Master VISUALLY® Optimizing PC Performance - Softcover

Kraynak, Joe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764577875 ISBN 13: 9780764577871

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2005

Synopsis

∗ Offers step–by–step instructions for more than 190 optimizing tasks, including streamlining a Start menu, preventing unnecessary programs from wasting memory, improving monitor performance, and printing faster and more efficiently ∗ The ideal resource for intermediate to advanced visual learners who want to speed up a dragging computer, understand how to prevent bottlenecks in the future, and enhance network performance and reliability ∗ Addresses how to identify and troubleshoot common problems and how to check and protect a PC from viruses ∗ Explores different tools to get the job done and looks at which ones are best suited for different tasks ∗ Includes an explanation of how to assemble a collection of essential freeware and shareware utilities and get optimum performance with hardware upgrades

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Review

“...generously illustrated with hundreds of annotated screen shots...” ( PC Utilities , March 2005)

From the Back Cover

"One picture is worth a thousand words." If you prefer instructions that show you how rather than tell you why, then this intermediate to advanced level reference is for you. Hundreds of succinctly captioned, step–by–step screen shots reveal how to perform more than 175 tasks that produce optimal PC performance, including: Installing and running diagnostic software Testing Internet connection speed Backing up and restoring files Uninstalling unused programs Converting a drive to NTFS format Installing a memory optimizer Cleaning the Windows Registry

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0764577875
• ISBN 13: 9780764577871
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 416