Dell Studio 1749 (Early 2010) - Manual (Page 10)

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Contents
Removing Applications From Your Computer . . . . . 123
Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Ending an Application When it Does not
Respond
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
10 Maintenance Tasks (Enhance
Performance and Ensure Security) . . . . 125
Performing Maintenance Tasks to Increase
Computer Speed and Ensure Security
. . . . . . . . . 125
Cleaning Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Before You Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Cleaning the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Cleaning Optical Drives and Optical Drive
Media
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Managing Your Computer Performance . . . . . . . 127
Windows Vista
®
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Windows
®
XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Performance Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
System Setup Based Performance Tuning . . . . 129
Software Based Performance Tuning . . . . . . 129
NVIDIA Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
NVIDIA Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Cleaning Up Your Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Defragmenting Your Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Detecting and Repairing Disk Errors . . . . . . . . . 133
Scanning for Viruses and Spyware . . . . . . . . . . 133