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There are a number of options that a person has in boosting performance, yet there is always a tradeoff. Many of these options are additional functionality that is offered by Windows. A person that has only one computer and is not using it in a network will not need some of these options. Many of these can be changed in the services menu, which can be accessed in both Control Panel and also in the Run area of the Start Menu.

There are others that can be a factor in what the person likes their computer to appear as and also some of the fail-safes that are offered in Windows. Perhaps the main one is the System Restore. For those that use the Internet and wind up going to areas that they are uncertain if they are 100% safe, the system restore can be a huge saving grace. It is a capability that Windows has to roll back the system to how the system was at designated landmarks of the past. The system usually makes these landmarks when you last installed a program or in certain intervals.

The System Restore is a good method of rolling back a computer prior to when a harmful program or virus infested the computer. The virus or program is still there, but is no longer installed into the system. This is a good way to restore a system and not have to reinstall the operating system and all the existing programs that are on the computer.

The one drawback to the System Restore is that it is a system hog. It uses up a lot of resources in making these snapshots and also in saving duplicates of existing files. This can be a big burden to those that have limited disk space or that have limit RAM for the system that they are using. This is where the tradeoff comes into play, as there is a level of stability that comes in having past versions of the operating system and the environment that the person has in their computer, but is it worth the loss of resources that they could have otherwise? This is a question that the user will have to ask themselves, some have disabled the System Restore and have had no problems, but they have also been careful with what they do on the computer as well. Some see this option of Windows as a form of insurance, but like any insurance it has a price that must be paid for it to work.

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