17.6. System Performance and Optimization

Windows Vista introduced a number of features that an administrator should be aware of in order to understand how to better optimize a system. These include the Aero interface, the User Account Control feature, indexing, and Sidebar.

The first of these is the Aero interface. Microsoft maintains a list of common issues with Aero—and solutions—at

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-us/help/c33fe91a-9e6f-41f4-ae82-3ed2d5fa2fbf1033.mspx

and you are strongly encouraged to visit that site. An acronym for Authentic, Energetic, Reflective, and Open, Aero differs from previous GUIs in that its windows are translucent and it allows the ability to create a 3D stack of open windows and cycle through them ...

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