Fine Tune And Improve Vista's Performance

If your frustrated with the amount of time it takes Vista to load on your computer, this article will help.

One of things first things I do with any Windows computer is dive in to see what's running during Start Up.
Having fewer programs run at startup saves resources, improves startup time, and increases general performance.
When I'm asked what I'm doing, I mumble something and keep working. Mostly because I'm very focused on what I'm doing and don't really hear the question (or anything else), but the other aspect is how do I answer that question? Where to start, what to explain?

I was delighted when I ran across this article at vista4beginners that describes the process exactly and shows how to implement the necessary steps.
Its one of the more useful articles I've seen. It has good directions, screenshots, and explanations that tell you why any given step needs to be done.
It has all the appropriate "don't do this" warnings, and its written with an eye towards beginners.
It has links to every tutorial and program you might need as well as links to three places to discover what the processes that are running do.

Its good information to have, it can be used with a variety of applications even if your computer performs beautifully.
One item that's particularly useful and isn't addressed very often is how to delay a program from starting.

One thing I would mention is the bloatware that comes on computers. We've had 3 Dell laptops land here in the last year, and there was one "bloatware" and one program that's a "try it for thirty days" on each notebook. Having had an older Dell desktop that came full of bloatware this was a pleasant surprise. I don't know what other manufacturers put on their desktops and notebooks, but its a step in the right direction.
 

Streamline Performance in Vista

Signing off,
Rhiannon
 

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