If you’re looking to remove optional components of Vista that you might not need, “the How-To geek” can tell you how to get that done. Actually, I was surprised by not only how easy it was, but by how many crazy unnecessary things were running all over the place.

Indexing Service, IIS, .NET framework, UNIX Subsystem, Windows Powershell, Windows Meeting Space - all garbage you may not need running (and much, much more on their list). It’s no wonder that you need 2GB to run Vista when all this garbage is running in the background!