While Microsoft have not officially published requirements for Longhorn this is what we would reccomend as the minimum for a smooth running Windows Vista™ Install, these guidelines will allow you to run DWM (Glass).
- 2.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 Processor or higher; 1.6 GHz AMD Athlon/Opteron/Athon 64 /Pentium M
- Nvidia GeForce FX5200 or higher/ATI Radeon 9500 or higher
- 512+MB of RAM
- 8 GB of free hard disk space
Explorer Performance Tweaks
Click Start, Run. Type "control folders". Press OK.
Click the View tab. Modify the settings as shown below.
Check:
- Always show icons, never thumbnails
- Display the contents of system folders
- Show hidden files and folders
Uncheck:
- Automatically search for network folders and printers
- Hide extensions for known file types
- Use Domain Folder Sharing Wizard
Click Start, right click on "Computer", and click Properties.
Click on the Advanced tab. Under Performance, click Settings.
Uncheck these options:
Note: None of these options affect DWM functionality.
- Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing
- Fade or slide menus into view
- Fade or slide tooltips into view
- Fade out menu items after clicking
- Show shadows under menus
- Slide open combo boxes
- Slide taskbar buttons
- Use a background image for each folder type
Close the Performance Options & System Properties dialogs.
