10 Steps To: Speed Up Your Windows Computer

by Erik Eckel

Overview

Professional computer consultant and technology author Erik Eckel presents easy-to-understand and proven techniques computer users can follow to speed up their Windows desktop and laptop computers. Drawing upon years of field experience troubleshooting and repairing computers for hundreds of residential and business clients, Eckel shows computer users of all skill levels the methods professionals use to quickly speed up slow systems.

10 Steps To: Speed Up Your Windows Computer walks users through the steps necessary to speed up systems that have become slow over time. The tips and techniques target the Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems.

Essentially, these are the steps computer professionals complete when tuning up desktop and laptop computers. Readers will learn definitive methods for improving Windows performance, including how to:

• Eliminate and prevent common malware infections
• Maintain proper hard disk operation
• Remove unnecessary programs
• Disable unnecessary applications
• Uninstall troublesome toolbars and add-ons

Erik Eckel's 10 Steps series of eBooks provides readers with proven solutions, eliminates techno-speak and makes it easy to understand and address common technology issues. The eBook series goes a step farther by also providing explanations for the reasoning and thought processes behind computer professionals' recommendations and best practices.

Let 10 Steps To: Speed Up Your Windows Computer help you accelerate your Windows computer’s performance and encourage more reliable and consistent operation. Whether you rely upon your computer to pay bills, surf the Internet and send and receive email or power your organization’s operations and manage its finances, this industry insider-authored eBook delivers simple solutions for slow performance common to so many computers.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012599810
Publisher:	Eckel Consulting, LLC
Publication date:	05/21/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	102 KB

About the Author

Erik Eckel is a managing partner at Louisville Geek, a computer consultancy based in Kentucky. Formerly a managing editor for CBS Interactive’s TechRepublic Web site, Eckel has also authored and edited technical material for a wide variety of publishers and imprints, including the Exam Prep series of books, O’Reilly Media and numerous others. He continues to be a regular contributor to the TechRepublic Web site. Eckel holds numerous information technology certifications across a variety of disciplines. He also earned a B.A. in English from the University of Louisville and Microsoft Network Engineer accreditation from Sullivan University.