How to turn off visual effects in Windows XP By Drew Mathers | August 19, 2015 1 1. Click: Start 2 2. Click: Control Panel 3a 3a. Click: Performance and Maintenance (if Control Panel is set to Category View) 3b 3b. Click: System (if Control Panel is set to Category View) 3c 3c. Click: System (if Control Panel is set to Classic View) 4 4. Click: Advanced 5 5. Click: [Settings] (under Performance heading) 6 6. Click: ( ) Adjust for best performance 7 7. Click: [OK] 8 8. Click: [OK] Posted in Supplemental
![Click: [Settings] (under Performance heading)](http://almost-painless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WinXpVisEffects-05.png "Click: [Settings] (under Performance heading)")
![Click: [OK]](http://almost-painless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WinXpVisEffects-07.png "Click: [OK]")
![Click: [OK]](http://almost-painless.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/WinXpVisEffects-08.png "Click: [OK]")