Chapter 24. Tuning Up and Monitoring Performance

Tuning Up and Monitoring Performance

Every Microsoft Windows user has experienced sudden, mysterious slowdowns in system performance. Routine actions that normally take a few microseconds suddenly cause your computer to stop responding. Your hard disk chatters incessantly. You’re forced to wait when switching between programs.

We know from extensive hands-on testing and from many testimonials that performance problems like these are not par for the course. You have every ...

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