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1. 11 of 47 startup programs in this view are enabled te Revove Center active Before the program starts the startup screen may appear for the Rating function for programs Here you can decide whether to enable this feature and click OK read more about this under How to Turn On the Rating Function p 145 When TuneUp StartUp Manager starts up a list of all Startup programs opens When you use the module for the first time all entries are enabled This means that these programs will automatically start in the back ground every time the system is started In TuneUp StartUp Manager you can choose from the following functions Disabling Automatic Program Startup This prevents the program from starting automatically in the background when you next start up the sys tem The entry remains in the list however meaning that you can turn automatic startup back on at any time 1 Select a startup program from the list 2 Disable it using the button or from the toolbar If despite our Tips for Optimizing System Startup p 36 you are not sure whether or not you should disable startup we recommend that you disable one startup program only restart your computer and start the pro grams you use in the usual way This helps you find out whether the automatic startup really is unnecessary If something doesn t work properly the next time you start Windows select the check box again If every thing is working as it should you can disable
2. Alternatively you can open the maintenance settings window by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and selecting the Configure maintenance entry under TuneUp settings Maintenance settings Automatic Maintenance 1 Click Maintenance If you enable all maintenance tasks your computer is always optimally maintained We recommend you set this to run when the computer is idle so that your work is not interrupted A Automatic Maintenance is turned on Turn off Performing maintenance Run Automatic Maintenance In idle im after 3 days of PC usage X V Enforce maintenance one week after this period if the computer was not idle for long enough Maintenance tasks V Clean registry V Defragment registry V Remove broken shortcuts V Delete temporary files V Optimize system startup and shutdown F Defragment hard disks Depending on level of fragmentation v Tools V Show maintenance report as balloon T Do not perform maintenance when unplugged for portable computer Performing Maintenance You can specify whether and when Automatic Maintenance should run automatically in the background You can even have automatic maintenance run only in idle mode i e it only starts when you are not cur rently working on your computer and no programs are required in the background This way Automatic Maintenance will never interrupt y
3. The User Account Control feature ensures that no unauthorized changes are made to the computer It does this by asking whether a user has administrator rights to allow any changes to be made to the system If User Account Control is enabled a standard user will always be asked to enter an administrator password to make such changes You can specify here how a user logged on as an administrator is to be informed of potential changes to the computer and prompted for confirmation This is how Windows differentiates between changes that the user makes himself e g security related set tings and the startup of programs that can carry out changes You can set here in detail which changes must require confirmation first and whether a password must be entered beforehand Because this is a security relevant setting it is advisable to leave the user account control activated and select at least Confirmation prompt without password entry for Windows Vista or For changes by pro grams without password entry for Windows 7 One aim of User Account Control is to ensure that no programs start in the background without the user being aware of it At every program startup Windows determines whether this program will make changes to the computer If this is the case and User Account Control is enabled the user will be prompted to have an administrator confirm the program startup This feature is a key security step in case an unknown and potentially ha
4. Defragmenting the Registry 50 Increasing Performance 12 19 Defragmenting Hard disk 58 59 61 Increasing Performance Details 18 Degree of fragmentation 58 Increasing the Response Rate 24 Deletion method 71 76 Input options 115 Destroying Data 76 Installed Programs 46 Disabling Programs 27 29 internet 120 Disabling Startup Programs 34 Internet Explorer Menu 121 Disk Space Allocation 69 Internet Explorer Navigation 121 Display 105 Internet Explorer Security 121 Displaying and uninstalling programs 32 Internet Explorer View 120 Displaying and uninstalling Programs 31 Internet Time 120 Drives 127 Keyboard 116 E Mail and Chat 123 J ict Options 114 Editing the Registry 136 Live Optimization 23 24 Effects 112 Load points 30 Explorer Bars 120 Logon Screen 99 Fast Defragmentation 58 Maintenance 14 File Restoration 87 Maintenance Center Maintenance Tasks Management Managing running programs Manually Running Maintenance Tasks Memory Management Memory Usage Menu Appearance Menu Bar Menu Operations Minimized Windows Modify Windows Settings Mouse functions Mouse Pointer Mouse Sensitivity Mozilla Firefox My Network Places Network New Menu Normal analysis Notification area of the taskbar NTFS vs FAT file system Old backups Open Files Opera Optimization Report Optimizing System Startup and Shutdown Optimizing the System Organizing Files and Folders Overview of All Functions Passwords Performing Maintenance Postpone a
5. The advantage of this method is the speed with which it is carried out The performance of your hard disk is increased in no time at all TuneUp Utilities Manual How to Defragment Your Hard Disk 1 Launch the TuneUp Drive Defrag module by going to the Optimize system category in the Start Center and selecting Defragment hard disk under Manually run maintenance tasks Alternatively you can start the module by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and selecting the Defragment entry under Hard disk Select which hard disks should be checked for optimization potential Select how defragmentation should take place according to the analysis amp TuneUp Drive Defrag SS Welcome to TuneUp Drive Defrag TuneUp Drive Defrag increases your system s performance by organizing the data blocks on your hard disks in an intelligent way The optimization potential of your hard disks must first be analyzed Select the hard disks you wish to analyze v S Local disk C V e gLocal disk D How should defragmentation take place after the analysis Wait For result and then decide Mi TuneUp Drive Defrag offers you two different ways to defragment see Introduction p 58 so here you choose which analysis option suits best before the defragmentation Out of the four options the first one is preselected because it gives you a personal recommendation after the analysis and you can
6. TuneUp Registry Cleaner 43 44 46 48 TuneUp Registry Defrag 43 50 51 TuneUp Registry Editor 136 TuneUp Repair Wizard 77 78 TuneUp Rescue Center 9 138 139 TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner TuneUp Shredder TuneUp StartUp Manager TuneUp StartUp Optimizer TuneUp Styler TuneUp System Control TuneUp System Information TuneUp Tuning Status TuneUp Turbo Mode TuneUp Undelete TuneUp Uninstall Manager TuneUp Update Wizard TuneUp Utilities Gadget Tuning Status Turbo Mode Undo changes Undoing Changes Unnecessary files User Account Control User Logon Visual effects Visual Style Widget Window Tracking Windows Desktop Search Windows functions Windows Messenger Windows Picture and Fax Viewer 53 54 62 74 76 34 36 55 56 90 92 90 109 110 88 6 38 85 87 31 32 9 141 146 9 11 9 38 39 9 138 139 135 63 64 66 129 130 126 40 107 146 115 65 63 65 65 113 TuneUp Utilities Manual 151
7. Be Filesystem AP Repair Interface BF visual style GS Appearance of icons Change Windows appearance a lt gt Rescue Center 2 Welcome to TuneUp Styler You can use this program to give Windows a whole new look in just a few minutes Almost every icon in the Windows interface can be replaced individually and icon packages can be used to customize the whole system to a particular theme All previous customizations can also be reset to the Windows default or undone using the TuneUp Rescue Center Select a task Select the Windows 7 logon screen or download a new one 2 from Tuneup Online Change icons and names of system elements or create and install icon packages Change icons for file system objects such as Favorites disks file folders and Start menu folders E Customize the appearance of icons on the desktop and in Windows Explorer Perform repaits to correct errors in the display of icons on Ef the desktop and in Windows Explorer Select a visual style for the windows and buttons under Windows 7 lt P Rescue Center active lt i Click on the area in which you wish to make changes Give your creativity free reign and design your Windows system completely to your own tastes TuneUp Utilities Manual Boot Screen Category Please note that this function is not available in Windows 7 as Windows 7 does not use a boot screen Introduction When you boot up Windows a black scree
8. CD playing system paths and user data and adapt the default settings of the command prompt Here you will find detailed descriptions of your settings options sorted by subcategory in the left side of the window User Logon General Windows XP Here you can choose between the Welcome screen and the logon prompt The default setting in Windows XP is the Welcome screen This shows a list of available user names which can be selected with a mouse click Alternatively you can select the option Use the old logon dialog This brings up the secure logon dialog where you are required to enter your logon data manually You can also specify here additional settings concerning the behavior and appearance of the logon screen Windows Vista and Windows 7 Here you can adjust the behavior and appearance of your logon screen and the logon dialog Click on the Adjust button to set individual options Automatic Logon To skip logging on to the system a user can be logged onto the system automatically If you wish to do this select the Enable automatic logon option and enter your logon data in the placeholders below Under Security you specify whether or not logon can be skipped using the Shift key You can also have the system carry out a logon immediately after a logoff Messages Under Notification before logon you can set a predefined notification that is displayed to all users before logon for example a warning from the boss not to surf the
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10. They Calculated The TuneUp Programs on Demand Technology calculates the load on your system based on an internal points system For this TuneUp Utilities determines the background programs associated with each pro gram i e the programs or services that were installed together with the actual program and are then con tinually run without the user s knowledge stealing processing power The more background programs there are for a program the more this program burdens the computer The TuneUp Programs on Demand Technology The display in the Load column takes the highest of these three values TuneUp Utilities Manual Displaying and Uninstalling Programs In the following chapters you will find out how you can use TuneUp Uninstall Manager to display the pro grams installed on your computer why you might want to uninstall them and how to do so Introduction Over time you accumulate a large number of programs on your computer many of which you probably do not even use So that your Windows system can run quickly and smoothly you should regularly remove unused or unnecessary programs Each time you install a program on your computer it becomes deeply anchored in the Windows system where it remains until you uninstall it completely If you no longer require a program it is not enough just to delete the program folder or the desktop icon that you use to open it Most programs distribute their files across several locations on yo
11. You will see details of the manufacturer installation date date of last use size of program files on your hard disk system usage and rating of the program If despite the statistical data that TuneUp Uninstall Manager shows you you are not sure whether you wish to uninstall a program because you do not know what it contains click on Online search in the toolbar A web page opens displaying the results of the search for the program selected in the list This page provides detailed information on the program This information will also help you to decide whether you should uninstall a program or not The Rating column is also helpful for your decision making process This provides you with infor mation on how useful you and or other users of TuneUp Utilities found the program If you have not yet provided a rating you can rate it now The ratings of other users are called up by TuneUp Utilities from a serverdatabase and displayed These ratings are automatically updated regularly Click Uninstall to remove a program To remove a program correctly from your computer highlight the entry and click Uninstall You can also double click on the entry TuneUp Utilities Manual The uninstall routine that is now called varies from program to program None of these programs merely deletes the files from the hard disk they also remove all desktop icons the entries in the Start Menu and the entries in the registry Follow the instructions for the
12. added to the list 107 TuneUp Utilities Manual koj Adding Visual Styles From a File 1 In the top left under Visual Styles click Add 2 Select Load visual styles from a file An Explorer window opens and you can select a visual style on your computer or an external stor age media if you have already saved one TuneUp Styler recognizes and supports almost every common format File exten T i ype sion escription TuneUp Vis one TVS The individual format of TuneUp Styler ual Styles Microsoft This Microsoft format often includes additional files that can be MSSTYLES Visual Styles found in the same folder or in subfolders Compressed Archives are searched for all file types in this list and decom p RAR ZIP archives pressed automatically if such files are found These files are searched for compressed archives in RAR or ZIP for EXE mat which are treated according to the description of the Com pressed Archive file type Self extract ing archives 3 Select a new visual style and give it a name under which it will appear in the TuneUp Styler list You can also enter the name of an author The visual style you added now appears in the list Restoring the Default If you no longer like your new visual style you can restore the default Windows style at any time 1 Click on the Restore Defaults button The default visual style is then automatically selected from the list and the preview cha
13. can spec ify maintenance tasks that must be carried out by Automatic Maintenance and 1 Click Maintenance For Automatic maintenance you can specify when it should be carried out If you click on Start 1 Click Maintenance 1 Click Maintenance will be carried out with the default TuneUp Utilities settings or the changes to the maintenance settings made by you Increase Performance Area Increase performance The Status field in the Increase performance area shows whether TuneUp Utilities has pigo determined opportunities for increasing your computer s performance For example A you may receive recommendations for increasing the speed of your Internet con Show details nection uninstalling programs that haven t been used for a while or upgrading your hardware 22 recommendations were However in order to get the most out of performance recommendations that are per found sonalized to your requirements you must first answer some questions regarding your usage profile Click Create profile If there are recommendations you can view these by clicking Show details or the link to the rec ommendations Each recommendation has a detailed description and you can apply most recommendations with just a click of the mouse You can also hide individual recommendations Once all recommendations have been applied or hidden the status for this area reverts to green TuneUp Utilities Manual Fix Problems Area Fix problems The status in the Fi
14. co TuneUp Registry Defrag The registry can be optimized Registry Defrag can reduce the size of your registry by 1 328 KB 2 LB Size after optimization 124 428 KB 98 E Difference from current size 1 328 KB 2 gt Restart and optimize now gt Optimize at next startup Please note that optimization may take several minutes TuneUp Registry Defrag cannot rewrite the registry when it is running but only immediately after Windows has started up Now choose whether you would like to restart the computer now or whether you would prefer to allow the optimization to run automatically next time Windows starts up Please note that optimization can take several minutes If you immediately decide against the optimization or were only interested in the analysis results from the outset you can exit the program by clicking Cancel TuneUp Utilities Manual Removing Broken Shortcuts In the following chapters you will find out why it is important to do so and how you can use the TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner module to clean up your system by removing invalid shortcuts and references Pass All modifications to your system will be monitored by TuneUp Rescue Center and can be undone if necessary Introduction The TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner module helps you quickly and easily to restore order to your computer The module checks all shortcuts on your Desktop in the start menu and in the Quick Launch bar If a shortcut
15. displayed Click OK If you do not want to make a decision just now you can click on Decide later The module is started with out the rating function You can enable the rating function at any time by clicking on Turn on rating func tion in the toolbar and this time clicking OK in the dialog that appears How to Turn Off the Rating Function In the toolbar click Rating function and select Turn off In the dialog that opens you can decide whether you wish to archive your ratings for any subsequent use of the function The ratings of other users are deleted from the database on your PC and will have to be downloaded again from the server if you switch the function back on How to Submit a Rating 1 Move the mouse cursor over the Usefulness column When you rate a program you must give it at least one star A maximum of 5 stars can be awarded 2 Click on the number of stars that you wish to award the program So if you wish to give three stars click on the third star 3 Your rating is automatically saved and transferred to the TuneUp Utilities server If you wish to change your rating you can proceed in exactly the same way as for the initial rating 145 TuneUp Utilities Manual 10 The TuneUp Utilities Gadget Another function of TuneUp Utilities is the gadget This is not supported by Windows XP and is therefore only available to you with Windows Vista and Windows 7 TuneUp Utilities The practical gadget can be disp
16. eee eee eee eee ence eee eee eeeeee ees 50 Removing Broken Shortcuts 000 220 0c cece cee eee e eee eee eee e eee ee eee eeeeeeeeeeeee 53 Accelerating System Startup and Shutdown 220 200 0 22 cece cece cece cece eee ee eens 55 Defragmenting the Hard Disk 22 2 2 220 e eee eens 58 5 Gaining Disk cy ar 62 Cleaning the Hard Disk 2 00 cece eee cece e cence cee eee eeenceeeeaeeeenaeeeeneeeeenseeenas 63 Finding and Deleting Large Amounts of Data 2 220 2 202 e eee 67 Securely Deleting Data 2 2 2 000 o occ eee eee cence eeeeeees 74 6 Fixing POM SINS ccd esol ata aoe erent loess uve kag vce endo eeuuebentievese 77 Fixing common problems 222 2 220 cce eee c eee e ence ee eee ee eee eee eeeeeeeeeeeees 77 Checking the Hard Disk for Errors 000 22 20 02 cee cece eee e cece ee eee cece eeeeeeeeeee 79 Managing Running Processes 2 2 2 ooo eee 82 Restoring Deleted Files 20 2 0 00 occ ccc cee ee eee eee eee e eee eeeeeeeeeees 85 Showing System Information 2 ccceecce cece eee ee eee eceeeeneeeeeneeeeneeeeeneeenaes 88 TuneUp Utilities Manual 7 Customizing WINDOWS 25 25 aencssssrecectb dees ouetnctasata i eee seyieas deeds 90 Changing Windows Appearance 2 22 e eee eeeees 91 Modifying Windows SettingS 0 ccccccee cece ee eeceeeeeceeeeeeeenceeeeaeeeenneeeeees 109 8 Overview of All FUNCTIONS
17. files are created Service Pack Backups Restore points Restore points are used to save the status of system files on the computer They are created by the System Restore service at specified intervals and when changes are made to the computer TuneUp Utilities Manual Finding and Deleting Large Amounts of Data In the following chapters you will find out how you can use the TuneUp Disk Space Explorer module to obtain a rapid overview of the space taken up on your hard disks in order to clean them up quickly and effi ciently Introduction The capacity of modern hard disks and memory cards has increased tremendously over the last several years At the same time the needs of the user have also increased to the point where we still manage to com pletely fill up even the new larger drives Obviously this development hasn t exactly made it easier to keep track of these huge quantities of data With so many files and nested folders how is it possible to determine where the most space is being taken up and possibly wasted TuneUp Disk Space Explorer helps you find the largest files You can then archive them onto a CD DVD or an external hard disk for example It might be a good idea to make sure that you do not need these files any more and decide to delete them instead In this way you can free up a vast amount of valuable disk space in one go First you need to run an analysis of your disk space Then you can use many function
18. for a logon screen 640 x 480 pixels Under Background you can specify the color to be used for areas not covered by your image 3 Save the new boot screen to the TuneUp Styler list under a name of your choosing You can also enter the name of an author The boot screen you added now appears in the list Restoring the Default If you no longer want to use your new welcome screen you can naturally restore the default Windows screen at any time 1 Click on the Restore Defaults button The default screen is then automatically selected from the list and a preview opens 2 Click Apply to apply it Steps 4 and 5 do not apply Select the desired logon screen from the list to preview it Click Apply Not all logon screens are in English After installing a new screen your Windows may greet you in a different language the next time you start your computer For example instead of Click on your user name to log on the screen might read Klicken Sie auf Ihren Benutzernamen um sich anzumelden In this case you may be asked if you want to use the texts in the selected logon screen or if you want to use the texts from the default logon screen in your system language TuneUp Styler applies the new logon screen You can test the logon screen by simultaneously pressing Ctrl Alt Del 100 TuneUp Utilities Manual System Elements Category Introduction In this category you can swap typical Windows icons for new ones Here
19. for a suitable tool with which to get inside Windows and change a number of settings by hand should use the TuneUp Registry Editor It also offers the protection of the TuneUp Rescue Center which enables you to undo the changes you made at any time How to Edit Your Registry Start the TuneUp Registry Editor module by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and selecting the Edit entry under Registry i The registry is the very heart of your Windows system Please note that you should be sure you know what you are doing before making any changes here WE TuneUp Registry Editor amp k File Edit View Search GoTo Bookmark Help Ou fA 1 7 D P search ia Folder x Console 4 HKEY_CURRENT_USER Name Data Size AppEvent E AppEvents GB Default value value not set Console x EA ColorTableoo o0xo0000000 0 L Control Panel Ei ColorTableo1 ox00800000 8388608 L Environment 0 4 4 upc EA ColorTableo2 oxoooos000 32768 4 Ld Identities z LA ColorTableo3 0x00808000 8421376 4 i Keyboard Layout LA ColorTableo4 oxooo00080 128 4 L Network Ei ColorTabieos oxooso0080 8388736 4 Lad Printers EA ColorTableos ox00008080 32896 4 ua RtColorPicker LA ColorTableo7 OxO0cOcOcO 12632256 4 Wd Software Ei ColorTableos oxoog08080 8421504 4 id System 2 colorTableo9 oxooffoooo 16711680 4 Volatile Environment t2 ColorTable10 __0x0000ff00 65280
20. have hidden for 30 days will cause the status to be reclassified when this period expires and the recommendation will be displayed again Fixing Problems Details For this section to be considered as optimized the following condition must be fulfilled e You have either fixed or hidden all problems Problems that you have hidden for 30 days will cause the status to be reclassified when this period expires and the problem will be displayed again Program Deactivator and StartUp Manager The Tuning Status analyzes how many of your existing programs are using up your system s resources and recommends that you optimize these through TuneUp Program Deactivator or TuneUp StartUp Manager In doing so the Tuning Status takes into account the fact that you have classified some of your programs as important despite their system load and that they should remain active Therefore this section of the graph is considered as optimized after a certain number of programs have been disabled Temporary Performance Boost from Turbo Mode The Turbo Mode is not considered when the current Tuning Status is calculated The Turbo Mode segment to the right of the graph shows you the current status of Turbo Mode When Turbo Mode is on the seg ment is green TuneUp Utilities Manual 3 Status amp Recommendations The Status amp recommendations category shows the current status for the three key functional areas that TuneUp Utilities has to offer In the event
21. is activated Windows may then establish automatic contact with the Microsoft server as soon as there is an Internet connection in order to check if there are any updates for your system The Notify before downloading updates option should be enabled if you want to be asked permission before Windows downloads available updates from the Internet Cover Tracks Here you can configure settings to cover your tracks when working with documents and surfing the Inter net Under Delete history lists you can click Delete now to clear the list of recently opened files in the Start menu Under Clear Internet Explorer cache enable the Clear Internet Explorer cache when closing option if the web browser should clear its cache as soon as it closes You should only select this option when maximum security is important to you and you do not wish others to be able to find out which sites you visited on the Internet by viewing the cache 124 TuneUp Utilities Manual Internet Explorer This is where you determine your privacy security settings Under Integrated SmartScreen filters you can enable the SmartScreen filters to ensure that Internet Explorer checks the websites accessed for suspicious and known scam websites Under Integrated Windows authentication you can enable the Disable integrated Windows authen tication option to ensure that Internet Explorer no longer automatically attempts to log on to websites using Windows authentication Windo
22. last table this view does not just include the files that are directly located in the selected drive or folder but also includes all files in subfolders If you click on one of the files in the table or on the link Show top 100 files the corresponding Top 100 files view will open There you can move archive or delete files Contents This view shows the contents of the selected element in the folder tree on the left In addition to basic infor mation such as name and type as in Windows Explorer each element has a field that displays its size and the percentage of disk space that it takes up A graphical representation with bars allows you to recognize at a glance which files and folders are taking up the most space Double click on a folder to move a level down and to show the contents of the folder TuneUp Utilities Manual File types Overview and file types By default a practical overview of your file types opens showing you at a glance which ones take up the most disk space The top edge of the window displays buttons for Images Documents Compressed files Music files Video files and Other Click on one of these buttons or on the respective entry in the overview to display all files of the respective file type Advanced Which file extensions are included Each file type category includes files with many different file extensions Images for example includes the file extensions bmp jpg gif tif and png The exact l
23. left of the Start Center click Undo changes Alternatively you can start the module by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and select ing the Undo changes entry under TuneUp Utilities System recovery TuneUp StartUp Manager 2 modified settings TuneUp Program Deactivator 1 deactivated program TuneUp 1 Click Maintenance 20 modified settings The week before last TuneUp 1 Click Maintenance 3 modified settings Tunelin 1 Click Maintenance Details XK Delete lt 3 TuneUp Rescue Center l Sy Ss TuneUp lt Q Undo changes Settings e Tasks Backups 11 Sort Date Module Today A lt gt E TuneUp 1 a Mo 07 PM 50 Undo changes P gt TuneUp Program Deactivator Mon 9 20 2010 1 28 PM T 2 deactivated programs 1KB E 7 Mon 9 20 2010 12 59 PM 1KB Mon 9 20 2010 10 28 AM 1KB Mon 9 20 2010 10 17 AM 2KB Wed 9 8 2010 4 22 PM 1KB Tue S17 2010 3 38 PM we Restore 138 TuneUp Utilities Manual Undoing Changes In the right column TuneUp Rescue Center shows you a list of all saved backups arranged by module or date and specifies for each entry the number of modified settings time of change and the disk space freed up by the changes Showing details The Details button takes you to an exact log of the changes carried out However you can only view this log You cannot undo only selected c
24. mode TuneUp Drive Defrag determines the relationship between speed and the benefits to be gained and provides you with a recommendation based on this cegLocal disk D 0 01 GB 0 0 Do not run defragmentation amp TuneUp Drive Defrag Se Select how each hard disk should be defragmented Name Fragmentation Action Es Local disk c 2 01 GB 5 1 _ Do not run defragmentation How should Local disk C be defragmented 5 Run thorough defragmentation Run fast defragmentation Do not run defragmentation recommended Your hard disk Local disk C does not need to be defragmented E Heavily fragmented 0 61 GB 1 5 Partially fragmented 1 4 GB 3 5 E Not fragmented 37 43 GB 94 9 Exit Ensure that you have selected a defragmentation mode for each hard disk Click Next to start the defragmentation During defragmentation you can monitor each hard disk in real time and see how the usage map changes You can also look at the progress bar and determine the progress and how long the defrag mentation has left TuneUp Utilities Manual Tip NTFS Compared with FAT Hard disks can either use the NTFS file system as set in current Windows versions as preference or the old FAT system as supported by the first Windows versions Analysis of drives before defragmentation is sub stantially faster on NTFS drives For FAT systems users must wait consid
25. now collected and optimized if necessary after which they are saved together in an icon package 6 Finishing the wizard The icon package has now been successfully created and will be added to the list of icon packages when you click Finish Clicking Open folder takes you to the icon package folder in TuneUp Styler so that you can copy the icon package to a different location or attach it to an e mail TuneUp Utilities Manual ate File System Category Introduction Windows assigns a default icon to every drive every folder every Start menu folder and every entry in Favor ites Here s how it works 1 Start the TuneUp Styler module by going to the Customize Windows category in the Start Center and selecting Personalize the appearance of Windows under Change Windows appearance 2 In the navigation bar in the left hand window area click under Icons on File system A tree structure of your drives and folders opens Click through the individual elements of the tree structure to select those elements to which you would like to assign a more individual icon Ideas and tips e Under the first node you could assign the drive containing your games an especially funky icon but a more serious one to the drive with your office programs e You can proceed in the same way for folders a few well chosen icons help you to keep track of things even if your drives are really full e Theicons on the Start menu can also be swapped for more
26. of the computer is saved to the hard disk If the computer is turned back on again you can continue from the point at which you broke off your work All previously opened windows programs and documents are immediately restored Even if you do not require hibernation mode the hibernation file takes up valuable disk space It is exactly the same size as your computer s memory If for example your computer has 4 gigabytes of memory the hibernation file will also take up 4 gigabytes of space on your hard disk This is because in hibernation mode the entire content of the memory must be saved If you do not use hibernation mode you can disable it here and thereby gain the disk space it would other wise use You can of course reactivate it at any time Windows Messenger Windows Messenger is a program that lets you exchange instant messages with friends If you do not use Windows Messenger you can easily remove it from your computer here Should you need it again in the future you can download Windows Messenger for free at any time for example from the TuneUp Support page and reinstall it Index for Windows Desktop Search Desktop Search is a Windows function that allows you to find files and folders quickly It creates a search index with entries for each file and folder When you search for something in Windows Explorer or Outlook for example you search only this index instead of searching the entire hard disk This makes the process m
