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Tips & Tricks: Disabling Windows Vista Aero

You might have bought a PC running Windows Vista with shared video and average specs. You would not really notice the drag in performance until you begin to install applications and when that happens you might consider disabling Windows Vista Aero.

Disabling Aero is simple; right click on the desktop and Click on Personalize:

Windows Vista Personalize Popup Menu

Click on Window and Color Appearance.

Windows Aero Appearance

On the Color Scheme drop down, choose a lesser scheme other than aero, then click ok.

Windows Aero Properties

You will notice a big performance difference when disabling Windows Aero.The color scheme is great but with limited hardware, it would be best to keep a low maintenance Windows Vista PC.

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  1. By Julio Ramirez
    1210 days ago

    My question is: Every time I have a video clip from a website, I try to opened by pressing play, and all I get is a blank screen. The only way I can watch the video is by downloading the clip and it takes to much time. Before I was using Window XP and never had a problem. Please reply.

    Thanks!!

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  2. By Stronghold Crusader Extreme
    893 days ago

    I see, its quite useful.

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  3. By Jack’s Blog · Customizing Windows
    543 days ago

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