Edra Ackison</a> | September 16, 2010 at 11:32 am</a> Reply</a>Disable Windows Aero theme. The Windows Aero Glass interface for Windows 7 Vista reuqeris a decent video card, memory and CPU usage. For those who want to optimize Windows 7 performance, it is recommended to disable Aero. Just right-click on the desktop and choose Personalize, then you can simply scroll the themes down until you see the Basic themes.