Visual Effects
Windows 8
To access Visual Effects, do the following
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Open System
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Click on Advanced
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Click on Settings
You have four options
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Let Windows choose what's best for my computer
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Adjust for best appearance
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Adjust for best performance
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Custom (here you can modify the following)
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Animate controls and elements inside windows
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Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing
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Animations in the taskbar
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Enable Peek
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Fade or slide menus into view
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Fade or slide ToolTips into view
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Fade out menu items after clicking
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Save taskbar thumbnail previews
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Show shadows under mouse pointer
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Show shadows under windows
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Show thumbnails instead of icons
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Show translucent selection rectangle
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Show window contents while dragging
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Slide open combo boxes
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Smooth edges of screen fonts
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Smooth-scroll list boxes
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Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop
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