Summary

This chapter completes the final chapter in Part II, "Increasing Your System's Performance." I covered speeding up every aspect of Windows Vista, from the moment you press the power button to using your most frequent applications. In this last chapter, I went over how to speed up your web browser and download files faster. Then, I went back to optimize the system components that you need in order to browse the Web, the network.

The next part of Hacking Windows Vista covers securing your computer. Windows Vista has a lot of cool new security features that will help you address your security problems. The next few chapters show you how to use those new features as well as many additional security hacks that will help make spyware, adware, and hackers a distant memory.