Speed-up tricks

If you have an older desktop or notebook PC that just isn't cutting it anymore, performance-wise, you can squeeze a bit more life out of it with Actual Booster.  It works by boosting the priority of whatever program is running in the foreground window.  Whatever program you are currently using gets a bigger slice of your computer's resources and will run faster.  If you are currently using Word then Word will run faster. If you switch to an Outlook window then Outlook will run faster.  The trade-off is that Word will then slow down. But it doesn’t matter if Word slows down because you are not currently using it. 

If you have a new Vista PC, but are disappointed in its performance (a common complaint), the slowness may be due to Vista's built-in Indexer that constantly catalogs the content of your hard drive(s).  The good news is that you can disable the Indexer.  Go to Add/Remove Programs, click Add/Remove Windows Components in the left panel.  Then deselect Indexing services.  Finally, click Next.  If you need indexing, select any number of independent indexing tools.  One of the higher-rated indexing tools is Copernic Desktop Search.