Chapter 4. Optimizing a Sluggish System

This Chapter Is for You If...

• Your computer is much slower with Vista than it was with XP.

• Windows flicker and stutter.

• Applications take a long time to open.

• You loaded Vista on a machine you bought in 2005 or before.

• You want to learn some really cool optimization tricks.

What You’ll Learn

In this chapter, I’ll show you:

• What Microsoft’s bogus Vista specifications are

• What Vista hardware specifications really are

• How to upgrade hardware so your system runs Vista better

• How to use your USB key to boost Vista performance

• How to turn off unnecessary Vista visual components and claim back some performance

• How to clean up your machine

• How to tweak the defragmenter

• How to track ...

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