1. CPU monitor docklet only works when I use GDI+ engine. It doesn't draw anything when I use "Custom Engine". But GDI+ engine is really slow on my machine. Is there any way that I can use the CPU monitor with Custom Engine?
2. When ObjectDock overlaps with a window (any window), both the Dock and the overlapped window will redraw very very slowly, and CPU usage comes to 100%. Is there any way to resolve this?
Could anyone kindly help me on these issues? Thank you so much! :bow:
1. i think that docklets won`t work well with custom engine (dunno why), so i guess the answer is unfortunally no.
2. I `ve never had this problem so i can`t help u with this. What r ur system specs? I guess not much RAM. 
for your question 1:
as far as i know GDI+ is an engine to draw easily for C++, so if the docklet was developed with this engine and not with the "custom engine" it'll not be able to draw anything 
, you have to find docklets that don't use GDI+ engine but i thing that most of the deveopper will use GDI+ cause it's very easy to handle
maybe, as was asking you Unbeliever, if we know your system specifications we could tell you what to do
first element of answer: if you got an ATI graphic card, update your drivers :smartass:
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Thank you guys.
My system spec is:
WinBook Laptop
P4 1.8GHz
384MB RAM
ATi7500 Mobility 64MB
15" LCD 1400x1050
Windows XP Home Edition (Chinese Version)
Display Card Driver: Omega 2.4.07a
Any hints?
My system is slower than that, has less RAM, and has an NVidia GeForce2 card, and GDI works fine for me. I have no idea how powerful your vid card is since I'm unfamiliar with ATI cards and I don't know how up-to-date those drivers are for the same reason, but having old drivers is the only thing I could see being a possible slow-down to the GDI engine.
Hi guys. I've just installed latest Omega driver (2.4.96c). Everything remains the same. Any ideas? 
Did you try the Catalyst drivers instead of the Omega drivers? I believe the latest version is 3.8
Give them a try, www.ati.com
agree with Sid. My P3 700, 256 SDR, ATI 7000 32 DDR runs OD with bunch of docklets without a prob (most of the time)
Thank you all. But there are something I have to make clear.
ATi doesn't provide official drivers for Radeon Mobility 7500 (and all other mobility cards). On www.ati.com, they say I need to refer to my laptop manufacturer for the latest driver. Then I went to www.winbook.com and found that they never update or upgrade the card driver. That's why I turn to Omega drivers.
Anyway my current Omega driver is based on the lastest Catalyst driver 3.8 (or 3.9?). It should work fine.
I even tried to forcely install the official driver from ATi which was meant for non-mobility cards. The result I got was the same. Moreover the screen display was distorted. Then I switched back to Omega driver.
Since you all do not meet such a problem, this is indeed weird. Anyone here using ATi 7500 mobility as I do?
GDI and GDI+ don't depend on the graphics card AFAIK, only on the CPU. so that shouldn't be the problem...
i don't knw if it would change anything but, on my computer i had problem before installing the GDI+ developpement kit (crosoft.com of course) and now that i got it i do not have problems anymore exept with MB on startup but it's another thing
try to install the GDI+ SDK maybe will it wolve your problem but i'm not sure
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