Index

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Account Lockout Policy, setting, 261-62

Active Directory, domain policy, 39

Ad-Aware Personal, 286

Administrative Tools, expanding, 29

Administrator

account, disabling, 259-60

command prompt as, 201-2

security, 259-60

Aero Glass, 70-76

animations, disabling, 75-76

borders, changing, 74-75

color, changing, 68, 72-73

disabled, overriding, 71-72

disabling, 212-13

hardware requirements, 71

problems with, 70

Taskbar, adjusting images, 33-34

transparency, disabling, 68

window interface, customizing, 67-68

and Windows Explorer speed, 212-13

http://www.AeroXP.org, 78

Animations

Aero Glass, disabling, 75-76

Taskbar, disabling, 32

Windows Explorer, adjusting, 207-12

Antivirus software, 287-88

avast!, 288

Appearance of desktop. See User interface, customizing

Appearance Settings, window metrics, modifying, 63-64

Application and Services Logs, Event Viewer, 142

Application Experience, 167

Application Information, 167

Application Layer Gateway, 167

Application Management, 167

Application priorities, adjusting

Start command, 232-33

Task Manager, 231-32

WinTasks Pro, 233-35

Application Programming Interface (API), and User Account Control, 262

Application windows, PCMark05 benchmarking, 149

ARGB color format, 72

ATI TV Wonder 650 TV tuner card, 120

Audio compression, PCMark05 benchmarking, 150

Audio system, 111-15

Bass Boost, 112-13

Enhancements settings, accessing, 111-12

Headphone Virtualization, 115

Loudness Equalization, 115

Low Frequency Protection, 112-13

Room Correction, 113-15

Windows Media Player 11 enhancements, 118-19

AutoComplete

address bar suggestions, disabling, 291-93

disabling, 296-97

Automatic logon

enabling, 184-85

security issue, 184

Automatic Updates, setting, 253-54

Autoruns, auto-start applications, disabling, 187-88

Auto-start applications, modifying. See Logon speed, improving

avast!, 288