Vista Speed Secrets

Vista Speed Secrets

The second book I’d like to review about is Vista Speed Secrets. As mentioned in my last review about How To Fix Slow Computers, I’ve found it among some other books in the bedroom. They belong to my boyfriend who I thought of to be a computer nerd and knows everything about computers (which seems most of his knowledge comes from books similar to this one).

Unlike the last book, this one is dedicated to the Microsoft Operating System Windows Vista. For the ones who don’t know, Windows Vista is the latest operating system (a program which communicates between the hardware and the user) from Microsoft.

With the tips from this book I’ve been able to improve my performance a bit further compared to the tips from the last book, by…

• … disabling hidden background programs which use valuable resources
• … removing programs which show advertisement inside other programs (so-called “Adware”) or programs which spy on users habits (for example track down websites you’ve visited) and this way slowdown your computer
• … falsely configured programs and operating systems which use unnecessary resources

While it’s very detailed explained, it uses a few more of the technical jargon as “How To Fix Slow Computers” one. But it’s quite well explained and I was able to understand most of the terms explained there (even though not all, but I still have time to learn them, don’t I?). There are also pictures explaining you step for step what to do increase your performance under Vista.

There was also an DVD which contains videos explaining how to optimize your Vista computer.

With both, “How To Fix Slow Computers” and “Vista Speed Secrets” I was able to bring up my computer to it’s old speed when we first bought it and even get a little bit faster, by disabling all the unnecessary features in Vista.

Guess that saved me from buying a new computer for at least 1 year. Hopefully by that, I’ll have earned enough money by blogging to finance a new computer!

After a bit research in Google I also found a way to obtain this book digitally, without the need to go to a bookstore and buying it, for all those who are as lazy as I am.