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Speed It Up A Non-Technical Guide for Speeding Up Slow Computers Does your PC perform like grandma on a cold winter morning? Does it limp along slowly through everyday tasks, such as starting up, shutting down or just opening an email? Are you wondering if your PC's get up and go has got up and left? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this is the book for you. Sure, there are uber-geeky guides out there that provide tweaks and customizations appealing to the pocket protector nation, but there is no other book that addresses these common problems at the everyday consumer level. We think it's time for a book that covers all of these topics in a way that appeals to real humans, like you. Let us help you keep your PC running like it did the day you brought it home from the store. - Troubleshooting-We show you how to diagnose the cause of your PC's dawdling behavior. We help you determine whether the culprit is your hardware, software, the network, a cluttered registry, or even a virus. - Software-We show you dozens of easy, non-techy things you can do to speed up Windows, your applications, your Internet apps, and more. - Hardware-We show you easy upgrades you can do yourself. The solutions we provide are easy to implement. - Network-We show you how to easily fix network issues that are robbing you of precious time. - Buyer's advice-If it's time to put your beloved PC out to pasture, we offer some tried and true advice for choosing a new PC and keeping it in tip-top condition. CATEGORY: Windows Operating Systems COVERS: Windows XP, Windows Vista USER LEVEL: Beginning-Intermediate

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Pearson Education
ISBN-10
078973947x
ISBN-13
9780789739476
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Author
Michael Miller
Publication Name
Speed It Up! a Non-Technical Guide for Speeding Up Slow Computers
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
336 Pages

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9.1in
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Item Weight
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Table of Content
Introduction What''s in This Book Who Can Use This Book How to Use This Book There''s More Online Speed It Up! Part I: Quick Diagnosis for Sluggish PCs 1 What''s Slowing Down Your Computer? Signs That Your Computer Is Getting Slower It Takes Longer for Your PC to Start It Takes Longer to Do Familiar Tasks Your Computer Gets Sluggish When You Have Two or More Windows Open at a Time Your Computer Pauses for Long Stretches at a Time-or Freezes Up Signs That Your Computer Really Isn''t Getting Slower-Even if You Think it Is New Programs Run Slowly Your Computer Has Trouble Running the Latest Games You Upgrade to Windows Vista and Your PC Gets Sluggish Internet Sites Take Forever to Load It Takes a Long Time to Copy Files Across Your Network Quick Fix: Five Quick Steps to Improve Your PC''s Performance Quick Step 1: Reboot Your Computer Quick Step 2: Delete Unnecessary Files Quick Step 3: Remove Unused Programs Quick Step 4: Defragment Your Hard Disk Quick Step 5: Add More Memory with ReadyBoost The Bottom Line 2 Before You Start: Protect Your Data Potential Problems: What Can Go Wrong When Speeding Up Your PC The Wrong Programs Are Uninstalled Valuable Data Gets Deleted A Registry Edit Goes Bad You Have to Reformat Your Hard Drive (and Reinstall Windows) Hard Disk Maintenance Fails A Hardware Upgrade Doesn''t Take Backing Up and Restoring Your Valuable Data Choosing a Backup Device Backing Up in Windows Vista Restoring in Windows Vista Backing Up and Restoring in Windows XP Protecting Your System with System Restore Setting System Restore Points Restoring Your System The Bottom Line Part II: Simple Speedups Anyone Can Do 3 Removing Spyware and Viruses Dealing with Computer Viruses How Computer Viruses Slow Down Your System How to Catch a Virus How Do You Know If a Virus Is Slowing Down Your System? Preventing Virus Attacks with Safe Computing Protecting Your System with Antivirus Software Speeding Up Your System After a Virus Infection Dealing with Spyware How Spyware Slows Down Your System How to Become Infected with Spyware Is Spyware Slowing Down Your PC? Avoiding Spyware-Infested Websites and Programs Speeding Up Your PC with Antispyware Programs Removing Stubborn Spyware Programs The Bottom Line 4 Cleaning Out Unnecessary Programs Removing Unwanted Programs and Files from Your Hard Disk Why a Crowded Hard Disk Slows Down Your System How Much Free Space Do You Need? Discovering All the Files Stored on Your Hard Drive Understanding Bundleware How to Free Up Valuable Hard Disk Space-and Speed Up Your PC Deleting Bundleware with PC Decrapifier Deleting Unwanted Files with the Disk Cleanup Utility Deleting Files Manually Emptying the Recycle Bin Archiving Little-Used Files Uninstalling Unwanted Programs Removing Unwanted Programs and Processes from Your Computer''s Memory How Too Many Programs in Memory Slow Down Your PC Discovering Programs That Load Automatically-Without Your Awareness Which Startup Programs Should You Delete? How to Get Rid of Autoloading Programs Deleting Startup Programs from the Startup Folder Deleting Startup Programs from the Registry Deleting Startup Programs with the System Configuration Utility Deleting Startup Programs with Windows Defender Removing Programs That Slow Down Your PC Speeding Up Microsoft Outlook The Bottom Line 5 Optimizing Your Hard Disk Defragmenting Your Hard Disk Understanding Disk Fragmentation How Disk Defragmenting Works Using the Disk Defragmenter Checking Your Hard Disk for Errors How ScanDisk Works Using ScanDisk to Speed Up Your PC Using Other Disk-Optimization Tools Diskeeper Fix-It Utilities Professional Norton SystemWorks PC Tools Disk Suite PerfectDisk System Mechanic WinUtilities The Bottom Line 6 <
Copyright Date
2009
Target Audience
Trade
Topic
Hardware / General, Operating Systems / Windows Desktop
Lccn
2009-003466
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Computers

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by jPObg8UPRa6@Del...May 09, 2009
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Does your computer seem slower than it used to be? Did it slow down all of a sudden or has it been a gradual slowing over time? Do you have problems paying new games? Speed It Up looks at a wide variety of causes for a slowing computer. He gives plenty of hints and tips that can speed up a slow computer. He also looks at what could be causing the problem. If those solutions don’t work, then the author has provided detailed sections on how to upgrade your computer or buy a new one. Speed It Up provides a variety of valuable and easy fixes. Even the novice will be able to follow step by step to find a marked difference in the way their computer runs.

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