Banish Active Desktop |
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Active Desktop originally came out as part of Internet Explorer 4.0. It's sole purpose is to let you to put a web page on your Desktop. Cool eh? Yes, but... It also consumes a significant amount of resources and can seriously slow down your system. To turn if off, right-click on an empty area of your desktop. From the menu, select Properties...(this will bring up the Display Properties dialog, which is also accessible via Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display). On the Web tab, make sure that the Show Web Content on my Active Desktop is unchecked. Click OK and youre done. Don't see a Web tab on your Display Properties dialog box... then Active Desktop isn't installed on your computer and you're already taking advantage of the performance boost from this tip. |
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