SPEED UP START MENU

This tip to speed up the Start Menu in Windows XP.
Did you know you can customize the speed of the Start Menu by editing a Registry Key.

* Click Start, and then click Run.

* Type Regedit in the box, and then click OK.

* Expand the menu in the left panel and select the 

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop folder.

* Scroll down in the right panel and double click on the MenuShowDelay file.

* In the Value Data box, 

   change to default value for the menu speed from 400 to a lesser number, such as 1.

*Click OK.

Caution: Incorrectly editing the registry may severely damage your system. Before making changes to the registry, you may want to back up any valued data on your computer.