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TuneUp Utilities - 2009 User's Manual

1. TuneUp Disk Space Explorer Choose what to analyze 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 7 By Local Disk C 58 60 GB 678 75 MB T cq Local Disk D 174 24 GB 128 70 GB EA Analyze folder CAUsers TuneUp Selec Next gt Cancel e Make your selection and click Next to start the analysis The analysis may take a moment depending on the size of the selected drives or folders and the amount of data they contain As soon as the analysis is finished click Finish to close the wizard and display the results in the main window The Main Window The TuneUp Disk Space Explorer main window is divided into two areas A folder tree is located along the left edge of the window as it is in Windows Explorer The element selected in the folder tree determines which files are displayed in the right side of the window When you start the module the highest level folder My Computer will be selected which gives you a summary of all drives that were analyzed If you select a drive or an individual folder in the folder tree only those files contained in the drive or folder will be displayed This can help with tasks such as finding out which files in the folder My Documents and its subfolders are taking up the m
2. Name diagram J System Elements Author image100 File system Size 1 885 KB B Appearance A Repair Ta J Show large previe TuneUp Utilities Beta f poiar Interface a TuneUp Software ep Save As XK Delete Visual Style h Windows default active Microsoft Corporation ff Use Default sf Install lt gt Rescue Center active Opening the Create logon screen dialog To create your own logon screen goto TuneUp Styler and click on Logon screen Using the Add button you can either load a logon screen from a file or download one for free from the TuneUp web site Click on the New screen button on the upper border of the list This will open a wizard that will take you through the following four steps First select a background image for your new logon screen To do this click one of the available options for example Search local drives if the desired image is already on your computer If you decide instead to Capture images from camera or Find images with Google save the desired image at a location where you can find it again quickly and then click Search local drives to load the image Once you have selected a background image you can use the Alignment and Borders functions to optimize the appearance of your image Please note that the available alignment options will only have an effect when the picture is not the correct size for a logon screen Under Background you can specify the c
3. When you start TuneUp Undelete a wizard is opened that takes you through the recovery process step by step First you must select the drives you want to search for deleted files under Drives to be scanned The list contains all drives that are available on your system Only select the drive on which the files that you wish to recover were deleted Click Next to go to the next step Enter search string On the next screen the module allows you to narrow the search to make sure that you don t oversee your file in an endless list of deleted files It is practical to enter one or more words to search for but this is not required Solve problems E TuneUp Undelete lelak What do you want to search for Enter the desired search terms to narrow the search down If you don t know the name or file extension click Next to search for all deleted files Search criteria Search tip Q Ifyou want to use more than one search term separate them with semicolons You can use wildcards and 7 Example mygraphic jpg myanimation F Don t show 0 byte files E show only files in good condition ee Enter the name of the file you want to find in the Search term field You don t have to enter the complete name A partial name is usually sufficient If you can only remember the extension or the file type use a wildcard for the rest for example DOC or Images J PG Multiple search terms can be e
4. TuneUp Registry Defrag optimizes and defragments the Windows registry which becomes bigger and bigger during the course of your normal work The TuneUp Mem Optimizer module available for Windows versions up to Windows XP monitors the system memory in Windows and automatically optimizes it when you are not working Increase performance TuneUp Speed Optimizer Introduction Windows is not really designed for high performance and is not very frugal with system resources The operating system is packed with background tasks and services that you need only rarely if at all on a day to day basis Although this state of affairs may be annoying it is easy to justify After all Microsoft is obliged to cater to all of its users So for example even on normal home computers the operating system includes services for the Tablet PC and technologies for network servers The user who does not have a notebook with a pen interface or is not part of a big company is wasting performance and has to wait longer at system startup to be able to get to work Also annoying is the fact that Windows doesn t always use the bandwidth of your Internet connection in an optimal fashion Simultaneous data downloads or the transmission of web sites can be slowed down unnecessarily by default settings This is where TuneUp Speed Optimizer comes in It knows all there is to know about the bottlenecks in your system and in no time at all can suggest numerous ways to
5. Doctor is analyzing the selected drive Please wait until the analysis is completed Drive Local Di During the analysis TuneUp Disk Doctor will show you the current progress both as a percentage and in graphical form The boxes displayed represent the space usage of the drive being examined Normal analysis The standard analysis of your disk drive will be carried out in several steps by TuneUp Disk Doctor The table below provides explanations of all possible steps only the first three are carried out during normal analysis Thorough analysis A thorough analysis includes all the steps of the normal analysis In addition your drives will be checked for physical defects Storage space on drives is divided into so called sectors which are usually 512 bytes in size each In order to detect physical defects on a drive the intensive analysis checks each of these sectors The length of this analysis depends on several factors including the size of the drive and the degree of fragmentation You should allow at least 5 to 20 minutes The following table explains all possible steps Normal analysis and Thorough analysis 2 e gt file system 1 See aa elena ated in the specified ola Checking indexes Indices are references to folders in the NTFS file system If any of Only NTFS these indices are damaged the associated folders will not be Solve problems displayed in the file system If any or your fi
6. S Database driver iFile types Fonts L Help files History lists fo Installed programs mProaram settinas CLSID 49C69FAB ED5E 4D48 9A65 E4816E5FE642 m ma we When it is finished a message pops up saying Analysis complete Click the newly active Show errors button to close the wizard and display the problems identified in the to show main window The Main Window The main window of TuneUp Registry Cleaner is divided into two sections The Categories bar is located along the left border of the window This allows you to switch between different views which are shown in the right side of the window 61 Clean up Windows The analysis has found a large number of problems correcting them will bring noticeable benefits 62 TuneUp Registry Cleaner De fdin Gun View Heip Categories Oar gt BS ActiveX and COM 265 L agokcaten pats Gee oom P stat ceaning J nea eta YP reais tuttar oF Aesrue Center x Summary E Database awer Fie types 5 Grew deb fles Analysis complete Ly Manory iss 4 ly E trated poy ve 39 The system sean is now complete A total of 293 problems were found Chek Start cleaning to auteomabcally correct these peoblems H you msh to decide what to do youne you can view a hit of problema 7 Progam serros fa Dored Ses art Ossning 4 sari E storio n Sytem extensors nimo 9 ririo Frew aay 285 pretlems obje
7. Start menu Programs CodeGear R E XML Mapper Start menu Programs CodeGear R rtcuts on the desktop 1 a TUUtilities_8 0 1100 43 Desktop SSS888 She sje Target file Dokl dox Target folder C Users TuneUp Desktop Ca Ga Application Microsoft Office Total selected 7 shortcuts Invalid references are displayed If there is a particular entry that you do not want deleted simply clear the checkbox in front of it with a mouse click Start the cleanup of your system interfaces and programs by clicking Cleanup When its work is done the program issues a short status report telling you how many shortcuts and references were removed Click Finish to close the TuneUp ShortCut Cleaner Clean up Windows Analysis TuneUp ShortCut Cleaner now searches your system for invalid shortcuts and entries on the desktop in the Quick Launch bar and in the history lists of frequently used programs This process can take a few minutes ie TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner ene x Shortcuts are being analyzed Please wait while TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner searches your computer for defective shortcuts 2 Checking category Shortcuts Last used Results Once the scan is completed TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner displays the results It tells you how many invalid shortcuts and other entries were found on your system ba TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner lelak 7 invalid shortcuts found The sh
