Gotcha.

Computer Slows When You Click Multiple Icons in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=294770

And here's a non-MS link just for you, David...
http://www.kbalertz.com/kb_Q294770.aspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:OZf1I2%23DGHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
David Candy <.> hunted and pecked:
> This one is Start - Control Panel - System - Advanced - (Performance)
> Settings - Visual Effects - and it's Show Translucant Selection Rectangle
>
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> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:OvpaMM9DGHA.1032@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Try this.
>>
>> Right click Desktop | Properties | Appearance tab | Effects button|
>> UNCheck: Show window contents while dragging
>>
>> Show window contents while dragging
>> [[Specifies whether to display window contents as you move or size it.
>> When this check box is cleared, you can see only the outline when you
>> move a window.]]
>>
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>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:Xns973FCCC4139ABzerothishi@195.130.132.70,
>> zero <zero@this.hi> hunted and pecked:
>>> In Explorer, when dragging the mouse to select multiple files, a blue
>>> (though I suppose the colour depends on the desktop settings) rectangle
>>> is drawn, stretching and shrinking as the mouse moves. However, this
>>> makes my computer very slow. In earlier versions (and still on the
>>> desktop) this is just a dotted outline, which is a lot faster. Does
>>> someone know how to customize explorer so that it will use the dotted
>>> line instead of the blue rectangle?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>> zero
>>>
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