Re: XP-Home: Delay when accessing "Programs" menu

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

Change the Speed of the Start Menu

Start | Run | Type: regedit | OK

Navigate to >>>
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop \
Value Name: MenuShowDelay
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 400
(0 is the fastest, 400 is default. These are all in milliseconds).

Log off, or restart Windows for the changes to take effect.

Or use TweakUI...

TweakUI
[+] Mouse

[[The Menu Speed slider control sets the speed at which cascading menus
automatically open when you move the mouse over them. The fastest setting
causes them to open immediately and the slowest setting is extraordinary
slow.]]
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Download TweakUI here >>>

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Tweak UI
TweakUI.exe
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Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:MPG.1d4d83985f32a001989683@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
JS <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:03:09 -0500, Treeman had said ...
>
>>
>> Simon,
>> Best practices dictate dumping your IE temp files, clear cookies,
>> history, ect. within IE, then run disk clean-up, and defrag hard
>> drive.
>> I don't think the Start/Programs are cached as in temp files.
>> Best,
>> Treeman
>
> Thanks for the hint. I rarely use IE so temps files/cookies/history were
> minimal. Disk Clean-up did clear some junk. Time will tell if this
> helped or hindered.
>
> At the moment the menu appears instantly and was before the clean-up.
> After the next re-boot we will see if the behaviour has changed.
>
> Simon.
.

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