8. You can also click Open file to view the contents of the file in order to see if it can be deleted safely View files to be TuneUp Utilities 2009 Start Center Details Temporary files lelak deleted individual ly Please select the files you wish to delete You can delete a total of 17 files which occupy 0 06 MB of space on your system Name Folder Size Type 5 E amsdt C Windows temp 0 00 MB Folder Z Acrobat Distiller 8 C Users TuneUp AppData Local Temp 0 00MB Folder Z Cookies C Windows temp 0 00MB Folder T Google Toolbar C Users Tuneup AppData Local Temp Low 0 00MB Folder Z Google Toolbar C Windows temp 0 00MB Folder I index dat C Windows temp Fichiers Internet temporaires Content IES 0 02MB DAT File T Ipksetup 20081113 1 C Windows temp 0 01MB Text Doou 7 Ipksetup 20081113 1 C Windows temp 0 01MB Text Docu T ipksetup 20081113 1 C Windows temp 0 01MB Text Docu 7 ipksetup 20081113 1 C Windows temp 0 01MB Text Doou Z mdf2983 tmp C Windows temp 0 00MB Folder SECURITY_BAK_31142 _C Users TuneUp AppData Local Temp 0 04MB File Z vee C Users TuneUp AppData Local Temp 0 00MB Folder Z vmware temp C Windows temp 0 00MB Folder lt omsdt Createdon 11 2 2006 1 34 12PM Open Folder Folder Modified on 11 13 2008 7 19 44 PM Properties 2 Size 0 bytes Last access 11 13 2008 7 19 44PM Clean If you want to start deleting files click the Clean up but
9. amp isra PER Restore accidentally deleted files Customize Windows Additional tools Seealso Rescue Center If you have problems with your hard disk TuneUp Disk Doctor can analyze your drive and automatically repair any errors that are found Many common problems can be solved by TuneUp Repair Wizard in a few simple clicks Did you accidentally empty the Windows Recycle Bin or permanently delete a file TuneUp Undelete lets you restore deleted files or folders That is if you haven t deleted them securely with TuneUp Shredder 68 Solve problems TuneUp Disk Doctor Introduction When working with your computer many files are constantly being read and written regardless of whether you are editing a text document looking at pictures or simply starting an application Modern operating systems place all files in special file systems to allow quick access to all necessary information at any time 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 sticks 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 errors may occur in
10. change the maximum color depth of icons since they are now always set to the 32 bit maximum If you still use one of the older operating systems you can change the color depth value here Using a sliding bar you can change the size of icons on your desktop They can even be made twice their current size if you find them to be too small You can also shrink the icons to a very small size in order to gain more desktop space You can even specify how much space should be between the individual icons both vertically and horizontally The Show shortcut arrow option is very interesting only available in versions up to Windows XP By clearing the checkmark in front of this option you can get rid of the little arrow that normally appears in front of every shortcut Many users find the arrow annoying Repair category It s great fun to change Windows icons and give Windows a personal touch here and there But what do you do when the changes you want to make to icons don t take effect or when Windows confuses one icon with another Reload Icons In this case click Repair in the navigation bar and then click Reload Icons And the display errors will disappear Download Visual Styles From TuneUp Online Adding a style from a file Customize Windows Repair Icon Cache If reloading your icons doesn t solve the problem then it might be because of errors in your icon cache The icon cache is a file that Windows uses to store all curre
11. freshly started computer 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 terminate unwanted processes with a single mouse click The module also offers real time graphs of processor and memory usage and provides valuable current data on your system Using TuneUp Process Manager TuneUp Process Manager provides a great deal of information on the current status of your system This information is divided into three tabs Processes tab After startup the Processes tab shows which programs and processes are running The table displays the name priority and CPU usage for each process The module also shows how much memory is occupied by each process fq TuneUp Process Manager la X J File Edit View Tools Help i show Details Properties 2X Terminate Process Processes Open files Performance Process Priority 11 640 KB 5 620 KB 24 844 KB 32 528 KB 6 412 KB 5 768 KB 39 928 KB 6 480 KB 9 720 KB 8 940 KB 109 956 KB 13 632 KB 20 208 KB 71 676 KB 0 Acrobat Distiller taskbar icon 32 Normal Activation Licensing Service 32 Normal Apache HTTP Server 32 Normal N Apache HTTP Server 32 Normal E Automatische Updates Normal fe Bonjour Service 32 Normal E CCM Executive 32 Normal E Client Server Runt
12. has been assigned to the files in Recycle Bin Click Next to confirm your selection 107 Additional tools How securely do you want to delete your files How many times should the deletion operation be repeated 108 Select Deletion Method This section deals with the level of security you wish to use when deleting files or folders Just select one of the three options in the Deletion method section Quick delete The files will be overwritten with a single character The files no longer contain the original text but endless columns of a single letter Secure delete in accordance with DoD 5220 22 M follows guidelines issued by the US Department of Defense DoD 5220 22 M The files are overwritten with special data patterns multiple times before deletion thereby destroying the original contents so effectively that even expensive examinations of the magnetic structure of the disk in a special laboratory cannot recover the data Gutmann secure deletion This method named after its inventor Peter Gutmann overwrites the files to be deleted in 35 passes with random 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 Shredder cram How do you want to delete the data Deletion method Quick delete Overwrites the files with zero characters Secure delete in accordance with DoD 5220 22 M Deletes fi
13. it from the list entirely by clicking Delete If need be you can still restore the entry with TuneUp RescueCenter Adding a new If you want to add a new program to the automatic startup list simply click on the Add startup entry button 31 Increase performance E TuneUp StartUp Manager i ao Ormen Basa X orete M enie been added wince the irst start Click here tot more options E T Adobe Reader quick Sask aih us Reahuation launch Adebe Not required Settings Onl i Of O Acrobat Distiter tastbar eon Optional 1G Adobe Collaboration Synetwonzer 89 Optional Not requred This startup progre is disabled at recommended EI Macro sett Otice Groove 1 Natepad i a tree IGNU source cede esitor Deseription A WADU Media Comter Taukieistentpmbol Gp soson LA Sampro La signature Manager Sipe Hu 3 if coeeecee E E Viwe Wonstabon taskbar iea WT vansowm Phobien Resetting a Winsaw SQM Comatreutor Starke srog ars that ore needed 1 NADL Orire Helper Serce i eocooccecoco 2 32 ii A WADIA graphie tard utilty program I symantec User Session Mi wansows Oetender oooo cece HE Enter the directory path of the program file in the Target box You can use the Search button to help you find the file Go to the Edit menu or right click on an entry for access to advanced options For example you can view the automatic startup entry s properties or change its l
14. of recently opened files Support for the Opera browser After hard disk defragmentation which we introduced in TuneUp Utilities 2008 the feature most requested by customers was support for the Opera browser TuneUp Utilities 2009 now also includes full support for Opera Via several special Opera settings TuneUp System Control now allows you to change the number of Speed Dial entries conveniently choose your default search engine and reenable fast backward and forward navigation 14 Introduction to TuneUp Utilities 2009 Internet optimization lets you optimize Opera s performance for your Internet connection Free up disk space lets you delete the Opera cache TuneUp Styler Now you can also change the Vista logo animation which appears just before logon You can download a whole series of great animations from the TuneUp website Or if you prefer you can choose your own personal image to display while Vista starts up With Vista you can also add your own images to Vista s logon screen With just a few mouse clicks you can create a truly personal logon experience TuneUp Uninstall Manager Redesigned from the ground up TuneUp Install Manager now runs much faster and has a new even more intuitive interface so that it is even easier to uninstall unnecessary programs Unnecessary programs often are forgotten because they were installed a long time ago and then not used TuneUp Utilities 2009 shows you a list of programs not used f
