OK your way out.

HTH,
Chris

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Chris Cupler,

Why would i want to uncheck or de-select Smooth-scroll, when this is what i want to achieve? This advice is confusing.

Kim

I do realize that it may seem completely counter-intuitive, yes; however, my suggestion stands.
Having "smooth-scroll list boxes" enabled actually makes a list box seem to 'jump' when you scroll it; it carries thru into other aspects of the OS, as well (like IE.)
It's not a "Vista issue" - it works exactly the same as it did in XP.



-Chris

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Why on earth would you disable smooth scrolling!!!????  "Jump scrolling" is not only counter-intuitive, it makes anti-sense!  When I move the wheel a tiny bit, it seems perfectly reasonable to have the exact same effect as moving the tab in the scroll bar a tiny bit.  I don't want to have to move the wheel an entire imaginary "notch" on a wheel that has no physical "notches" to get the page to scroll up or down a bit.  There is no reason in the entire universe that I would ever think about even wanting to jump 5 lines when I move the wheel a tiny bit.  With this "jump scrolling" enabled (which I can't seem to find any way to disable on Windows 7), if I move the wheel slow enough, it never scrolls at all!  Why should the behavior of the wheel be any different from the tab on the scroll bar or the movements and speed of movements of the mouse itself?   

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Answer:
Because with Smooth Scroll enabled, a good many programs don't scroll smoothly - they jump so severely that you can't see what it's doing.  In other words, it goes all blurry until it stops moving.

And, I have to ask:  you dredged this 13 months dead (last post was in April 2009) thread up to say that why?
Larker, I don't think that Smooth Scroll has anything to do with your issue.  Rather, it's your mouse settings that are the issue.
How to fix:  open Mouse properties (just type mouse at the Start menu), and change your scroll speed.

HTH,
Chris

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I also have been looking to enable smooth scrolling in windows 7 explorer. It is not a hardware issue as I have an extension that enables it in Google Chrome. I want the same thing in my explorer. IE has the same issue. I think Microsoft does not know what smooth scrolling is if they put these features in that barely do what they are supposed to. I wonder if  there are any 3rd party apps that can enable smooth scrolling.

Thanks.

I wonder if  there are any 3rd party apps that can enable smooth scrolling.

me too. I think it's really valuable for every one on earth.

Thanks

Kim. this may be late buy try it, it worked for me.

This worked for me and I have five partitions on the same hard drive all with Windows Xp Pro with Sp 2 installed on each partitions. It was a new 500 Gig WD model and I followed the procedure below and all partitions now scroll smoothly.

To update your video drivers and to initiate “Smooth Scrolling,” do the following to determine the type of video card or video controller the motherboard / PCI / PCIE uses:

1.     Right click on the desktop and select:Properties.

2.     When it opens select: Settings.

3.     On the Settings window, select:Advanced.

4.     When the Advanced window opens, select:Adapter.

This should tell you the manufacturer and model number of the video device you have installed and you will be able to go to their website and search for the latest update. Download the update and install.

I did find something strange and that is: GeForce video cards and preinstalled video cards on the motherboards are the ones that need the latest update for smooth scrolling.

I have two Asus MBs; one is an M2N-E that has a GeForce video that needed a driver update; and a M3A78-ME with ATI that worked well without any update (on a recent new hard drive).

I hope this will help most of you to solve the stupid lack of support we all receive from Microsoft.

When you turn of your computer and all three selections are colored, you will know that ‘smooth scrolling’ is going to work.

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I find it humorous that so many people answer the question in shock and surprise that anyone could possibly think there could be anything about Vista or Windows 7 contributing to the jerkiness of the mouse wheel's scrolling, when it is one of the first things every user noticed when upgrading from Windows XP to Vista or 7. It's one of the first things I noticed, and I was on the same computer with the same plug n play Microsoft mouse. Funny. The users who don't like smooth scrolling are into other things than scrolling down a text page or web page or other piece of text data. When I read a notepad document, a web page, or other material, I prefer it to be smooth. The  idea that smooth scrolling prevents it to be smooth because you see the next partial bit of text moving up at the bottom instead of one line at a time is the very reason it is a smooth scroll rather than a jerky one. Jerky scrolls stop when one link or one line of text is visible at the bottom before allowing another line to partially begin to show. I don't mind that next line partially showing, if that is how I get a smooth scroll, so be it. Big question mark an why those folks think everyone should want their display of data to scroll the way they do. I'm not taking snapshots of it, and if and when I do, I'll know what to do, thanks.