diff --git a/src/checksum.c b/src/checksum.c
index ab896d29..9347524f 100644
--- a/src/checksum.c
+++ b/src/checksum.c
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ DWORD WINAPI SumThread(void* param)
 	read_size[0] = 1;	// Don't trigger the first loop break
 	for (rb = 0; ;rb += read_size[_bufnum]) {
 		// Update the progress and check for cancel
-		if (_GetTickCount64() > LastRefresh + 25) {
+		if (_GetTickCount64() > LastRefresh + MAX_REFRESH) {
 			LastRefresh = _GetTickCount64();
 			format_percent = (100.0f*rb) / (1.0f*img_report.projected_size);
 			PrintInfo(0, MSG_271, format_percent);
diff --git a/src/format.c b/src/format.c
index 6e38e176..eadde70b 100644
--- a/src/format.c
+++ b/src/format.c
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ static BOOL FormatFAT32(DWORD DriveIndex)
 
 	format_percent = 0.0f;
 	for (i=0; i<(SystemAreaSize+BurstSize-1); i+=BurstSize) {
-		if (_GetTickCount64() > LastRefresh + 25) {
+		if (_GetTickCount64() > LastRefresh + MAX_REFRESH) {
 			LastRefresh = _GetTickCount64();
 			format_percent = (100.0f*i)/(1.0f*(SystemAreaSize+BurstSize));
 			PrintInfo(0, MSG_217, format_percent);
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ static DWORD WINAPI CloseFormatPromptThread(LPVOID param) {
 
 static void update_progress(const uint64_t processed_bytes)
 {
-	if (_GetTickCount64() > LastRefresh + 25) {
+	if (_GetTickCount64() > LastRefresh + MAX_REFRESH) {
 		LastRefresh = _GetTickCount64();
 		format_percent = (100.0f*processed_bytes)/(1.0f*img_report.projected_size);
 		PrintInfo(0, MSG_261, format_percent);
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ static BOOL WriteDrive(HANDLE hPhysicalDrive, HANDLE hSourceImage)
 		// will be as fast, if not faster, than whatever async scheme you can come up with.
 		rSize = BufSize;
 		for (wb = 0, wSize = 0; wb < (uint64_t)SelectedDrive.DiskSize; wb += wSize) {
-			if (_GetTickCount64() > LastRefresh + 25) {
+			if (_GetTickCount64() > LastRefresh + MAX_REFRESH) {
 				LastRefresh = _GetTickCount64();
 				format_percent = (100.0f*wb) / (1.0f*target_size);
 				PrintInfo(0, hSourceImage?MSG_261:MSG_286, format_percent);
@@ -2043,7 +2043,7 @@ DWORD WINAPI SaveImageThread(void* param)
 		}
 		if (rSize == 0)
 			break;
-		if (_GetTickCount64() > LastRefresh + 25) {
+		if (_GetTickCount64() > LastRefresh + MAX_REFRESH) {
 			LastRefresh = _GetTickCount64();
 			format_percent = (100.0f*wb)/(1.0f*SelectedDrive.DiskSize);
 			PrintInfo(0, MSG_261, format_percent);
diff --git a/src/localization.c b/src/localization.c
index 6e14957f..6a7f45cf 100644
--- a/src/localization.c
+++ b/src/localization.c
@@ -418,8 +418,6 @@ char* lmprintf(uint32_t msg_id, ...)
 #define MSG_INFO     1
 #define MSG_LOW_PRI  0
 #define MSG_HIGH_PRI 1
-// Minimum delay between Info and Status message refreshes, in ms
-#define MSG_DELAY    50
 char szMessage[2][2][MSG_LEN] = { {"", ""}, {"", ""} };
 char* szStatusMessage = szMessage[MSG_STATUS][MSG_HIGH_PRI];
 static BOOL bStatusTimerArmed = FALSE, bOutputTimerArmed[2] = { FALSE, FALSE };
@@ -436,7 +434,7 @@ typedef void PRINT_FUNCTION(char*);
 PRINT_FUNCTION *PrintMessage[2] = { PrintInfoMessage, PrintStatusMessage };
 
