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- Understand your PC and operating system
- Use HP and Windows Vista tools to manage hardware settings
- Manage applications and processes running in the background
- Clean up the Windows Vista environment
- Troubleshoot common problems with Windows Vista
- Tweak your Windows Vista configuration for the best performance
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In this lesson, you'll find out how hardware, the basic input/output system (BIOS) and the operating system work together, and what can happen if they don't. You'll also learn which tools give you system information and can implement PC repair when necessary.
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Lesson 2: Hardware, BIOS problems and device resources
This lesson teaches you how to use HP support to troubleshoot hardware failure. You'll also dive deeper into the BIOS, and learn how to understand device resources and troubleshoot problems with display, sound and speaker settings in Windows.
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Lesson 3: Microsoft Windows Vista backgrounds: behind the scenes
To use Windows Vista efficiently, you need basic conceptual knowledge about how it interacts with applications. This lesson shows you how to install and remove software, control background programs and manage which programs start when Windows boots.
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Lesson 4: Keeping Windows Vista clean and updated
This lesson brings you up to speed on how Windows Vista works with your hardware. You'll also learn how to keep Windows Vista in good health by getting automatic updates, configuring Windows Firewall and using antivirus software.
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Lesson 5: Troubleshooting common Windows Vista problems
Troubleshooting computer problems can be a chore, but this lesson makes it easy. You'll find out what to do when Windows Vista hits a snag, resolve problems with applications and recover from bad registry edits and system crashes.
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Lesson 6: Optimizing Windows Vista by improving system performance
This lesson teaches you how to boost the performance of Windows Vista with some simple fixes and tweaks. You'll learn how to improve disk performance, optimize your display settings and eliminate desktop clutter.
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» Cindy Fox
Cindy Fox has been working with computers in some form -- hardware, software, networking, programming, management, writing, and teaching -- since 1986. Cindy owns Butterfly Consulting LLC, which provides database and Web design, hosting, programming, training, and writing services to a diverse client base. Cindy is a certified college instructor and the author of QuickBooks QuickSteps (McGraw-Hill, 2004).
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