Remove Shadows

If you're already done all of the other steps on the site, this has probably been removed already. Still, it's worth checking.

Right-click on the desktop and choose "personalize". In the window that comes up, click on the "Window Color and Appearance" link at the top.

On the next screen, choose to "Open classic appearance properties for more color options".

In the window that comes up next, click on [effects].

Finally, on this screen, you can uncheck the "Show shadows under menus" option. You can uncheck the others as well, but I they're not as important.

When you're done, just hit [OK] enough times to get back to the desktop.