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February 8th, 2008 01:00

Eliminate Lag & Speed up the Start Menu

XP fix:

I did this to my rig and wow the start up is freaking FAST!!!

Click Start, Select Run and type regedit

Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

double click MenuShowDelay in the right hand pane and change the value from 400 to 5

Reboot and your start menu will scream!!!!!

Message Edited by Maui Wowie on 02-08-2008 04:23 PM

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Posted February 8th, 2008 14:00
According to Microsoft at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/regentry/34628.mspx?mfr=true The “MemuShowDelay” registry key “ Determines the interval from the time the cursor is pointed at a menu until the menu items are displayed.” Time is in milliseconds, therefore the value 400 translated to less than a half of second. IMO it is not related to system starting time, and should not be changed. P.S. when posting instructions/recommendation for editing the registry it is imperative that the key name is correct, the key is HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop not HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\ Delsktop
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Posted February 8th, 2008 19:00
sorry for the typo

It made a difference in my start up I guess b/c I have a lot of apps that start up when I start my PC