Publisher's Synopsis
A practical guide for extending the life of your Windows XP - based personal computer.
A step by step the guide to cleaning, tuning, improving and maintaining the performance of your existing Windows XP-based machine - all without buying a new machine and without installing a new operating system. Make your machine more reliable, more efficient and more useful. A clean machine is a faster machine. Common problems that Maintaining Windows XP - A Practical Guide will help you overcome include:- Running out of disk space? Figure out what to toss and what to keep, and different ways to make more room.
- Start up slow? What you need to know to examine and evaluate what's starting automatically. If you've never looked - it's a lot - and often a lot more than is needed. Get rid of a bunch!
- Machine bogging down while you're using it? How to tell why, and what to do about it.
- Applications crashing? Look at some of the most common causes and what you can do to resolve 'em.