27. on it This key is used to open the Windows Start menu and it can also be used in combination with other keys to initiate spe cial functions e g maximizing all windows Windows M or showing the Desktop or since Windows Vista the Computer Windows E If you do not need these key combinations or sometimes hit them by accident due to the layout of your key board you should turn this option off 116 TuneUp Utilities Manual Start Menu General Under Opening submenus you specify whether the submenus should open automatically as soon as the mouse points to the menu entry in question or whether a click is also necessary you specify whether sub menus are to open automatically as soon as the cursor points to the menu item or whether you must click first There are great differences here between the various operating systems about which we would like to go into further detail Windows XP If you opt for Display when pointed to you can set for how long the mouse pointer must be positioned over the item before the menu opens Under Users you can specify whether your user name should be displayed in the upper area of the start menu In addition to the Shut down button you can also display or remove a Log off button by which to switch users Windows 7 Under Exit a session you can specify which action should be taken when you click the Exit a session but ton By default the computer is shut down For the Hibernate and P
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29. right of the graph you will see the current messages about optimizations already completed and about untapped potential If you click on the blue underlined text in the messages under Unused potential this opens the precise TuneUp Utilities module that you can use to achieve the unused potential Use the arrow to click through the individual messages If you click on the blue underlined text between the arrows a window opens with an overview of all Tuning Status messages This displays a complete overview with all of the current messages on both the Completed optimizations and Unused potential areas together with the corresponding graph sections and letters Even if your system is perfectly optimized today anything could change tomorrow that could present areas for optimization e g the installation of new programs or a change to system settings Pay attention to the messages on unused potential in order to keep your system optimized for the long term and therefore maintain a good Tuning Status TuneUp Utilities Manual What is Used to Calculate the Tuning Status TuneUp Utilities performs an analysis to see which optimizations it can perform on your system This poten tial is displayed in a graph showing you how close your system is to having 100 optimization You will achieve 100 the perfect Tuning Status and therefore a fully filled out graph when you implement the recommended optimization potential for your system as much as
30. to do so and what exactly happens when you turn on the TuneUp Turbo Mode On top of that you will receive instructions on how to switch on and configure TuneUp Turbo Mode Introduction TuneUp Turbo Mode provides an immediate performance boost whenever you need it When you put your computer into Turbo Mode an analysis is performed to see which of those programs and functions cur rently running in the background are not strictly necessary These programs are stopped or slowed down allowing the additional processing power gained to be used exclusively by the programs you are actually running When should I switch on Turbo Mode Turbo Mode can speed up computer games improve work with demand Turbo Mode ing programs or prevent shuddering when playing videos Note however for your Windows that when you enable Turbo Mode you also switch off some func tionalities that will not be available again until you switch off Turbo Mode Z How does Turbo Mode work The following graphics illustrate the internal workings of your PC with the programs that you are currently using green and those running in the background blue Here you can see how your PC is assisted as soon as you enable Turbo Mode The green circles represent those programs that you wish to accelerate using the Turbo Mode The blue dia monds on the other hand are all those programs and functions that you do not need at all when Turbo Mode is enabled see How to Configure Yo
31. useful commands to the context menu that is called up when you right click on any web page Under Show source code you can specify whether when you select Show source code the website should be opened with Internet Explorer or with a different program e g the Windows editor notepad exe Navigation In the Website behavior section you can specify how Internet Explorer should react when links are called up For example you could specify that pop ups or links opened in other programs can be opened in a new tab in the current window Under Start pages specify which websites should automatically open when Internet Explorer is launched Several sites can be selected for this Use the Move up and Move down buttons to change the order of the pages Security This section concerns security settings in the Internet Explorer In the User Agent String section specify how Internet Explorer identifies with the websites you visit Under Download confirmation you can specify whether Internet Explorer is permitted to download certain file types such as videos or music files without confirmation If you wish to be asked before such files are downloaded you must select Always confirm before downloading files Performance Here you specify the profile that corresponds most closely to the bandwidth of your Internet connection In the Maximum number of connections section you can specify how many server connections can be estab lished Mozilla Fi
32. where they can be easily removed However most startup programs enter themselves directly in the registry and are not to be found in the startup folder Often during system startup and user logon scheduled tasks are used to start pro grams automatically TuneUp StartUp Manager finds all startup programs regardless of how well hidden their start command is For every startup program it also supplies a detailed description and an evaluation of the necessity of start ing this program automatically TuneUp StartUp Manager does not just allow you to enable or disable startup programs it also tells you about the individual programs and provides recommendations for every startup entry Oo Note that disabling startup does not remove the program itself It only disables the startup and therefore speeds up system startup and the speed of your computer TuneUp Utilities Manual How to Configure Your System Startup Start the TuneUp StartUp Manager module by going to the Start Center in the Optimize system category and selecting Disable startup programs in the Reduce system load area Alternatively you can start the module by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and select ing the Disable startup programs entry under Installed programs S TuneUp StartUp Manager lec e Weng function af Tyas gt 9 All startup programs Y Finerist Detalls Nane Manufacturer Status Evaluation Recognized on Usefulness
33. you can export or print individual areas or indeed the entire registry You can also edit the registry using the entries in the toolbar 137 TuneUp Utilities Manual Undoing Changes The following chapters explain how to use the TuneUp Rescue Center module to undo changes that you made with TuneUp Utilities You can also use TuneUp Rescue Center to perform system recoveries i e undo changes that you did not make with TuneUp Utilities Introduction Since you can make comprehensive changes and edits to your system with TuneUp Utilities it can often happen that you want to undo a change at a later time You can do this with the TuneUp Rescue Center System recovery The TuneUp Rescue Center even lets you undo changes made not by TuneUp Utilities but by other appli cations TuneUp Rescue Center offers integration with the Windows system recovery function for this Windows regularly creates restore points Should your system stop behaving as it should you can revert at any time to one of the restore points The previous system status is then restored and any changes made after this point are lost Where do I find the TuneUp Rescue Center The TuneUp Rescue Center is always within reach To access the TuneUp Rescue Center press Undo changes at the bottom left of the TuneUp Utilities Start Center This button is also found in the individual modules How to Undo Changes To start the TuneUp Rescue Center tool at the bottom
34. 4 pix Bookmark J Search Results History J Bookmark D HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG Software Fonts a HKEY_CURRENT_USER Console HKEY_CURRENT_USER Console P amp D Rescue Center active In the left hand column the Editor displays the registry in a tree structure The registry consists of countless keys broken down by subject matter into different categories These categories are represented by different folders and subfolders Showing a key Double click on a folder in the left hand column to display its subfolders When you get to the end of the hierarchy chain the individual keys are displayed on the right 136 TuneUp Utilities Manual Editing a key In the context menu of a key select the different editing functions You can delete keys rename them and copy them to the clipboard You can also edit the values of a key In the context menu of a folder select New to create a new key Browsing the registry From the Context menu of a folder in the tree structure select Search to begin searching within the registry TuneUp Registry Editor offers you comprehensive search options here Showing a bookmark and setting a bookmark Select Set bookmark from the context menu of a folder in the tree structure so that you can find individual folders more quickly in the future Additional Functions In the menu bar you will find numerous additional functions for editing your registry For example
35. An Explorer window opens and you can select any image on your computer to be used in place of the animated startup logo For best results your image should be in 300x300 pixel format 3 Select a new startup logo and give it a name under which it will be included in the TuneUp Styler list You can also enter the name of an author The startup logo you added now appears in the list You can add additional startup logos TuneUp Utilities Manual fog Creating your Own Startup Logo 1 Under Startup logos click Create new An Explorer window opens and you select an image on your computer or an external storage medium 2 Save the new startup logo to the TuneUp Styler list under a name of your choosing You can also enter the name of an author The startup logo you added now appears in the list Restoring the Default If you no longer like your new startup logo you can restore the Windows default at any time 1 Click on Use default The default startup logo is then automatically selected from the list and a preview opens 2 Click Apply to apply it To preview the startup logo you want select it in the list You can even animate the preview by clicking on the Play button Click Apply TuneUp Styler uses the new startup logo TuneUp Utilities Manual f99 Logon Screen Category Introduction If you share your computer with other users or if you use a password to protect your account you will be familiar with the Windows logo
36. Computer Windows XP My Computer With regard to the first table the Computer or My Computer view represents an exception Instead of an overview of the largest files and folders it will show the occupied space for each drive Overview of the largest folders and files Here you can see a graphical overview of the space on the selected drive or folder in the form of a pie chart The size and percentage of space occupied is shown here for up to 10 folders and files If you would like to see more than the 10 elements that are displayed simply click on the link Show Contents to switch to the Contents view File types This table organizes the files contained in the selected element based on file types and shows you at a glance which types of files documents music files videos or images are taking up the most disk space Please note that this view does not just include the files that are directly located in the selected drive or folder but also includes all files in subfolders You can limit the amount of information being displayed by moving a level lower in the folder tree on the left If you would like to see the individual files included in a given file type simply click on the name of the file type in the table This will directly open the correct category in the file types view Top 10 Files This table is particularly useful in acute disk space shortages It shows a list of the top 10 files that take up the most disk space As with the
37. Edit Allows you to search quickly and easily for keys and values in the registry and make changes for expe rienced users only See also How to Edit Your Registry p 136 Computer Start 1 Click Maintenance Checks your system for optimization options and then allows you to implement these optimizations directly See also How to Make Maintenance Settings p 16 Showing System Information Shows you important information about your hardware and software and the performance of your com puter See also How to Show System Information p 88 133 TuneUp Utilities Manual Windows Turn on Turbo Mode Allows you to temporarily turn off unnecessary background programs or maintenance processes to give your computer a performance boost See also How to Switch on Turbo Mode p 39 Fixing Common Problems Shows you a list of common Windows problems and allows you to easily remedy your problems See also How to Fix Common Problems p 78 Modifying Windows Settings Allows you to modify visual effects browser options the desktop the user logon and much more to your personal requirements See also How to Modify Windows Settings p 110 Changing Windows Appearance Allows you to change the Windows user interface to your personal wishes and requirements See also How to Change Windows Appearance p 92 Removing Broken Shortcuts Searches your system for shortcuts and references that are no longer valid and de
38. Hard Disk p 59 Check for errors Checks the surface of your hard disk and your file system structure for errors and fixes them to prevent data loss See also How to Check your Hard Disk p 80 132 TuneUp Utilities Manual Securely delete data Gives you three options for deleting your files or folders so that they cannot be restored even by pro fessionals See also How to Securely Delete Data p 74 Restore deleted files Searches your hard disk and mobile data carriers for deleted files and restores them See also How to Search for Deleted Files p 86 Disk Space Gain disk space Searches for old backups unnecessary files and unnecessary Windows features which can be safely removed from the hard disk without any negative impact on your system See also How to Gain Disk Space p 64 Finding and Deleting Large Amounts of Data Allows you to find and delete large amounts of data on your storage media so as to create more disk space See also How to Run an Analysis p 68 Registry Defragment Rewrites the central database of your Windows system the registry eliminating gaps and structural errors to create a more stable system See also How to Defragment the Registry p 51 Clean Specifically searches for faulty entries in the central database of your Windows system the registry and repairs or removes them to create a more stable system See also How to Clean the Registry p 44
39. Internet during office hours To do so first ena ble the Show notification before logon option and then enter the title and actual text of the notification in the input fields Under Error search during logon and logoff you can specify that detailed status messages should be shown during the logon and logoff process Tour Windows XP First time users can go on a tour of Windows XP following system startup During this tour the user is shown all important Windows XP modules Deselect the Show the Windows Tour after logon option if you do not want the tour option to be displayed following system startup Under Scope you can specify whether this option only applies to the current user or to all users Welcome Center Windows Vista Getting Started Windows 7 New users can be shown the Welcome Center in Windows Vista or the Getting Started window when the system is started up which is designed make it easier to set up the system and shows links to further infor mation and offers on the Internet You can turn this display on or off here 126 TuneUp Utilities Manual Drives General Windows XP Here you make certain settings concerning your hard drives For example you can enable UDMA66 support which can speed up access to your drives Under NTFS file system you can set two options that relate to the new Windows NTFS file system Save the date of the last access to a file and Save short DOS file names We recommend that y
40. Sa for error free cacai If NTFS and errors occur during this analysis the sector in question will be marked as defective to prevent FAT files from being saved there in the future TuneUp Utilities Manual Managing Running Processes In the following chapters you will find out how you can use the TuneUp Process Manager module to mon itor and manage running processes system capacity and open files and why it is important to do so Introduction TuneUp Process Manager gives you constant control over the programs and processes that are running on your system and allows you to monitor your system activity You can find out how much memory is being used by which processes view numerous details and ter minate unwanted processes with a single mouse click The tool also offers real time graphs for processor and memory usage and provides up to date information on what your computer is doing at any given time TuneUp Utilities Manual How to Manage Running Processes Start the TuneUp Process Manager module by going to the Fix problems category in the Start Center and selecting the Display and close running processes entry under Check system and fix problems Alternatively you can start the module by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and select ing the Display and close running processes entry under Windows TuneUp Process Manager lm Sea File View Tools Help G TuneUp System Information Proce
41. TuneUp Utilities User Manual TuneUp Utilities Status amp recommendations Maintain system Increase performance Fix problems Automatic Attention Warning A e Change maintenance settings Show details Show details Start 1 Click Maintenance Change profile gopra Ne Your computer will be 33 recommendations were 28 problems found Hetis anabieit maintained every 3 usage days found when in idle mode Turbo Mode Tuning Status Completed optimizations 1of5 gt for your Windows Your personal optimization progress A The recommended maintenance tasks have been Re carried out Unused potential 1of4 gt The Live Optimization option Increase response rate is disabled Microsoft Windows Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Office Outlook Windows Logo MSN Windows Messenger and Internet Explorer are products registered trademarks or protected names of Microsoft Corporation in the USA and or in other countries Firefox isa product and registered trademark of the Mozilla Foundation in the USA and or other countries Safari isa product and registered trademark of Apple Inc in the USA and or other countries Opera is a product and a trademark of Opera Software ASA Other products and brand names can be products and or brands of their respective owners TuneUp Utilities Manual Table of Contents 1 Welcome to TuneUp Utilities 22 cece eects 5
42. Up Styler the left area of the window under Icons click System elements Then click Icon packages at the bottom A new window opens that shows all the available icon packages Now you can add new icon pack ages to the list or install an existing one continue to step 4 2 Click Add This allows you to add additional icon packages to the list You have the option of using an icon pack age from your computer or downloading a new package from TuneUp Online Here you can down load numerous creatively designed icon packages On the web pages just click on an icon package and open it with TuneUp Styler After just a few sec onds the package is displayed in the list Creating a new icon package As an alternative you can create your own icon package from your current icon set and either back it up or share it with friends 1 Click Create new package at the top of the list A wizard opens to guide you through the process of creating an icon package 2 Information about the author Here you can immortalize yourself if you want and enter your name e mail address and website address 3 Package name and description Enter a meaningful package name here If you wish you can add addi tional information on the package in the Description field 4 Optimize package size Use the options in this step to ensure that your package is not too large so that it can be sent via e mail without problems 5 Creating icon package The icons are
43. Up System Control window you can see the various categories that are available for the settings options Each category contains subcategories If you click on these tabs open on the right hand side containing the individual settings options Here you will find detailed information on all settings options sorted by the categories in the left hand win dow area Display Category Here you specify exactly which of the Windows visual effects you wish to use configure how file types are handled and specify how folder windows and the Explorer should look and act Usage Category Here you can enter a range of mouse and keyboard options adapt the items of the Start menu and the speed at which submenus open and determine the appearance and behavior of the taskbar Communication Category Here you can configure the behavior of Windows in the network personalize Internet Explorer and Outlook Express and or Office Outlook speed up web surfing and protect your privacy by preventing data about your surfing habits from being sent Administration Category Here you can set many internal system settings for Windows For example you can adapt the startup proc ess and user logon configure automatic CD playing system paths and user data and adapt the default set tings of the command prompt 110 TuneUp Utilities Manual Akki Wizards Category Here you will find the Copy settings wizard It copies your settings to other use
44. Windows Settings Start the TuneUp System Control module by going to the Customize Windows category in the Start Center and clicking on the Personalize options and behaviors entry in the Modify Windows settings area Alternatively you can start the module by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and select ing the Modify Windows settings entry under Windows IY TuneUp System Control Sama TuneUp Modify Windows settings lt p Rescue Center e Display Effects Animation Menu Appearance Font Smoothing Select the settings to be applied concerning the display of user SF Animations and Effects ay g pp g play elements File types A Folder Options settings Visual Effects ca p 7 Show window contents while dragging Usage a V Show color shading in title bar Show mouse pointer shadow A Input Options v Display selection rectangle with color background fal Start menu Show icon title with shadow a Taskbar v Activate transparent window frame Usage E Always show keyboard navigation indicators Communication Description When you move a window with the mouse or keyboard the whole SE Network window and its contents are displayed instead of just an outline Internet Explorer Mozila Firefox oO Opera GB E Mail and chat Default settings Best Performance l Best Appearance fm Privacy On the left hand side of the Tune
45. a connection to the Internet to check for updates 141 TuneUp Utilities Manual BEP If updates exist You receive a list of the available updates with a short description of the new or modified functions Click Next to install the updates If no updates exist If there are no updates your TuneUp Utilities is already up to date and you can close the wizard by clicking Finish TuneUp Utilities Manual Displaying the TuneUp Optimization Report In the following chapters you will find out how you can use the TuneUp Optimization Report to keep a constant overview of the extent to which you have optimized your computer to date with TuneUp Utilities Introduction The TuneUp optimization report summarizes all of the optimization steps already performed by TuneUp Utilities This report is particularly relevant if you use the numerous automatic background optimizations of TuneUp Utilities Here you can check at any time to what extent TuneUp Utilities has optimized your com puter so far How to Display the TuneUp Optimization Report Display the TuneUp optimization report by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and select ing Display optimization report under TuneUp Utilities This opens a clear summary of the optimizations already performed with TuneUp Utilities and the benefits that these have provided ZZ TuneUp Optimization Report cama al TuneUp Optimization report 30 days Since installation Fr
46. al memory Under Virtual memory you can specify that drivers and the Windows system core can be replaced if nec essary or are always kept in the RAM Under Paging file you can specify that TuneUp Utilities always overwrites the content of the Windows pag ing file with zeros thereby deleting it when the system is shut down Clicking on Recommended accepts the settings recommended by TuneUp Utilities Memory Usage Here you can set whether the computer should reserve more RAM for the programs or for the system cache 127 TuneUp Utilities Manual Advanced Clicking on the corresponding buttons here takes you to the TuneUp StartUp Manager and TuneUp Proc ess Manager modules which you can use to configure the system startup and manage running programs Startup and Maintenance System Startup Here you can make general settings about how Windows should proceed when starting up the system Under Boot defragmentation you can enable the Enable boot defragmentation option to specify that files required for booting should be arranged on the hard disk so that they can be found particularly quickly Under Boot logo and error messages you can enable the Do not display original boot logo and error mes sages option to specify that Windows should not only suppress the boot logo display but also the display of error messages during startup Under Waiting time for drive check you can specify how long the user should be given to decide agai
47. alled programs you really need for your day to day work that is why the Rating function for programs was developed The experiences of numerous TuneUp Utilities users will help you to make your decisions in the TuneUp Program Deactivator TuneUp StartUp Manager and TuneUp Uninstall Manager modules The rating function for programs shows you which programs have been classified as useful and helps you to decide which startup programs you want to disable and which programs you want to disable or uninstall Please note you need to have an active Internet connection to use the rating function Display of the Rating Function in the Modules If you have switched on the rating function it is integrated into the TuneUp Program Deactivator TuneUp StartUp Manager and TuneUp Uninstall Manager modules as a separate column in the program list You can identify your ratings by the blue stars in the Usefulness column If you have not yet given your own rat ing the column displays the average rating that other TuneUp Utilities users have given the program If no ratings have been given the column is blank If you hover the mouse cursor over the column a tooltip is displayed showing your rating and the rating of other TuneUp Utilities users 144 TuneUp Utilities Manual How to Turn On the Rating Function Start either the TuneUp Program Deactivator TuneUp StartUp Manager or TuneUp Uninstall Manager modules The Rating function for programs dialog is
48. ally require access When such programs are uninstalled these entries are often not deleted Many programs record in the registry the location of their help files When such programs are uninstalled these entries are often not deleted Every program leaves behind an entry in this area of the registry The list of all programs in the Control Panel is compiled from these entries When programs are uninstalled these entries are often not deleted and inconsistencies arise in this list Each program installed on the computer can create entries with program specific infor mation in the registry e g data or program paths When programs are uninstalled these entries are often not deleted This area of the registry contains references to extensions such as audio and video codecs or Internet Explorer add ons that enhance the functionality of individual programs e g with new menu entries or new toolbar entries If these programs or extensions are unin stalled these entries are often not deleted Many Windows programs access ActiveX and COM components using entries in this area of the registry These entries are created when programs like this are installed but are often not deleted during uninstallation Some programs even create invalid entries during instal lation The installation folders of some programs are stored in the registry to allow these pro grams to be run directly via Start gt Run When such programs are uninstalled thes
49. always the highest value for startup operation or shutdown In the Status column you can see the current status of the programs Load from installed programs In the Load from installed programs area you will find three graphs that are designed to give you a visual overview of the load on your system The left hand graph shows you the load on system startup the centre one the load during normal operation of your PC and the right hand one the load when shutting down A legend with explanations is provided underneath the graphs If a program is selected in the list this is shown by a program icon next to the graph Details In the Details area you can see the name of the selected program its current status and the load on the sys tem from that program You can use the switch to enable or disable the program If no program is selected you will see an overview here showing how many programs are enabled disabled or relevant to the system If several programs are selected the details area shows the number of programs with the various statuses The status shown next to the switch is the predominant status TuneUp Utilities Manual Possible Statuses of Programs In TuneUp Program Deactivator there are five different statuses for programs e Enabled The program is fully functional e Disabled The services of the program that run continuously in the background have been turned off e System relevant This is a program that TuneUp Utilities ha
50. ams that are run each time you start your system slow down the startup process to an unnec essary extent Such known programs that are definitely not required are turned off here For more infor mation see Accelerating System Startup and Shutdown p 55 defragments your hard disk In the background TuneUp Utilities changes the arrangement of files and folders so that they can be read more quickly Regular defragmentation is paramount especially if the data structure of your hard disk changes frequently for example because you move or delete files or install new programs Defragmentation is however only carried out when necessary And you can even choose whether if it was determined that defragmentation was necessary a thorough or a quick defragmentation should take place or whether this should depend on the result of the analysis For more information see Defragmenting the Hard Disk p 58 The Automatic Maintenance function is also configured so that it performs all these maintenance tasks However it is run in the background and only the notifications tell you when it was carried out TuneUp Utilities Manual How to Make Maintenance Settings In the Start Center click on the Change maintenance settings link in the Maintain system area of the Status amp recommendations category A configuration dialog opens containing one tab for Automatic Main tenance and one for 1 Click Maintenance respectively Configure your settings here
