Interface Performance

[admin]

One of the biggest issues you may encounter with this build after is the user interface performance.

If you're experiencing performance issues with the interface, the first thing you will want to do is disable a few options. Click on the Start button, right click “Computer”, and click “Properties”. Then, click on the “Advanced” tab, and under “Performance”, click the “Settings” button.

You will need to uncheck the following items for baseline improvements:

• Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing
• Fade or slide menus into view
• Fade or slide ToolTips into view
• Fade out menu items after clicking
• Show translucent selection rectangle
• Show window contents while dragging (this is up to you)
• Slide open combo boxes
• Slide taskbar buttons
• Smooth-scroll list boxes
• Use a background image for each folder type

Once you have modified these settings to your liking, press OK until you have dismissed all of the dialogs.

If you are looking to speed up Windows Explorer and are not concerned with some of Windows Vista’s new features, then you may wish to disable the new previewing capabilities. To do this, click the Start button, and then click on “Run” (alternatively, you could press the Windows Flag key + R on your keyboard). Type “control folders”, and press Enter on the keyboard or “OK” in the Run dialog.

In the “General” tab, under “Tasks”, choose “Use Windows classic folders”. Now, switch to the “View” tab, and make the following modifications:

Check
• Always show icons, never thumbnails
• Always show menu bar in Windows Explorer

Uncheck
• Automatically search for network folders and printers
• Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items
• Show rich previewers in preview pane
• Use domain folder sharing wizard

Press the OK button to dismiss the dialog.

[int1422]

Just a question: Why do I see some strange characters between some lines??