[GRudger]

nah, just XP i suspect, i dunno...maybe...give it a go? haha

unless there's other powertoys versions out there.

[CHEZA1]

Originally Posted by aarhus2004

Beemer's Windows Tips (Gene Goldring) offers this. I use it and can remember when I first did so - it was like "Wow, can I cope with the speed?". Well, a couple of years later I go back in to check the setting is still the same - it is and I wish it could be faster!!

Gene says it is for all O/S's. (I use WinMe). His tips can be found here:

http://www.beemerworld.com/tips/


"When you click the Start menu, there’s a brief delay before it appears.
You can change this to make the menu appear faster.

Here’s How:

Open Regedit, and go to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\desktop.

Look for a value called "MenuShowDelay". If the value is not there, you can add it by right clicking the right window, and selecting New, String value.

If MenuShowDelay is already present, then the default value would be around 400. This is the number of milliseconds taken by the Start Menu to pop up. Reduce this number to the extent you want. You can even put in a 0 for no delay. I did this myself with a zero and I have to be pretty accurate with my mouse on the menus but I like the results of this setup.

Restart your computer to have the changes take effect."

Thanks, Gene.

hi i have windows xp home
will it work for me ?

cheers cheza x

[RHurlburt]

I use XP Pro and it works great. I works with all O/S's

[GRudger]

Originally Posted by aarhus2004

Hello GRudger,

Unclear whether you are saying the TweakUI PowerToy for XP will work for 98 and WinMe as well?

There's Tweak UI 1.33 For all other Windows platforms.

[CHEZA1]

thanks guys im gonna have a go now

[aarhus2004]

Fasten your seat-belt.

[Big-K]

Strange. Using Win98SE at the moment. I ran regedit and went to the key you said. It was already there. And it was already set to 0. The only edit I've done to a reg file since my last format/install is a recent change to allow for autologon.

[aarhus2004]

Hello Big-K,

I wonder what would happen if you set the value to 400?

[jillian2]

Hey aarhus2004 ! Thanks for that tip. It is terrific. I first changed it to 200 and then went back and changed it to 0 and WOW !! What a difference. This is a excellent sight to learn from.

Thanks a bunch,
Jillian

[aarhus2004]

You are welcome, Jillian.