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Removing Hardware..................................................................................................................967
Updating Drivers ......................................................................................................................968
Dealing with Devices that Prevent Vista from Starting ..............................................................969
Wrap Up ..................................................................................................................................970
Chapter 48: Using Wireless Bluetooth Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 971
The World of Bluetooth ............................................................................................................971
Configuring Your Bluetooth Adapter ........................................................................................972
Adding Bluetooth-Enabled Devices ..........................................................................................974
Installing a Bluetooth printer ................................................................................974
Install a Bluetooth keyboard or mouse..................................................................974
Install a Bluetooth mobile phone ..........................................................................975
Connect a Bluetooth Blackberry............................................................................976
Connect a Bluetooth Windows Mobile device ......................................................977
Install a Bluetooth Palm PC ..................................................................................977
Joining a Bluetooth personal area network ......................................................................977
Troubleshooting a Bluetooth Network Connection ..............................................979
Sharing an Internet connection ............................................................................979
Transferring files between Bluetooth devices ........................................................981
Wrap Up ..................................................................................................................................981
Chapter 49: Syncing Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 983
Syncing with Network Files ......................................................................................................983
Using Sync Center for offline files ..................................................................................984
Using Sync Center ..........................................................................................................984
Settings for offline files....................................................................................................988
Dealing with conflict ......................................................................................................990
Synchronizing with Other Devices ............................................................................................993
Wrap Up ..................................................................................................................................994
Chapter 50: Performance Tuning Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995
Getting to Know Your System....................................................................................................995
Knowing your CPU and RAM ........................................................................................996
Windows Experience Index ............................................................................................996
Getting more detailed information about your PC ..........................................................998
Maximizing CPU and Memory Resources..................................................................................999
Priorities, foreground, and background ..........................................................................999
Controlling CPU priorities ..............................................................................................999
Reliability and Performance Monitor ............................................................................1000
Monitoring tools ..........................................................................................................1001
Performance Monitor..........................................................................................1001
Reliability Monitor..............................................................................................1004
Data Collector Sets and Reports ....................................................................................1004
Managing virtual memory ............................................................................................1006
Using Windows ReadyBoost..........................................................................................1008
Trading pretty for performance ....................................................................................1010
Maintaining Your Hard Disk....................................................................................................1011
Determining disk capacity and free space......................................................................1011
Recovering wasted hard disk space ..............................................................................1012
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