"RoseGarden" - - - - - - - from - nscave

This is one most people are aware of and it is listed on the net in many places. However, I still get questions on how to do it.

One of Vista's main features is the fancy aero displays that make the menus and boxes an animated display of pleasing eye candy. A lot of people like it, others find it wears thin pretty fast.

I soon turned off the sliding and scrolling menus in good old XP and it didn't take much longer to do the same in Vista. If you like the flashy animation, leave them alone, if you don't here's how to shut them off. And you can just as easily turn them back on if you miss the action.

The first thing to do is hit WinKey + Pause. That's a quick way to bring up system settings or system properties depending on whether you are using XP or Vista.

Click <Advanced> until you get the following box. Wording is slightly different for XP or Vista, but easy to pick out.

Click on settings to open the next box below.

Here you will find a scrollable list of items that you can turn on or off. The ones you want to turn off, just uncheck the box.

If you decide later you want the effects all back on, just check the box on top that says Let Windows Choose What's Best For My Computer.

It's personal choice, but I leave desktop composition, transparent glass, show preview filters in folder, show thumbnails instead of icons, smooth edges of screen fonts, and the bottom three all checked. I uncheck all the rest. The choice is up to you.

The advantage of this. Speed. You will find menus snap open and closed instantly. Web sites will appear much faster. The speed is really noticeable, especially if you have many windows to close.

The reason is, animation uses a lot of processor cycles. You are putting these cycles to better use with the above things turned off. With today's dual fast processors it may not matter much, but the difference is very noticeable and I prefer the speed.

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