How to turn off visual effects in Windows Vista By Drew Mathers | October 27, 2015 1 1. Click: Start 2 2. Click: Control Panel 3 3a. Click: System and Maintenance (if Control Panel is set to Control Panel Home) 4 3b. Click: System (if Control Panel is set to Control Panel Home) 5 3c. Double-click: System (if Control Panel is set to Classic View) 6 4. Click: Advanced system settings 7 5. Click: Continue 8 6. Click: Settings (under the Performance heading) 9 7. Click: Adjust for best performance 10 8. Click: OK 11 9. Click: OK 12 Posted in Supplemental