15. removed Program settings Every program installed on your system can store program specific information such as data or program paths in the registry These entries may not always be correct and are sometimes left behind by a failed or manual uninstall process Database driver Database drivers and data sources can be installed or registered in the registry They are sometimes needed by programs even if your computer isn t used primarily as a database server These entries may not always be correct and are sometimes left behind by a failed or manual uninstall process As you can see deleted files can leave behind many ghosts in the registry TuneUp RegistryCleaner finds the orphaned entries and can selectively delete them Explanations can be provided for every single problem if desired For this simply click one of the listed problem categories under the Categories bar 63 Clean up Windows A detailed Git TuneUp Registry Cleaner Activex and COM Sr i ae fee pot Cran Yew teo description is Oo Oom Freer Pora jomm piterne Cj rece one available for each m A ActiveX and com ma movorm problem a single p ActiveX and COM mouse click is all you need 4 s large namber of ndasa Components Information on there Components a uved in the Actwe and COM wes FPP PPP PEEP Ri 7 292 proniem touna 1A preterm irirna tor Oranmng 2 Resev Center scire The problem will quickly provide you with brief exp
16. statement that your system is fine You might be told for example about new startup entries that you can take a look at in TuneUp StartUp Manager with an additional click System Maintenance The status report in the System maintenance area tells you whether automatic all inclusive maintenance is being run weekly Click on Details to see 1 Click Maintenance settings If TuneUp Utilities 2009 s 1 Click Maintenance is turned off this area will warn you of that fact Learn more about 1 Click Maintenance in the section on Cleaning up Windows 1 Click Maintenance Speed In the Speed area of the Start page the status report tells you if ways have been found to increase the performance of your computer They might include settings for speeding up your Internet connections your browser and your Windows interface Clicking on Details starts up TuneUp Speed Optimizer see related section in the category Increase 17 Start Page 18 performance which allows you to optimize the performance of your computer in just a few clicks System Status The status report on the System status area of the Start page tells you whether your system is in good condition or if critical problems or warnings exist that negatively impact your computer This area tells you for example when critical Windows settings are incorrectly set when you have too little free space on your system drive or when you do not have a security program installed Click on D
17. such as hard drives and memory cards has increased tremendously over the last few years Astonishingly we users somehow always manage to fill even the newer larger drives to their maximum capacity in the past no one would have dreamed of gathering 20 GB of files Now even drives with capacities of 250 GB or more are quickly filled to the brim 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 This is where TuneUp Disk Space Explorer comes in In a short space of time this efficient module helps you quickly find files and folders that are occupying valuable disk space These files can then be easily transferred to other drives archived to CD DVD or simply deleted to gain free disk space Analysis of your drives When you start TuneUp Disk Space Explorer a wizard appears that lets you select the drives to be used in the search for extremely large files The wizard shows the total size for each drive and the free space available It is especially important to analyze the drives that have little free space remaining You can also restrict the analysis to individual folders This method saves considerable time because the entire drive does not have to be analyzed 47 Free up disk space TuneUp Disk Space Explorer will analyze the selected drives or folders 48
18. them Clean up Windows use by more than one application If the specified files are moved or deleted the references may become invalid Help files The registry contains information about which folder contains the help files for a given application If the specified help files have been moved or deleted this part of the registry may contain incorrect entries Fonts The fonts that are installed in Windows are registered in a special part of the registry Errors in this part of the registry should be corrected in any case because Windows will unsuccessfully attempt to load the corresponding fonts every time the system is started Installed programs In the Control Panel the Programs and Features entry in Vista Add and Remove Programs in older versions of Windows lists the programs that you can remove from your system This list is generated from a special part of the registry which can also sometimes contain errors System extensions The registry contains references to system extensions such as audio and video codecs or Internet Explorer add ons that enhance the functionality of media player programs and Internet Explorer References to these system extensions can become invalid if the extensions are moved or deleted Windows Firewall The Windows Firewall stores information about which applications can accept incoming network connections When such applications are moved or deleted the corresponding information can also be
19. these complicated systems due to defects in the drives being used power outages or software crashes If these errors are not found and corrected quickly this can lead to error messages application problems and in the worst case total loss of important files TuneUp Disk Doctorperforms a thorough analysis of your disk drives and their file systems If any errors are found during analysis they can be repaired automatically This can help avoid data loss Using TuneUp Disk Doctor After starting TuneUp Disk Doctor a wizard will appear to guide you through the analysis and repair of your drives step by step In the first step select the drives that you would like to analyze To do this you simply need to check the box in front of the drives you wish to analyze Then click Next In the next step you can select whether you would like to perform a normal analysis or an intensive analysis As the thorough analysis can take quite some time for larger drives a normal analysis of the selected drives is usually sufficient This usually only 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 Make your selection and click Next to start the analysis 69 Solve problems TuneUp Disk Doctor will perform a careful analysis of the selected drives 70 ff TuneUp Disk Doctor Sa e Drives are being analyzed TuneUp Disk
20. window click under Free up disk space on the option Unnecessary files You will then see an overview of the files that were found on the selected disks In the overview the files that were found are presented in several categories The Size column indicates how much disk space will be freed up by deleting all files in this category You can recover Unnecessary files and backups A disk space here Unnecessary files on Local Disk C Category Size W a Windows Update backups 5 417 38 MB F Browser cache EA e Internet Explorer 0 18 MB Other z V E Recycle bin 1 021 60 MB Reports and log files W 4 Logfiles 3 30 MB E amp Windows error report files 0 13 MB Temporary files a Selected 6 445 63 MB amp Windows Update backups 49521 elements Before Windows Updates are installed certain system files are backed up so that they can be restored if problems occur during or after the installation As soon as you click on one of the categories the yellow Show details area on the lower edge of the window provides a detailed description of the category as well as additional details about the elements that were found A detailed search is performed for numerous types of unnecessary files These can generally be deleted from your hard disk without causing problems Types of unnecessary files Saved lost clusters Repair programs such as CHKDSK scan your hard disk for lost clusters an
