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Overview Series: Windows Vista® Performance and Tuning

Brief Description
Improve Performance Quickly and Easily
This guide focuses on performance improvements on a single computer, but also takes a look at some of the tools used in enterprise environments to help make performance tuning manageable on a much larger scale.

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Version:1.0
Date Published:7/28/2008
Language:English
Download Size:1.1 MB - 2.2 MB*
*Download size depends on selected download components.

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Overview

Windows Vista and SP1 focus on delivering greater performance and overall system responsiveness. By striking a balance between speed and responsiveness, Windows Vista and SP1 deliver a level of performance that has the greatest positive impact on the system’s usability.This guide looks at the following areas of performance improvement:

• Making configuration changes that help a computer feel more responsive when you use it.
• Using hardware to boost the actual physical speed of a computer.
• Making configuration changes that help a computer to start faster.
• Making the computer more reliable may help increase performance.
• Monitoring performance occasionally so that you can stop problems before they get too big.

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System Requirements

  • Supported Operating Systems: Windows Vista; Windows XP
XPS Reader or Adobe Reader

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Instructions

Download the document in the file format of your choice: XPS or PDF. In order to view the XPS document, you will need to install the reader (included in Windows Vista). To view the PDF document, you will need to install Adobe Reader.

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Files in This Download

The links in this section correspond to separate files available in this download. Download the files most appropriate for you.
File Name:File Size

Windows Vista Performance and Tuning - Final.pdf

1.1 MB

Windows Vista Performance and Tuning - Final.xps

1.2 MB

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