DCOM Server Process Launcher, 168
Decryption, PCMark05 benchmarking, 149
Default Programs
accessing, 88
default launch app, changing, 90-91
removing from Start menu, 42
Defragmentation
to improve boot speed, 179-82
NTFS master file table, 230
of paging file, 230
third-party programs, 180-82
Windows Vista Disk Defragmenter, 179-80
Desktop
background, video files for, 51-52
changing appearance. See User interface, customizing
gadgets, adding, 55-56
Ultimate Extra features, 51-52
wallpaper, setting, 69
See also Windows Sidebar
Desktop icons
customizing, 50-51
disabling all, 45-46
downloading, sites for, 50
drop shadow effect, 46-47
icon utility, 51
Recycle Bin, renaming, 48
shortcut arrow, removing, 48-49
size, changing, 48
size choices, 48
system icons, display of, 47
user icons, display of, 47
Desktop Windows Manager (DWM)
Aero Glass, 33-34, 70
functions of, 70, 207
Desktop Windows Manager Session Manager, 168
Details pane, Explorer
customizing, 83
purpose of, 83
removing, 83
Details view
columns, customizing, 95-96
purpose of, 93
Windows Media Player 11, 116
deviantArt, 78
Device Manager
accessing, 162
hardware, disabling, 162-63
DFS Replication, 168
DHCP Client, 168
DHCP server, 194
Diagnostic Policy, 168
Diagnostics, system. See System performance monitoring
Diagnostic Service Host, 168
Diagnostic System Host, 168
Direct3D, 70, 207
DirectX, and Desktop Windows Manager (DWM), 33-34
Disk Cleanup, running, 300-301
Diskeeper 2007, 180-82
Disk operations, performance overview, 131-32
Disk read/write bytes, performance counters, 138
Distributed Link Tracking Client, 168
Distributed Transaction Coordinator, 168
DNS Client, 168
Documents icon, removing from Start menu, 42
Dolby Pro Logic, Virtual Sound, 115
Domain policy, defined, 39
Download Accelerator Plus, 242
Downloads
accelerator programs, 242
saving to folder, 91
speeding up, 241-44
DreamScene
downloading, 51-52
pausing, 53
Drives, boot order, changing, 154-56
Drop shadows, desktop icons, enabling, 46-47
DVR, PC conversion to. See TV viewing, Windows Media Player 11