Kill vista sidebar, I'm not sure how to do thru menus but you should be able to kill it through the registry. REMEMBER! even though you might kill it in HKCU or HKLM there are still 4 more processes that run. They are in the USERS key. Under random locations.

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-19 and HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20 normaly

But it varies from system to system. there will be on in the key (HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2743702872-4047397652-2850579867-1000) or whatever the first long name key is.
The autostart will be in the same respective place as in HKCU or HKLM


KILL USER ACCOUNT CONTROL:

Control Panel
System and Maintenance
Administrative Tools
System Configuration
Press Continue button
Tools Tab
Select "Disable UAC"
Launch
OK and Restart

KILL SYSTEM RESTORE :

Control Panel
System and Maintenance
Select Backup and Restore Center
Select Create a restore point or change settings (on the left side)
Select the Continue button (if UAC is active)
Select System Protection Tab (should be there already)
Uncheck your hard drives listed under "Automatic restore points"
Turn System Restore Off button
Ok button to apply the settings

KILL INDEXING :

Control Panel
Select System and Maintenance
Indexing Options
Modify button
Select the Show all locations button
Double click "Users" in the "Summary of selected locations"
Uncheck Users directory
Double click "Start Menu " in the "Summary of selected locations"
Uncheck Start Menu directory
Select the Ok button to close the panel


Just a few I thought of (aka found an old list).
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MORE LATER, Hope it helps someone -AGITA