21. you would like to perform detailed registry maintenance you can use TuneUp Registry Cleaner at any time Solve problems If Windows is no longer working properly the three modules in this category can often be helpful TuneUp Disk Doctor examines your system disks for defects or errors in their file systems These problems can be fixed quickly With TuneUp Repair Wizard you can solve a number of general computer or display problems If you have accidentally deleted important files you can use TuneUp Undelete for another chance to recover your files File recovery is only possible in this case if Windows has not yet overwritten the files with other data Customize Windows Windows is not as inflexible as you may think The modules in this category will help you to customize your Windows system at the click of a mouse With TuneUp System Control for example you can easily adjust Windows and program settings and Internet options or change the behavior of the Start menu or taskbar TuneUp Styler lets you customize the appearance of Windows Additional tools Five powerful modules are included in this category TuneUp Uninstall Manager helps you delete programs that you are no longer using TuneUp Process Manager manages the running processes shows a list of all open files and monitors system resource usage TuneUp Registry Editor lets you view and edit keys and values in the registry With TuneUp Shredder you can permanently delete files
22. 60 KB Available 5 945 340 KB System Events 111 Uptime 6 hrs 21 min Available 1 075 216 KB Processor usage 56 Memory usage 1 99 GB Menu bar functions The menu bar at the top of the TuneUp Process Manager window provides you with additional functions Click File gt New Application to open the Windows Run dialog which you can use to start a new application or open a file Click File gt Exit Windows to shut down or restart the computer so that new settings can take effect Select a process in the list and you can click Edit gt Set process priority to specify how much processor power Windows should assign to this process Replace Task Manager If you select File gt Replace Task Manager from the menu TuneUp Process Manager will become so well integrated into your system that you can even start it up by using the key combination Ctrl Alt Del Even when you right click on an empty part of the taskbar and select Task Manager from the menu you will get TuneUp Process Manager If you want to use the Windows Task Manager again simply select the same menu item to remove the check mark in front of it 103 Additional tools TuneUp Registry Editor The advantages of TuneUp Registry Editor The main window 104 Windows registry is nothing more than a big central database Every piece of hardware you add and every program you install leaves numerous traces As a result the Wi
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24. Optimizer lists important optimization options that could significantly speed up the workflow on your computer Because these settings also depend on personal preferences you decide for yourself here whether to implement these options or not Click on the entry in question or on the tab above to get more details 22 Increase performance TureUp Speed Optimizer TuneUp Speed Optimizer Quick ontencatee Pertoem ance ahne The performance of your system can be optimized There are 12 recommendations tce incresting the pertermance cf your system Ths page gens you an overvine showing the parts of you syrra thet were checked You mal fing Da detaded recomenandabcns en the Comesponding tab Quick optimization Performance advisor Sytem pertormance can be mctened without mieng mectint system One of the mays to increase system petermance requires you te Lake steps fanctrenaity ee mate decane IF Spite Stunt El Progam net wed steer J Windows sence B Fanehens that neguva mpact perormance E hema A heden Syemienngs 1D Virusi Uttects amass Orte eee Quick Optimization In its Quick Optimization Recommendations TuneUp Performance Optimizer displays recommendations in five categories System Startup Windows Services Internet System Settings and Visual Effects These recommendations increase your bandwidth disable unwanted services and startup programs and limit visual effects One click on Optimize
25. Speed Optimizer Additional tools See also S3 1 Click Maintenance You will find everything you need to accelerate your system here Many aspects of the day to day use of your computer have negative effects on performance Installing lots of programs and using the wrong Windows settings can significantly slow your computer down over time Expert users know this and can adjust system settings to achieve maximum performance With the TuneUp Utilities modules in this category a few mouse clicks are enough to optimize your system for maximum performance and you don t have to become a Windows guru TuneUp Speed Optimizer checks your computer for things that might slow your system down or problems that often cause your computer to behave unpredictably and removes 19 Increase performance 20 them at the touch of a button Meanwhile it is always ready to help you with valuable tips on hardware and software configuration One of the most powerful tools for accelerating your system is TuneUp Drive Defrag This module organizes the files on your hard disk so that they can be accessed more quickly The advanced defragmentation system will allow Windows and programs to start substantially faster TuneUp StartUp Manager lets you finally turn off those annoying unnecessary autostart programs Autostart programs are those programs that start automatically when Windows starts up often in spite of the fact that you don t want or need them
26. This information can be of particular use when you want to upgrade your system or when a technician asks if certain components are built into your computer Usage Information is gathered and displayed in nine sections The most important tab is Overview This shows you the most important information for the most important devices This shows you which processor is installed in the computer the system RAM the graphic card performance the mouse being used and any available information regarding the disk drives The other tabs contain the following information Windows This section tells you exactly which Windows version is installed on your computer when you last started your computer and what version of Internet Explorer you are using Appearance All important information including the supported display modes and the abilities of your monitor and graphics card can be found here Memory This section shows the current usage of your memory and tells you which programs are currently running and how much memory they are using Drives The module displays the hardware information and storage space usage for each of the drives in your computer This tells you how much space is still available on your drives I O Devices All important ports installed printers and audio devices are shown here Speed Here you can view detailed information on your physical memory the size of the paging file and the kernel Three real time graphs show the cu
27. TuneUp Utilities 2009 TuneUp Utilities 2009 Increase performance Free up disk space Clean up Windows Solve problems Customize Windows Additional tools System maintenance Optimized Every Friday at 17 15 your PC will undergo automatic background maintenance gt Details User Manual lt gt Rescue Center 3 Update Wizard Speed A Note Check out these 20 suggestions for speeding up your PC gt Details Please check the status of the Speed and System status areas below a System status Critical 7 problems found that might negatively impact system status gt Details gf TuneUp TuneUp Utilities 2009 was developed by Company TuneUp Software GmbH Address RheinstraBe 97 64295 Darmstadt Internet www tune up com 2 PXsoftware TuneUp Utilities 2009 is produced by Company PX Software UK Ltd Address Studio 40 Matrix Studios 91 Peterborough Road Parsons Green London SW6 3BU Internet www pxsoftware co uk Support for this software can be obtained at the following telephone number and addresses Phone Hotline 49 0 6151 493 86 10 English language support Monday to Friday from 9 00 AM to 7 00 PM CET Internet www tuneup software co uk support Table of Contents Installation ccccccceeeeeseeseeeesaeeneeaes Introduction to TuneUp Utilities 2009 The seven categories The new Start page TuneUp Speed Optimiz
28. ain is displayed and the wizard recommends that you the registry the analyze your system again This is always the case when the clean up may have made oe additional entries invalid This is not an error in the module but a chain reaction that can occur in the categories ActiveX and COM and File types Here is a simplified example Entry A in the registy points to entry B Entry B in turn points to a no longer existing file X During the first pass TuneUp Registry Cleaner recognizes that entry B is invalid because file X is missing Entry B is therefore removed during cleaning But now entry A is invalid because it points to entry B which was removed during the first pass When TuneUp Registry Cleaner recognizes that such a situation can occur it suggests checking the registry again If this happens click Check again Only the affected categories will be analyzed again All s well that ends Click Finish to close the wizard Repeat the clean up process as often as necessary until no well new problems are found You can now close the module with the confidence that you have removed a great deal of junk from your system 65 Clean up Windows TuneUp ShortCut Cleaner The TuneUp ShortCut Cleaner keeps things organized on your desktop and in frequently used programs 66 Introduction TuneUp ShortCut Cleaner keeps your desktop well organized ShortCut Cleaner verifies all of the shortcuts in the Start menu in the Quick Launc