51. anced Here you can set what elements are to be displayed on the Desktop and under My Computer You can easily hide entire drives and specify how the address bar in Explorer Internet Explorer and the Run dialog should behave 114 TuneUp Utilities Manual Usage Category Here you can enter a range of mouse and keyboard options adapt the items of the Start menu and the speed at which submenus open and determine the appearance and behavior of the taskbar Here you will find detailed descriptions of your settings options sorted by subcategory in the left side of the window Input options Mouse functions Under Swap mouse buttons you can swap the left and right mouse button You would then click with the right hand button and open the context menu with the left hand button Many mice now come with a scroll wheel In accordance with Microsoft Intellimouse and similar models under Scroll wheel you can specify what should happen when this wheel is used The standard setting is scroll by 3 lines You can change the number of lines increase the scrolling setting to a full screen page or turn it off completely Under Set pointer automatically you can specify that the cursor automatically moves to the highlighted button when a dialog box opens so that you can click this button right away Mouse Sensitivity Under Double clicking and dragging you can specify how much you can move the mouse when double clicking and how far you have to move
52. and links should be displayed in Mozilla Firefox and how much influence websites can have on the display of the popup window In the Opening links section you can specify whether after clicking on a link the contents should be dis played in the current window or in a new window In the Javascript section under Permitted window manipulations you can limit changes that websites are allowed to make to popup windows Some websites try to hide the navigation bars in a popup window so that it looks like a Windows message dialog You can prevent this here Tabs Mozilla Firefox 2 or later versions Here you can make the settings for the Mozilla Firefox tabs In the Close button section you can specify where the Close button for the tabs should appear There are four different positions In the Minimum width section you can specify the minimum width of the tabs from Mozilla Firefox 2 onwards If more than one tab is open the width of each tab will be automatically reduced until the mini mum width set here has been reached If further tabs are opened a scrollbar will be shown on the right hand side of the screen by which you can scroll to the tabs that are not visible Under Color of active tab you can use the Highlight with color option to specify which color should be used to highlight the tab currently active in the browser Click on the Change button to change the color used to highlight the top and bottom borders of the active tab P
53. are checked for broken shortcuts and entries This analysis can last several minutes After the analysis TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner shows you a list of all broken shortcuts and references If no broken entries have been found you will only receive a list of the places that were searched In this case click Close to exit this function You decide whether to delete all broken shortcuts or not Clear the checkboxes of those invalid references that you do not want to delete The standard setting is for all invalid references to be deleted Click Cleanup The cleanup process normally lasts just a few seconds Afterwards you receive a short status report on the number of references and shortcuts removed Click Finish to exit TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner TuneUp Utilities Manual Accelerating System Startup and Shutdown In the following chapters you will find out how to accelerate the startup and shutdown of your computer in next to no time Pass All modifications to your system will be monitored by TuneUp Rescue Center and can be undone if necessary Introduction Here you receive recommendations for disabling unnecessary startup programs These recommendations help to accelerate system startup and shutdown For example common startup services that are not needed immediately after system startup are simply scheduled to start up at a later time This still ensures that you will not lose these functions but they no longer delay syste
54. ating the deletion process Note however that the deletion process then takes longer Fast deletion Files will be overwritten with a single character The original text of the files will be replaced with endless col umns of a certain letter Secure deletion in accordance with DoD 5220 22 M A procedure developed by the United States Department of Defense Regulation DoD 5220 22 M will be used Prior to deletion the files are overwritten with special data patterns multiple times destroying the orig inal contents so effectively that even expensive examinations of the magnetic structure of the disk in a spe cial laboratory would not allow the data to be recovered Secure deletion Gutmann method This method named after its inventor Peter Gutmann overwrites the files to be deleted 35 times with ran dom values in a special pattern and then deletes them This method is considered the most secure way to delete files with software but also takes the longest time TuneUp Utilities Manual 6 Fixing Problems Unfortunately things sometimes don t go quite as you expected when you are working with a computer With Fix problems TuneUp Utilities offers you various functions for discovering and rectifying any prob lems that occur In addition the program helps you to recover accidentally deleted files Advanced users have the option of managing running processes or displaying system information TuneUp Utilities Check system and fix
55. ayed in the right hand area of the window If you wish to allow the opti mization click on Apply recommendation at the bottom right Hiding and Showing Recommendations If you do not want to accept a recommendation click Hide recommendation Now you can select whether you want to hide it permanently or only for 30 days The number of hidden recommendations is always dis played in the taskbar on the right By clicking on the number displayed you can easily show these rec ommendations again TuneUp Utilities Manual Defragmenting the Hard Disk In the following chapters you will find out why it is important to do so and how you can use the TuneUp Drive Defrag module to defragment your hard disks Introduction There are many reasons why a computer may become noticeably slower over time One of them is the grad ual fragmentation of the hard disk This can be described as follows New files are first saved as a block to an empty hard disk one after the other If you then for example deleted a file in the middle there would be a gap in the hard disk Windows uses this gap later to store the next file that you save to the hard disk If this gap is not big enough Windows then splits the file and stores the second half at another location Over time more and more gaps are created and more and more files are fragmented into pieces fragments i e the degree of fragmentation increases This really slows down the performance of your comput
56. can You can select from these during the user defined scan Area Audible Sig nals Startup Pro grams File Types Database Drivers Common Files Help Files Installed Pro grams Program Set tings Program Extensions Program Components Program Paths Fonts History Lists Windows Firewall Description For certain system or program events such as error messages sound files are played These are played by accessing the corresponding entries in the registry however these entries are invalid once the sound files no longer exist Many programs start automatically together with Windows e g virus scanner This takes place via entries in the startup section of the registry When such programs are uninstalled these entries are often not deleted Entries in this area of the registry link one or more file extensions e g txt or doc with var ious information such as the program that should be used to open them Such entries can become invalid through the uninstallation of programs for example During installation some programs store entries on database drivers and data sources in the registry These entries can become invalid through the uninstallation of these programs or the moving or deletion of individual data sources Often invalid entries are created during installation itself This part of the registry contains references to files and program libraries DLLs to which several programs norm
57. can use to monitor and undo changes that you have made to your system with TuneUp Utilities You can also manage restore points and thereby undo system changes that you did not make using TuneUp Util ities TuneUp Utilities Manual The Tuning Status The Tuning Status uses a graph and associated notifications to show you how extensively you are already using the options of TuneUp Utilities to increase performance and maintain the system and what potential for optimization still remains You can find the TuneUp Tuning Status on the TuneUp Utilities Start Center beside Turbo Mode The Tun ing Status is your personal indicator of optimization progress i e it shows you how well you are already using TuneUp Utilities and where there is still potential to optimize your system further The Graph In the graph the blue sections on the left represent the modules you have used to make your optimization progress so far and the dark gray area on the right represents open optimization options Each section of the graph has a message assigned to it the letters in white boxes above the graph represent messages about optimizations completed the dark gray under the graph represents messages about untapped potential The Turbo Mode segment to the right of the graph shows you how many Turbo Mode options you have turned on If you have not yet configured Turbo Mode this segment is empty If the segment lights up green Turbo Mode is on Messages To the
58. ce is disabled TuneUp Utilities Manual Step 4 Configure computer resources for optimal performance Your computer s resources are in demand A clever sharing solution for the resources will help increase your computer s performance enormously Tip Since this does not limit any functions this setting is also highly recommended for the long term Ensure optimum performance regardless of energy use This setting uses the high performance Win dows energy saving plan when Turbo Mode is on This ensures maximum performance regardless of the amount of energy used Step 5 Disable background functions The operating system performs many more tasks than most users are aware of Many programs and services run permanently in the background although they are not strictly necessary and use valuable resources If you never use some of these functions you can disable them and permanently increase your computer s per formance Disable media library share in local network This setting ensures that other network devices cannot access your images videos or music in the media library when Turbo Mode is on However Turbo Mode does not affect the share of folders in the network Disable Windows search indexing function This setting ensures Windows does not create any indexes of your files or e mails when Turbo Mode is on Turn off error reporting This setting ensures that no data will be gathered regarding errors and there will be no communication w
59. con figure your settings In addition to the icon you can choose to have messages displayed in the form of bal loons If the icon is not displayed on your computer call this dialog up by going to the TuneUp UtilitiesSettings menu in the Start Center and selecting General then the Notification area tab 148 TuneUp Utilities Manual MEL 12 Index Hi System 104 Files Types 46 113 Finding and Deleting Large Amounts of Data 67 1 Click Maintenance 14 16 Firewall 46 Accelerate Program Startups 25 Fix common problems 77 78 Animations 112 Fix Problems 22 Animations and Effects 112 Fixing Common Problems 77 Archiving Files 73 Fixing Problems 13 77 Audible Signals 46 Flashing Buttons 118 Automatic Maintenance 14 Flashing Cursor 116 Boot Screen 93 Folder Options 114 Button View 118 Folder view 114 Cache 127 Folder Window 114 Change Windows Appearance 90 92 Font Smoothing 112 Check for updates 9 141 Fonts 46 Checking for Updates 141 Gadget 146 Checking Hard Disks for Errors 79 80 Gain disk space 62 Cleaning the Hard Disk 62 63 Gain Disk Space 64 Cleaning the Registry 43 44 46 48 Hard Disk Defragmenting 58 Common files 46 Help 9 Communication 110 120 Help Files 46 Computer resources 41 Hibernation File 65 Configuring System Startup 34 36 History Lists 46 Customizing Windows 90 Hover effect 115 Database Drivers 46 Icon Cache 106 Defragmentation Registry 50 51 con Packages 103 Defragmenting the Hard disk 58 59 Increase Performance 19
60. cords keys and values This causes the registry to get bigger and bigger However the bigger the registry the longer the system needs to find certain information requested at any given moment by a program Windows then becomes slower When a program is uninstalled or when the registry is cleaned up these keys and values are usually deleted but despite this the registry does not get any smaller Why is this The space previously taken up by a deleted key continues to exist in the registry even if it is no longer used At some point your registry then looks like a piece of Swiss cheese full of holes This is a real waste of space at the expense of system performance not just on the hard disk but also in the memory TuneUp Registry Defrag is able to compress the registry so that it becomes much smaller This function increases the stability of your Windows system TuneUp Registry Defrag analyzes the registry and creates a completely new version of it containing only the intact data in the correct order The old registry is deleted following this step and automatically replaced with the new version when the computer is restarted TuneUp Utilities Manual How to Defragment the Registry 1 Start the TuneUp Registry Defrag module by going to the Optimize system category in the Start Center and selecting Defragment registry in the Manually run maintenance tasks area Alternatively you can start the module by going to Overview of all funct
61. d alphabetically or whether they should be arranged logically according to numerical values and the alphabet Under Encrypted and compressed files you can specify that both file types be marked with a certain color By default compressed files are blue and encrypted files are green Only Windows XP and Windows Vista In addition you can define the color assignment to suit your needs via the Edit button Thumbnails Windows XP In a given folder Windows can show thumbnail images as appropriate for a collection of photos Here you determine the size and quality of these preview images The standard size is 96 pixels You can enter a dif ferent value if you wish You specify the quality using the slide control The higher the picture quality the more disk space the thumbnails take up Under Cache you specify whether these thumbnails should be temporarily saved to a file called THUMBS DB This file is also stored in the folder and allows the thumbnails to be loaded particularly quickly in the future Selection Here you can set the color of the selection rectangle that should be used in folder windows This rectangle shows the movement of the clicked mouse button if you select multiple files simultaneously Only Windows Vista and Windows 7 You can also decide whether a checkbox should be displayed for selecting elements allowing multiple files and folders to be selected with the mouse without the need to use the Ctrl or Shift keys Adv
62. decide for yourself how the defragmentation should be carried out For the other three options defragmentation starts as soon as the analysis is complete If however the analysis determines that the degree of defragmentation is very low defragmentation will not be carried out for these three options because TuneUp Drive Defrag deems it unnecessary Wait for result and then decide We recommend this option for you Once analysis is complete you decide for each hard disk whether you would like to run a fast or thorough defragmentation You can also decide here to go without defragmentation Automatically as recommended TuneUp Drive Defrag makes the decision for you and defragments each hard disk as soon as the anal ysis is complete using the mode suited to the degree of fragmentation Automatically thorough You optimize your hard disk performance down to the last detail even if this lasts a bit longer regard less of the analysis result Automatically fast You would like to save time and defragment each hard disk particularly quickly regardless of the degree of fragmentation TuneUp Utilities Manual 60 If you have selected the Wait for result and then decide option you will see a dialog where you can select how each hard disk should be defragmented For all other options you don t need to do any thing else as defragmentation will run automatically after the analysis Select a hard disk in the top area and select a defragmentation
63. display and control elements scrolling and open ing should be animated You can turn on the three options list amp tree view list boxes and dropdown lists Click Best performance to turn off all the options that only serve to provide showy effects Selecting Default settings restores the Windows default settings Menu Appearance Under Animation you specify whether menu items are to be hidden after the menu is accessed You can also select a display effect from the list Under Effects you can specify whether Windows should use flat 2D menus or whether a small 3D shadow should be displayed beneath an open window Font Smoothing To improve the legibility of text on your computer here you can select your preferred font smoothing method The font smoothing type ClearType merits special attention it is particularly suitable for flat screen monitors TFT and LCD and makes use of their so called subpixels to effectively smooth the edges of even small fonts Select ClearType and click ClearType Settings to obtain the optimal adjustment of ClearType smoothing to your screen 112 TuneUp Utilities Manual File Types Menu Operations In the Drives and folders section you configure their context menus The Show command prompt here opens the command prompt at the desired location You can execute DOS commands via the command prompt Under Files and folders you can specify what commands are to be shown in the context menus of files and f
64. djust the content of the active tab These are described in the sections above The general functions of the File Tools and Help menus are always displayed General menu bar functions File Menu In the File menu you can use the New Task entry to call up the well known Windows Run dialog to start a new application or open a file Click Exit Windows to shut down or restart the computer so that new set tings can take effect A function of particular interest is Replace Task Manager which works by replacing Windows Task Man ager on your system with TuneUp Process Manager This means you can call it up using the Ctrl Alt Del shortcut or right click in a free area of the taskbar to select it If you want to use the Windows Task Man ager again simply select the same menu item to remove the check mark in front of it Tools Menu In the Tools menu you can configure how TuneUp Process Manager is to be displayed on your computer You can keep it always in the foreground e g to monitor the processor usage for your system s uptime You can also display TuneUp Process Manager in the notification area on the bottom right of your desktop when you minimize the window There is an icon there which you can click any time in order to maximize the window again in no time at all Help Menu In the Help menu you can call up the program help at any time visit the TuneUp website check TuneUp Utilities for updates or display information on your version o
65. e entries are often not deleted Windows stores entries in this area of the registry for all fonts installed on your computer Since these entries are often not deleted when fonts are uninstalled Windows tries in vain to load these fonts every time the system starts up Windows and many programs have history lists which log for example which files you were last working on These are stored in the registry as references By deleting or moving the files these entries become invalid The Windows firewall saves the programs that may accept incoming network connections and stores an entry for each one in the registry These entries can become incorrect or invalid if for example one of these programs is uninstalled TuneUp Utilities Manual It should be clear therefore that deleted files can leave behind a lot of ghosts in the registry TuneUp Reg istry Cleaner finds all of these orphaned entries and can delete them in a targeted fashion We therefore rec ommend that you perform the full scan TuneUp Utilities Manual Additional Functions in TuneUp Registry Cleaner Main Menu Sc 1H TuneUp Registry Cleaner File Edt Clean Switch to Help GF seortcleaning sean Whi Registry Editor eP Rescue Center A Summary 40 7 Statistics Acoustic signals Registry Cleaner a Last desoup 75 08 2010 E Database drivers Corrected problems This month E he types 33 40 Problems totai I Fonts found D Hep lies TL History lists 7 ET
66. e TuneUp Styler module by going to the Customize Windows category in the Start Center and clicking on the Personalize the appearance of Windows entry in the Change Windows appearance area 2 On the navigation bar click in the left hand window area on Startup logo TuneUp Styler lists all available startup logos You can now add additional predesigned startup logos or create your own startup logo 3 You can add new startup logos to the list before you accept it finally You have the following options for this To select an existing startup logo in the list proceed with step 4 Downloading Previously Created Startup Logos 1 In the top left under Startup logos click Add 2 Select the entry Download Startup Logos from TuneUp Online This takes you to the TuneUp Website where you can find a wide selection of different startup logos with which you can improve the appearance of the startup process exactly how you want 3 On the TuneUp website simply click on a startup logo This is then automatically opened with TuneUp Styler and added to the list These attractive startup logos can also be stored as a file with extension tla to a USB flash drive You can then transfer these startup logos to any computer on which TuneUp Utilities is installed by clicking Add and Load startup logo from a file Adding Startup Logos from a File 1 In the top left under Startup logos click Add 2 Select the entry Load startup logo from a file
67. e TuneUp Utilities Gadget is a continuously visible source of information on the status of your computer In addition it offers practical direct access to the Start Center of TuneUp Utilities 146 TuneUp Utilities Manual ay How to Display the TuneUp Utilities Gadget You can display the TuneUp Utilities Gadget on your desktop at any time In Windows Vista proceed as follows e Open the Accessories folder under All Programs in the Windows Start menu e Then click on Windows Sidebar A list of all the gadgets installed on your computer is shown e Activate the TuneUp Utilities gadget by double clicking on it In Windows 7 proceed as follows e Right click on a free space on the desktop and select Gadget from the context menu e Select TuneUp Utilities Gadget and enable it with a double click TuneUp Utilities Manual 11 TuneUp Utilities in taskbar notification area The notification area is the area on the right hand side of the Windows taskbar This displays for example the time status icons or program shortcuts TuneUp Utilities has a notification area icon which displays information on the status of your system at any time and provides an entry point to TuneUp Utilities When you double click on the notification area icon TuneUp Utilities starts up You can configure if how and about what TuneUp Utilities you would like to be informed in the taskbar notification area System Status Under System status you can see wh
68. e Tuning Status also helps you to recognize the remaining Unused potential and make use of it The Menu Bar Settings v Help amp Support v The menu bar gives you access to TuneUp Utilities configuration dialogs and information on the program The Settings Menu Use the Settings menu to go to the most important TuneUp Utilities configuration dialogs Here you can customize the program to suit your needs apply maintenance settings and configure TuneUp Live Opti mization TuneUp Turbo Mode and the update check The Help amp Support Menu The Help amp Support menu provides you with access to the extensive program help with detailed instruc tions and program information You can also click the link there and go to the TuneUp website directly www tune up com Clicking on Check for updates starts the TuneUp Update Wizard module which checks whether there are any new updates for your TuneUp Utilities If you are using a trial version of TuneUp Utilities and already have a product key click here on Activate product and enter your product key If you do not yet have a product key you can click Buy product to go directly to the TuneUp Shop website and buy a full version If you want to register your product click Register product after you have successfully activated it Enter your name and your e mail address The Footer Clicking on the Undo changes button in the footer takes you to the TuneUp Rescue Center module which you
69. e application should show a splash screen when starting up Here you can also configure the security function that blocks executable e mail attachments If you do not wish to block these attachments you can disable this function But please note that such attachments may also contain malware such as viruses that are run when you click them Office Outlook Windows 7 Under Minimize Outlook you can select whether Outlook 2003 XP should when minimizing the window create an icon either in the taskbar or in the taskbar notification area beside the clock If you opt for the notification area turn on the Minimize Outlook to the notification area option Under E Mail Attachment Security click the Settings button to open a window in which you can specify which file attachment types are automatically blocked Windows Messenger Windows XP Under Run you can specify whether and for which events Windows Messenger should open automatically If you want to prevent Windows Messenger from running entirely select Disable Windows Messenger If you do not use Windows Messenger at all you can also remove it from your system entirely Simply use the Uninstall option for this Privacy General Here you can configure settings for your privacy and security when working with your computer Under Automatic Windows Updates you can specify whether Windows should automatically establish a connection with Microsoft or not If Enable automatic Windows Updates
70. e available alignment options are only effective if the picture is not yet the cor rect size for a boot screen 640 x 480 pixels Under Background you can specify the color to be used for areas not covered by your image For technical reasons this includes the background of the progress bar You can also set position foreground color and edge color to suit your individual taste Position the progress bar at a loca tion that does not interfere with the overall picture For more information see Tips for Attractive Boot screens Windows XP only p 96 3 Save the new boot screen to the TuneUp Styler list under a name of your choosing You can also enter the name of an author The boot screen you added now appears in the list TuneUp Utilities Manual Restoring the Default If you no longer like your new boot screen you can restore the default Windows screen at any time 1 Click on the Restore Defaults button The default screen is then automatically selected from the list and a preview opens 2 Click Apply to apply it Steps 4 and 5 do not apply Select the visual style you want from the list to preview it Click Apply TuneUp Styler accepts the new boot screen TuneUp Utilities Manual L96 Tips for Attractive Boot screens Windows XP only For technical reasons all boot screens in Windows XP may only have 16 colors of which some are pre scribed e g black TuneUp Styler therefore has to reduce the full range of colors in
71. e spring cleaning from time to time and delete unnecessary files from your system TuneUp Utilities Clean hard disk amp amp Al disks 175 4 GB of 232 8 GB free Unnecessary files 1303 Old backups 578 3 73 GB used Me gt 294 19 MB used a Windows functions 3 3 1 GB used Analyze storage usage and delete data Find and delete large amounts of data a Securely delete data Turbo Mode Tuning Status for your Windows Your personal optimization progress A o cc Pa F E Completed optimizations 1of5 A The recommended maintenance tasks have been carried out Unused potential Lof3 EE There are 34 recommendations to increase performance gt Undo changes The Clean Hard Disk Area In the Clean hard disk section you can select the drives that you want to clean After you have selected these TuneUp Utilities runs a quick analysis in the background and informs you how many Unnecessary files Old backups and Windows functions there are on the drives and how much disk space they are taking up You can now decide which files you want to delete and or which Windows functions you want to dis able b The Analyzing Storage Usage and Deleting Data Area Here you can go a step further and search drives systematically for unnecessary data and securely delete any sensitive data Use the TuneUp Disk Space Explorer module to find la
72. earance area 2 In TuneUp Styler in the left area of the window under Icons click Icon display TuneUp Styler provides a preview of some items on your desktop that you can personalize 3 Specify how big the gap between items on the desktop should be and whether a shortcut should be indicated by an arrow Specify the size of items on the desktop specify how big the gap between them should be and whether a shortcut should be indicated by an arrow TuneUp Utilities Manual Repair Category Introduction It can be fun to change the Windows icons and to make a few personal settings here and there However it is possible that the desired icons are suddenly not displayed correctly or are even swapped TuneUp Styler has two repair functions This is how it works 1 Start the TuneUp Styler module by going to the Customize Windows category in the Start Center and selecting Personalize the appearance of Windows under Change Windows appearance In TuneUp Styler click Repair under Icons in the left hand area of the window Click Reload Icons This function usually clears up any problems and allows you to continue restyling your Windows sys tem If reloading the icons does not resolve matters there may be a serious problem with your icon cache If this is the case continue with step 4 Click Repair Icon Cache The icon cache is a file in which Windows stores all loaded icons for faster loading in the future Should an error occ
73. ecently used programs here Shortcuts Under Move and edit shortcuts you can set whether the moving of shortcuts is allowed From here you can also start TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner to remove all invalid shortcuts from your Start Menu Advanced Windows XP Here you can open the TuneUp Styler tool in a new window and thereby personalize the appearance of Win dows to suit you e g change the icons for folders and menu items Taskbar Flashing Buttons While entering text and other content the activation of other windows is prohibited A flashing icon in the taskbar alerts you to the fact that other software is trying to communicate with you If this flashing is to be retained the option Enable flashing taskbar buttons must be turned on Under Flashing speed you specify how rapidly the button on the taskbar should flash You have two options to choose from The first one lets a window button in the taskbar flash until it is clicked again The second option restricts flashing to a certain number specified by you The default setting is 7 Under General you can specify how long Windows should wait after your last key press before windows from other programs are allowed to appear again Button View Here you can specify whether and if so which windows should be represented by buttons on the taskbar Under Display you specify the desired maximum width of buttons in pixels The default value is 154 pixels If you disable the option Show anima
74. eed up Opera a little Under Show source code you can specify whether when selecting Show source code the internal editor of Opera should be used in the website context menu or another program e g Windows editor notepad exe Performance You can turn on fast navigation again here which is set to automatic mode by default in Opera 9 onwards By selecting Automatic mode you can specify that the web server setting should be taken into account when you navigate through the browser history which informs the browser whether a site can be loaded from the cache using Back or Forward or whether the website should be downloaded anew each time The latter is necessary for certain shop pages to function correctly However the server often demands that the page be downloaded again from the web server when it is not necessary By selecting Compatibility mode you can specify that regardless of how the server is set the sites are never downloaded from the browser cache when you navigate through the browser history but are always down loaded anew from the website This setting is generally not required and is not recommended for fast sur fing By selecting Fast mode you can specify that the websites already on your computer are always loaded from the cache This not only has the advantage that the back and forward functions are suddenly very fast again but also that a lower data volume needs to be downloaded over the Internet connection Fur therm
