Background
desktop video/animation, 51-52
logon screen, 15
Windows Sidebar, 54-55
Background Intelligent Transfer, 167
Balloon Help
disabling, 27
functions of, 27
Balloon notification, disabling, 44
Balloon Tips, disabling, 41
Base Filtering Engine, 167
Bass Boost, 112-13
Battery meter, hiding icon, 43
Benchmarking
PCMark05 Basic Edition, 149-51
Windows System Performance Rating, 149-51
Big Screen Headlines RSS Reader, 124
Biometric sensor equipment, disabling, 163
BIOS
changing settings, 154
drive boot order, changing, 154-56
functions of, 153-54
Quick Boot, 156-57
BitLockerDrive Encryption, 269-73
functions of, 269-70
hard drive configuration for, 270-71
hardware requirements, 270
running, 271-72
TPM chip for, 269-70
with USB storage device, 273
Block Level Backup Engine, 167
Bluetooth Support, 167
Boot Configuration Data Editor
accessing, 157
default OS, setting, 159
Boot screen, customizing, 3-7
hidden boot screen, activating, 3-5
high-resolution screen/creating, 5-7
and MUI (multilingual user interface), 5
Boot speed, improving, 153-82
boot files, optimizing location of, 179-82
boot screen, disabling, 159, 161
defragmenting for, 179-82
drive boot order, changing, 154-56
fonts, removing, 164-66
hardware, disabling, 162-64
Quick Boot, 156-57
services, disabling, 166-79
VistaBootPro, 160
Windows Boot Manager, modifying, 157-60
Borders, changing, Aero Glass, 74-75
Browsers. See Firefox; Internet Explorer 7
Browsing history, clearing, 293-94