29. alled programs as TuneUp See also 57 StartUp Manager Along the top border of the window the available file types are displayed with the buttons Images Documents Compressed files Music files Video files and Other Click on one of the buttons to display the files in this category You can obtain an overview of the distribution of the different file types by clicking on the button Overview Each file type category includes files with many different file extensions Images for example include the file extensions bmp jpg gif tif and png TuneUp Disk Space Explorer automatically recognizes which file extensions are used by your system The list of extensions can be viewed by clicking Advanced along the top right border of the window The category Other shows you all other files that do not belong to any of the other categories The list of file extensions obtained by clicking Advancedt is particularly helpful in this category You can determine which files are to be displayed in the list below by placing or removing a checkmark in front of each file extension To quickly change the status of all checkmarks you can right click on the list of file extensions to bring up a context menu This may contain options such as Select all and Invert 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 at the bottom by file size or date of last access can also hel
30. anager Increase performance Manage active processes Check open files Monitor system capacity Free updisk space TuneUp Registry Editor Search the registry Edit the registry Clean up Windows TuneUp Shredder Solve problems r Destroy files Destroy folders Destroy Recycle Bin content Customize Windows TuneUp System Information Display software and hardware configuration Display performance information TuneUp Process Manager makes it possible to view all of the applications currently running on your system and stop them if desired You can also see an overview of files on your system that are currently being used by each application as well as the resource usage of your system memory and processor TuneUp Registry Editor takes a look inside the central Windows database and allows experienced users to quickly and easily find keys and values and to make any necessary changes 99 Additional tools 100 TuneUp Shredder makes it easy to securely delete sensitive files from your computer Three high tech deletion methods can be used to delete files with such a high level of security that even the most skilled data recovery experts will not be able to restore them And TuneUp System Information provides you with a clear overview of your hardware and software so that you know exactly what is installed on your system Additional tools TuneUp Process Manager It s hard to believe how many processes are running ona
31. and some of these colors are prescribed by the operating system for example black For this reason TuneUp Styler must reduce the breadth of colors in your composition normally 16 7 million to a very few when you click Finish TuneUp Styler uses a sophisticated algorithm for this to automatically determine the best 16 colors for your picture If the picture contains too many different colors however the results of this conversion may not be satisfactory Experience has shown that the most attractive boot screens can be created with pictures with only a small number of different colors This means for example that a picture that consists predominantly of different blue shades and only a few contrasting colors will most likely result in an attractive boot screen Set the foreground color of the progress bar to a color that is contained in your picture This way you do not use one of the precious 16 colors in the progress bar only You should avoid skin tones in your boot screen if at all possible Pictures with skin tones normally cannot be displayed correctly with only 16 colors ask any graphical artist Of course you may be lucky The best thing to do is try Start Logo category Windows Vista only Just before Windows Vista logon a small animation of the Windows logo appears You can use TuneUp Styler to replace this animation with another without making dangerous changes to the system Simply click on Start logo animation in the
32. and folders so that unauthorized users will never be able to recover them Finally TuneUp System Information gives every user an overview of installed hardware and software which can be very useful before performing repairs or modifications on your computer Global modules and settings In addition to the modules within the six main categories the main window also has three top level buttons in a dark gray bar to the right at the top of the window 12 Introduction to TuneUp Utilities 2009 The TuneUp Rescue Center module runs in the background to monitor all changes made to your system The module allows you to restore any changes made to your system with TuneUp Utilities to their previous states The TuneUp Update Wizard module helps you to update your software over the Internet with a single click of your mouse The last button provides help and settings that you can use to customize the software package to meet your needs 13 Introduction to TuneUp Utilities 2009 What s New in TuneUp Utilities 2009 TuneUp Utilities 2009 has many great new features and enhancements compared to the previous version Once again our goal for the update was to implement the requests of our users in a simple and easy way The most important changes are listed below The new Start page TuneUp Utilities 2009 welcomes you with a completely redesigned Start page which tells you about the status of your computer If problems or nonoptimal setti
33. away The sooner you try the better the chances that you will be able to recover the file Please do not install software for the recovery of deleted files on your computer when you have already deleted the file When you install the software you may overwrite the lost file forever Even if you install the software on a different drive temporary installation files may be written over the files you are trying to recover For this reason data recovery software such as TuneUp Undelete should already be installed and operational This way you have all the tools you need should something go wrong Deleting Sensitive Files the Right Way Make sure that Use TuneUp Shredder to delete confidential files completely Afterwards neither TuneUp even Undelete can t Undelete nor military or professional data recovery firms can restore your sensitive data recover your sensitive files If you have already deleted a file by normal means the only way to reliably destroy it is by using a special tool that overwrites all free space on your drives Tip When you defragment a drive any files that have already been deleted are normally overwritten and cannot be recovered afterwards 77 Customize Windows Customize Windows The modules in the Customize Windows category help you adapt the operating system to meet your needs Here you can ry tweak Windows TuneUp Utilities 2009 SSS WU wed T as much as you like Start page Cust
34. ch memory should be freed Click Clear Now to free the specified amount of memory The module will then remove unneeded DLLs and other files from physical memory which may require a few seconds Under Clipboard the module shows the current amount of memory occupied by the data in your clipboard Click Empty Clipboard to free up the memory used by this data Program Options Under Program options you can turn on Load automatically when Windows starts up so that TuneUp Memory Optimizer can get to work as soon as Windows is running Hide TuneUp The Show icon in taskbar notification area places an icon in the notification area of Memory Optimizer the Windows taskbar to the left of the clock that indicates the current status of your memory When you turn this option off TuneUp Memory Optimizer carries on working in the background but is no longer visible To access TuneUp Memory Optimizer in this case you must either use the main application window or the Windows Start menu You can also have your memory usage optimized by pressing a key combination The currently configured key combination can be seen in the Key combination box and is Ctrl Alt O by default You can change this combination at any time 37 Free up disk space Free up disk space Even the largest hard disk fills up at some point With today s Internet connections and the constantly growing range of downloads this happens more quickly than most users would like it t
35. che cae cere Moh Name Beach House J Autor AzDude a k a Mike Watts EE Startbildschirm Gr Be 597 KB Beach House Anmeldebildschi s QP Anmeldebildschirm PENRI ESER visueller stil To Aufgaben 5 A Ne idschi ki SSR upore debildschirm kopieren Richard Mohler X Anmeldebildschirm l schen i Standard wiederherstellen off Anmeldebildschirm installieren lt gt Rescue Center aktiv As soon as it is started the module lists all available welcome screens When you use the module for the first time you will only see the default Windows screen You can add additional welcome screens to the list by clicking Add at the top of the list Then you can select an existing welcome screen from a file on your computer or you can download new screens from TuneUp Online The TuneUp Styler custom format TLS is supported in both Windows Vista and Windows XP In addition all available logon screens can be directly installed with Logonui exe or in Stardock LogonStudio format with LOGONXP Select the desired screen in the list and click Install Welcome Screen in the lower right corner of the window Most welcome screens are in English but not all For this reason your system may greet you in a different language the next time you start your computer after installing a new screen Then instead of Click your user name to log on the screen might read Klicken Sie auf Ihren Benutzernamen um sich anzumelden for example For t
