Disabling Resource Hungry Features

Cand you disable all of the resource/ram hogging features in vista like you could in xp? My xp looks like win2k b/c i shout off all bells and whistles.

Also, does it matter which version you use for gaming?

Thanks.

p.s. could not find this in search. if its an old topic, sorry.

no kidding? home basic huh. good to know. That will save me some bucks.

ha i get it after i read my post. i definitely meant shut off. thanks for the info.

edit: can't find basic in 64 bit other than for system builders or oem. system builders version says i can only install on your system once or only one hardware configuration. i can't tell.

basically, I upgrade and/or reformat often. what version can i use? will oem work ok?

if it's not a money thing, get Ultimate retail - comes with both flavors in the box and you never have to worry about not having _some_ special feature available in the future (aero, remote access, backup, HD support, fax/scanner, domain networking, media center for that home AV system you put together next year, MS games, dreamscene, mobility, and only MS knows what else...). All of my systems (those I own and those I maintain) are all Ultimate and have all of those things, so I don't really know what items are missing at each of the lower levels.

you really should checkout what is different at each level, there are a lot of little things that may force you in the future to do that instant 'upgrade' trick. Have you looked at what the total cost would be, upgrading one step at a time, going from Basic to Ultimate (I have no clue, I'm just curious)?

--DD

You just kill the "Themes" service and feel the Win2k power flowing in your Vista. There are a lot of other services waiting to be killed though. You should do a google search and see for yourself.