75. em is entered in the registry where it records keys and values When you start up a program Windows does not call up this pro gram directly Instead it opens the program using a key in the registry which was created there when the program was installed This entry must also be deleted from the registry when the program is uninstalled since it is no longer required It is often the case however that Windows does not delete these entries prop erly which is why a great many invalid entries build up over time These entries are not just created when programs are installed but also during many other tasks For exam ple the history list of recently used documents in the Start menu works using the entries in the registry These references become invalid when you move or delete a document Since Windows does not clean the registry regularly we recommend you do it yourself with TuneUp Registry Cleaner By cleaning Your registry regularly your whole system and all your programs will be more stable This is why this is one of the functions that TuneUp Utilities can also run regularly as part of the Automatic Main tenance TuneUp Utilities Manual How to Clean the Registry 1 Start the TuneUp Registry Cleaner module by going to the Optimize system category in the Start Center and selecting Clean registry from the Manually run maintenance area Alternatively you can start the module by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and
76. emaiptenance Show details Show details z settings E r F Configure Live Start 1 Click Maintenance Optimization Your computer will be 22 recommendations were 28 problems found NY MTS IE maintained every 3 usage days found when in idle mode Turbo Mode Tuning status Completed optimizations lof4 gt for your Windows Your personal optimization progress A The recommended maintenance tasks have been x carried out I ee a ae Px The Live Optimization option Increase response j rate is disabled F Undo changes The five categories The main area in the TuneUp Utilities Start Center comprises five categories giving you fast access to the key features of TuneUp Utilities sorted by topic Status amp Recommendations The Status amp recommendations category shows you an overview of the current condition of your system and gives you recommendations on how you can improve the system s health To the far right of the cat egories you can see the status of your TuneUp Live Optimization and can adjust it to suit your needs simply by clicking Configure Live Optimization For more information see Status amp Recommendations p 12 Optimizing the System Under Optimize system you can disable or uninstall unwanted programs and clean up your system and your data For more information see Optimizing the System p 26 Gain disk space Under Gain disk space you can delete unnecessary data systematically from your s
77. er Every time you call up a file this has to be read from the hard disk which would of course happen faster if the file was stored in one place In technical terms If fragmentation is high the hard disk reading heads must always be realigned in order that they can load the individual fragments of a file A simple way to speed up your system is therefore to defragment the hard disk As the conventional defrag mentation often takes a long time TuneUp Drive Defrag offers you two different modes You either decide for yourself how defragmentation should take place or allow TuneUp Drive Defrag to make the decision for you Find out below what exactly happens during the two defragmentation modes Thorough Defragmentation This defragmentation mode arranges the newly sorted files particularly intelligently system files that are used frequently are stored at the start of the hard disk so that Windows can find them again in no time at all It is clear that this defragmentation mode will take longer than simply consolidating the files TuneUp Drive Defrag is therefore also carried out with particularly low priority so that you can continue working almost undisturbed This procedure speeds up the booting of Windows considerably Frequently used programs also start faster This noticeably increases the performance of the computer Fast Defragmentation This defragmentation mode consolidates all files again so that they can be read noticeably faster
78. erably longer and can take the pop ular coffee break This is just one of several reasons why the old FAT system should be converted to the modern NTFS system The NTFS file system NTFS New Technology File System is the file system of Windows NT and its suc cessors e g Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista up to Windows 7 It offers an intelligently devised access protection to file levels allows flexible management of privileges accommodates file sizes above 4 GB offers automatic error correction of the file system and can utilize the storage space of today s standard hard disk sizes in a considerably more efficient manner If your hard disks still use the FAT file system you can carry out a very simple conversion oO Although conversion is considered very secure you should make a backup of your saved data before attempting this Click the Windows Start icon to open All Programs go to Accessories and click on Command Prompt If you enter CONVERT EXE C FS NTFS in the command line conversion will start Replace C with another drive letter to convert a different partition If the system partition is changed the computer will need to be restarted In this case follow the instructions on your screen 5 Gaining Disk Space TuneUp Utilities Manual In the same way as your home can get cluttered your computer can also get clogged up with unnecessary ballast which uses up valuable disk space We recommend that you carry out som
79. erformance Here you can enable the pipelining feature of Mozilla Firefox Pipelining is an experimental function through which the web browser sends multiple download requests to a web server over a single connection This is not supported by all web servers Opera Title Bar Here you can configure the settings for displaying the Opera title and logo Under Window title enter in the Title field the text you want to appear in Opera s title bar If you leave the field empty and click on Accept or OK the field is automatically filled with the default entry Opera In the Opera icon section in place of the red O opera icon you can select a different icon from your hard disk The selected icon is then displayed in the Windows taskbar and in the Opera window If the icon file you select is valid the icon is displayed immediately If the icon file you select is invalid the standard Opera icon is reinstated 122 TuneUp Utilities Manual Usage This is where you can make changes regarding the usage of Opera Under Autocomplete for web addresses you can specify that addresses will be automatically completed in the address bar i e Internet addresses appear automatically in the address bar after you have entered the first few letters of the address If for example you enter just one word only then top level domain suffixes like net and com are added to the end and the prefix www to the beginning Disabling this function can sp
80. errors are fixed When a new version is available it will be made available to you on the Internet You have the option of automatically checking for updates or manually checking for updates Changing Settings To change the update check settings go to the menu bar and click Settings General and then Updates Here you can decide whether TuneUp Utilities should regularly check for updates automatically You can also specify here how often you should be informed of updates that have been found Checking for Updates Manually If you do not want TuneUp Utilities to check for updates automatically you can turn this function off In this case we recommend that you regularly check for updates yourself How to Check for Updates Start up the TuneUp Update Wizard module by going to the Overview of all functions category in the Start Center and selecting the Check for updates entry under TuneUp Utilities Alternatively you can start the module by clicking on Help amp Support in the menu bar of the Start Center and then selecting Check for updates TuneUp Update Wizard c Sol Determining the available updates TuneUp Update Wizard will now determine whether there are updates available for your TuneUp product TuneUp Update Wizard will establish a connection with a TuneUp server to access a list of available updates Searching for updates lt Back Next Cancel TuneUp Update Wizard starts and establishes
81. ether the TuneUp Utilities Start Center currently shows the opti mization potential You can open the Start Center using the Start TuneUp Utilities link You can find further information on the Start Center under The Start Center p 8 Live Optimization Under Live Optimization you can see the most recent activities of the two Live Optimization methods A link takes you to the Live Optimization configuration dialog You can find further information on Live Optimization under How to Configure Live Optimization p 24 Automatic maintenance Under Automatic Maintenance you can see when automatic maintenance was last performed A link takes you to the Automatic Maintenance configuration dialog You can find further information on Automatic Maintenance under How to Make Maintenance Settings p 16 Turbo Mode Under Turbo Mode you can see whether Turbo Mode is currently on and use the switch to turn it on or off as necessary A link also takes you to the configuration wizard You can find further information on Turbo Mode under How to Configure Your Own TuneUp Turbo Mode p 39 Settings You can configure if how and about what TuneUp Utilities you would like to be informed in the taskbar notification area Just proceed as follows If the icon is displayed on your computer simply right click on it Now select Configure notification area settings in the context menu that appears This takes you to the configuration dialog where you can
82. f TuneUp Utilities TuneUp Utilities Manual Restoring Deleted Files In the following chapters you will find out how you can use the TuneUp Undelete module to restore acci dentally deleted files Introduction Have you accidentally deleted an important file and want to restore it Perhaps you already looked in the Recycle Bin but it wasn t there Then you will be pleased with the functions offered by TuneUp Undelete Here you can restore deleted files provided Windows has not yet overwritten the drive space that these files took up Valuable tips for rescuing data The following rule of thumb applies The longer ago a file was deleted and the more you have worked on your computer since then the smaller the chance of complete restoration Therefore as soon as you realize that the file should not have been deleted try to rescue it with TuneUp Undelete Never install software for recovering deleted files on your system if the mishap has already occurred You could overwrite important data irrevocably precisely by installing such software Even if you install the application on a different drive deleted data is still at risk from temporary installation files Data recovery software like TuneUp Undelete should therefore always be installed and ready for use in advance This means you are always fully equipped to deal with an emergency situation should one occur Background Info What Happens when Files are Deleted You can find more i
83. f the folder to be deleted The Delete allocated free disk space option overwrites the space reserved for the files in the selected folder thereby increasing deletion security If the selected folders have subfolders here you can remove them from the search Do this by uncheck ing the Include subordinate folders checkbox 3 Click Next to confirm your selection You can now select the desired deletion method see Deletion Methods p 76 TuneUp Utilities Manual Recycle Bin 1 Select Recycle Bin This option shows you the Recycle Bin so that you can empty it You receive information on the number of files it contains and the amount of disk space taken up by the Recycle Bin You can also dis play the content before deleting it 2 Click Show contents You receive information on the size of the Recycle Bin and the number of files it contains To ensure that there are no important files in the Recycle Bin you can display the content before deletion takes place The Delete allocated free disk space option overwrites the reserved free space of files in the Recycle Bin thereby increasing security of deletion 3 Click Next to confirm your selection You can now select the desired deletion method seeDeletion Methods p 76 Deletion Methods TuneUp Shredder provides the following three deletion methods that differ in terms of length of deletion and security of deletion Each of these deletion methods can be increased by repe
84. f you never use the program This makes perfect sense with a virus scanner for example On the other hand some other startup programs could place an unnecessary load on your system The fewer the programs that start up automatically in the background the faster your system will start up In addition your computer will run faster if there are no unnecessary programs active in the background What Guidance Does TuneUp StartUp Manager Offer For each program decide based on the following information whether it should start automatically in the background on startup Evaluation For most startup programs TuneUp StartUp Manager provides an evaluation showing you whether an automatic startup of the program is necessary unnecessary or optional Thanks to a database maintained by the TuneUp team all security related programs for example will be classified as necessary Well known unnecessary startup programs will be classified as unnecessary Other programs that appear incorrectly in the list will also be considered as unnecessary This is the case for example if an entry in the list refers to a program that has already been uninstalled This classification can result in many programs being classified as optional In this case the decision is based on your usage behavior The description online search or the Rating function for programs will help you further with this Read more here about how the Rating function for programs can help you ma
85. file on your computer The following for mats are supported Type eoan Description YP sion pt TuneU F TBS The individual format of TuneUp Styler boot screen Serdod BOOTKSKIN The romai of many boot screens on websites such as www wi Bootskin ncustomize com BMP PNG If you select an image in one of these formats the Create boot Images GIF JPG screen dialog is automatically called up with this image allow JPEG ing you to make additional adjustments The system kernel of Windows XP in which a boot screen was EXE incorporated TuneUp Styler extracts the boot screen from this EXE file and saves it in Styler format Ntoskrnl exe files 3 Select a new boot screen and give it a name under which it will appear in the TuneUp Styler list You can also enter the name of an author The newly added boot screen now appears in the list You can add additional boot screens Creating your Own Boot Screen 1 Under Boot screens click Create new A wizard appears with which you can search for and adapt an image You can select an image on your computer or on an external storage device You also have the option of first transferring an image from a camera or scanner or starting a Google image search directly from TuneUp Styler In both cases you save the required image to a location that you can easily find again and click on Search local drives to load the saved image 2 Optimize the appearance of your new image Please note that th
86. guring Live Optimization Allows you to activate two optimization measures for increasing the response rate and system startup speed See also How to Configure Live Optimization p 24 Configuring Turbo Mode Allows you to specify the background programs and maintenance processes that should be temporarily turned off for a performance boost See also How to Configure Your Own TuneUp Turbo Mode p 39 TuneUp Utilities Undoing Changes Allows you to reverse changes made with TuneUp Utilities or to resort to Windows restore points See also How to Undo Changes p 138 Checking for Updates Checks whether new updates are available for your TuneUp Utilities and installs them See also How to Check for Updates p 141 Showing the Optimization Report Shows you what TuneUp Utilities has optimized on your computer to date See also How to Display the TuneUp Optimization Report p 143 135 TuneUp Utilities Manual Editing the Registry In the following chapters you will find out how you can edit the registry using the TuneUp Registry Editor module i Please note that this feature is only intended to be used by experienced users Introduction The Windows registry is in effect a huge central database Every new item of hardware or software you install is registered here Over time the registry gets larger and larger making it increasingly difficult to keep a handle on things Experts in these matters searching
87. hanges For this reason you may have to restore a number of super fluous files before you can use just one file again that you deleted by accident Delete If you are quite sure that you no longer need a backup you can delete it permanently using this button Restore Use this button to restore the system to its status before the selected backup System Restore In the right hand column TuneUp Rescue Center shows you a list of all stored backups and also the time at which each entry was changed For more information see Introduction p 138 Create Backup Use this button to create a system restore point Give this point a name by which to remember this system status at a later time Since a system restore point saves the status of your configuration and system files before making any sig nificant changes to the system such as installing a program you are advised to create a system restore point If something goes wrong during installation or your computer no longer works the way it used to you can always restore it back to its original status at any time Delete If you are quite sure that you no longer need a backup you can delete it permanently using this button Restore Use this button to restore the system to its status before the selected backup You will need to restart your system This function is useful if your computer no longer functions properly following a change to the system Q First select a restore p
88. he TuneUp Program Deactivator You can use the brand new TuneUp Pro grams on Demand Technology to fully disable programs and thereby reduce system load without hav ing to uninstall them completely We hope you enjoy using TuneUp Utilities and your new revitalized PC The TuneUp Team TuneUp Utilities Manual 6 New Features in this Version With TuneUp Utilities you can make sure your PC notebook or netbook is in the best of health all without any expensive upgrades Below is an overview of the most important new features in this version TuneUp Program Deactivator with TuneUp Programs on Demand Technology Now for the first time you can completely disable programs and reduce their load on your PC the services startup programs background processes or planned tasks of a disabled program are inactive until you need them again This prevents a loss of performance following numerous program installations Improved TuneUp Turbo Mode The TuneUp Turbo Mode now gives you an even greater performance boost whenever you need it It now shuts off nearly 80 hindering factors in the background to provide greater performance for your work more fluid gameplay and full control over the hindering background activities The New TuneUp Tuning Status Thanks to the clear graphs the TuneUp Tuning Status shows you ata glance how well you are using TuneUp Utilities to optimize your PC You are shown any remaining potential here by the relevant
89. he applicable answer from the list The more unnecessary features you disable here the quicker your computer will start up and work because after this optimization Windows will no longer run these background programs that start up auto matically and are constantly active You can change the setting you make here at any time by clicking on Change profile at the top right of TuneUp StartUp Optimizer EA TuneUp StartUp Optimizer S ese Gi Tuneup ED Rescue Center FF Change profile e Optimize system startup and shutdown Your system startup and shutdown are optmized There are no recom mendations for optimizing system startup and shutdown Your system configuration is optimal Optimization recommendations Your system has been optimized System Start Optimized 3 Windows services Optimized pM System settings Optimized Detail lt gt Rescue Center active E O i This view provides you with an overview of any optimization recommendations found You can apply them all by clicking once on Optimize all TuneUp Utilities Manual Details Click on a recommendation or on the Details link to see detailed descriptions of the individual rec ommendations Alternatively switch to the Details tab Here you can apply all recommendations by clicking once on Optimize all Click on a recommendation in the Optimization recommendations column A description of the program and the recommendation are displ
90. he degree of frag mentation You should allow at least 5 to 20 minutes The following table explains all possible steps Analysis Explanation step pare Normal and thorough analysis Checking files and folders Every element in the file system is checked The program ensures that the structures of all files NTFS and and folders are correct FAT Checking Indexes are references to folders in the NTFS file system If any of these indexes are damaged indexes the associated folders will not be displayed in the file system NTFS If any of your files or folders have suddenly disappeared there is a good chance that they only will be recovered after repairing the file system Checking security Files and folders in the NTFS file system are usually protected by security descriptors that pre descriptors vent access by unauthorized users During analysis errors in these descriptions are found and NTFS corrected only Thorough analysis only Checking All sectors of the drive that currently contain data will be checked This ensures that no read file data errors take place when working with files If sectors are found that require multiple read NTFS attempts to successfully read the data the file data contained will be moved to a sector that is only free of errors The sector is then marked as defective This prevents future problems Checking ie Free ipae All drive sectors that do not conan any tiles will be
91. he list and clicking on Discard unsaved changes made to this ele ment At the bottom right of the window click Accept to carry out the change How to undo changes You can discard any changes not yet accepted for an element by selecting them in the list and clicking on Discard unsaved changes made to this element Any changes already made to an element can be undone by selecting the element and clicking Reset ele ment to Windows default Please note that this link is only displayed if the element does not currently cor respond to the Windows default If you should want to undo changes made to multiple items you can click Reset category or Reset all cat egories The first link only resets the elements of the currently selected tab the second all system elements that can be changed with TuneUp Styler 101 TuneUp Utilities Manual ley When you click on either link a dialog appears where you can choose whether you want to reset all ele ments to the Windows default or whether you only wish to discard any unsaved changes for these elements The second option is only available if there are changes that have not yet been applied TuneUp Utilities Manual als Managing Icon Packages Introduction It is of course a very laborious task to change every Windows icon individually TuneUp Styler therefore allows you to swap all old fashioned Windows icons for new ones in one fell swoop Adding an Icon Package 1 Inthe Tune
92. if you start up a program manually when the computer is already under heavy load For a short period immediately after the program has started processing power is temporarily redistributed giving the program in question a separate performance boost This boost is achieved by tem porarily prioritizing the program in question The following pictures represent the inside of your computer before and after the Accelerate program start ups option is enabled Here you can see how a newly started program receives a particular performance boost For a short period immediately after the program is started orange the processing power of the computer is temporarily redistributed giving the program in question a separate performance boost This boost is achieved by temporarily prioritizing the program in question No other programs green and blue are affected How do I know when Live Optimization was enabled The great thing about Live Optimization is that it works intelligently in the background Whenever one of these two optimization methods is improving the performance of your PC in the background this is also indicated by the icon in the notification area of the taskbar TuneUp Utilities Manual 4 Optimizing the System Your computer does not always work quite how you would like it to Often it seems to take an eternity to call up individual programs or to save files and you start to doubt the performance capabilities of your com puter Bu
93. ined for certain however Restoring files 1 Select the files that you wish to restore Use Ctrl click to select multiple files 2 Click Restore to start the recovery attempt 3 Specify whether the files should be restored to the original folder or to another location If you wish to select a different location the folder hierarchy appears and you can select a folder or create a new folder Click OK to confirm your entry TuneUp Undelete now restores the selected files to the location specified You can also exit the dialog at any time by pressing Cancel Was the recovery successful As soon as restoration has finished you can try to open the file If this works the file was successfully restored If this doesn t work the file had probably already been overwritten by another file If you now wish to use another program to recover deleted files so as to be sure that you have tried everything we strongly urge you not to install this on the same hard disk as the file was stored on TuneUp Utilities Manual Showing System Information In the following chapters you will find out how you can use the TuneUp System Information module to display system information Introduction TuneUp System Information looks into your computer and collects all sorts of facts and information about your hardware and software and your computer s performance This information is important if you wish to upgrade your computer or if an engi
94. ions that you don t want maintenance to be performed when the computer is running off the battery so as not to reduce the battery life unnecessarily This option is enabled by default TuneUp Utilities Manual Increasing Performance In the following chapters you will find out why it is important to do so and how you can use Increase per formance to increase the performance of your system by turning off unnecessary tasks and services Pass All modifications to your system will be monitored by TuneUp Rescue Center and can be undone if _ gt necessary Increasing Performance Introduction You can improve your system performance by turning off tasks and services that run in the background and that you rarely if ever need for your day to day work For tablet PC compatibility i e the option of operating the computer by moving a stylus across the screen or network server technologies You can also increase the performance of your computer by uninstalling programs A search is therefore run for programs that have not been used for a long time programs that you may not even remember you had and which slow down your system unnecessarily TuneUp Utilities also recognizes when your computer hardware is not powerful enough increase pertormance details 23 min oe Src Taoa 0 acessories E Th of your sy a mized T ge g h the pi ked th j t setting D ine BF Daph 4 be H im He y i tavas s D Tu
95. ions in the Start Center and selecting the Defragment entry under Registry An introductory screen is displayed a TuneUp Registry Defrag canm Welcome to TuneUp Registry Defrag TuneUp Registry Defrag rewrites your Windows system central database the registry and removes structural errors and defects The performance of your computer will be optimized by Reducing fragments Repairing structural defects Recovering unused memory space Next TuneUp Registry Defrag will calculate how much your registry is Fragmented Click Next to analyze your Registry Click Next to start the analysis TuneUp Registry Defrag determines how heavily fragmented the registry is and whether an opti mization is necessary Before the analysis a message appears advising you to close all other programs During the analysis TuneUp Registry Defrag turns the screen gray and displays a wait dialog A small clock flashes in the upper left corner of this window showing you that the module is still working A progress bar is also shown to inform you of the progress of the analysis There is no need to worry if the progress bar does not move for several minutes Choose when you want to perform the optimization The module shows you the analysis results If there is potential for optimization you can find out here by how many percent and how many kilobytes the size of the registry can be reduced TuneUp Utilities Manual
96. ist of file extensions included is adapted to suit your system automatically by TuneUp Disk Space Explorer Click Advanced on the top right of your window to display this list You can customize this easily by unchecking the checkbox The Other category shows you all other files that do not belong to any of the other file types This is where the list of extensions displayed after clicking Advanced is particularly helpful as you can con figure which files should be shown in the list shown below In the context menu displayed after right clicking on the list of file extensions you can quickly select everything or reverse the current selection Explore your own hard drive and use the available views to look for ways that you can gain more disk space Sorting the list by file size or date of last access can also help you discover interesting files Simply use the mouse to click on the column s gray highlighted title Cleanup tip Sorting files by the date of last access in combination with limiting a view to certain file types allows you to find objects such as older MP3 files or videos that you may not want to listen to or watch any more Top 100 files For most users this is the most interesting view This shows you the 100 largest files in the selected location of the folder tree clearly organized by file size As the contents of all subfolders are included this view allows you to free up hundreds of megabytes or even several gigabytes wi
97. ith Microsoft about crashed programs or other errors when Turbo Mode is on Turn off support for virtual machines This option is only available if your computer has software for vir tual machines installed on it This setting turns off background functions for the use of virtual machines when Turbo Mode is on Step 6 Additional performance boost Every time Windows starts up it starts up services that are used rarely or never These services can occupy a large amount of the system s resources and slow down your PC To prevent these services from not working when you need them you should only turn them off temporarily for an added performance boost Turn off rarely used services This setting turns off services that are only needed in specific circumstances e g company networks or situations e g installation of new programs when Turbo Mode is on Turn off special encryption services When Turbo Mode is on this setting turns off services for logging onto a domain Turn off network communication services When Turbo Mode is on this setting turns off network com munication services that are rarely used e g fax or peer to peer services TuneUp Utilities Manual How long should Turbo Mode stay switched on The Turbo Mode can either be switched off automatically when the computer is shut down or stay on until you switch it off manually If you leave Turbo Mode on constantly this can also speed up the startup proc ess However p
98. ividual problems from the list so that they are not found by the analysis Just proceed as follows 1 Select a problem from the list of corresponding areas 2 In the Edit menu select Ignore problem You can also get to this function using the list entry context menu Include ignored problems again If you no longer wish to ignore a problem you can add it back to the analysis Just proceed as follows 1 In the File menu select Ignored problems 2 Highlight it in the list and click Remove Show entries in the registry From the detailed problem list for an area you can go straight to the relevant entry in the registry for every problem Just proceed as follows 1 Select a problem from the list 2 In the Edit menu select Problem details and Go to key You can also get to this function using the list entry context menu Edit the registry In the toolbar click Registry Editor to directly call up the TuneUp Utilities module for editing the registry TuneUp Utilities Manual Defragmenting the Registry In the following chapters you will find out how you can use the TuneUp Registry Defrag module to reduce the size of the registry by defragmenting it and why it is important to do so Introduction The registry is the heart of a Windows system It is where Windows continuously stores entries values and keys In addition each newly installed program and every newly connected hardware is entered in the reg istry where it re