36. con package 5 Completing the wizard Here you can add your name e mail address and Internet address to the icon package Enter a descriptive package name here If you wish you can also enter additional information on the package in the Description box Use the options in this step to make sure that your package is not too large so that it can be sent via e mail without problems The icons are collected and optimized if needed then stored together as an icon package Now that the icon package has been successfully created simply click Finish to add it to the list of icon packages Clicking the Folder button opens TuneUp Styler s icon package folder where you can copy the package to another location or attach it to an E mail File System category Windows assigns a default icon to every drive file or folder Start menu folder and every Favorites entry If you click on File system in the navigation bar you can change these icons Drives and folders Under the first tree node for example you can assign a cool icon to the drive where all of your games are installed and an icon with a more serious appearance to the drive where your office applications are installed You can do the same with folders A few carefully chosen icons can make it much easier to find your way around drives that contain a great deal of data 94 Assign new icons to your drives Start menu folders Internet Explorer Favorites How
37. cts were found that are based on libraries that are no longer in your system These orphaned r lt 1 can be deleted Razh fae tpe 5 problems Some fe types point to programs that ne longer east on this system This can cause emor messages when 3 pening fles Dass Dy History ists 4 probiems APY Some entries in the Windows and program history lists refer to missing files and can be deleted Driel 235 prottens sound eA preteen selected for cteaning The default category Summary will open first The module will show here that the system analysis is complete and gives the total number of problems found The section below shows the distribution of the problems found in the individual categories The module can recognize problems in the following areas ActiveX and COM Application paths File Types Windows applications consist of many individual components Information about these components is stored in the ActiveX and COM areas of the registry which are available to applications installed on your computer The installation folders for some programs are saved in the registry This lets these programs be started through the Run dialog without entering the complete application path File types link one or more file extensions like TXT or DOC to various kinds of information For example they specify the icon that should be used in Windows Explorer to represent this type of file or the program that should be used to open
38. cue Center Se Tasks Backups 1 Installed TuneUp 2009 Thu 11 20 2008 8 36 PM Unde changes Sritem recovery e Ko r Windows regularly creates System restore points If your system starts to behave incorrectly you can revert to one of the stored System restore points The previous state of the system is restored and all subsequent changes disappear Switch to System Recovery to view all restore points If your system stops working as expected all you have to do is select an entry in the list the latest possible when your system worked properly and click Restore to activate the backed up configuration You will need to restart your computer If you wish to create a restore point of your own so that you can return to a specific configuration at any time click Create restore point and enter a description in the dialog that appears 113 Global modules TuneUp Update Wizard Select your connection 114 Introduction TuneUp Utilities 2009 is constantly being improved Modules are enhanced and bugs if any are fixed And from time to time some modules need to be brought up to date to include the newest technology TuneUp Update Wizard automates the process of logging on to the TuneUp website looking for updates downloading and installing them In addition the downloaded updates are very small and so can be downloaded quickly Run TuneUp UpdateWizard regularly to make sure that you always have the latest version of Tun
39. d save them as files These backups are rarely used Internet Explorer All pictures text and animations that you view in Internet Explorer 41 Free up disk space Mozilla Firefox Opera while surfing the Internet are saved in the cache If you visit a and Safari Cache 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 Thumbnails of images are used by various programs to provide a quick preview The thumbnails used by Windows ACDSee and Google Picasa are taken into consideration Recycle bin All files in the Recycle Bin can be deleted Log files Many applications 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 Backups Many applications automatically create backups of the files they use These can be deleted if you no longer need them Memory dump files When problems with an application occur Windows saves the portion of your system memory used by the application in question to a file for troubleshooting purposes These files are unnecessary and can be deleted Temporary files These are used by different programs to temporarily store data and should normally be deleted by the program after its tasks are complete These files can always be deleted Temporary h
40. debar are not displayed Repair Wizard can make the correctly necessary settings to Taskbar and Quick Launch bar permanently display the menu bar Pi a The taskbar cannot be displayed BH a The Quick Launch bar is not displayed A The Switch between windows function is not displayed in the _ Quick Launch bar A The Display desktop function is not displayed in the Quick v After clicking on Next TuneUp Repair Wizard shows a final list of all problems that have been selected giving the user the opportunity to check and correct the selections that have been made Clicking on Next starts the quick process of solving the problems Pressing Finish exits the module 73 Solve problems TuneUp Undelete 74 You must have had this experience A file gets deleted by accident and is nowhere to be found in the Recycle Bin There is no backup of course or only one that is months old In this case hard work lies ahead With TuneUp Undelete it is usually still possible to recover deleted files and save your valuable work amp TuneUp Undelete lole Welcome to TuneUp Undelete You can use TuneUp Undelete to restore deleted files after you have emptied the Reqycle Bin Select the drives you want to scan for deleted files Drives to be scanned T amp Local Disk C a T c Local Disk 03 ae Select all Click Next to set the search criteria Usage
41. directly in the selected element drive or folder The size and percentage of space occupied is shown here for up to 10 items If you would like to see more than the 10 elements that are displayed simply click on the link Show Contents to switch to a detail view If My Computer is displayed in the first table it will instead show the occupied space for each drive The second 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 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 detail view The third 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 last table this view does not 49 Free up disk space 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 Top 100 Files the corres
42. disk space To remove a program from your computer highlight its entry and click on Uninstall You can also simply double click on the entry Clean up Windows The uninstall routine differs from program to program But in all cases there are not only files on the hard disk to delete but also related desktop icons entries in the Start menu and keys in the registry Follow the instructions provided by the Uninstall routine to complete the process 59 Clean up Windows TuneUp Registry Cleaner Decide for a complete or partial registry scan here 60 You can use TuneUp RegistryCleaner to quickly and thoroughly remove the unneeded data left over when you install and remove programs and when you work with your computer every day Cleaning up your registry database frees your system of unneeded ballast so that it can work better and more quickly After the module analyzes your system for problems you can individually view each of the problems found and call up a detailed description If you wish you can also have all problems corrected automatically All changes to your system are monitored by TuneUp RescueCenter and can be undone with a few mouse clicks Using the search wizard Once the module is started a wizard is opened automatically in which you can choose between two options for scanning the registry TuneUp Registry Cleaner x Welcome to TuneUp Registry Cleaner You can use this program to remove un
