Performance Increase Through My Computer 1: Start > Right Click on My Computer and select properties. 2: Click on the "Advanced" tab 3: See the "Perfomance" section? Click "Settings" 4: Disable all or some of the following: Fade or slide menus into view Fade or slide ToolTips into view Fade out menu items after clicking Show Shadows under menus Slide open combo boxes Slide taskbar buttons Use a background image for each folder type Use common tasks in folders There, now Windows will still look nice and perform faster