 /*
- * The following timer call is used, along with MSG_DELAY, to prevent obnoxious flicker
+ * The following timer call is used, along with MAX_REFRESH, to prevent obnoxious flicker
  * on the Info and Status fields due to messages being updated too quickly.
  */
 static void CALLBACK OutputMessageTimeout(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg, UINT_PTR idEvent, DWORD dwTime)
@@ -460,10 +458,10 @@ static void OutputMessage(BOOL info, char* msg)
 	} else {
 		// Find if we need to arm a timer
 		delta = _GetTickCount64() - last_msg_time[i];
-		if (delta < MSG_DELAY) {
+		if (delta < (2 * MAX_REFRESH)) {
 			// Not enough time has elapsed since our last output => arm a timer
 			output_msg[i] = msg;
-			SetTimer(hMainDialog, TID_OUTPUT_INFO + i, (UINT)(MSG_DELAY - delta), OutputMessageTimeout);
+			SetTimer(hMainDialog, TID_OUTPUT_INFO + i, (UINT)((2 * MAX_REFRESH) - delta), OutputMessageTimeout);
 			bOutputTimerArmed[i] = TRUE;
 		} else {
 			PrintMessage[i](msg);
diff --git a/src/rufus.c b/src/rufus.c
index 3e33c2b8..0d3e83d8 100644
--- a/src/rufus.c
+++ b/src/rufus.c
@@ -763,6 +763,7 @@ static void InitProgress(BOOL bOnlyFormat)
 void UpdateProgress(int op, float percent)
 {
 	int pos;
+	static uint64_t LastRefresh = 0;
 
 	if ((op < 0) || (op >= OP_MAX)) {
 		duprintf("UpdateProgress: invalid op %d\n", op);
@@ -794,8 +795,12 @@ void UpdateProgress(int op, float percent)
 		pos = MAX_PROGRESS;
 	}
 
-	SendMessage(hProgress, PBM_SETPOS, (WPARAM)pos, 0);
-	SetTaskbarProgressValue(pos, MAX_PROGRESS);
+	// Reduce the refresh rate, to avoid weird effects on the sliding part of progress bar
+	if (_GetTickCount64() > LastRefresh + (2 * MAX_REFRESH)) {
+		LastRefresh = _GetTickCount64();
+		SendMessage(hProgress, PBM_SETPOS, (WPARAM)pos, 0);
+		SetTaskbarProgressValue(pos, MAX_PROGRESS);
+	}
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/rufus.h b/src/rufus.h
index 3979eaf1..bbf8f9ee 100644
--- a/src/rufus.h
+++ b/src/rufus.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 #define MAX_CLUSTER_SIZES           18
 #define MAX_PROGRESS                (0xFFFF-1)	// leave room for 1 more for insta-progress workaround
 #define MAX_LOG_SIZE                0x7FFFFFFE
+#define MAX_REFRESH                 25			// How long we should wait to refresh UI elements (in ms)
 #define MAX_GUID_STRING_LENGTH      40
 #define MAX_GPT_PARTITIONS          128
 #define MAX_SECTORS_TO_CLEAR        128			// nb sectors to zap when clearing the MBR/GPT (must be >34)
diff --git a/src/rufus.rc b/src/rufus.rc
index 16f49f29..fc5bc990 100644
--- a/src/rufus.rc
+++ b/src/rufus.rc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 IDD_DIALOG DIALOGEX 12, 12, 242, 376
 STYLE DS_SETFONT | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_CENTER | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
 EXSTYLE WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES
-CAPTION "Rufus 2.8.881"
+CAPTION "Rufus 2.8.882"
 FONT 8, "Segoe UI Symbol", 400, 0, 0x0
 BEGIN
     LTEXT           "Device",IDS_DEVICE_TXT,9,6,200,8
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ END
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 2,8,881,0
- PRODUCTVERSION 2,8,881,0
+ FILEVERSION 2,8,882,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 2,8,882,0
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x1L
@@ -338,13 +338,13 @@ BEGIN
         BEGIN
             VALUE "CompanyName", "Akeo Consulting (http://akeo.ie)"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "2.8.881"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "2.8.882"
             VALUE "InternalName", "Rufus"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "© 2011-2016 Pete Batard (GPL v3)"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "rufus.exe"
             VALUE "ProductName", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "2.8.881"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "2.8.882"
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"