43. do this simply double click on the file Installation Please close all other programs JY TuneUp Utilities 2009 installation Smm TuneUp Welcome to the installation of Utilities 2009 TuneUp Utilities 2009 EBetore you begin we recommend that you save your files and clove alt programs Stomia The installation routine will welcome you To begin with you will be asked to close all other open Windows programs Use ALT TAB to switch to any other open applications and close them with the keystroke ALT F4 This will help to avoid errors or conflicts during installation In addition the installation wizard is now free to update system files that might otherwise have been in use at the time Click Next to continue The program will now show the license agreement Read through the text to learn about the conditions placed on your use of the software Select the option I accept the license agreement and click Next again You must accept the license agreement to continue Personalize your copy of TuneUp Utilities Start the installation process Installation Enter your user name and product key WY TuneUp Utilities 2009 installation lo Please read the license agreement op END USER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LICENSE FOR SOFTWARE Scope of the End User Terms and Conditions of License a Software and the doomentaton belonging to it are protected under copyright law Your use of ths Software requ
44. e Icon Packages lt gt Rescue Center active Click Replace icon to open a dialog allowing you to search for a new icon for the selected element The module always opens the icon library that contains the current icon for the selected element That is usually the shell32 dll library provided by Windows If you have your own icon library click Browse to search through it 91 Customize Windows The shell32 dll file which is included with Windows contains a large number of icons Undoing changes Undoing changes for multiple items 92 Change Icon Look for icons in this file imageres dil Select an icon from the list below xa x 2 TT 4 m ce As soon as you have found the desired icon select it with your mouse and click OK to record your change Important All of the changes that you make to system items are not applied immediately The program records your changes for the individual items and indicates that a change has been saved by adding a small red star next to the respective entry in the list Your changes are not applied until you click Apply in the lower right corner of the window If you have selected a different icon for an item you can undo this change at any time as long as you have not yet clicked Apply To do this select the corresponding item in the list and click Discard unsaved changes made to this item If you have already click
45. e read head only needs to move once to be able to read the entire file in one operation If an application deletes a file from the middle it leaves a gap Windows uses this gap later to store the next new file on the disk If however the space available in this gap isn t big enough for the new file Windows breaks the file into two pieces and puts the second piece somewhere else that s free Over time more and more gaps are created and more and more new or modified files are stored in more and more fragments This causes a considerable slowdown in computer performance The disk s read head must repeatedly be moved to read in each of the file fragments Where previously one or two revolutions of the hard disk were sufficient to read the data into memory now perhaps ten or a hundred times as may revolutions are needed TuneUp Drive Defrag is carried out to restore the optimal condition of the hard disk The software intelligently defragments and organizes the disk in such a way that all of the files are once again positioned one after the other on the disk thus making it faster to read TuneUp Drive Defrag is particularly clever in the way it determines the order of the newly sorted files System files that are needed often for example are placed at the beginning of the disk so that Windows can access them even quicker than would be possible on a disk defragmented in the normal way It is clear of course that this kind of defragmentation takes a
46. e that you wish to recover in the list click it to select it You can select more than one file by holding the Ctrl key while clicking Then click Restore and the program will attempt to return the file to the normal Windows environment Once the files have been recovered try to open them in the corresponding program If the file can be opened the recovery was successful If not then part of the file was already overwritten by another file And that can often happen sooner than you think File Condition In the Condition column TuneUp Undelete estimates the probability that file restore will be successful There are two possible conditions Good The location of the file on the disk does not appear to be occupied by any other files The chances are good that the file can be successfully recovered Bad The file has already been partially overwritten with new data It is still possible that the file can be at least partially restored Please note that these are only estimates It can never be determined with complete certainty what has happened with any specific location on the hard disk since the file was deleted 76 SVE problems Data Recovery 101 Valuable tips for As deleted files have a rather short life expectancy under Windows especially on the better results system drive where the paging file and many temporary files are located you should normally attempt to recover an accidentally deleted file with TuneUp Undelete right
47. eUp Disk Space Explorer The default settings are based on the settings of Windows Explorer If you would like to use settings that differ from those in Windows Explorer simply select the option Use custom settings and adjust the options to your liking With default settings TuneUp Disk Space Explorer protects all elements in system folders to prevent you from accidentally deleting or moving important system files If you know your system perfectly you can deactivate this protection in the section Protected system elements Place a checkmark next to the option Permanently deactivate protection not recommended Deletion method The section Deletion method lets you decide which method TuneUp Disk Space Explorer should use as the default when deleting files and folders The standard deletion method Move to Recycle Bin is particularly recommended for beginners as accidentally deleted files can be restored 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 space 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 software such as TuneUp Undelete The three other deletion methods use TuneUp Shredde
48. eUp Utilities Open the main window You will find TuneUp Rescue Centerin a dark grey area near the upper edge of the window directly below the blue title bar Click Update Wizard to start the module TuneUp Update Wizard TuneUp Update Wizard welcomes you This module allows you to keep TuneUp Utilities up to date at all times For this to work properly you will need to tell the wizard which Internet connection you use in the first step In general the correct connection will be automatically recognized by the program If this does not work for you select a connection type from the list If your Internet connection cannot be found in the list at all you have two possibilities If you are always online for example over a network select Permanent connection to the Internet If you always establish a connection to the Internet yourself select Start connection manually If you use a network to connect to the Internet you may need to adjust certain Proxy settings so that the connection works Generally this is not necessary as the module uses the default Internet Explorer settings This means that if you can surf the web with Internet Explorer TuneUp UpdateWizard will work too Click Nextto check for updates Installing Updates TuneUp Update Wizard then connects to the Internet to look for new updates This may take a few seconds After this the wizard will show you a list of all current updates that are present on our Interne
