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by pc.pal

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I'd like to know the registry key that affects how quickly lists scroll. As an example, when I have Explorer up, if I click and hold on the down arrow on the vertical scroll bar, there is a 1-2 second delay. Then when it starts scrolling it doesn't rapidly scroll but instead scrolls slowly one line at a time. Horizontal scrolling exhibits the same behavior. Now within IE5, the problem does not exist. So it seems that Windows itself has the problem and it so happens that IE5 is not honoring the Windows setting.

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by cbach1997

Disable any animation for menu showing and transitions. Right click on your desktop background and look for any of these to disable - usually in the effects tab, etc.

Another thing you can try is to shorten the menu show delay in the registry (only if you're comfortable doing this).

Start...Run...Regedit
Search for MenuShowDelay
Change the value from whatever (typically 400) to 0. See if this helps,

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