How to enable or disable Windows Vista Features

Enable or disable Windows Vista Features

To access the Vista Features screen you should follow these steps:

1.        Click on the Start button to open your Start Menu.

2.       When the Start Menu opens click on the Control Panel menu option.

         3.     When the Control Panel window opens click on the Uninstall a program option under the Programs category. 
If you are using the Classic View of the Control Panel, then you would double-click on the Programs and Features icon instead. This option is shown by the arrow and red box in the image below.

     4.  You will now have opened the Programs and Features screen, which is the Uninstall or change a program screen, as   shown in the image below.

To access the Windows features screen you need to single-click on the option labeled Turn Windows features on or off is designated by the arrow and red box in the image above.

        Windows Vista will now ask for your permission to access the Windows Vista Features. You should click on the Continue button to give this permission.

The Windows Vista Feature List window will now open displaying all the Features available for your version of Vista. An entry can be a single feature or a feature with sub features. When enabling features that have sub features it is possible to only enable those sub features that are required by you. This enables you to finely tune how you want Vista to operate.

To enable a feature, simply put a checkmark next to the feature name. To disable a feature simply remove the check from the feature or one of its sub features. Once you have disabled and enabled the features you want on or off, you need to click the OK button to save these changes. Your PC will now have to be restarted for the changes to take effect, this may take a few minutes while it enables or disables the selected or unselected features.

Now that you know how to access the Windows Vista Feature List and to activate and disable features, you can control what programs and capabilities are available to you when using Vista.