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Quick Tweaks to Make Windows Snap

A few quick tweaks to make Windows perform just a little bit better. No matter how new a computer may be, it can't be too fast. Try these tweaks on your computer to see if you can eek out a little more performance.

Disable Visual Effects
Starting with Windows 98 Second Edition, Microsoft added visual effects to menus and windows that do nothing but make us wait a little longer to perform our computing tasks. To cut down on these visual effects, do the following:

RIGHT Click on a blank part of the desktop

Click Properties from the menu

Click the Appearance tab

Click the Effects button

UN-check the first box describing 'transition effects for menus'

Click OK

Disable Personalized Menus
This 'feature' really irritates me. Software manufacturers thought that by hiding our menu options from us and only showing the 'most used' items, it would increase productivity. Not in my mind. Here's how to disable them.

In Microsoft Office products; Click View from the menus

Click Toolbars ---> Customize

Click the Options tab

Uncheck the "show full menus after a short delay" box

Check the box that says "Always show full menus"

Click Apply and OK

Startup Menu

Lastly, I always check the Startup group found under Start then Programs. RIGHT click and delete any items from this list that you don't absolutely need. Keep in mind that deleting these items will not remove them from your computer, they will just stop them from starting automatically.

You can also use some of our MSCONFIG tips (see archive) to further eek out more performance from Windows.

Tips Archive

http://www.yourpcpartner.com/tiparchive.htm

[blues_harp28]

all tips more than welcome...

[opopanax]

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[hewee]

I got 98SE but I do not have the 'transition effects for menus' option. Maybe it was a later version of 98SE.

I have not tried it but may sometime but there is 98lite and IEradicator.
http://www.litepc.com/98lite.html

http://www.litepc.com/ieradicator.html