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Thursday, 03 April 2008 07:12 |
Vista Cheat Sheet Or how to make Vista work a little faster, and behave much like XP. Last Updated 4.9.2008 DonReaves Target machine: Dell Vostros with Vista Business that do not have gobs of trialware or multimedia bloatware installed.
These changes should be done on a freshly installed machine before installing any user software.
1. Features not required for Desktops:
Control Panel
Uninstall a Program or Change a Program Window
Turn Windows Features on/off
uncheck Tablet PC Optional Components
add Telnet Client
uncheck Meeting Space
OK (this takes many minutes to run - get coffee - requires restart)
2. Turn off some services.
Start
run Services.msc
disable Tablet PC Input Service
add Telnet client
3. Remove Aero "eye-candy" theme.
Right click desktop
Personalize
Windows Color and Appearance
Open Classic Appearance Properties
choose Windows Classic or Windows Standard theme
OK
4. Activate the super administrator account
For Windows Vista Ultimate/Business/Enterprise:
a. Start/cmd secpol.msc
b. in the left list, choose Local Policies, then Security Options
c. set "Accounts: Administrator account status to Enabled
d. Set "User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account" to Disabled
For Windows Vista Home Basic/Home Premium:
a. Click Start, and type "cmd" in the search area, right click on "Command Prompt"
and select 'Run as Administrator".
b. In the command prompt type "net users Administrator /active:yes" (Note the capital "A" in Administrator)
and press Enter, you will get a confirmation as "The command completed successfully".
c. Click Start, and type "regedit" in the search area and click Enter, navigate to: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
Double click on "FilterAdministratorToken" and set it to "0"
5. Relax User Account Control policy (two methods, control panel method not useful for AD)
a. msconfig method, standalone workstation
Launch Start/msconfig
Scroll down to disable UAC, click Launch, restart
If network member, also edit local group policy
Start/cmd gledit.msc
If Active Domain environment,
Start/cmd gpmc.msc from a member of the domain
drill down to computer config/windows settings/security settings/local policies/security options
in the right pane, scroll to find user access control policies/change appropriate policies
OK/restart
b. control panel method
User Account and Family Settings
Add or Remove User Account
Choose an account
Clock main User Account page link
Make changes to your user account
Change Security settings
unselect User User Account Control
OK
restart
Legacy program installs may reguire installation in a folder other than Program Files, which is security protected, and even the above changes don't affect.
Disclaimer: Your mileage may vary. Not responsible for destruction of your system.
References:
Concise list of Vista services: http://www.blackviper.com/WinVista/servicecfg.htm
Vista Speed up Article: google search for "Speed Up Windows Vista Durham Jr." (this article seems to evaporate from many computer information sites, or they want onerous registration info, but you can find a site that will allow you read it without registering with some dimwitted content provider.
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