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6 Shut down the guest operating system and power off the virtual machine.
7 Power on the virtual machine.
What to do next
See “Optimizing Windows 7 and Windows 8 for Linked-Clone Virtual Machines,” on page 40 for
information on disabling certain Windows 7 and Windows 8 services and tasks to reduce the growth of
View Composer linked-clone virtual machines. Disabling certain services and tasks can also result in
performance benefits for full virtual machines.
Disable the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program
Disabling the Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program and the related Task Scheduler tasks
that control this program can improve Windows 7 and Windows 8 system performance in large desktop
pools.
Procedure
1 In the Windows 7 or Windows 8 guest operating system, start the control panel and click Action Center
> Change Action Center settings.
2 Click Customer Experience Improvement Program settings.
3 Select No, I don't want to participate in the program and click Save changes.
4 Start the control panel and click Administrative Tools > Task Scheduler.
5 In the Task Scheduler (Local) pane of the Task Scheduler dialog box, expand the Task Scheduler
Library > Microsoft > Windows nodes and open the Application Experience folder.
6 Disable the AITAgent, ProgramDataUpdater, and if available, Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser
tasks.
7 In the Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft > Windows node, open the Customer Experience
Improvement Program folder.
8 Disable the Consolidator, KernelCEIPTask, and UsbCEIP tasks.
9 In the Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft > Windows node, open the Autochk folder.
10 Disable the Proxy task.
What to do next
Perform other Windows 7 or Windows 8 optimization tasks. See “Optimize Windows 7 and Windows 8
Guest Operating System Performance,” on page 38.
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