Working the Performance troubleshooter

- [Instructor] To help you fine tune your PC's performance,…Windows comes with the Performance Options dialog box.…In this movie, I show you how to use that dialog box…to ensure that your computer system…is providing you with its full potential.…To bring up the Performance Options dialog box,…tap the Windows key…and type performance or some part of it.…Choose the item Adjust the appearance…and performance of Windows.…The Performance Option dialog box has three tabs,…and I confess, most of the settings are optimized.…

So you probably don't have to do anything.…Still, when performance suffers,…you can try to squeeze a bit more power…from the system by turning off…a few of these items on the Visual Effects tab.…In fact, you might be annoyed by these items…and find that turning them off…makes using Windows more enjoyable…regardless of the PC's performance.…For example, Show shadows under windows.…This setting taxes the PC's graphics processor a wee bit.…You can disable it and then click Apply.…

See how the shadow around the window disappeared?…