Optimize a sluggish Windows Vista system

Dig deep using expert-level tools and techniques to optimize your Windows Vista system. Microsoft Windows Vista Help Desk offers step-by-step guidance to using these tools effectively whether or not you are a trained IT professional. If your Vista computer performs really slowly, stutters, or stammers, this chapter download will help you get to the root of the problem and optimize the system so it runs better and faster. Chapter coverage includes:

• Microsoft's bogus Vista specifications
• Vista's real hardware specifications
• Upgrading hardware so your system runs Vista better
• Using your USB key to boost system performance
• Turning off unnecessary Vista visual components to reclaim some performance
• Cleaning up your machine
• Tweaking the defragmenter
• Tracking down huge files that are eating hard drive space
• Tracking your system's performance over time

Title: Microsoft Windows Vista Help Desk
Author: Andy Walker
Publisher: Que Publishing
Chapter 4: Optimizing a Sluggish System
ISBN: 0-7897-3587-3; Copyright 2008, Que Publishing. All rights reserved.
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