Master Visually Optimizing PC Performance

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