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How to set the Animation Speed and make best use of SQL Server Management Studio tool?

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is a powerful tool in SQL 2005 that is re-written from previous of SQL Server, that also reduces the flaky features from Enterprise Manager.

How to set the Animation Speed and make best use of SQL Server Management Studio tool?

So as per the subject of the blog post it is easy to setup the speed of loading the SSMS tool within the client's machine. Check out the other links at the tail of this post for other references on the speeding up the SSMS loading on a client's machine.

To auto-hide the speed of SSMS loading:

    • Close SQL Server Management Studio.
    • Open this file in a text editor C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\SQL Server Management Studio\Settings\CurrentSettings-2006-02-01.vssettings
    • Search for "AnimationSpeed" and replace the existing value (5) with your desired speed; 10 being the fastest choice. Save & close the file.
    • Open SQL Server Management Studio and it should now animate at your desired speed

When you load the Management Studio again you will observe a bit of waiting like below:

 SSMS -First load

After this load and next time whenever you choose to open SSMS it will be quick enough, so to keepup your affection towards the SSMS tool refer to the following blog posts that are relevant to make best use of it:

SSMS usage tips

SSMS - using remember password option and save passwords

Management Studio shortcut keys

How to resolve SQL Server Management Studio error: 'Could not load file or assembly 'SqlManagerUI ...'?

How do I get the taskpad view in SQL Server Management Studio as it was in SQL Server 2000 version?

SQL Server Management Studio takes a long time to load, how to improve the load performance of this tool?

Posted: Monday, October 01, 2007 6:12 AM by SQL Master

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