If you want to speed up browsing around in Windows Vista explorer, you might think about disabling thumbnail previews in folders.
How to do it?
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To make this change, click the Organize button on any folder, and choose Folder and Search Options from the menu.

Click the View tab, and then check the Always show icons, never thumbnails checkbox

Click OK, and you're done.
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