99. ix common problems TuneUp Utilities Manual Alternatively you can start the module by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and selecting the Fix common problems entry under Windows Select the problems you have for repair E TuneUp Repair Wizard Select the problems that you are experiencing With this wizard you can correct many frequent problems in Windows select them and click on Next If you are experiencing some of the problems below Changes to the operation of Windows Vista Display issues a a The taskbar cannot be displayed ial 45 Icons are displayed incorrectly 5 Link arrows are not displayed ia we Mini applications are not displayed correctly Icons on the desktop 7 pli Computer icon is no longer displayed B User Files icon is no longer displayed Wi 1E Recycle Bin icon is no longer displayed E Network icon is no longer displayed Problems working with files and folders im a The Font folder is not working No menu bar is displayed in folder windows Since Windows Vista the menu bar is hidden by default and only displayed when pressing the Alt key Tf you do not like this TuneUp Repair Wizard can create the necessary settings to permanently display the menu bar L TE Folder view and Windows Explorer do not work lt Back TuneUp Repair Wizard shows you a clearly arranged list of common Windows problem
100. k is necessary The link for starting 1 Click Maintenance can be found in the status field of the Maintain system category in the Start Center The Automatic Maintenance is particularly useful for all users who would rather sit back or do other things than worry about the maintenance of their computer 1 Click Maintenance is particularly suited to those users who would rather set the time for maintenance themselves and wish to monitor its progress After maintenance has been performed by 1 Click Main tenance further details on any problems found are also displayed By default 1 Click Maintenance performs the following tasks for you TuneUp 1 Click Maintenance Sex By TuneUp 8 gt 1 Click Maintenance i 44 problems found g Clean registry Show details B Defragment registry Optimization not required 9 problems found Show details Y Remove broken shortcuts a Delete temporary files Optimization not required 7 ky Optimize system startup and shutdown eee leash Show details Zs Defragment hard disks Analyzing 3 lt Tests are being carried out Analyzing Local disk C TuneUp Utilities Manual 1 Click Maintenance cleans your registry Over time the central Windows registry becomes filled with hundreds of superfluous entries These include references to non existent files backlogs of programs deleted long ago and faulty entries Your registry is cleaned making your Windo
101. ke the decision e Rating Function for Programs p 144 Description If you select a startup program in the list the database will supply a description of the program to make the decision easier for you In the case of very unusual programs TuneUp StartUp Manager might not recognize a program If so you can obtain information on this program by searching online via a link In addition you can also help ensure that a description of this program appears here in future by providing TuneUp with information on this program via the Report program link TuneUp Utilities Manual Rating The Usefulness column provides you with information on how useful you and or other users of TuneUp Util ities found the program If you have not yet provided a rating you can rate it now The ratings of other users are called up by TuneUp Utilities from a serverdatabase and displayed These ratings are automatically updated regularly If you are still unsure despite our guidance whether you should disable a startup program we recommend that you disable just one startup program reboot the computer and start up the programs you use in the usual way If something does not work properly following the restart all you have to do is select the checkbox again If everything is fine you can disable the next entry and enjoy a faster system startup TuneUp Utilities Manual Configuring Turbo Mode In the following chapters you will find out when it can be useful
102. l data types You can now remove unnecessary files and old backups and also remove or disable Windows functions Removing unnecessary files or old backups 1 Click Unnecessary files or Old backups A clearly arranged list of the files found or old backups is opened You see at a glance how much space you could gain To exclude individual file or backup types from being cleaned up uncheck the relevant checkboxes For each file or backup type you can also view a description in the right hand window area by selecting it 2 Click Cleanup Cleanup may take several minutes While the cleanup is taking place very occasionally it can appear that TuneUp Utilities is not reacting This is for technical reasons and is no cause for concern As soon as the cleanup is complete operations will continue normally and a message indicating that the cleanup was successful will be displayed You can close this dialog TuneUp Utilities Manual Disabling or Removing Windows Functions Click Windows functions to view the status of the individual functions For every function you receive a description that helps you decide how to proceed The system shows you how much disk space is taken up by an activated function You can disable or remove the following optional Windows functions Hibernation File Hibernation mode is when your computer is shutdown without needing to close any windows programs or documents that may be open first All data in the memory
103. l views by click ing on the respective tab at the top edge In each view you will receive a list and you can sort the columns into ascending or descending order easily by clicking on the column name Sorting according to size in particular will give you a quick overview of your biggest files The following views are available for displaying the disk space allocation TuneUp Utilities Manual Overview The default view Overview is an ideal first step when cleaning up your drives The most important infor mation from all of the other views is combined to give you a general overview You can always find information about the selected element in the folder tree at the top of the window in the area with a colorful background The size and percentage of space used is displayed for each drive If however a folder is selected this area will show you the size of the folder including all its files and sub folders You also receive information on the creation date of the folder and when it was last used In the lower area of the window you will see the following tables My Computer With regard to the first table My Computer represents an exception Instead of an overview of the largest files and folders it will show the occupied space for each drive Computer With regard to the first table the Computer view represents an exception Instead of an overview of the largest files and folders it will show the occupied space for each drive
104. layed on the desktop It keeps you constantly informed of thestatus of your computer You no longer need to start TuneUp Utilities to find out whether potential for optimization has been identified in the Maintain system Increase performance and Fix problems categories What is more you can start TuneUp Util Turbo Mode ities and also turn on Turbo Mode from the gadget TuneUp Utilities Gadget Introduction oO Please note that gadgets are not supported in Windows XP so unfortunately you cannot enjoy this function unless you have Windows Vista or Windows 7 What is a Gadget Gadgets or widgets are small programs that are permanently displayed on the desktop and which provide the user with up to date information What is the TuneUp Utilities Gadget for The TuneUp Utilities Gadget tells you the status of your computer at all times without you needing to start TuneUp Utilities separately The gadget is integrated in TuneUp Utilities and informs you of the current status of the three areas of the Status amp recommendations category Clicking on one of the three buttons in the gadget opens Status amp recommendations in the TuneUp Util ities Start Center Here you can address the problems or recommendations directly You can update the gadget display at any time using the small refresh button Turbo Mode The TuneUp Utilities Gadget also gives you the option of turning on the TuneUp Turbo Mode You can see that th
105. leanup from the TuneUp Registry Cleaner main window click Start cleaning If you have excluded problems from the cleanup these will not be fixed If after the cleanup has finished the Check Again button appears find out more information here TuneUp Utilities Manual Check Again Sometimes the Check Again button appears and the wizard recommends that you check your system again This always happens if new entries in the registry have been made invalid by the cleanup This is not an error in the module but a chain reaction that can occur in the Program components and File types areas Example In the registry entry A points to entry B which in turn points to the missing file X In the first scan TuneUp Registry Cleaner determines that entry B is invalid because file X cannot be found Entry B is deleted during cleanup This in turn makes entry A invalid as it points to the now deleted entry B 1 Click Check Again These two categories alone will be analyzed again 2 Click Finish to close the wizard Repeat the cleanup as often as required As soon as no new problems are found you can exit the mod ule with the confidence that you have removed a great deal of junk from your system Functions for advanced users If you are sure that you want to exclude individual areas from cleanup or want to look at the entries in the registry or even edit them you will find the following functions useful Ignore Problems You can remove ind
106. lease note that for the system performance increase the features that you selected in the con figuration wizard must be switched off If when Turbo Mode is on you are missing a required feature turn Turbo Mode off and modify your settings so that when you restart Turbo Mode this feature is available again TuneUp Turbo Mode Configuration Wizard tS How long should Turbo Mode stay enabled If the Turbo Mode is permanently enabled this can also speed up your computer s startup process because the functions recently selected remain disabled Until the computer is shut down 5 Turn on permanently You can access this wizard any time via the Start Center s Settings menu A Tf you discover that a necessary function is not available in Turbo Mode simply turn off the Turbo Mode and change your settings Cancel lt Back Finish Click Finish to close this wizard TuneUp Utilities Manual Cleaning the Registry In the following chapters you will find out how you can use the TuneUp Registry Cleaner module to clean the registry and why it is important to do so gt All modifications to your system will be monitored by TuneUp Rescue Center and can be undone if necessary Introduction The registry is the heart of a Windows system It is where Windows continuously stores entries values and keys In addition each newly installed program and every newly connected hardware it
107. letes them This prevents error messages when these references are called up See also How to Remove Broken Shortcuts p 54 Displaying and Closing Running Processes Allows you to view your running processes and open files and to exit or close these in the event of prob lems See also How to Manage Running Processes p 83 Recommendations Increase performance Shows you recommendations for increasing your system performance by making modifications to hardware and software Internet settings and visual effects See also How to Increase the Performance of Your Computer p 19 Fixing Problems Shows you existing problems that have a negative impact on your system s health and suggests solutions for remedying these problems See also Fixing Problems Details p 22 Accelerating System Startup and Shutdown Checks your computer for recommendations for accelerating system startup and shutdown e g disabling unnecessary startup programs See also How to Accelerate System Startup and Shutdown p 56 134 TuneUp Utilities Manual TuneUp Settings General Settings Allows you to customize TuneUp Utilities to suit your needs apply maintenance settings and configure Live Optimization Turbo Mode and the updates check for TuneUp Utilities Configure Maintenance Allows you to specify maintenance tasks that should be run automatically at regular intervals See also How to Make Maintenance Settings p 16 Confi
108. lla 29 3MB Low titit QuickTime Apple Inc 73 8MB Low E Screenshot Captor 2 84 02 12 8MB Low O Skype 4 2 Skype Technolo 31 8MB Low JE Spybot Search amp Destroy Safer Networkin 52 1MB Low kitt E Steam valve Corporation 15MB Low kek DZ Symprex Mail Signature M Symprex Limited 0 7MB Low De TuneUp utilities 2011 TuneUp Software 58MB Low kitit virtualCloneDrive Elaborate Bytes 21MB Low kit No 33 TuneUp Utilities Manual 1 Launch the TuneUp Uninstall Manager module by going to the Optimize System category in the Start Center and selecting Uninstall unneeded programs in the Reduce system load area Alternatively you can start the module by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and selecting the Uninstall entry under Installed programs Before the program starts the startup screen may appear for the Rating function for pro grams Here you can decide whether to enable this feature and click OK read more about this under How to Turn On the Rating Function p 145 TuneUp Uninstall Manager shows you a list of all installed programs In the menu bar click Organize to sort the table by column or select a filter under View to display only selected programs This will help you quickly identify what programs you no longer use or which take up the most space 2 Ifyou select an entry from the list additional information on the program is displayed in the Details area on the right
109. lso browse all drives 3 Restrict your search You can refine your search through the entry of search terms This is recommended if you can remember the name of the file or even just part of the name Search tip Use the wildcards and When entering your search terms you can use wildcards These function in exactly the same way as in many standard search engines The use of wildcards when searching is useful if you cannot remember the precise name of the file or only wish to search for a certain file extension and can be used as wildcards whereby represents multiple characters and stands for an individ ual character Examples for the use of wildcards e A search using photo will find all files whose name starts with photo and of all file types i e photo_01 jpg photo bmp photo_paris tif etc e A search for photo or for photo no wildcard will find all files called photo and of all file types i e photo jpg photo doc photo tif etc e A search for doc will find all files with the extension doc e A search for photo_ finds all files whose name starts with photo_ and which have two further characters in their name and of any file type i e photo_01 photo_09 etc TuneUp Utilities Manual Why should I search for 0 byte files 0 byte files consist solely of the file name It is impossible to restore the content of such files If for example you have deleted a file with a strictly confidential file name a
110. m startup unnecessarily The waiting time for services to shut down is also reduced Serv ices will therefore close faster when shutting down and the shutdown procedure itself will be faster You can either apply all of these recommendations immediately or look at the detailed descriptions first and then decide one by one TuneUp Utilities Manual How to Accelerate System Startup and Shutdown Launch the TuneUp StartUp Optimizer tool by going to the Optimize system category in the Start Center and selecting Accelerate system startup and shutdown from the Run maintenance tasks manually area The TuneUp StartUp Optimizer window is displayed Alternatively you can start the module by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and select ing the Accelerate system startup and shutdown entry under Recommendations You may first have to enter information for your profile at this point in order to obtain tailored rec ommendations Which services and devices do you use on this computer Here you can switch off functions that you do not use It identifies which functions and services you have already set up and only recommends those that are not being used For example if you never use a printer you can turn off all background programs that are related to print control Simply specify this here If you never need to access a company network or domain you can turn off all related background pro grams and services Simply select t
111. m tow kett 14 6 SA progam in thes view ore activated 5 Amam Contes gether Before the program starts the startup screen may appear for the Rating function for programs Here you can decide whether to enable this feature and click OK read more about this under How to Turn On the Rating Function p 145 The TuneUp Program Deactivator module uses TuneUp Programs on Demand Technology p 27 which reduces the load on your system and thereby increases system performance How to Disable Programs 1 Select a program in the list that has the status Enabled 2 Disable the program using the switch in the status column or in the details area or click on the Disable button in the toolbar How to Enable Programs 1 Select a program in the list that has the status Disabled 2 Enable the program using the switch in the status column or in the details area or click on the Enable button in the toolbar How to Enable or Disable More than One Program If you select more than one program at the same time the possible action depends on the predominant status For example if two selected programs are disabled and one is enabled you can only enable the pro grams However with two enabled and one disabled program you can only disable the programs Following the action a window is shown in the display area to the left informing you of the result of your action TuneUp Utilities Manual Load Points What Are They and How Are
112. meaningful icons e You can even give your favorites in Internet Explorer their own icon This will help you to find your most favorite favorites from a usually very long list 3 Click through the individual elements of the tree structure and select an element to which you would like to assign a more creative icon 4 Click Replace icon Please note that this is not possible for the three elements Computer Start menu and Favorites The icon library opens in which the current icon of the selected element appears This is usually a library that was already installed with Windows If you have your own icon library on your computer you can find its content using Browse 5 Select an icon 6 Click OK to apply your changes immediately Undoing individual changes To undo a change select an item in the list and click Reset element to Windows default Undoing multiple changes If you want to undo several changes at once you may find the Restore backup of an old session link useful It starts TuneUp Rescue Center and enables you to undo the changes carried out with TuneUp Styler on a certain date TuneUp Utilities Manual mios Icon Display Category Introduction Here you can change the appearance of icons on the desktop Here s how it works 1 Start the TuneUp Styler module by going to the Customize Windows category in the Start Center and clicking on the Personalize the appearance of Windows entry in the Change Windows app
113. n is displayed as standard TuneUp Styler lets you switch this boot screen for a different one with just a few clicks Or let your imagination run wild and create your own boot screen with your favorite vacation photo for example This is how it works 1 Start the TuneUp Styler module by going to the Customize Windows category in the Start Center and selecting Personalize the appearance of Windows under Change Windows appearance 2 On the navigation bar click in the left hand window area on Boot screen TuneUp Styler lists all available boot screens When you use the module for the first time you will only see the default Windows screen here 3 You can add new boot screens to the list before finally accepting them To do so you have the fol lowing options To select an existing boot screen in the list proceed with step 4 Downloading previously created boot screens 1 Inthe top left click Add under Boot screens 2 Select the entry Download Boot Screens from TuneUp Online This takes you to TuneUp Website where you find a wide range of different boot screens which you can use to customize the start process to suit you 3 Click on a boot screen This is automatically opened with TuneUp Styler and added to the list TuneUp Utilities Manual Adding Boot Screens from a File 1 Inthe top left click Add under Boot screens 2 Select Load boot screen from a file An Explorer window opens and you can select any given
114. n screen TuneUp Styler lets you change the logon screen to suit your per sonal taste This logon screen shows a list of all user accounts Users must select their account from this list enter their password if one is set and are then logged on to the system This is how it works 1 Start the TuneUp Styler module by going to the Customize Windows category in the Start Center and clicking on the Personalize the appearance of Windows entry in the Change Windows appearance area 2 On the navigation bar click in the left hand window area on Logon screen TuneUp Styler lists all available logon screens The first time you use the module the only screen in the list will be the default Windows boot screen 3 You can first add new logon screens to the list before you accept it finally You have the following options for this To select an existing logon screen from the list proceed with step 4 Downloading previously created logon screens 1 Click Add in the top left under Logon screens 2 Select the entry Download Logon Screens from TuneUp Online This takes you to the TuneUp Online where you will find a wide selection of different logon screens which you can use to give your system an individual style 3 Click on a logon screen This is automatically opened with TuneUp Styler and added to the list Adding Logon Screens from a File 1 Click Add in the top left under Logon screens 2 Select the entry Load logon screen fr
115. nd pro grams is preserved so that after switching your computer back on you can continue working right where you left off Whereas power save mode still requires a small amount of power in hibernate mode the com puter can be completely disconnected from the power supply However putting the computer into hiber nate mode and then waking it will take much longer You can find the Launch TuneUp Styler option in both Windows 7 and Windows Vista It opens the TuneUp Styler tool in a new window Here you can personalize the appearance of Windows to suit you e g adjust the icons of folders and menu items 117 TuneUp Utilities Manual Recently Used Use the Default settings button to restore the Windows default settings Windows XP Under Recently used files you can set whether recently used files are to appear under Documents in the Start Menu You can also define the exact number of documents to be displayed When logging off you can also automatically clear the list Windows Vista and Windows 7 Under Recently used files you can set whether recently used files appear in the Start menu under Recently used You can also delete the content of the list Under Recently used programs you can specify whether recently used programs should appear in the Start menu On Windows Vista you can also use Settings to specify which programs you want to be displayed in the Start menu common dialogs The default setting is for Windows to show all r
116. nd want to be sure that this file can never be found again you can include 0 byte files in the search Why should I only search for files in good condition With files that are in good condition you stand a good chance of recovering the file in full 4 Click Next to start the search TuneUp Undelete searches every selected drive in turn For large hard disks and if you have not entered any search terms the search can take quite a long time Search result displays the file name the original storage location folder the size file type date last changed and an estimate of the condition of the file File Restoration Condition of a deleted file For every deleted file TuneUp Undelete determines its probable condition This is of course the most impor tant information at this point you receive a very accurate prediction of whether a file can be restored again in full Good condition If the condition of a file is likely to be good the place the file originally took up on the hard disk will not yet have been replaced with another file It is therefore highly probable that the file can be successfully restored Poor condition If the condition of a file is likely to be poor this means that the place that it once took up on the hard disk will have been partly overwritten by other files However there is still a chance that at least some of the file can be restored The precise result of the restoration cannot at this time be determ
117. neer asks you whether cer tain components are installed on your computer How to Show System Information Start the TuneUp System Information module by going to the Fix problems category in the Start Center and clicking on Show system information Alternatively you can start the module by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and select ing the Show system information entry under Computer i TuneUp System Information Sama Hl Overview ja i Windows P Bi Display ale Memory I J Performance o carves B yopevices YF Communication System Devices Processor Manufacturer Intel Corporation Identification Intel R Core MMj2 Duo CPU E6750 2 66GHz Code name Conroe Frequency 2666 MHz L1 cache 32 KB L2 cache 4 096 KB Socket cPU Processor Details BIOS Manufacturer Dell Inc Date 3 21 2008 Version A04 Size 1MB The facts about your system are displayed on the following nine tabs Overview The overview displays summarized information on the most important components of your computer This quickly shows you what processor is installed the system RAM the graphic card performance the mouse in use and any available information regarding the disk drives Windows Here you can find out what version of Windows and of Internet Explorer you are using and when you last booted your computer Display All important information including the su
118. netlp s 2S Revewe Canter setie a Your Internet settings can prevent Windows from using the bandwidth of your Internet connection opti mally Downloading two files at once or downloading data from websites can be slowed down by Windows default settings You will also be shown the potential for optimization here too Should your computer be slowed down by superfluous visual effects this will be identified TuneUp Utilities checks your computer for such performance sapping visual effects and provides rec ommendations for increasing performance To enable TuneUp Utilities to provide you with comprehensive recommendations you must complete the profile before running the software for the first time The way is then clear to a rapid and simple per formance boost Pass All modifications to your system will be monitored by TuneUp Rescue Center and can be undone if necessary TuneUp Utilities Manual How to Increase the Performance of Your Computer You can find out if you have any recommendations by going to the Status amp recommendations category in the Start Center and looking at the status fields of the Increase performance area If you have hidden some recommendations these do not impact the status any more Open the details window by clicking on the Show details link When you open this window for the first time you must answer the short questions from the profile wizard so that the optimization can be precisely tailo
119. nformation about this in the How Secure is Deleting a File section in Introduction p 74 This section also provides information on how to delete confidential files securely so that they cannot be restored even with TuneUp Undelete TuneUp Utilities Manual 86 How to Search for Deleted Files 1 Start up the TuneUp Undelete module by going to the Fix problems category in the Start Center and selecting the Restore deleted files entry Alternatively you can start the module by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and selecting the Restore files entry under Hard disk amp TuneUp Undelete What do you want to search for Enter the desired search terms to narrow down the search If you don t know the name or file extension click Next to search for all deleted files Search criteria doc Search tip If you want to use more than one search criteria separate them using semicolons You can also use wildcards stands for several characters for just one For example doc finds all files with the extension doc n gt E Search for 0 byte size files E Show only files in good condition lt Back Cancel 2 Select the drives you want to scan for deleted files Q Even if you want to recover a file on an external storage medium for example a USB flash drive this option will still be displayed If you can no longer remember where the files were stored you can a
120. nges accordingly 2 Click Apply Steps 4 and 5 do not apply 4 Select the visual style you want from the list to preview it 5 Click Apply The display is now temporarily darkened while TuneUp Styler activates the new visual style for you After this brief moment your Windows system shines with a new brilliance Deleting a Visual Style If you want to remove a visual style from your computer entirely select it and click Delete TuneUp Utilities Manual ales Modifying Windows Settings In the following chapters you will find out how to modify your Windows system settings with the TuneUp System Control module gt All modifications to your system will be monitored by TuneUp Rescue Center and can be undone if necessary Introduction TuneUp System Control is a type of control center that allows you to quickly and easily adapt your Win dows system to your own requirements Regardless of whether you want to change the visual effects the desktop the way users log on the security of your system or memory management TuneUp System Control lets you configure and optimize any set ting down to the smallest detail The program protects your privacy by disabling on request Internet features that send data about your sur fing habits Simply browse through the individual categories you will be surprised by how many interesting and useful settings options there are TuneUp Utilities Manual How to Modify
121. ning If your computer is already working at near full capacity and you start a program this program will start more rapidly if it is briefly assigned a higher priority And if a background program suddenly gets carried away and requires a particularly high amount of computing power it will be assigned a lower priority so that the programs you are currently using will run more smoothly This enables work to be carried out quickly even at high capacity TuneUp Utilities Manual How to Configure Live Optimization Start the TuneUp Live Optimization module by going to the Start Center and clicking on the Configure Live Optimization entry on the right hand side of the Status amp recommendations category Alternatively you can open the module by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and select ing the Configure Live Optimization entry under TuneUp settings 4 TuneUp Live Optimization Configuration TuneUp VS Configure Live Optimization e How Live Optimization works Live Optimization runs in the background automatically improving your computers performance when it is required Show more information Select optimization measures Specify which Live Optimization measures should be carried out as necessary J Increase response rate J Speed up the startup of my programs The icon in the taskbar notification area indicates when Live Optimization has just carried out an optimization in
122. noti fications The New Rating Function for Programs TuneUp Utilities now gives you the option of rating the usefulness of programs and seeing the ratings of other TuneUp Utilities users This may help you to decide which programs you really need So that you can apply this new found knowledge immediately the Rating function for programs is directly integrated in the TuneUp Program Deactivator TuneUp StartUp Manager and TuneUp Uninstall Manager modules The New Look Start Center TuneUp Utilities gives you full control of and access to the most important tuning steps as well as a clear overview The new Start Center is now even more intuitive to operate Thanks to the arrangement into cat egories you will find the function you are looking for more easily and can check on the current status of your PC at any time The New Overview of all Functions TuneUp Utilities now has an Overview of all functions on the Start Center which gives you an overview sorted by application area and quick access to all functions and settings TuneUp Utilities Manual System Requirements e Windows XP Service Pack 2 or higher Windows Vista or Windows 7 all 32 bit or 64 bit versions e Min 300 MHz processor e 256MB RAM e Screen resolution at least 1024x600 pixels e Online version at least 80 MB of free disk space e CD version at least 300 MB of free disk space and CD ROM or DVD drive e Internet Explorer 6 or higher If you have bought the CD ver
