Product Description

∗ This wide–ranging guide helps ordinary users fight back against Windows slowdowns, glitches, and annoyances
∗ Windows is the world′s dominant desktop operating system, with 93.8 percent of the market as of 2002
∗ Packed with savvy tips for decluttering a system, speeding up access to programs and data, customizing the interface, rooting out resource hogs, tuning up e–mail and Web browser performance, protecting against viruses, and more
∗ Focuses on Windows XP and covers the new Service Pack 2, but many techniques are applicable to older Windows versions

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #392777 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 356 pages

From the Back Cover
Streamline your system and safeguard your computer

Eliminate unused programs, organize data, dump stale cookies, and pick up speed

If you can brew a pot of coffee while your programs load, it’s time to clean the Windows! Here′s how to clear out stuff you don′t need, create an orderly desktop, scrub away Internet gunk, and keep your system clutter–free by setting up a regular cleaning schedule. Through sparkling clean Windows, you’ll see faster, safer computing that’s a lot more fun.

The Dummies Way

• Explanations in plain English
• "Get in, get out" information
• Icons and other navigational aids
• Tear–out cheat sheet
• Top ten lists
• A dash of humor and fun

Discover how to:

• Make your programs run faster
• Archive old data and remove duplicate files
• Eliminate spyware and adware
• Manage Internet information safely
• Shut down unused services
• Optimize Service Pack 2′s security features

About the Author
Allen Wyatt, an internationally recognized expert in small computer systems, is president of Discovery Computing, Inc., a computer and publishing services company located in Mesa, Arizona. He has worked in the computer and publishing industries for almost two decades, writing more than 50 books and numerous magazine articles. Allen’s popular lectures and seminars have reached audiences throughout the United States, as well as throughout Mexico and Costa Rica.
Besides writing books and technical materials, Allen helps further the computer book industry by providing consulting, production, and project management services. He publishes two free weekly newsletters, WordTips and ExcelTips (www.VitalNews.com).
Allen can be reached by e–mail at awyatt@dcomp.com.

Customer Reviews

A Cheap Route To Learning About Your PC
My 2 year old PC had started to slow down and I had tried all the usual remedies without success. This book takes you chapter by chapter through the various strategies to clean/speed up uour PC, and not only do you end up with a better grasp of how your PC functions, it really does offer plenty of solutions to the inevitable clogging up of a PC. A word of warning, you will need to devote plenty of time to both reading the book and trying out the ideas, it is not a quick process.