Vista Tweak

Disable security notifications

If you've made one or two of the changes in this article, like disabling UAC for example, and are getting fed up with the Windows security center notifications popping up in the taskbar and nagging you about what you've done, here's how to disable them.
To disable Windows Vista security Center notification:
Open the 'start' menu and type 'service.msc' in the search bar. Do not press Enter.
Mouse up to the 'services.msc' search result, right-click it and choose 'run as administrator' (this is assuming you have not already disabled UAC as per tip#11, in which case the run-as is not necessary).
In the services window, scroll down to the 'Security Center' service, right click it and hit 'properties'.
In the 'startup type' dropdown box, change the value to 'disabled', then click the 'stop' button below to stop the service immediately. Hit 'ok.


Enable more simultaneous downloads in Internet Explorer 7

As was the case with Windows XP, the version of Internet Explorer bundled with Windows Vista is limited to just two simultaneous connections to the same Internet server. This is generally fine, but it can mean that large complicated websites can take longer to open than they should, and it also means that you cannot download more than two files simultaneously from the same location. Fortunately this is easy enough to change.
To increase the number of simultaneous downloads in IE 7:
Open Regedit and navigate to 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings'
Create a new Dword value called 'MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server' and give it a decimal value between 3 and 5.
Create another new Dword called 'MaxConnectionsPerServer' and give it an identical decimal value.
Close Regedit and restart IE to take better advantage of your bandwidth.