123. nst running the CHKDSK scan program This program is launched automatically if the computer was not shut down properly and checks the integrity of the data on the hard disks Exit Windows XP Here you specify what Windows should do if individual programs have crashed Under Waiting time without response you can specify the time in milliseconds that the system gives the program to show a response It will then be ended in the Task Manager or when the computer is shut down Under End programs automatically you can set whether applications should be closed automatically or whether the End program dialog should be shown Desktop and Taskbar Here you can make settings regarding the stability of the desktop and taskbar Under Desktop amp taskbar in separate process you can enable the Run desktop and taskbar in a separate process option to increase the stability of the system if Explorer crashes This increases stability but requires an additional 8 MB of disk space Under Restart desktop amp taskbar automatically you can enable the options to ensure that both the desk top and taskbar are restarted again automatically if they should crash This means that the system remains operational Errors Here you can specify how the system should behave in the event of errors Under Audible error message you can enable the Give audible signal for errors option to specify that the system should make a sound if there is an error message or incor
124. nstalled there is always the risk that files that were dependent on it will no longer be able to be started If the program is left on the computer it is always available if it is needed but continues to impair system performance TuneUp Program Deactivator not only reduces the load of programs at system startup but also during nor mal operation and at shutdown where the load is a result of services and tasks belonging to one program TuneUp Programs on Demand Technology Thanks to the TuneUp Programs on Demand Technology there is now a third option Disable programs that are no longer required first and see if you can continue to work without them If you notice that you need a program again it is no longer a problem You can start the program as usual the TuneUp Pro grams on Demand Technology reactivates the program in the background as if you had never disabled it Design of TuneUp Program Deactivator TuneUp Program Deactivator is divided into three areas the All installed programs area the Load from installed programs area and the Details area All installed programs In the All installed programs area you can see an overview list of all the programs installed on your system together with their load status In the Name column the programs are sorted according to their load high medium or low Programs that do not place any load on the system have the status none and are not listed by name The value for the load is
125. of warnings or recommendations you can use the Show details link to immediately address the problem behind the warning or view the recommendations TuneUp Utilities Status amp recommendations Maintain system Increase performance Fix problems Automatic Attention Warning Shan gelmatnsenance Show details Show details settings Y Start 1 Click Maintenance Change profile ardure te Your computer will be 33 recommendations were 28 problems found steshied maintained every 3 usage days found when in idle mode Turbo Mode Tuning Status Completed optimizations 1of5 gt Tot your Windays W Vazeparsonnhepinebatneptaarsss A The recommended maintenance tasks have been ry carried out n 1 m Q HE There are 34 recommendations to increase f B performance F Undo changes Maintain System Area Maintain system The status in the Maintain System area shows how often your computer is maintained ana This takes into account whether Automatic Maintenance is carried out regularly with Q the most important maintenance tasks or whether you have manually run 1 Click Main change maintenance tenance recently settings Start iclick Maintenance Beneath the status display you will see two options Change maintenance settings Your computer will be and 1 Click Maintenance maintained every 3 usage days when in idle mode If you click on Change maintenance settings a window opens in which you
126. ogram Deleting Archived Files with TuneUp Disk Space Explorer After successfully archiving the files you can delete them safely in TuneUp Disk Space Explorer and thereby free up valuable disk space Select a file and then click Delete in the toolbar TuneUp Utilities Manual Securely Deleting Data In the following chapters you will find out how you can use the TuneUp Shredder module to permanently delete files folders and the Recycle Bin and why it is important to do so Securely Deleting Data Afterwards If you deleted a sensitive file in a normal way you cannot subsequently delete it with TuneUp Shredder However we have a tip for you When you defragment hard disks any deleted files are normally overwritten and cannot be recov ered afterwards Simply use TuneUp Drive Defrag to subsequently increase the security of a nor mal deletion method see How to Defragment Your Hard Disk p 59 Introduction When you delete a file it generally ends up in the Recycle Bin In Windows this Recycle Bin is simply a folder that collects files for deletion Retrieving a file from the Recycle Bin is child s play and therefore many users regularly empty the Recycle Bin or delete their files without sending them to the Recycle Bin in order to feel that the file has been securely deleted Note however that when you delete a file Windows does not actually remove it altogether its entire con tent remains on the hard disk Windo
127. oint that is as recent as possible in order to avoid undoing too many system w changes Changing Settings You can change some of the settings of the TuneUp Rescue Center In TuneUp Rescue Center click on the Settings button Alternatively you can enter these settings from the Start Center In the Settings menu select General and open the Rescue Center tab 139 TuneUp Utilities Manual Rescue Center Protection Every TuneUp Utilities module is protected by TuneUp Rescue Center as standard You can disable this sup port for individual modules by clearing the relevant checkboxes Backups Here you can set for how long the individual backups of TuneUp Rescue Center should be stored The standard setting is for backups to be automatically deleted after two weeks and for a maximum of 60 back ups to be stored Do not restrict the TuneUp Rescue Center protection too much in order to save disk space In the event of problems the protection function is very useful as a last resort and generally more important than saving a small amount of space on your hard disk 140 TuneUp Utilities Manual Checking for Updates In the following chapters you will find out how you can use the TuneUp Update Wizard module to keep your TuneUp Utilities up to date and why it is important to do so Introduction TuneUp Utilities is constantly being developed individual features are expanded or adapted to suit the latest technology and any
128. olders Here the four commands Send to Move to folder Copy to folder and Encrypt Decrypt can be dis played The checkbox is active for commands that are already enabled Selecting Default settings restores the Windows default settings New Menu Here you can select which file types should be shown in the New submenu of the context menu for the desktop Explorer and the Save dialog Use the checkboxes to set which file types should be displayed Select Remove to remove a selected entry from the list Select Add to include other file types in the list Under Options you can specify whether the New menu should appear in the context menu of the desk top and the free area of folder windows Opening Files Here you can select how Windows should proceed when opening files with unknown extensions Under Default application you can specify that either the Open with dialog is displayed or that a file is auto matically accessed with a certain program for example with Notepad To do so write the start name of the desired program in the field Alternatively select a program via Edit Advanced Windows XP Here you can specify whether a new link should be automatically marked as such By default the name of the shortcut is prefixed with a Shortcut to In the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer section you can decide whether double clicking on images and fax files automatically loads them into the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Windo
129. om 8 16 2010 to today System maintenance Optimization of system health POR Q Registry problems Fixed 424 J Hard disk problems fixed 1 EY Registry size reduced by 0 EE General system problems fixed 4 yY Removed broken shortcuts 6 Freed up disk space 0 00 MB Windows Customization A Appearance customization o Performance optimization Settings customization 1 F Optimization of system startup 7 Fes QJ Using Live Optimization 133 oa Hard disk defragmentation Q Using Turbo Mode 6 al Uninstalled programs o amp Local Disk C 9 0 i ce Er Deaktivierte Programme 12 GHP Loca Disk D2 oo If you hold your cursor over an optimization a small information window opens that displays details on the benefit of the optimization or details on the individual optimizations You can display this optimization report for the last seven days the last 30 days or for the entire period since installation To do so simply switch to the relevant tabs 143 TuneUp Utilities Manual 9 Rating Function for Programs You can turn on the useful Rating function for programs in the TuneUp Program Deactivator TuneUp StartUp Manager and TuneUp Uninstall Manager modules It shows you how useful other users of TuneUp Utilities found the programs that you have installed You can use the rating function to help you decide which programs you really need in your day to day work Often you are faced with a decision about which of your inst
130. om a file An Explorer window opens and you can select a file on your computer However only files in TuneUp Styler format with the TLS extension are supported In addition all available logon screens can be directly installed with the file Logonui exe or in Star dock LogonStudio format LOGONXP 3 Select a new logon screen and give it a name under which it should appear in the TuneUp Styler list You can also enter the name of an author The newly added boot screen now appears in the list You can add additional logon screens TuneUp Utilities Manual Creating your Own Logon Screen 1 Please note that this feature is not available on Windows XP Under Logon screens click Create new A wizard appears with which you can search for and adapt an image You can select an image on your computer or on an external storage device You also have the option of first transferring an image from a camera or scanner or starting a Google image search directly from TuneUp Styler In both cases you save the required image to a location that you can easily find again and click on Search local drives to load the saved image Please note that images found using the Google image search may be protected by copyright You must only use those images that are not protected by copyright 2 Optimize the appearance of your new image Please note that the available alignment options are only effective if the picture is not yet the cor rect size
131. on your system drive if important security programs are installed and if there are any new Win dows updates If you have hidden some problems these do not impact the status any more Open the details window by clicking on Show details Overview The details window lists the problems found When you select a problem from the list the detail panel gives you a short description of the problem and a suggestion for a solution Fixing Problems For each problem you can decide whether you want to solve it straightaway or hide it The easiest way is to fix problems by clicking on the link for the suggested solution Hiding Problems If you don t want to fix a problem immediately click Hide problem Now you can select whether you want to hide it permanently or only for 30 days TuneUp Utilities Manual Configuring Live Optimization In the following chapters you will find out how and why you can increase the performance of your com puter by turning on TuneUp Live Optimization Introduction TuneUp Live Optimization consists of two intelligent optimization methods that monitor the load your com puter is under in real time and can thereby intervene if necessary to avoid sudden drops in performance Both optimization methods work to accelerate performance one increases the computer s response rate the other the speed at which programs start up but only when necessary This is done by intelligently prioritizing the programs that are run
132. ore entries you have made into form fields are generally retained during navigation in a browser For websites to function correctly with active site contents it may however be necessary to manually refresh the websites regularly e g using F5 Search Here you can set which search engine Opera should use in general and for speed dial and how the speed dial should be displayed Under Default search engine you can specify which search engine Opera uses This is automatically selected in the search field in the address bar when Search is selected in the context menu of selected text and when entering several words in the address bar Under Speed dial default search engine you can change the search engine that is displayed by default in the speed dial page in a new empty tab E Mail and Chat Outlook Express Windows XP You can change the font here which is displayed in the application title bar You can also decide whether the application should show a splash screen when starting up Here you can also configure the security function that blocks executable e mail attachments If you do not wish to block these attachments you can disable this function But please note that such attachments may also contain malware such as viruses that are run when you click them 123 TuneUp Utilities Manual Windows Mail Windows Vista You can change the font here which is displayed in the application title bar You can also decide whether th
133. ou leave both options enabled as disabling them may have negative side effects on the efficiency of hard disk defrag mentation and on compatibility with older software Disk Space Windows automatically sounds the alarm if there is only a small amount of disk space remaining on a drive If this warning disturbs you you can disable the Display warning about low disk space option AutoPlay Under Monitoring media changes you can turn on the Monitor CD drives for change of media option If you do so Windows monitors the CD drives As soon as a new data carrier is inserted Windows reads it and tries to launch its content automatically Under AutoPlay you can click on Advanced to open a window in which you can specify autoplay settings for various data carriers such as music CDs Advanced Under TuneUp Styler you can click on Start TuneUp Styler to call up the tool and use it to change the icons of individual drives Under TuneUp Drive Defrag you can click on Start TuneUp Drive Defrag to open the tool for defrag menting drives and for optimally arranging files on the drives Windows XP Under My Computer you can click on Settings to specify which drives are displayed in the Windows My Computer Windows Vista and Windows 7 Under Computer you can click on Settings to specify which drives are displayed in the Windows My Com puter Memory and Cache Memory Management This includes settings for managing the physical and virtu
134. ou will also find a link to an unprecedented function Have you ever had an intelligent alter native to uninstallation Now you do TuneUp Program Deactivator the unique module that uses our pat ented TuneUp Programs on Demand Technology p 27 Manually Running Maintenance Tasks Being able to disable or uninstall programs is an important criterion for optimizing system performance But this may not achieve a great deal if your Windows system is still full of relics i e remnants of programs that were uninstalled long ago but were not fully removed You can use our cleanup program to only keep entries on the computer that really belong there then complete your tidying with a more intelligent arrangement of the system entries and data to ensure a quicker startup of programs and files TuneUp Utilities Manual Disabling Programs In the following chapters you will find out how you can use the TuneUp Program Deactivator module to disable programs that place a load on your system at various times at system startup during operation and at shutdown and why it is useful to do so Pass All modifications to your system will be monitored by TuneUp Rescue Center and can be undone if necessary Introduction Until now users only had two options for dealing with unnecessary programs They could either remove them from the system completely or accept that their background programs would continue to slow it down After a program is uni
135. ou with a graphical display of the progress The boxes displayed represent the space usage of the drive being examined 5 If no errors have been found click Finish to exit the module In some cases it is necessary to restart your computer in order to successfully complete the analysis or repair process This can happen for example when active programs or Windows itself are using the selected drive and thus prevent TuneUp Disk Doctor from having exclusive access If a system restart is necessary TuneUp Disk Doctor will show you a corresponding message You can then decide if the necessary restart should be performed immediately or if you would like to restart the system yourself at a later time TuneUp Utilities Manual Normal vs Thorough Analysis Normal analysis Normal analysis takes approx 1 2 minutes and is generally sufficient Normal analysis is carried out in several phases The table below shows explanations of all possible steps only the first three lines are performed during the normal analysis Thorough Analysis Thorough analysis covers all of the steps of the normal analysis In addition it checks your drives for phys ical defects Storage space on drives is divided into sectors each of which is usually 512 bytes in size In order to detect physical defects on a drive the thorough analysis checks each of these sectors The length of this analysis depends on several factors including the size of the drive and t
136. our work If you select this option following the number of days spec ified by you maintenance will be attempted as soon as your computer is in idle mode Three days is selected by default If after a period of a week it was not possible to perform full maintenance because your computer was not in idle mode for long enough then if you enable this option maintenance will be carried out anyway This prevents your computer from not being maintained over a long period of time If you choose scheduled maintenance the procedure is similar If your computer is not switched on at the time of scheduled maintenance Automatic Maintenance is performed 5 minutes after you next start your PC This option can also be disabled TuneUp Utilities Manual Maintenance Tasks Because TuneUp Utilities preferably wants to provide comprehensive maintenance for your computer all maintenance tasks are activated by default for both Automatic Maintenance and 1 Click Maintenance However if you do not want certain maintenance tasks to be performed you can exclude them from main tenance For example if you would rather defragment your hard disk manually simply clear the Defrag ment hard disks checkbox Tools If the notification that appears after maintenance disturbs you you can switch it off here Simply uncheck the Show maintenance report as notification checkbox If you work with a portable computer you can also specify in addition to the other opt
137. ower save modes the current status including all opened documents and pro grams is preserved so that after switching your computer back on you can continue working right where you left off Whereas power save mode still requires a small amount of power in hibernate mode the com puter can be completely disconnected from the power supply However putting the computer into hiber nate mode and then waking it will take much longer Alternatively you can specify here that this button causes the computer to restart the computer to be locked the current user to be logged off or that the user should be changed Simply decide based on your preferences Note than when an update is ready for installation this button is temporarily assigned to the Shut down computer function until the update has been installed This ensures that key program updates are not acci dentally forgotten Windows Vista Under Power off button you can set what action is to be carried out when you click on the Power off but ton By default the computer is put into Power save mode If you would prefer to shut down your computer quickly or you are missing this function entirely in Win dows Vista you are advised to select Shut down computer This saves you from having to open the sub menu and selecting Shut down there The third option is to put your PC into hibernate mode For the Hibernate and Power save modes the current status including all opened documents a
138. pace the oldest files in the Recycle Bin will be permanently deleted over time If the deletion method Permanently delete is selected the Windows Recycle Bin will be bypassed and the files will be deleted directly Restoring these files at a later time is only possible with luck and special soft ware such as TuneUp Undelete The three other deletion methods use TuneUp Shredder to make restoring the deleted files practically impossible You can find more information on these deletion methods and their settings under Introduction p 74 and Deletion Methods p 76 TuneUp Utilities Manual How to Archive Files Archiving Files with TuneUp Disk Space Explorer If when browsing through your computer you find some files that you don t actually need any more but still don t want to delete TuneUp Disk Space Explorer has a great solution to this problem Thanks to the smooth cooperation with Windows Explorer you can copy these files to a USB stick or external hard disk before deletion for example 1 Click on the selected file s and select Copy from the Edit menu or use the shortcut Ctrl C 2 Open the selected target drive in Windows Explorer and paste the copied files using the Paste menu item or the shortcut Ctrl V Thanks to support for all major burning programs you can also easily burn files to a CD or DVD Simply drag the files you want by holding down the mouse key Drag amp Drop directly to the burn list in your burning pr
139. possible The graph is made of different sections The sections on the left hand side represent optimizations com pleted and the sections on the right hand side show optimization potential still remaining The Tuning Status is calculated based on the analysis results of the following sections Automatic Maintenance 1 Click Maintenance and Manual Maintenance For this section to be considered as optimized one of the following conditions must be fulfilled e Automatic Maintenance must be activated with all the necessary maintenance tasks enabled or e TuneUp 1 Click Maintenance is carried out within 14 days of use with all the necessary maintenance tasks or e TuneUp Registry Cleaner and TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner are run within 14 days and Temporary files are deleted within 14 days of use To delete Temporary files open the Gain disk space category in the Start Center Click on Unnecessary files under Clean hard disk and check the Temporary files box Live Optimization For this section to be considered as optimized the two Live Optimization options should be enabled These two options have the same weighting Increasing Performance Details Please note that you must answer the questions on your profile in order to receive appropriate rec ommendations for your system For this section to be considered as optimized the following condition must be fulfilled e You have either accepted or hidden all recommendations Recommendations that you
140. pported display modes and the abilities of your monitor and graphics card can be found here TuneUp Utilities Manual rg9 Memory Here you see current memory usage and also how much memory is being used by each of the applications that are currently loaded Performance Shown here are all facts on processor usage physical memory and the size of the page file This information is displayed in three real time graphs Drives For each drive here you are shown information on use of storage space and hardware You can also find information about how your drives are organized under File system I O Devices This lists all the important ports the installed printers and the audio devices Communication When a dial up connection is open two real time graphs show how much data is being sent and received in kilobytes per second System devices Information on the processor and BIOS memory is displayed here Click the link Processor details to view detailed information on the features of your processor TuneUp Utilities Manual f90 7 Customizing Windows Using the Customize Windows category you can specifically configure how your Windows should look and function thereby personalizing your computer Under Frequently used settings you will find the ele ments and areas of Windows that you often personalize and you can open these with a simple click TuneUp Utilities Customize Windows Change Windows appearance Modify Windows setting
141. problems 5 Display and close running g Fix common problems Check hard disk for errors Fa processes amp Restore deleted files i Show system information Turbo Mode Tuning Status Completed optimizations 1of5 gt for your Windows Your personal optimization progress A The recommended maintenance tasks have been K carried out a Zo j A B There are 34 recommendations to increase f performance Fi lt Undo changes Fixing common problems In the following chapters you will find out why it is important to do so and how you can use the TuneUp Repair Wizard module to fix common problems easily Simply select the problems in question and TuneUp Repair Wizard will fix them for you Pa 2 All modifications to your system will be monitored by TuneUp Rescue Center and can be undone if necessary Introduction You keep having problems with your computer Without warning Windows suddenly displays the wrong icons hides the taskbar or shortcuts on the desktop disappear If you discover problems like these on your computer but do not know how to describe them you will find this function very useful You select the problems that are occurring from a list of typical computer prob lems and TuneUp Repair Wizard fixes them immediately How to Fix Common Problems Start the TuneUp Repair Wizard module by going to the Fix problems category in the Start Center 1 and selecting F
142. problems immediately and click Next to fix all detected problems immediately Your reg istry is now free from all unnecessary ballast and your system is more stable If after the cleanup has finished the Check Again button appears find out more information here Check Again Sometimes the Check Again button appears and the wizard recommends that you check your system again This always happens if new entries in the registry have been made invalid by the cleanup This is not an error in the module but a chain reaction that can occur in the Program components and File types areas Example In the registry entry A points to entry B which in turn points to the missing file X In the first scan TuneUp Registry Cleaner determines that entry B is invalid because file X cannot be found Entry B is deleted during cleanup This in turn makes entry A invalid as it points to the now deleted entry B 1 Click Check Again These two categories alone will be analyzed again 2 Click Finish to close the wizard Repeat the cleanup as often as required As soon as no new problems are found you can exit the module with the confidence that you have removed a great deal of junk from your system If no problems have been found click Finish This takes you to the TuneUp Registry Cleaner main win dow TuneUp Utilities Manual What is Checked The following table shows you what areas of the registry TuneUp Registry Cleaner checks during the full s
143. r accounts and to the Win dows logon screen TuneUp Utilities Manual Display Category Here you specify exactly which of the Windows visual effects you wish to use configure how file types are handled and specify how folder windows and the Explorer should look and act Here you will find detailed descriptions of your settings options sorted by subcategory in the left side of the window Animations and Effects Effects Here you can change settings that relate to the display and operation of the Windows user interface Under Settings there are numerous options that you can enable or disable using the checkboxes To learn more about an option simply select it with your mouse Several lines of explanatory text open under Description Depending on the performance capabilities of your system switching off unwanted effects can improve speed Click Best appearance to select all the options that will give Windows an outstanding visual appear ance If the performance is more important to you select Best performance Selecting Default settings restores the Windows default settings Animations Under Window and message animation specify whether windows or tooltips should be animated Here you can switch on the animation when minimizing and maximizing windows If the Animate tooltips with the following effect is switched on you can select the effect you want from the selection list Under Animation of elements you can specify for which
144. r computer always shows the correct time The following option must be enabled first Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server The Available time servers section lists some popular reference clocks If you know other servers you can enter their online addresses into the list by clicking Add Internet Here you can determine how an existing dial up connection behaves when a user logs off and you can dis able the integrated Windows firewall Only Windows XP By clicking on the Settings button you can also set various advanced options for your Internet connection In the window that appears click on the underlined links to obtain additional information about the individ ual options Internet Explorer Explorer Bars Here you can set how the toolbars in Internet Explorer should behave For example you can set Google as the default search engine in the search bar or enable the Autocomplete feature in the address bar View Under Title bar enter the text you would like to be displayed in the Internet Explorer title bar 10 TuneUp Utilities Manual Favorites Here you can show and hide favorites folders and their contents andthereby hide unwanted folders Please note that the contents of the favorites folders is not shown here and only the available folders are listed You can also sort the folders by name Menu This is where you can customize the Internet Explorer menu bar and use the Settings button to add many
145. ration All files in the Recycle Bin can be deleted if you really do not need them Many programs write log files that can be used to analyze their behavior This can be helpful for example when trying to solve problems Any log files that you do not plan on evaluating can be deleted Many programs automatically create backups of your files These can be deleted if you do not need them When problems with an application occur for troubleshooting purposes Windows saves the portion of the memory used by the application in question to a file These files are unnecessary and can be deleted Many programs create files to temporarily store data that should normally be deleted by the program after its tasks are complete These files can always be deleted Windows creates temporary help files so that it can display the help files more quickly These files can be deleted without hesitation Many Microsoft installation programs create installation files to store data temporarily that should normally be deleted by the program after its tasks are complete These files can always be deleted When a program crashes Windows saves data about the program If this service has been disabled or if settings do not allow for information to be sent to the manufacturer these files can be deleted What Type of Backups are Suggested for Deletion Type Description Windows XP Windows Vista and Windows 7 Update and When Windows is updated backup
146. rect entry Under System errors you can select from the dropdown list what should happen if the system has been stopped due to a critical system error You can also specify that the event should be entered in the system log Under Error reporting you can specify whether Windows should send an error report to Microsoft fol lowing a crash This will communicate not only information about the error but also information about your system 128 TuneUp Utilities Manual System General Under Windows registration you can change the name and company of the user who registered the cur rent Windows version Here you can also see the serial number and product ID of your Windows license Under Windows Installer user data enter the name and company name that should be automatically entered into the user information when new software is installed Under Support information you can use the Settings button to open a configuration window in which you can modify the information shown in the system properties Common Dialogs Here you specify the appearance of the common dialogs for opening and saving files In the File name section you can specify whether in common dialogs a selection field containing the files most recently used is to be displayed instead of a single input field Only Windows XP Under Folder navigation you specify which navigation elements should be shown for simplified operation in common dialogs You can also dete
