# How to vary slideshow speed in XP?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 2, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-vary-slideshow-speed-in-xp/394329 "2007-03-02T18:51:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-vary-slideshow-speed-in-xp/394329/1 "2007-03-02T18:51:11Z")

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Hi: I have XP home edition and I was wondering if there was a way to vary the speed that the built-in slideshow viewer switches pictures? I can’t find it in the control panel or in the registry.

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**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-vary-slideshow-speed-in-xp/394329/2 "2007-03-02T19:13:59Z")

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Please help us! This get’s to me too! I can’t wait for someone else to answer this…

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-vary-slideshow-speed-in-xp/394329/3 "2007-03-02T19:49:11Z")

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Various sites report you must download the XP PowerToys where the TweakUI function offers that ability. I cannot verify it at the moment since I’n currently running Win2000.

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**Author:** ![shefDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@shefDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shefDave)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-vary-slideshow-speed-in-xp/394329/4 "2007-03-02T20:16:03Z")

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Yep, as **Duckster** suggested you can if download and install [TweakUI](http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx). (about half-way down the page on the right-hand side). Open TweakUI and click the ‘Explorer’ tab, then ‘Slide Show’ and you can set the time each picture stays on screen in milliseconds.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-vary-slideshow-speed-in-xp/394329/5 "2007-03-02T20:25:01Z")

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Thanks everyone – I DL/ed it and it works perfectly! It was such a small program I was afraid it was a download stub but that was it.