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Thursday, February 17, 2005

Beginners Guides: 99 Performance Tips for WindowsXP - PCStats.com

Author's note : Pretty cool page, got lots of tips haha. Will browse when have time though. For now I only did this tip :

72. Reduce menu delays

The Windows XP start menu incorporates a built-in delay between the time your mouse pointer lands on a menu and the time that menu unfolds. This can get annoying after a while. Using the registry, you can speed up menu response, speeding up your computing experience.

First, open REGEDIT and then navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\
Edit the MenuShowDelay value.

The default is 400; lower values will speed up the start menu.

Setting it to 0 is not a good idea unless you like 5 or 6 menus popping out at you every time your mouse pointer strays, but experiment to find your favourite setting.

by : Mike Dowler

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