147. red to your situation and needs see Increase performance Profile p 19 Overview The details window opens on the Overview tab where you can find out whether there is any potential for increasing performance In the areas Internet settings and Visual effects you can perform all the opti mization recommendations found by clicking Optimize all This will not restrict any of your important func tions The recommendations in the Hardware and software area on the other hand depend heavily on your usage behavior This is why you can only apply them one at a time Switching tabs Click on a recommendation or on the Details button to move to the other tabs where you can view the details of each recommendation Alternatively you can click on the name of the tab you want Applying Recommendations In the Internet settings and Visual effects tabs you can perform all the optimization recommendations found by clicking Optimize all Alternatively you can click on a recommendation in the left column In the right hand area of the window a detailed description will appear and you can apply the recommendation by clicking on the button on the bottom right In the Hardware and software tab you must answer a few simple questions on each recommendation in order to receive suitable options to continue If you can t answer a question or want to postpone the deci sion you can hide the recommendation by clicking on Hide recommendation on the bottom righ
148. references a program that no longer exists or a deleted file you can easily remove it Empty folders in the Start menu are also identified which mostly arise after you have rearranged the Start menu manually In addition TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner analyses the file history lists from Microsoft Office programs Ope nOffice Windows Media Player and Nero These lists contain references to the files most recently accessed in the programs These entries will also be checked here If some point to files that no longer exist or which have been moved you can delete them This means that your system is free from unnecessary ballast it also means that you no longer have to waste time trying to call up broken links TuneUp Utilities Manual How to Remove Broken Shortcuts 1 Start the TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner module by going to the Optimize system category in the Start Center and selecting Remove broken shortcuts from the Manually run maintenance tasks area Alternatively you can start the module by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and selecting the Remove broken shortcuts entry under Windows TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner Sa Shortcuts are being analyzed Please wait while TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner searches your computer for broken shortcuts Ead Analyzing category Shortcuts Start menu Cancel Your interface Desktop Start Menu Quick Launch bar and the history lists of some programs
149. refox General This is where you can make the following general settings for Mozilla Firefox Internet browser Under Text animations you can turn off annoying text effects e g constant flashing or horizontally scroll ing text marquees By enabling the Disable flashing text and Disable scrolling text marquees options you can disable potentially annoying effects Under Error messages you can specify whether error messages regarding a failed connection attempt to a web server should be shown as a window dialog or as a web page in the browser window Under Sidebar position you can specify whether the sidebar should appear on the right or left side of the browser window The sidebar can contain your bookmarks history and downloads Zi TuneUp Utilities Manual Usage This is where you can make changes regarding the usage of Mozilla Firefox Under Address bar you can specify that addresses will be automatically completed in the address bar i e Internet addresses appear automatically in the address bar after you have entered the first few letters of the address provided that you have already visited this website For Mozilla Firefox 2 and more recent versions you can also specify whether the Load address button should appear beside the address bar Under Open submenus you can specify how long before a submenu automatically opens when you hover over it with the cursor Windows This is where you can specify how popup windows
150. rge files and folders on your system You can then archive this data or delete it fully if you are sure you will not need it again in the future This is a way of free ing up valuable disk space in one go The TuneUp Shredder module allows you to securely remove sensitive data You can use three intelligent deletion methods to ensure that even a professional could not restore your data TuneUp Utilities Manual Cleaning the Hard Disk In the following chapters you will find out how you can free up valuable space on your hard disks under Clean hard disk and why it is useful to do so Under Clean hard disk you can see old backups unnecessary files and unnecessary Windows functions that can be safely removed from the hard disk without any negative impact on your system Introduction TuneUp Utilities searches for many types of potentially unnecessary files that can be deleted without caus ing problems It then shows you how much space can be freed up First you will receive a list of all files in question and you can then decide yourself which of them you would like to delete Particular attention is paid to security As a result in contrast to conventional procedures that blindly comb through the hard disk using certain patterns no unpleasant surprises such as sudden error messages or non functioning software occur The elements recommended for deletion are divided into three categories n on Unnecessary files 704 O Old backup
151. rmful program starts up without the user having initiated it himself Security Center Windows Vista Maintenance Center Windows 7 The Security Center or Maintenance Center as it is called in Windows 7 regularly runs in the background to check the security status of your computer and displays warnings if a possible security problem is deter mined If these warnings are displayed on your computer in error or you do not want to be shown warnings from the Security Maintenance Center you can switch the warnings off here Advanced Under Screensaver password prompt you can specify how long the screensaver has to be running before the password protection is activated if this option is enabled The default value is 5 seconds 130 TuneUp Utilities Manual Wizards Category In this category you will find the Copy settings wizard It copies your settings to other user accounts and to the Windows logon screen Copy settings You can use TuneUp System Control to make a number of settings by which to change the appearance and the behavior of the system to suit your requirements However these settings are only normally valid for your current user account Use the Copy settings wizard to copy your settings to other user accounts and to the Windows logon screen The wizard shows you a list of settings that can be copied Make your selection and click Next Now you can choose where the selected settings should be copied to A pos
152. rmine if the Back button should be displayed and if a navigation bar should be displayed on the left hand side of the common dialog Search Windows XP Here you can define the appearance and the behavior of the search dialog The Disable Indexing service option prevents the system from automatically indexing the contents of your files when the computer is idle The Use classic search in Explorer option replaces the modern style search dialog with the classic style Under Searched file types you use the File types button to specify which text file types can be searched for a specific content Special Folders Here you specify the physical paths to which special folders such as My Documents should link Highlight a predefined path and click on Change to change it to your requirements Command Prompt You can configure the appearance and behavior of the command prompt here Under completion you can specify thekey combinations to be used to complete file and folder names Under Advanced settings you can click on the Advanced button to open a window where you can specify the visual appearance and start folder of the command prompt Security General Under Screensaver password prompt you can specify how long the screensaver has to be running before the password protection is activated if this option is selected The default value is 5 seconds 129 TuneUp Utilities Manual User Account Control Windows Vista and Windows 7
153. rrors may occur in these complicated systems due to defects in the drives being used power outages or program crashes If these errors are not found and corrected quickly this can lead to error mes sages problems with programs and in the worst case total loss of important data TuneUp Disk Doctor performs a thorough analysis of your drives and their file systems If any errors are found during analysis they can be repaired automatically This is how you guard against data loss TuneUp Utilities Manual fg0 How to Check your Hard Disk 1 Start up the TuneUp Disk Doctor module by going to the Fix problems category in the Start Center and selecting the Check hard disk for errors entry Alternatively you can start the module by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and selecting the Check for errors entry under Hard disk 2 Select the drive to be checked by TuneUp Disk Doctor and click Next 3 Select Normal analysis or Thorough analysis Because the Thorough analysis can take a long time for large drives the Normal analysis of the selected drive is sufficient in most cases this usually takes 1 2 minutes However if errors occur on your system or Windows reports problems with reading or writing data a Thorough analysis is recommended For more information on the analysis procedure see Normal vs Thorough Analysis p 81 4 Click Next to start the analysis During the analysis TuneUp Disk Doctor provides y
154. rs you will find out how to change the appearance of Windows with the TuneUp Styler module Please note that the Boot screen and Startup logo categories can only be used on Windows Vista Introduction Windows would not be very useful without its graphical user interface The importance of an attractive inter face is demonstrated by the new design of Windows Vista and Windows 7 the whole system feels imme diately fresher and more modern But just as in fashion it is easy to tire of the new design not to mention those who from the beginning never liked the candy look With TuneUp Styler you can change the appearance of numerous elements in Windows to suit your per sonal taste You ll be pleasantly surprised at how many changes you can make here How to Change Windows Appearance 1 2 3 TuneUp Utilities Manual Start the TuneUp Styler module by going to the Customize Windows category in the Start Center and clicking on the Personalize the appearance of Windows entry in the Change Windows appearance area Alternatively you can start the module by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and selecting the Change Windows appearance entry under Windows The TuneUp Styler start page opens from which all adjustment options of the module can be quickly reached J TuneUp Styler Ser TuneUp General fay Start page System Start AB Logon screen Icons QJ System elements
155. s 1203 433 69 MB used 4 32 GB used A Windows functions 2 2 99 GB used Unnecessary files For example temporary files the contents of the browser cache temporary thumbnail views and auto matically generated log files and the contents of your Recycle Bin are all suggested for deletion These files take up valuable disk space that you can easily share Of course you will have the chance to view these files again before deletion Old backups Backups are suggested for deletion that would usually be used to restore an earlier status of your system These include restore points and Windows Update backups Of course you will have the chance to view these backups again before deletion The most recently created restore point is always stored so you can restore the system to a previous status at any time Windows functions Three optional functions from Windows are displayed If you do not use these maybe you didn t know that they existed you can turn them off and thereby gain valuable space on your hard disks This includes the Windows Desktop Search Windows Messenger and the hibernation file TuneUp Utilities Manual How to Gain Disk Space Select the Gain disk space category from the Start Center Under Clean hard disk select the drive on which you wish to gain disk space A bar chart shows you how much free space you have on the selected drive You can also see how much disk space you could free up by deleting the individua
156. s After you select an entry in the list a detailed explanation of this problem appears in the right hand window area Select the checkbox for every problem that you are experiencing Click Next to start the repair This opens a list of the selected problems opens that you must confirm by clicking again on Next The repairs are now carried out Click Finish to close the module TuneUp Utilities Manual Checking the Hard Disk for Errors In the following chapters you will find out how you can analyze your drives using the TuneUp Disk Doctor module and why it is important to do so Introduction When working with your computer files are constantly being read and written regardless of whether you are editing a text document looking at pictures or simply starting an application Windows places all files in special file systems to allow quick access to all necessary information at any time More information on system files File systems keep track of every file and folder on a drive and save information about these objects such as their name size date of last access location and much more The file systems used by Windows for hard drives USB flash drives memory cards such as those used by digital cameras and diskettes are called FAT and NTFS The newer of the two file systems NTFS allows you to save additional information such as access authorizations and is better suited for the size of modern disks than FAT Over time e
157. s Personalize the appearance of Personalize options and Windows behaviors Frequently used settings Frequently used settings E Visual style E Start menu Logon screen ef Taskbar SP Animations and Effects Download new Windows themes for free Turbo Mode Tuning Status A Completed optimizations Lofts gt PSC yoUn dnc bias W Sourpeisonsllopuinbation progress A The recommended maintenance tasks have been zy carried out UE e mE Q HE There are 34 recommendations to increase performance F a lt Undo changes The Change Windows Appearance Area Under Personalize the appearance of Windows you will find the TuneUp Styler module which you can use to design the Windows user interface entirely to your personal taste For example settings such as icons the logon screen the appearance of windows and buttons and much more can be very easily mod ified If you would like a completely new design you can download entire design packages from the Internet at www tuneup software co uk services styler Simply click on the link to download new Windows themes for free The Modify Windows Settings Area Under Personalize options and behavior you will find the TuneUp System Control module which you can use to adapt the visual effects user logon desktop and much more to your personal needs and preferences TuneUp Utilities Manual Changing Windows Appearance In the following chapte
158. s classified as relevant for the security or proper operation of your system and the disabling of which could have serious consequences e Disabling pending The program cannot be turned off during normal operation TuneUp Utilities will disable it automatically the next time the system is restarted e No impact The program cannot be disabled because it does not have a negative impact on your sys tem TuneUp Utilities Manual How to Disable Programs Launch the TuneUp Program Deactivator module by going to the Optimize System category in the Start Center and selecting Disable programs under Reduce system load Alternatively you can start the module by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and select ing the Disable entry under Installed programs amp TuneUp Program Desctivator amm E Organizes r Bating function Load from installed programs Treme a 437581008 points vas 96 iatan Rated f ET eneko Medium ps 140 476 BD indec Medium se fe ae fe bi ORCH S 15 19010 Required by system Medium Heet a tow tow tow tow wie tow tow kiiit apa ane am tow tow spenn mee peen ty iw eee tow namun low eave Optimization potential wt B of cetecten programs of tatea programs wor No optimization potential a kitit Abrady optimira 52 led weet Required by ry tem 162 ater Networking Limited Required by aystem tow Wier 160 1000 TuneUp Software Required byte
159. s from TuneUp Disk Space Explorer TuneUp Utilities Manual r68 How to Run an Analysis 1 Launch the TuneUp Disk Space Explorer module by going to the Gain disk space category in the Start Center and selecting Find and delete large amounts of data from the Analyze storage usage and delete data area Alternatively you can start the module by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and selecting the Find and delete large amounts of data entry under Disk space 2 Choose what to analyze 2 TuneUp Disk Space Explorer ef Select which locations should be analyzed TuneUp Disk Space Explorer analyzes your drives and shows you a detailed overview of all data present This allows you to see at a glance which files and folders are occupying your valuable disk space Analyze drives Name Total size Free space V amp Local Disk c 97 56 GB 57 95 GB 7 cay Local Disk D 135 17 GB 119 53 GB Analyze Folder ives lt Back Cancel Analyzing drives From the list of all of the drives attached to your computer select those that should be included in the search for huge files The wizard shows the total size of each drive and the free space available It is especially important to analyze the drives that have little free space remaining Analyzing folders You can save a lot of time by analyzing individual folders If you want to analyze an individual folder you must enable Anal
160. s how it works 1 Start the TuneUp Styler module by going to the Customize Windows category in the Start Center and clicking on the Personalize the appearance of Windows entry in the Change Windows appearance area In the navigation bar in the left window area click under Icons on System elements TuneUp Styler shows you on the right hand side tabs for the following areas in which you can change system elements You change the icons for all elements in the Desktop Start menu Explorer and Control Panel You can also adjust the icons for the display of file types For some elements you can even specify new names e g the Recycle Bin or My Network Places If you are missing the term My Computer from Windows XP you could for example rename the ele ment now called Computer in Windows Vista to My Computer Click through the individual tabs and select an element that you wish to change Click Replace icon The icon library opens in which the current icon of the selected element appears This is usually a library that was already installed with Windows If you have your own icon library on your computer you can import its content using Browse Select an icon to mark it for replacement Your changes will initially be indicated by a small orange asterisk next to the relevant elements in the list Any change that has not yet been accepted can be discarded at any time by selecting an element marked with such an asterisk in t
161. selecting the Clean entry under Registry First your registry must be checked for problems Select one of the two types of scan TuneUp Registry Cleaner Eem Welcome to TuneUp Registry Cleaner Here you can clear the central database of your Windows system known as the registry of all remnants that have accumulated through working with programs 4 lot of ballast is accumulated here mainly From installing and uninstalling programs Your registry must be scanned first Select the scan you want to run Complete scan recommended All parts of your registry are checked for problems D User defined scan You can select which areas of your registry are checked for problems lt Back Cancel Full Scan We recommend the complete scan because this checks the whole registry for problems For information on what exactly is checked can be found under What is Checked p 46 Custom scan For more information about what areas you can select for this can be found under What is Checked p 46 Scanning the registry can take several minutes While the scan is in process you can monitor its prog ress If problems are found you have two options Show Problems Click Show problems to display detailed descriptions and exclude any individual problems from the cleanup see Additional Functions in TuneUp Registry Cleaner Main Menu p 48 TuneUp Utilities Manual Fix Problems Immediately Select Fix
162. sible target depending on the selected settings is the logon screen If you have several users set up all other users are also shown as pos sible destinations Select the destinations you want and click Next to start the copy process After successfully completing the copy process close the wizard by clicking Finish 131 TuneUp Utilities Manual 8 Overview of All Functions On the far right of the Start Center you will see the Overview of all functions menu Opening this menu gives you a list of all functions that TuneUp Utilities offers clearly sorted according to application area TuneUp utilities stalled programs Registry Recommenda rd disk Computer Installed Programs Disable Allows you to deactivate programs that you are not currently using but do not wish to uninstall See also How to Disable Programs p 29 Disabling startup programs Allows you to disable programs that are automatically started in the background when the system starts up so as to speed up the system startup See also How to Configure Your System Startup p 35 Uninstall Shows all the programs installed on your PC with detailed information about them and allows you to select programs to uninstall See also How to Uninstall Programs p 32 Hard Disk Defragment Rearranges blocks of data on your hard disk providing more disk space and quicker loading times for doc uments and programs See also How to Defragment Your
163. sion of TuneUp Utilities but your netbook doesn t have a CD ROM drive you can download our trial version from www tuneup software co uk and activate it using the product key given on the CD case Help amp Support TuneUp Utilities has been designed to be as user friendly and intuitive as possible This manual provides you with an overview of TuneUp Utilities Taking the layout of the Start Center as a guide it explains what the many different functions do and how to access and use them Online at www tuneup software co uk you will find more information tips amp tricks the Program Help in PDF format with lots of additional pictures frequently asked questions about TuneUp Utilities and TuneUp Support You can reach TuneUp Support by calling 49 6151 4938610 Mon Fri 8 am 6 pm GMT or via the TuneUp Support Website www tuneup software co uk support It will help support staff greatly if you know your TuneUp Utilities version number You can find this by going to the Help amp Support menu in the Start Center and selecting About TuneUp Utilities Manual CE 2 The Start Center The TuneUp Utilities Start Center has been completely redesigned and is now even more user friendly pro viding central access to all functions TuneUp Utilities Status amp Optimize Gain recommendations stem diskspace Maintain system Increase performance Fix problems Automatic Attention Warning Shang
164. sses Open files Performance Processor usage Memory history graph System kernel Threads Handles Processes Page file Max size 8 250 700 KB Used 1 931 876KB 23 Memory Total 4 126 300 KB System 228 968KB 6 System Cache 228 968 KB 6 Events 6795 Other 1 732 676 KB 36 Uptime 0 hrs 29 min Available 6 318 824KB 77 Available 2 164 656 KB 52 Processes 51 Processor usage 44 Memory usage 1 22 GB TuneUp Process Manager provides a great deal of information on the current status of your system This information is divided into three tabs Processes After launching the module the Processes tab shows all of the currently running programs and processes The table shows you the names of the processes together with their priority and CPU usage The module also shows you how much memory space the individual processes are taking up If you select a process from the list you can view more information on each application with Show details Select End process to close an application This is a somewhat drastic measure but is sometimes necessary to close a program that has crashed or if you want to stop an unwanted dialer When User Account Control is enabled it is possible that only the processes started by you are displayed To see the processes started by other users and by the system click Show all processes at the bottom of the window If you have selected a process in the lis
165. t Please note that you cannot of course simply accept the recommendations concerning your hardware but can only hide them Hiding and Showing Recommendations If you do not want to accept a recommendation click Hide recommendation Now you can select whether you want to hide it permanently or only for 30 days The number of hidden recommendations is always dis played in the taskbar on the right By clicking on the number displayed you can easily show these rec ommendations again Changing a profile Selecting Change profile on the top right takes you to the profile which shows the basis for your opti mization recommendations see Increase performance Profile p 19 Increase performance Profile The first time you use TuneUp Utilities you are prompted to complete a profile so that it can provide you with tailored recommendations for increasing performance This profile contains the following questions TuneUp Utilities Manual Increase performance profile ES Please answer the following questions To provide you with tailored recommendations we require the following information How is your computer usually connected to the Internet Seiect your Internet access method 7 w a 8 this computer Internet Which criteria should be used to optimize visual effects Select the one you prefer X How many days should a program remain unused before we recommend removing it Select
166. t you can click Edit and then Set Process Priority to specify how much processing power Windows should assign to this process TuneUp Utilities Manual Open Files In the Open Files tab you will have an overview of the files and folders that are currently open The table will show you what the file type is where the file or folder is and which process has opened it at that time You should not be surprised when some files are shown in the list more than once Files and folders can be opened by more than one process at the same time It is also normal when files that are obviously open cannot be found in the list Applications like Microsoft Word and the text editor Notepad only open a file briefly to read its contents or to save it but do not keep it open the entire time you are working on it Tip If you try to delete a file and you get an error message telling you that it is currently in use you can use this tool to find out what process is using the file and end it This will then let you delete the file Performance The Performance tab provides you with various information on the system You can view the current processor usage in percent and a graph of the processor usage for the last several seconds A similar graph also shows memory usage for the last several seconds You can also view the cur rent usage of the page file and the physical memory in kilobytes There is also a menu bar and a toolbar Some of the functions here a
167. t in many cases this has nothing to do with the hardware The problem is caused by the programs that are started without you being aware of them or remnants of programs that were not completely removed from your computer during an uninstallation process TuneUp Utilities Optimize system Reduce system load Manually run maintenance tasks Uninstall unneeded programs g clean registry a Disable programs 17 programs that can be disabled are causing system load None have been disabled yet Program Desctivator with Z Disable startup programs Qe Configure Turbo Made B Defragment registry W Remove broken shortcuts a Accelerate system startup and shutdown Defragment hard disk TuneUp Programs on Demand Technology Turbo Mode for your Windows Tuning Status Your personal optimization progress a Completed optimizations 1of5 gt A The recommended maintenance tasks have been carried out Unused potential EE There are 34 recommendations to increase performance iof3 gt lt Undo changes Reducing System Load The Reduce system load area is devoted to dealing with your installed programs and services Its functions extend from disabling startup programs that have no impact whatsoever on the actual program and man ually uninstalling individual programs to automatically turning off entire function areas But that is not all In this area y
168. t security or antivirus software functions will be turned off Back l Cancel TuneUp Utilities Manual More about your settings options Step 1 Postpone automatic maintenance tasks until later Maintenance measures that start automatically in the background are important for the maintenance of your computer but are not usually urgent They can be carried out at a later date to free up the resources needed for your programs In this step you can configure the following settings Postpone scheduled defragmentation This will prevent the scheduled hard disk defragmentation by Micro soft or other well known manufacturers from starting when Turbo Mode is on Postpone scheduled maintenance tasks This will prevent automatic maintenance tasks and scheduled tasks for Microsoft and other manufacturers from being carried out when Turbo Mode is on This includes TuneUp Automatic Maintenance and the automatic creation of backups Postpone automatic updates If you select this option you will be notified that program updates are avail able but these will not be automatically downloaded or installed while Turbo Mode is on Step 2 Limit connection with external devices Every computer has many services running in the background that detect connected devices and provide you with the necessary functions to use these devices You can limit this support and have more resources available for your programs In this step you can config
169. ted buttons Windows will no longer animate the taskbar button when a window is opened This leaves more computing power available for other tasks Under Grouping you can specify whether and in which cases several windows of a program are to be rep resented by a shared button on the taskbar 118 TuneUp Utilities Manual Minimized Windows Sometimes after the windows of a program have been minimized only the title bar remains which is then automatically positioned at the base of the window Under Position and alignment you determine the exact target position of these bars The default setting is on the bottom left where several bars are displayed side by side Under Spacing you can specify how many pixels there should be between the individual bars Advanced Notifications are often shown in the next to the clock to inform you of important events or ask you to per form various tasks such as removing unused shortcuts from the desktop Here you can specify different options for these reminders Here you can also disable the New hardware found notification If you turn off the Show notification area option the entire notification area will be hidden including the notifications IIS TuneUp Utilities Manual Communication Category In this category you can configure the behavior of Windows in the network personalize Internet Explorer and Outlook Express and or Office Outlook speed up web surfing and protect your pri
170. th a few clicks depending on the size of your system Settings TuneUp Disk Space Explorer provides you with some options for personalizing the appearance of your sys tem To customize the available options click File and then Settings General On the General tab the section Hidden Files and Folders allows you to determine whether hidden files and folders should be shown in TuneUp Disk Space Explorer or not The Windows Explorer settings are accepted by default If you want to configure different settings to the Windows Explorer settings simply click Configure your own settings and tailor the options to your needs By default TuneUp Disk Space Explorer protects all elements in system folders to prevent you from accidentally deleting or moving impor tant system files If you know your system perfectly you can disable this protection in the Protected system elements section Check the checkbox beside Permanently disable protection not recommended Deletion method On the Deletion method tab you can specify how TuneUp Disk Space Explorer should proceed by default in order to delete files and folders for you The standard deletion method Move to Recycle Bin is par ticularly recommended for beginners as accidentally deleted files can be restored TuneUp Utilities Manual However please note that the Windows Recycle Bin can only hold a limited amount of data If the storage limit of the Recycle Bin is exceeded or if Windows needs more s
