Support WebCast: Monitoring and Tuning System Performance in Microsoft Windows XP

Session Summary

August 15, 2003

This Support WebCast session provides information about basic monitoring and tuning of system performance in Microsoft Windows XP. Topics include using Task Manager and the Performance console, the Microsoft System Configuration utility, Defrag, and Disk Cleanup. Additional topics are turning off visual effects and managing processor scheduling, memory usage, and virtual memory.

This is a Level 200 (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=gp;en-us;webcastlevels&sd=gn) session that will be presented by Dan Suehr. Dan is currently a Technical Writer for Windows and Internet Explorer in the PSS Global Service Automation Group.

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Supplemental reading:

• How to Defragment Your Disk Drive Volumes in Windows XP (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314848)
• How to Create a Log Using System Monitor in Windows 2000 (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;248345)
• HOW TO: Manage System Monitor Counters in Windows XP (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305610)
• A Program Stops Performing a Task or Explorer.exe Uses 100 Percent of the CPU When You Right-Click an Item in Windows Explorer (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;819946)
• Microsoft Windows XP Insideout, Chapters 7 and 24

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