PC Fast Fix

With Windows Vista you need some pretty decent hardware, otherwise it can be as slow as molasses in January. For those that are running Vista with just the minimum requirements, then these interface tweaks should make quite a noticeable improvement on the speed and performance.

Windows Vista Interface Tweaks

Turn off Aero:

• Right click your desktop
• Click personalize
• Click windows color and appearance
•  If the appearance setting box shows up you are probably not running Aero (but you can check this from the list)
• If you see the windows color and appearance box then click the open classic appearance link
• In the color scheme drop down click windows vista basic or Windows standard
• Click apply (could take a few seconds)
• Now click OK and you are done

Get Rid of Transparency:

• Right click your desktop
• Click personalize
• Click windows color and appearance
• Uncheck enable transparency
• Click OK

Remove the Sidebar

• Right-click the Sidebar
• Click on Properties
• Uncheck Start Sidebar When Windows Starts
• Click OK
• You can then remove the sidebar by right-clicking on it and select close sidebar

Turn Off Visual Effects

• Goto the control panel
• Click on Performance and System Tools
• In the Visual Effects tab you can turn off any unwanted and unnecessary that may be tying up system resources

Depending on your system, you might notice some decent speed increases just by turning off Aero and some of the other effects. But if things are still running slow then you can try removing the sidebar, transparency, etc.  

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