Update your
Flash Player,
DirectX and
Java. These in conjunction with this post should work well for most!
I had the same problem on my computer for about 4 months. I was sick and tired of asking questions and getting no solutions. One day, I decided to upgrade DirectX to the latest build. After the update, I ran dxdiag and found a missing component on the second tab where it lists all the DirectX DLLs and system files it uses. I downloaded the DLL I was missing and the flickering STOPPED. So yes, if your flickering issue is the same as mine was, then it is certainly related to DirectX. Maybe you're missing a DirectX file, or maybe many files, in any case, download the latest build from Microsoft, and then check dxdiag and see if there are any missing files on the second tab. Then find those files and place them in the system32 folder. It may require you to register the missing DLLs after you download them. So run command:
regsvr32 <dll file name>.dll.
It will either say it cannot register this dll for whatever reason, or it will say DLL registered - either way, it can't hurt. Hope this helps.
THE SOLUTION:
First, I have never posted here before. I registered because I found the solution (at least on my computer) after several weeks of frustrating trial and error. I'm not a computer expert but can tell you how I fixed the problem.
First of all, my symptoms, like many of you, was an irritating flashing or flickering of the screen when using Internet Explorer and especially when moving the mouse. When I removed Adobe Flash Player, the flickering would immediately stop. When I reinstalled Adobe Flash Player, the flickering would immediately return. I tried updating drivers, updating directx, updating internet explorer to the most recent version, changing my internet explorer options so that newer versions of stored pages would only be sought "every time I start Internet Explorer", all to no avail. I am using Windows XP.
HERE IS THE SOLUTION THAT SOLVED THE PROBLEM:
I replaced the existing version of dciman32.dll located at c:\windows\system32\dciman32.dll with a new version that I downloaded from the internet. The file is readily available on the internet, but the version that I downloaded was located at the following link:
http://forums.techguy.org/attachments/7712...51/dciman32.zipOnce I replaced the old file with the new, and rebooted the computer, poof, the problem was gone. No more flickering!
I hope this helps someone who has suffered with the same frustration. Good luck!
File Attachment(s):
dciman32.zip (5kb) downloaded 32 time(s).
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