Running “sfc /purgecache” to empty the system file checker cache.
Emptying the folder “C:\windows\prefetch” to clean the prefecth buffer.
Defragging.
And the usual things like removing spyware etc.
Humbly submitted, here are some of my bookmarks on the subject:
http://www.cmu.edu/computing/andrew-windows/andrew-ris-server.html [cmu.edu]
http://ani.sourceforge.net/ [sourceforge.net]
http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/ [autoitscript.com]
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;299441 [microsoft.com]
http://www.livejournal.com/users/lotso/1863.html [livejournal.com]
http://isg.ee.ethz.ch/tools/realmen/ [ee.ethz.ch]
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/howitworks/management/remoteover.asp [microsoft.com]
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/risover.mspx [microsoft.com]
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/TechRef/3983c4a4-e6ff-4664-84 25-28ec740474b1.mspx [microsoft.com]
http://unattended.sourceforge.net/ [sourceforge.net]
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=7109 [windowsitpro.com]
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/evaluate/featfunc/intmiror.mspx [microsoft.com]