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    Windows Vista Start menu Very slow

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by johnation33, Aug 23, 2007.

  1. johnation33

    johnation33 Notebook Geek

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    Hi,

    my Windows start menu is very very slow. when i click the windows button in vista, that's fast, but when i click the "All programs" tab, it starts lagging, scrolling is very unsmooth and jaggy and when i click on a folder to expand it, that's very slow as well. Any solution to this? Thanks.
     
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    johnation33 Notebook Geek

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    solved the problem... for anyone else with this issue, deselect "highlight newly installed programs"

    makes it really fast.
     
    johnation33, Aug 23, 2007
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    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    Also, check your indexing settings, and consider re-indexing.
     
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    vaio2k7 Notebook Evangelist

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    Where do you go to change this setting?
     
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    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    BTW, I reorganized my Start Menu thusly, so rebuilding the index was practically a necessity afterwards.
     

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    rsnl Newbie

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    where do i find this 'highlight newly installed programs' setting???

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    found it! wasn't looking hard enough in the start menu > customize window
    wow that has instantly fixed the problem. thanks johnation!
     
    rsnl, Aug 25, 2007
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    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    I don't really understand why that would make a diiference, but if you want to change it:

    Right-click on Start menu icon/Properties/Start menu tab/Customize/and it is in the list.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Aug 25, 2007
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