10-second delay launched "Metro" apps

[cme4oil]

Originally Posted by Wim

OK - We have reproduced and now investigating why this happens...

Wim

I would like to know if any progress has been made on this as well.. Love DisplayLink, Hate the effect it has on Modern UI apps.

[Wim]

Yes - It's being worked on at the moment.

Wim

[Michel_K17]

Good news! I found a work-around that does the trick [here].

Here is what it says:

After some more testing I discovered that changing IE 10's Advanced settings to Enable Software Rendering (instead of GPU rendering) made the metro apps load in ~2 seconds! Great! But now my CPU is being consumed doing the display rendering, eating up more battery.

I then recalled that the USB 3.0 docking station I was testing installed a DisplayLink display driver when I set it up originally. So on a hunch, I uninstalled the DisplayLink software and driver (from Add/Remove programs), disabled Software Rendering in IE 10 and rebooted.

And it worked! Metro Apps now load fast! It's a much different experience. So the USB 3.0 docking station driver was at fault. Hope this helps anyone else having a similar issue.

Note: Go to: Internet Options >> Advanced Tab >> Accelerated Graphics topic (1st one) >> Select Use Software Rendering instead of GPU* (*requires restart)

In my case (Surface Pro), I simply changed the Internet Setting above, and kept the DisplayLink drivers intact, and it all works. The change in CPU usage seems minimal to me (looking at the Task Manager Performance screen). At least this will keep me going until a permanent fix comes from the DisplayLink folks (can't wait).

Cheers!

[Dan Santee]

This has helped a lot, thanks! I'll keep an eye out for any other changes it may have made, but this at least makes my computer usable again.

[jimmyzshack]

Originally Posted by Michel_K17

Good news! I found a work-around that does the trick [here].

Here is what it says:



Note: Go to: Internet Options >> Advanced Tab >> Accelerated Graphics topic (1st one) >> Select Use Software Rendering instead of GPU* (*requires restart)

In my case (Surface Pro), I simply changed the Internet Setting above, and kept the DisplayLink drivers intact, and it all works. The change in CPU usage seems minimal to me (looking at the Task Manager Performance screen). At least this will keep me going until a permanent fix comes from the DisplayLink folks (can't wait).

Cheers!

Thanks for the work around. Works on the dell xps 12 also.

[davis1202]

I have been randomly encountering network issues (in addition to slow start screen apps/mouse hangs) on my Win 8 laptop using the DisplayLink Drivers/USB 3.0 dock. It will usually occur anytime I do a large file transfer to a network drive. Upon doing this, my network connection will completely drop and I have to disconnect the dock from the laptop and reconnect it. Has anyone encountered this?

[jimmyzshack]

Originally Posted by davis1202

I have been randomly encountering network issues (in addition to slow start screen apps/mouse hangs) on my Win 8 laptop using the DisplayLink Drivers/USB 3.0 dock. It will usually occur anytime I do a large file transfer to a network drive. Upon doing this, my network connection will completely drop and I have to disconnect the dock from the laptop and reconnect it. Has anyone encountered this?

Yes i have the same problem, Ticket Incident: 130208-000160 i've sent them debug logs from when it happens.
They keep telling me i need to try and update my video driver, but i have the latest one issued from dell for my laptop.

[Wim]

We have a fix for the 10 second delay when opening apps. This will be in 7.2.

We're also updating the Ethernet driver to be more performant. During the development of this a few bugs have been discovered and fixed that could cause issues. Hopefully the Ethernet in 7.2, released at the end of the month will eliminate these issues. Testing internally so far is going well.

Wim

[Mattman3234]

Originally Posted by Michel_K17

Good news! I found a work-around that does the trick [here].

Here is what it says:



Note: Go to: Internet Options >> Advanced Tab >> Accelerated Graphics topic (1st one) >> Select Use Software Rendering instead of GPU* (*requires restart)

In my case (Surface Pro), I simply changed the Internet Setting above, and kept the DisplayLink drivers intact, and it all works. The change in CPU usage seems minimal to me (looking at the Task Manager Performance screen). At least this will keep me going until a permanent fix comes from the DisplayLink folks (can't wait).

Cheers!

Thank you!! I have a surface pro and was having the same issue....figured out it was displaylink and found your post and fixed! Will wait for the official fix, but this just kept me from returning my dynadock I bought.