Open windows faster

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Stev379

I found an option that will help new windows open faster a
few months ago and can't find it now. I thought it was
just a checkbox or radio button. Any suggestions?

Thanks!!
 
If you're blessed with a large amount of RAM (at least
512Mb), this tweak should make Windows XP run faster than
ever - it stops the core Windows system being paged to
disk, and instead stores it in your system's RAM, making
for blistering Windows access.

KEY: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Control\SessionManager\ Memory Management VALUE NAME:
DisablePagingExecutive METHOD: Change the value to 1 to
disable system paging. Resetting this to 0 will reenable
it if you have problems.

Lee
 
I have 3 Win2k systems I have tried this on and it has never changed the
amount shown under kernel memory paged in the task manager. Any ideas.
Louis
 
You can turn off "transition effects" in Display Properties/Effects.
This will speed up opening new windows.

You can also shorten the delay for opening Start Menu items, by
using REGEDIT. Go to this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

and set "MenuShowDelay" to a smaller number than its default
of 400. Somewhere between 150-200 is usually a good range.

Rick
 
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