171. the background iy N ere eee 7 Here you can select the two optimization methods Since both of these are intelligent optimizations in real time they do not always take effect immediately Rather you specify here that from now on the load under which the computer operates is to be monitored so that both optimizations can apply if the need arises Select here the optimization methods to be carried out where necessary Increasing the Response Rate This optimization method monitors all background processes and gives them lower priority if they take up too much computer power This ensures an optimal response rate and prevents juddering by windows or programs This intelligent optimization identifies need and ensures that the computer s response rate is always optimum The following pictures represent the inside of your computer before and after the Increase response rate option is enabled Here you can see how the load on your PC is reduced o po K S a Q o TuneUp Utilities Manual In addition to those programs that you are currently using green many others are also running in the back ground that are really not that important for your work blue If such background processes suddenly start to require a great deal of processing power they are assigned a lower priority so that your other programs can continue to run smoothly Speed up the startup of my programs This optimization method intervenes
172. the mouse to start dragging an object The values are given in pixels Tip Try out your new settings on the Test icon Under Hover effect you can change the movement tolerance and the hover time of the mouse cursor for the display of the Hover effect This takes effect as soon as the cursor hovers over an item for a certain length of time Tip Here too you can try out the setting on a Test icon It lights up as soon as the mouse pointer is placed over it Active Window Tracking Here you can activate a little known Windows function that could entirely change the way you work with windows Active window tracking If you enable this feature all you need to do is move the mouse pointer over an inactive window to activate it so that you can work with that program You then no longer need to click on a window in order to enable it You can turn on the option in the Foreground section in order to pull the active window immediately to the top 115 TuneUp Utilities Manual Keyboard Under Flashing cursor you can set how the cursor flashes at the point at which data is to be input e g in a word processing program Tip Look in the small preview to the right of your current settings and the changes made Use the slide control to specify the frequency of flashing If desired you can also set the cursor width to your liking and enter a value in pixels Modern keyboards are made with a special Windows key with the Windows logo printed
173. the next startup program Enabling Automatic Program Startup This starts the program automatically in the background when you next start the system Afterwards you can disable automatic startup at any time again 1 Select a startup entry from the list 2 Disable it using the button or from the toolbar TuneUp Utilities Manual Adding a startup program To have the system automatically run additional programs on system startup simply add them to the list 1 On the toolbar select the Add button Alternatively you can right click to open the context menu and select the Add program entry 2 From the list select the program that is to start automatically each time the system is started If this does not happen click Browse and select the program you want from the list that opens Removing a startup program from the list If you are sure that you do not want a program to be started automatically you can remove it from the list You can add it back to the list at a later stage by clicking Add or using TuneUp Rescue Center 1 Select a startup program from the list 2 On the toolbar select the Delete button Alternatively you can right click to open the context menu and select Delete Tips for Optimizing System Startup As the name suggests a startup program is one that automatically starts up every time you start up your computer For this reason it is always active in the background and occupies your system s resources even i
174. the one you prefer X Cancel How is your computer usually connected to the Internet Select the type of connection from the list so that your network Internet and browser settings for example packet sizes can be adapted as best as possible to your Internet connection What criteria should be used to optimize visual effects If you select Maximum performance irrespective of display quality all effects and the colorful Luna theme are turned off This is highly recommended especially for slower computers because the display of these sophisticated interfaces really eats up resources If you select Maximum performance irrespective of display quality all effects including the Aero glass theme are turned off This is highly recommended especially for slower computers because the display of these sophisticated interfaces really eats up resources If the interface on your computer flickers and it takes a while for windows to open choose the option A bal ance between performance and display quality The attractive interfaces are retained but the performance sapping effects are switched off i If you have a high performance graphics card your system performance will not be improved by turning off the Windows Vista Aero desktop experience How Many Days Should a Program Remain Unused Before We Recommend Removing it Your computer is checked for programs that have not been used for a long time These are then displa
175. tstated prog are A total of 40 problems were found Select Start cleaning to fix all problems immediately You can also view amp Program components detas of any problem and decide whether you want to fixit Chick on the name of the area ot on Detads extensions Wroga All changes to yout system are logged and can he undone at any time ming TuneUp Rescue Center I Progam paths S Program settings Start cleaning hu Shaved es E etw A ndora Freva Analysis complete Problem summary Area Problems Hie types 33 problems Same file types reter ta programs that no longer exist This can lead to error messages when files are opened letal History lists z 7 problems Some entries in the history lists of Windows of your programs refer to files that no longes east and can be deleted Peah Displaying Details and Excluding Problems from the Cleanup If you click through the various areas in the left column you will see a detailed Explanation in the top part of the window describing how problems can occur in the area in question If problems are found in an area a list of the individual problems also appears with further information Select an entry in the list in order to display a more extensive analysis of the problem Here you can also exclude certain problems from the cleanup by unchecking the relevant checkboxes 6 If the problem descriptions do not appear click on Details Running the cleanup To start c
176. uch quicker Depending on the number of files on your hard disk this index can be quite large and may require lots of memory If you do not use Windows Desktop Search then you can not only gain disk space by disabling the feature but also increase your computer s performance TuneUp Utilities Manual 166 What Types of File are Suggested for Deletion TuneUp Utilities searches for the following types of file which can normally be deleted from your hard disk without causing problems Type Saved lost clusters Google Earth Cache Files Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Opera and Safari Cache Thumbnails Recycle Bin Log files Backups Memory dump files Temporary files Temporary help files Temporary installation files Windows error report files Description Repair programs like CHKDSK search your hard disk for lost clusters and save them These backups are usually never used by users Google Earth uses this cache to save image data All images text and animations that you view in Internet Explorer while surfing the Inter net are saved to the cache If you visit a website again the text and images can be loaded from the cache more quickly than from the Internet However it is advisable to empty your cache from time to time Thumbnails of images are used by various programs to provide a quick preview The thumbnail views used by Windows ACDSee and Google Picasa are taken into con side
177. uninstallation procedure to com plete the process If you do not want to uninstall a program and you wish to be sure that it does not appear in this list in the future select Remove entry from the context menu of an entry You will then no longer be able to uninstall the program using TuneUp Uninstall Manager Note that this does not uninstall the pro gram TuneUp Utilities Manual Disabling Startup Programs In the following chapters you will find out how you can use the TuneUp StartUp Manager module to speed up the startup and working speed of your computer and why it is important to do so gt All modifications to your system will be monitored by TuneUp Rescue Center and can be undone if necessary Introduction Many programs start automatically in the background when you turn on your computer This makes perfect sense for important functions and services like the virus scanner or the configuration console of your sound card However programs often start automatically in the background that you require only very occasionally or never Every time a program starts automatically not only does it slow down the Windows system startup but the individual program parts that are always running in the background also slow down your computer Some of these programs can also irritate you by displaying advertising messages More Information About Startup Programs When installed some startup programs are entered in the Start Menu from
178. ur Own TuneUp Turbo Mode p 39 These are therefore turned off so that all of the PC s processing power is available to the required programs In addition to those programs that you are currently using green many others are also running in the back ground that are really not that important for your work blue If such background processes suddenly start to require a great deal of processing power they are assigned a lower priority so that your other programs can continue to run smoothly TuneUp Utilities Manual How to Switch on Turbo Mode TuneUp Utilities provides you with several options for switching on Turbo Mode and giving your Windows an immediate performance boost In order to provide you with an easy option of speeding up your Windows with Turbo Mode the TuneUp Utilities Start Center also provides you with a Turbo Mode switch This is located on the bottom left in the Start Center Once you click on this switch the computer is put into Turbo Mode Alternatively you can start Turbo Mode by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and selecting the Turn on Turbo Mode entry under Windows When you start Turbo Mode for the first time a wizard will appear to help you create your own customized Turbo Mode Another alternative way of switching on Turbo Mode can be found in the Turbo Mode switch in the TuneUp Utilities Gadget e TuneUp Utilities Gadget Introduction p 146 How to find out if Turbo Mode is s
179. ur hard disk and also make entries in the Windows registry TuneUp Uninstall Manager lets you rapidly determine what programs you rarely use or which take up an especially large amount of space You can show all installed programs sorted according to different aspects and then using the useful additional information about when you installed the program and how often you use it decide whether you still need it or should uninstall it How to Uninstall Programs Gi TuneUp Uninstall Manager emis H s A Organize gy Rating function w Online search Uninstall All programs Y Filter list Details Name Manufacturer Size Load Rating Google Earth Medium 3 a Ss Google GP Intel Matrix Storage Ma Intel Corporation Medium Size 85 4 MB E Microsoft Forefront Client Microsoft Corpo 12 5MB Medium kit EA ica 9 31 2010 Qs Microsoft Office Professio Microsoft Corpo 1 146 2 MB Medium kitt fistslled a 9 18 2010 bow 10 Usage frequency Sometimes amp Adobe Reader 9 3 3 Adobe Systems 241 1MB Low wkkkk 521 1547 E Apple Mobile Device Supp Apple Inc 20 6MB Low pi E Bonjour Apple Inc 1 8MB Low tt oad Laa aj ESTOS PhoneTools for Co ESTOS GmbH 2 8MB Low E FreePDF Remove only Low Google Earth Google 85 4MB Low wen 1cq7 2 ICQ 28 2MB Low E iTunes Apple Inc 162 3MB Low tik E Microsoft Office Communi Microsoft Corpo 74 8MB Low Mozila Firefox 3 6 8 Mozi
180. ur with this file all icons could be corrupted Luckily this error can be repaired directly from TuneUp Styler Note that you may need to restart your computer or log on again for this repair to take effect 106 TuneUp Utilities Manual Visual Style Category Introduction This is where you can personalize the visual style This defines the appearance of windows and Windows but tons Here s how it works 1 Start the TuneUp Styler module by going to the Customize Windows category in the Start Center and clicking on the Personalize the appearance of Windows entry in the Change Windows appearance area 2 In TuneUp Styler in the left hand window area under Interface click Visual Style TuneUp Styler displays a list of all available visual styles On the right you can see a preview and other details of the style selected in the list 3 You can add new visual styles to the list before finally accepting them You have the following options for this To select an existing visual style from the list proceed with step 4 Download Visual Styles From TuneUp Online 1 In the top left under Visual Styles click Add 2 Select the entry Download Visual Styles from TuneUp Online This takes you to the TuneUp Online website where you can choose from a wide range of visual styles that you can download for free at any time 3 Click on a visual style that you particularly like This is automatically opened with TuneUp Styler and
181. ure one What would you like to delete Files Folder amp Recycle Bin TuneUp Utilities Manual What would you like to delete Files 1 Select Files This option lets you search for files on your computer to select them for deletion 2 Click Add to add a file to be deleted to the list The Explorer opens Double click on a file to be deleted to add it to the list Alternatively you can drag a file from your opened Explorer or from the Desktop to the list using Drag amp Drop Select a file with the mouse and drag it into the list The Delete allocated free disk space option overwrites the space that becomes free through deletion thereby increasing security of deletion If you add a file to the list by mistake you can remove it again by selecting the entry and clicking Remove 3 Click Next to confirm your selection You can now select the desired deletion method see Deletion Methods p 76 Folders 1 Select Folders This option lets you search for folders on your computer to select them for deletion When a folder is deleted all the files it contains will also be deleted When you select a folder for deletion the program detects whether this contains subfolders and you have the opportunity to exclude these from the search 2 Click Select A tree structure opens in your folder Select here a folder to be deleted and click OK Alternatively enter into the text field the full path o
182. ure the following settings Turn off synchronization with mobile devices This setting will prevent synchronization of addresses e mails music files etc with your cell phone or portable media player and the related program will not start automatically when the device is connected while Turbo Mode is on Limit support for digital cameras and scanners When Turbo Mode is on you cannot import images from your digital camera or scan images Step 3 Reduce visual effects Visual effects provide a graphical display of Windows but take up valuable space in the memory Particularly with a low performance graphics card you can increase the computer s performance by turning off visual effects Tip This is a popular way of increasing the performance of netbooks on a sustained basis In this step you can configure the following settings Disable the use of Aero designs for older programs This setting prevents the appearance of older pro grams from being converted into the new style of Windows Vista and Windows 7 when Turbo Mode is on Switch to classic window design This setting uses the classic Windows design for the appearance of win dows menus and buttons when Turbo Mode is on and transparency effects and thumbnails of windows in the taskbar are disabled Switch to classic window design This setting uses the classic Windows design for the appearance of win dows menus and buttons when Turbo Mode is on and the colorful Windows XP interfa
183. utomatic maintenance tasks Privacy Processes Processor usage Profile Program Components Program Extensions Program Paths Program Settings Programs on Demand Technology Rating function for programs Recently Used Files 130 14 17 126 82 83 26 127 127 112 9 113 119 90 109 110 115 116 115 121 120 120 113 81 119 61 63 64 66 84 113 122 143 55 56 26 68 69 6 9 132 120 16 40 124 83 82 19 46 46 46 46 27 6 144 118 TuneUp Utilities Manual MiSo Reducing System Load 26 Registry 44 Remove broken shortcuts 53 54 Restoring Deleted Files 85 86 Scroll wheel 115 Security 129 Security Center 130 Settings 9 148 Shortcuts 118 Showing System Information 88 Showing the Optimization Report 135 Speed up the startup of my programs 25 Start Center 6 8 Start Menu 117 Start process 35 Startup 36 Startup and Maintenance 128 Startup Logo 97 Startup programs 34 36 46 Support 7 9 System Elements 101 System Maintenance 14 System requirements 7 System Restore 139 System Startup 35 Taskbar 128 148 Thorough Analysis 81 Thorough Defragmentation 58 Thumbnails 114 Tips for Boot Screens 96 TuneUp 1 Click Maintenance 14 TuneUp Disk Doctor 79 80 TuneUp Disk Space Explorer 62 67 69 73 TuneUp Drive Defrag 58 59 61 TuneUp Live Optimization 23 TuneUp Optimization Report 143 TuneUp Process Manager 82 83 TuneUp Program Deactivator 6 27 29 TuneUp Programs on Demand Technology 27 30
184. vacy by preventing certain programs from automatically sending data about your surfing habits Here you will find detailed descriptions of your settings options sorted by subcategory in the left side of the window Network My Network Places Here you can configure a number of settings that affect the display of shares under My Network Places Among other things you can prevent your computer from being displayed in My Network Places of other computers and that using your password all drives on your computer can be accessed although you did not specify any shares Advanced In the Universal Plug amp Play section you can turn off the Windows service for automatically detecting net work devices This function is a potential security risk and should be disabled if you do not need it Under Quality of Service QoS you can prevent Windows from reserving part of your Internet connection bandwidth for important packets Disable Reserve bandwidth if you always want to have your full band width for surfing Passwords Windows XP Saving your passwords means that you don t have to enter your password every time you dial into the Inter net access protected shares etc However hackers may be able to access and misuse these passwords You can therefore disable the automatic saving of passwords here Internet Time Here you can set the clock on your computer to be synchronized regularly with an atomic clock over the Internet to ensure you
185. witched on If Turbo Mode is switched on a TuneUp Utilities icon appears in the taskbar notification area in the bot tom right hand corner beside the time which tells you that Turbo Mode is switched on How to Configure Your Own TuneUp Turbo Mode Start the TuneUp Turbo Mode configuration wizard by going to the Tuning area of the Start Center and clicking on the small wrench icon next to the Turbo Mode switch Alternatively in the Start Center click in the Settings menu on the Turbo Mode entry Alternatively you can start the wizard by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and select ing the Configure Turbo Mode entry under TuneUp settings Set up your own Turbo Mode in six easy steps simply select which tasks programs and functions can be disabled temporarily to give a performance boost while Turbo Mode is enabled The more you allow to be switched off the better the gain in performance will be You can always temporarily turn off all functions and tasks suggested here None of your software features for Internet security or virus protection will be turned off TuneUp Turbo Mode Configuration Wizard m Personalize your own TuneUp Turbo Mode Use this wizard to determine which functions and background tasks you can do without when Turbo Mode is enabled How does Turbo Mode w ork 6 You can temporarily turn off all functions and tasks recommended gt here without hesitation None of your Interne
186. ws Media Player Here you can configure your privacy settings for Windows Media Player Windows Media Player communicates frequently with the Internet Under Settings you can specify that neither the list of recently played media files nor information about playback media or music files should be saved Click Highest security to turn all options on in one go Click Advanced to proceed to the data protection settings for Windows Media Player Here you can block script commands from running prevent the automatic purchase of licenses disable the automatic down load of codecs and block Internet sites from identifying the player Advanced Here you can make additional privacy settings Under Paging file you can click Go to Memory management to specify that the Windows paging file should be deleted automatically when the system shuts down Under Internet Time you can disable the automatic synchronization of the Windows system clock with an Internet reference clock Under Error reporting you can specify whether Windows should send an error report with your system con figuration to Microsoft following a crash Use the Error reporting button to open the various reports and disable them with a click of the mouse 25 TuneUp Utilities Manual Management Category This category of TuneUp System Control gives you control over many internal system settings For example you can adapt the startup process and user logon configure automatic
187. ws Vista and Windows 7 Here you can specify whether a new link should be automatically marked as such By default the text shortcut is added to the end of the shortcut name 113 TuneUp Utilities Manual Folder Options View Here you can determine how folder windows and the elements they contain are to be displayed Windows XP In the Window section you specify whether the tree view of directories in a folder window is always to be visible whether the folder window last opened on logon is to be restored whether compressed ZIP files are to be displayed as folders and whether a detailed list is to be displayed Under View settings you can use the slide control to determine how many folder views should be stored Windows Vista and Windows 7 Under Window you specify whether the menu bar in a folder window should always be visible whether compressed ZIP files should be displayed as folders and whether a details bar should be shown In Windows Vista you can also specify whether the most recently opened folder window should be restored at logon List Here you adjust the display of additional information in a folder window to suit your specific requirements The Pop ups with detailed information section determines whether a tooltip displaying additional infor mation should be shown when the mouse cursor is moved over a file or folder in a folder window Under Icon arrangement you specify whether the files should only be sorte
188. ws merely marks the file as deleted from the file system and releases the space taken up by the file so that it can be used again Until this disk space is used again it is very easy to restore this file for example using TuneUp Utilities gt Restoring Deleted Files p 85 However if you want to be absolutely sure that even professionals could not restore your sensitive data use TuneUp Shredder to irreversibly delete files folders and the Recycle Bin There are three different Deletion Methods p 76 and you can choose the one that suits you best How to Securely Delete Data Launch the TuneUp Shredder module by going to the Gain disk space category in the Start Center and selecting Securely delete data from the Analyze storage usage and delete data area Alternatively you can start the module by going to Overview of all functions in the Start Center and select ing the Securely delete data entry under Hard disk ig TuneUp Shredder ba Welcome to TuneUp Shredder Use TuneUp Shredder to securely delete your files and folders Recently deleted files can be restored even after the Recycle Bin has been emptied allowing information about your Internet activity and recently created documents to be collected TuneUp Shredder provides three different methods of deletion They differ in deletion duration and deletion security Depending on how sensitive your data is you can opt for a time saving deletion method or a particularly sec
189. ws system fast and problem free For more information see Cleaning the Reg istry p 43 defragments your registry Even after the registry has been cleaned as described above it is not automatically smaller because the disk space that is freed up is not released This feature compresses the registry by deleting these gaps For more information see Defragmenting the Registry p 50 removes broken shortcuts 1 Click Maintenance checks whether there are any broken shortcuts on your desktop or in the Start menu or Quick Launch taskbar and then automatically deletes them At the same time a search is also made for faulty entries in the history lists of various programs such as Windows Media Player or Microsoft Office For more information see Removing Broken Shortcuts p 53 gains disk space by deleting unnecessary files So called temporary files are something of a nuisance Windows and programs create temporary files on the hard disk in order to temporarily store certain settings or data If the program in question is closed these files should really be deleted from the program However the program in question often forgets to clean up after itself so that over time your hard disk can be filled with a lot of unnecessary data 1 Click Maintenance reliably deletes all temporary files and folders from your hard disk For more information see Cleaning the Hard Disk p 63 optimizes system startup and shutdown Some progr
190. x problems area shows whether everything is working fine on your ee computer or whether critical problems have been detected which may affect the sys Q tem s health For example a check can be carried out to see if key Windows settings Show details have been configured correctly if there is enough free space on your system drive or whether important security programs have been installed i oioblens found If problems have been found click Show details For each problem you will receive a description and can choose if you want to solve it now or hide it until later Once all problems have been solved or hidden the status of this area reverts to green Configuring Live Optimization On the far right in the category you will see the status of your TuneUp Live Optimization Simply click Con figure Live Optimization to customize the feature to suit you TuneUp Utilities Manual 1 Click Maintenance and Automatic Maintenance gt All modifications to your system will be monitored by TuneUp Rescue Center and can be undone if necessary Maintenance Tasks 1 Click Maintenance and Automatic Maintenance make sure that your computer is always kept clean so that the system runs quickly and reliably As its name suggests Automatic Maintenance regularly and automatically performs the most important maintenance work on your system to ensure that Windows remains fast and stable 1 Click Maintenance does the same except that just one clic
191. yed with the recommendation that they are removed so that they do not slow down your computer unnec essarily Based on your user behavior you specify here after how many days a program that has not been used is considered to be potentially unnecessary and displayed with the recommendation that it is removed TuneUp Utilities Manual Changing a Profile You can change your profile settings at any time later by going to the Start Center and selecting Change pro file under Increase performance in the Status amp recommendations category Alternatively you can click on the Change profile button at the top left of the Increase performance details window i Note that you cannot confirm your profile until you have entered all the necessary information TuneUp Utilities Manual Fixing Problems Details In the following section you will find out how to use the Fix problems Details feature and why it is impor tant to do so to remove problems that are negatively affecting your system s health gt All modifications to your system will be monitored by TuneUp Rescue Center and can be undone if c necessary How to Fix Problems To find out whether there are problems affecting your system s health go to the Start Center in the Status amp recommendations category and look at the Fix problems status field For example checks are made to see if key settings have been set correctly in Windows if there is enough free memory
192. your composition nor mally 16 7 million to a very few when you click Save boot screen TuneUp Styler uses a sophisticated algorithm for this to automatically determine the best 16 colors for your picture If the image contains too many different colors the results of this conversion may not be sat isfactory Experience has shown that the best boot screens are those that use only a few different colors This means that an image that consists predominantly of different blue shades and only a few contrasting colors will probably make an attractive boot screen Set the foreground color of the progress bar to a color that is contained in your image This way you do not use one of the precious 16 colors in the progress bar only Wherever possible avoid skin tones in your boot screen Images with skin tones normally cannot be displayed correctly with only 16 colors ask any graphic artist Of course you may be lucky The best thing to do is try TuneUp Utilities Manual Startup Logo Category Please note that this function is only available on Windows Vista because neither Windows XP nor Windows 7 use the startup logo Please note that this feature is not available on Windows 7 because Windows 7 does not use the startup logo Introduction Just before logon a small animated Windows logo appears With TuneUp Styler you can replace this startup logo without making risky interventions in the system This is how it works 1 Start th
193. ystem For more information see Gaining Disk Space p 62 Fixing Problems Under Fix problems you will find simple solutions to any problems that might occur For more information see Fixing Problems p 77 Customizing Windows Under Customize Windows you have many opportunities to customize your working environment to suit you For more information see Customizing Windows p 90 TuneUp Utilities Manual C Overview of All Functions To the right of the categories you will see the Overview of all functions This lists all the functions that are available in TuneUp Utilities clearly sorted by application area Turbo Mode The improved version of TuneUp Turbo Mode which is now even more powerful provides an immediate performance boost whenever you need it When you put your computer into Turbo Mode an analysis is per formed to see which of those programs and functions currently running in the background are not strictly necessary These programs are stopped or slowed down allowing the additional processing power gained to be used exclusively by the programs you are actually running Tuning Status The TuneUp Tuning Status is your personal indicator of optimization progress i e it shows you how well you are already using TuneUp Utilities and where there is still potential to optimize your system further The Tuning Status shows you details of both the Completed optimizations and the potential you have exploited Th
194. yze folders Click Select to open a tree structure of all your folders from which you can select just one folder by highlighting it and clicking OK 3 Click Next to start the analysis The analysis may take a while depending on the size and usage of the selected drives or folders As soon as the analysis is complete click Finish to display the results in the main window TuneUp Utilities Manual L69 Analysis Results L Tunetip Disk Space Explorer ca Lead Desk 0 free space nya 42 Gb KELE 3 moc isce 1295268 Mime Humber Sire Percent 3 ome sss 48 27 0K E Documents IAW kosan m compresses nies Wa Lass BA myo ao yane CE va 1 26230 eB E 2 Muke mw ost aD Folder structure After the analysis the TuneUp Disk Space Explorer main window opens This is divided into two categories In the left hand area of the window there is a tree view of your drives and folders the same as in Windows Explorer The data for the location selected in the tree view is displayed in the right hand area of the win dow By default the most recently analyzed drive is displayed first If you have decided against the analysis and clicked Cancel the main window still opens but you will not see any information on the individual drives You can also start an analysis from here but only for one drive each Display of information To display information in the right hand area of the window you can choose between severa

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