A Ton Of Options For Tweaking Vista
There are a few things you can do to make Windows Vista do your bidding.
First off is Vispa, an executable (just run it, no need to install anything) that does a lot of popular registry tweaks for you, just check which one you want. Among the things it can do:
- Disable Compressed Folders
- Disable Windows Script Host
- Disable Remote Assistance
- Disable prefetch
- Delete Pagefile at shutdown
- Disable showing last user
- Disable User Account Control
- Disable Error Reporting
- Disable Automatic Windows Updates
- Disable Windows Defender
- Disable Time Synchronization
- Disable Scheduled Tasks Service
- Disable RPC Locator
- Disable Firewall
- Disable Automatic Internet Explorer Updates
- Increase Maximum Connections for IE
- Open Pop-ups in new tabs
- Delete Temporary files on Exit
- Disable MSN Search
- Disable Windows Live Search
- Disable ActiveX
- Disable JavaScript
- Disable Phishing Filter
- Disable Home Page
- Disable Prompt for Default Browser
- Disable Information Bar Alert
- Disable Automatic License Acquisition for Windows Media Player
- Disable Automatic Usage Rights Download
- Don’t add Media to Library
- Disable Metadata Retrieval
- Disable Usage Tracking
- Don’t Send Player ID To Content Providers
- Disable Automatic Codec Downloads
- Import music as MP3
- Disable DRM for imported music
- Disable Diskspace Warning
- Integrate Notepad into Shell
- Disable AutoRun
- Disable Desktop Cleanup Wizard
- Disable Task Grouping
- Use Classic Start Menu
- Use Classic Logon Window
- Show hidden files and folders
- Show all file extensions
- Disable thumbnail caching
- Disable Start/Exit sounds
- Use Windows Classic Theme
Plus it deletes all sorts of system shortcuts, and about twice as many things I didn’t list. Check it out here or just download it from Google Code.
(via CyberNetNews > Download Squad > jkOnTheRun)
Also, if you wish Alt-Tab in Vista took up more of your screen and showed bigger thumbnails, you can run a Registry tweak linked to by CyberNetNews. It’s not a perfect tweak, but it enables you to open the Registry and mess with the value of MaxThumbSizePx until it’s perfect (for me, 150 was just right).
(via Download Squad)