To enhance the user experience without over utilising Aero features that would compromise bandwidth utilisation the following Custom Visual Effects can be enabled:

- Smooth edges of screen fonts
- Use visual styles on windows and buttons

Add the following registry entries to the user profile:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"DragFullWindows"="0"
"DragHeight"="4"
"DragWidth"="4"
"FontSmoothing"="2"
"MenuShowDelay"="0"
"UserPreferencesMask"=hex:90,12,03,80,10,00,00,00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics]
"MinAnimate"="0"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects]
"VisualFXSetting"=dword:00000003

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"IconsOnly"=dword:00000001
"ListviewAlphaSelect"=dword:00000000
"ListviewShadow"=dword:00000000
"TaskbarAnimations"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM]
"EnableAeroPeek"=dword:00000000
"CompositionPolicy"=dword:00000001
"AlwaysHibernateThumbnails"=dword:00000000

Optimizing Windows 7 for FlexCast Delivery
http://community.citrix.com/display/ocb/2010/01/15/Optimizing+Windows+7+for+FlexCast+Delivery

Windows 7 Registry Optimizations for Virtual Desktops
http://community.citrix.com/display/ocb/2010/07/28/Windows+7+Registry+Optimizations+for+Virtual+Desktops

Windows 7 Optimization – Disable Services
http://virtualfeller.com/2010/06/24/windows-7-optimization-disable-services-2/