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Technology Stocks : Windows Vista
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From: sammy™ -_-12/20/2007 3:33:51 PM
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Additional ways to speed up Vista
Turned off annoying sounds
Turned off the Sidebar
Adjusted power settings to High Performance
Adjusted Visual Effects: Deselected all boxes except:
'Smooth edges of screen fonts'
'Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop'
'Use visual styles on windows and buttons'
Reduced size of icons to Classic
Turned off Windows Search Indexing
Turned off Remote Differential Compression
Turned off Automatic Windows Defender Operation
Turned off Automatic Disk Defragmentation
Added a 2GB USB Flash drive to take advantage of Windows Ready Boost
Turned off Windows Hibernation
Turned off System Restore
Disabled User Access Control
Disabled following excess Windows Services that Auto-Launch at Startup
o Offline Files
o Tablet PC Input Service
o Terminal Services
o Windows Search
o Fax
Disabled Excess Windows Features
o Indexing Service
o Remote Differential Compression
o Tablet PC Optional Components
o Windows DFS Replication Service
o Windows Fax & Scan (unless you use a modem for faxing)
o Windows Meeting Space (unless you use the Live Meeting Service)

Disabled some UI effects
- Fade or slide menus into view
- Fade or slide tooltips into view
- show shadows under menus
- Show translucent selection rectangle
- Slide open combo boxes
- Use a background image for each folder type
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