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re: Question about 'Speed up the Start Menu'
Tuesday, January 6, 2004 at 3:17 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Rodney
(1 messages posted)
Franko:
Worry not. It works. Follow the instructions for making the .reg file.
Justin's fix is completely separate; the two fixes work together, but Cloney's was
the one that did the most for me.
Rodney
On Sunday, December 28, 2003 at 2:54 am, Franko wrote:
>Dear Cloney,
> What is your opinion of Justin's fix versus yours. I'll admit your fix confuses
>me a bit. I don't quite understand the first one about creating a text file and
>then double clicking it to make it part of the registry.
>And the second fix just plain makes me nervous.
> I my opinion I think I must have accidentally erased a file that manages the
taskbar
>and start menu. Because a while back I was annoyed that my computer kept redialing
>while I was on the phone. I spotted the process (exe) that was dialing using taskmanager
>and then erased the supposed offending process (first making a backup of course).
>
> Whatever I erased didn't control the dialing since it kept happening but about
>a month later (and ever since) my taskbar and startmenu does not respond instantaneously
>(like it always has since I first bought the computer - over 1 1/2 years ago).
All
>of a sudden I cannot get the taskbar and startmenu to respond. It is driving me
>insane. I just want to take a sledgehammer to the thing.
> Anyway, I tried Justin's fix (change MyComputer's Advanced Properties (dropshadow,
>etc) and for a while (about 3 minutes or so) it works then it simply goes back to
>taking forever (20-30 seconds) to respond.
> Someone please help. Thanks in advance.
>
>
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