a minimum overhead installation - how?

Hi All,

I've just installed the Beta 2 Build 5284 on a laptop only just caqpable of
running it at all:-). Therefore, it's my purpose to test applications
compatibility and performance under Vista rather then the Vista's blows and
whistles. Here goes my question:

Which services / applications should I disable safely (this machine is an
ICS one)? Please try to be descriptive when answering, as I can see many
services not known under older versions of Windows are present.

Thanks in advance

Piotr