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Windows 3.1

Performance Tuning - System Resources-Wallpaper

SUMMARY: Running out of system resources on Windows 3.1? Here's one way to regain some.

If you frequently run out of system resources, something that seems to happen to most people, take a look at your wallpaper. Take a real good look at your wallpaper. Then think - do you really like your wallpaper that much? If you turn off your wallpaper from the "Desktop" Control Panel, you will gain back some of your system resources. If you are browsing the web or performing another activity that uses a lot of resources, this is highly recommended.

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