XP Fade

Can anyone explain to me how to avoid/stop the annoying fade from top to bottom when I close a page...it's a slow fade closing the page and sometimes it stops, making it annoying to close a page,...I'd rather click & close,...I'm running XP Home, SP 3....any settings I need to uncheck or check?

Right click my computer and choose properties. Then choose the Advanced tab and click on the settings button under the performance section. I uncheck everything but the following:

Show shadows under menus
Show shadows under mouse pointer
Show windows contents while dragging
Use common tasks in folders
Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop
Use visual styles on windows and buttons

This will leave you with some of the small effects that I find most people prefer without sapping your system performance.

I'll try that and report back,...I saw one that said "fade",..so this will probably fix my problem,...thanks,...

Well,..that didn't help..I didn't even notice the difference,...so I went back to best performance, and now everything is fading/scrolling.

It might be helpful if we knew what was in your system

• Go to Piriform's website, and click the big button. Next, click Download from Piriform.com (the FileHippo link requires an extra click). Or if you want to use a portable version of Speccy (which doesn't require installation), click the builds page link and download the portable version. You will now be asked where you want to save the file. The best place to put it is the Desktop, as it will be easy to find later.
• After the file finishes downloading, you are ready to run Speccy. If you downloaded the installer, simply double-click on it and follow the prompts until installation is complete. If you downloaded the portable version, you will need to unzip it before use. Right-click the ZIP file and click Extract all. Click Next. Open up the extracted folder and double-click on Speccy.
• Once inside Speccy, it will look similar to this (with your computer's specifications, of course):
  
  
  
  Now, at the top, click File > Publish Snapshot You will see the following prompt:
  
  
  
  Click Yes , then Copy to Clipboard
  
  
  
  Now, right-click on any empty space in your reply box and click Paste.
  
  You have just posted your specs!

You might try a different selection for your Visual Effects...mine is set to "Let Windows choose"

Tulsa,..I went back to that setting,..and that's where I said everything is scrolling now,...Balt,...that's alot of info,..what am I looking for?

post it up so I can take a look at it. Looking for possible hardware causes/conflicts/issues that may be contributing to the issue.
Also I did you try to disable everything on the visual effects tab and see if it makes any difference? It will look funny but it would be good to know if it changes anything.