"Turn off Windows featuresMicrosoft gives you much more flexibility with Windows 7, allowing you to turn off Windows components — such as Internet Explorer, Windows Search, the Gadget platform, and media features — that you couldn’t disable in earlier versions of Windows. Here’s how:
Click Start | Control Panel and select Programs And Features.
In the left pane, click Turn Windows Features On Or Off.
Simply select or deselect the check boxes to enable or disable the various Windows features"
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