Change your Menu Delay settings. Either via TweakUI or on line 68
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
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"zulu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> If I move my mouse in a straight line from the start button to (say)
> Control
> Panel the program list instantly obscures it. There used to be a short
> delay
> which prevented this, but I can't find out how to restore it.
> TIA
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> ¦ zulu ¦
> Dell Dimension XPS-T700r, 512 MB RAM, XP Pro. SP1
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