49. ed Apply you can still undo changes to an item by resetting it to the Windows defaults at any time To do this select the desired entry in the list and click Reset item to Windows defaults Please note that this link is only shown when the selected icon is not set to the Windows defaults If you should want to undo changes made to multiple items you can click Reset category or Reset all categories Categories here refers to the five types of system elements Desktop Start menu Explorer File types and Control Panel The first link resets only elements in the currently selected tab The second covers all system elements that can be changed using TuneUp Styler After either of the links is clicked a dialog is shown that asks you if you wish to reset all items to the Windows defaults or if you only wish to discard any unsaved changes for these items The second option is of course only available when changes have not yet been applied Practical icon packages let you change all icons at once Customize Windows Icon Packages Of course it s a tedious job to replace all Windows icons For this reason TuneUp Styler makes it possible to replace all old style Windows icons with new ones in one go Simply click the Icon packages button at the bottom left Managing and installing icon packages TuneUp Styler Icon Packages Icon Packages Give your system a whole new look Select an icon package and click Install to display
50. ed image is already on your computer If you decide instead to Capture images from camera or Find images with Google save the desired image at a location where you can find it again quickly and then click Search local drives to load the image 2 Customize image Once you have selected a background image you can use the Alignment and Borders functions to optimize the appearance of your picture Please note that the available alignment options will only have an effect when the picture is not the correct size for a boot screen 640 x 480 pixels Under Background you can specify the color that will be used for the areas that are not covered by your image This will also be used for the background of the progress bar for technical reasons 86 3 Customize progress bar Windows XP only 4 Finish This is how you get the best results Customize Windows Here you can specify the Position of the progress bar your Foreground color and the Border color as desired Position the progress bar at a location that does not interfere with the overall impression of the image This option is not available in Windows Vista because the progress bar is not shown in the alternative boot screen that is used Click Save boot screen to assign a name to your creation and to add it to the list of available boot screens Tips for successful boot screens under Windows XP All boot screens may have only 16 colors under Windows XP for technical reasons
51. elp files These files are used to display help files more quickly Temporary installation These are used by many Microsoft installation programs to temporarily store data and should normally be deleted by the program after its tasks are complete These files can always be deleted 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 Windows error When a program crashes Windows saves data about the program reporting files If this service has been deactivated or if settings do not allow for information to be sent to the manufacturer these files can be deleted Windows XP Vista When Windows is updated backup files are created Update and Service Pack Backups Exclude categories You can prevent individual categories from being deleted To do this simply clear the check box in front of the desired category for example Temporary files or Log files 42 Free up disk space View files to be Most categories give you the option before deletion to view the individual files that were deleted individually suggested In this case you will see the Show details button in the details area of the window Clicking on it opens a new window and displays all files from the selected category You can clear the check box in front of any file by clicking it thereby excluding it from deletion
52. en transfer animations to any computer loaded with TuneUp Utilities 2009 by clicking Add and Load Start logo animation from file You can even use one of your own images in place of an animated Start logo Click on Add and Load start logo from file and select an image from your hard disk You get best results when your image is in 300x300 pixel format Logon Screen category If you share your computer with other users or if you use a password to protect your account you are familiar with the Windows XP Welcome screen With Windows XP the Welcome screen shows a list of all user accounts A user can log on by clicking one of these accounts and entering a password if one is set for the account With Windows Vista you need to manually enter the user name and corresponding password With TuneUp Styler you can completely change the appearance of the logon screen Click Welcome screen in the navigation bar to go to this area Customize Windows Pep up your system with a custom logon screen Installing a new logon screen Restoring the default screen BB TuneUp Styler 2 o TuneUp Do 5 e Rescue Center Styler oa s Aligemein a Anmeldebildschirm Benutzeranmeldung umgestalten E Startseite Anmeldebildschirme 19 F Hinzuf gen Symbole a A sight for sore eyes a Richard Mohler J Systemelemente I Dateisystem z B Darstellung iaa geia DF Reparieren ggg Richard Mohe B amp O ai a ichard Mohler Oberiei
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54. er of ignored recommendations is displayed in the footer bar By clicking on the number displayed you can display these recommendations again A TuneUp Speed Optimiser inms TuneUp Speed Optimizer Performance athisor Q Taere are 13 recommendations for increring system perfcrmance thet requee ytu te take a Gecasen or make a Cinge to the system Decode what should be Sone with respect g to tese recommendations Optimization recommendations Details Microsoft Document Explorer 2008 Manufacturer Microseft Corperasion eee You have only used Miceorolt Document Explorer 2008 for wee 1 month age on italiong A The Lai time you used this program TuneUp Speed Optimaner ts remanding you about thet program se thet yeu can decide mhethes to Keep i instatedt Do you recognize this program Mo I don t recognise this program Ven frecognaze tha program Profile Selection TuneUp Speedup Optimizer makes it child s play to optimize your computer The first time you run TuneUp Speed Optimizer you must only answer a few questions Take the time to do this so that TuneUp Speed Optimizer can make the best possible improvements to your system First click on the selection box below the question How is your Increase performance computer connected to the I nternet Then look for the appropriate answer TuneUp Speed Optimizer can use this information to set network Internet and browser settings e g packet size so as to optim
55. es TuneUp Utilities is made up of many useful modules that can all be accessed from a common main application window The main window is divided into seven categories to make it easier to find individual modules The modules that belong to the currently selected category are listed in the right part of the window You can start a module simply by clicking on its name You can also click the links below a module name to navigate directly to the desired feature within the module After you have finished working with a module simply click the red X in the top right corner of the window to close the module and return to the main window Start Page The Start page appears as soon as TuneUp Utilities 2009 starts up This provides you with an overview of the most important optimization and maintenance options The top section of the Start page provides recommendations for optimizing your computer and reports new Autostart entries that have been added since you last ran TuneUp Utilities The maintenance section reports any problems or error messages for your computer The speed section provides ways to optimize the performance of your computer The system status section tells you whether Windows is wrongly installed which background processes use excessive memory etc One click on a module name opens up the module allowing you to resolve problems and restore your system to peak status Increase performance No one should have to use a Windows system t
56. es all structural mistakes and defects The performance of your computer will be optimized by Reducing fragments Repairing structural defects Recovering unused memory space Te lt TuneUp Registry Defrag will determine to what extent your registry me a is fragmented in the next step Click Next to analyze your Registry Back Cancel Analyzing the registry TuneUp Registry Defrag begins by showing you how heavily fragmented your registry is Click Next to start the analysis Before the analysis starts you will be informed that all other applications must be closed Please follow these instructions and close all other applications before you continue Registry Analysis Once you have confirmed that all other applications have been closed TuneUp Registry Defrag paints the screen gray and displays a status window showing that your computer is busy and cannot be used for the time being During the full analysis a small clock in the upper left corner of the status window indicates that the software is still working In addition a progress bar shows you how far along the process is 33 Increase performance What happens when you restart 34 Even if the bar doesn t move for minutes at a time there is no need to be concerned On heavily used systems it can take a while to complete registry analysis Next the module shows the results of the analysis If there is potential for optimization you wil
57. escue center 112 Restore 112 S Safari Cache 41 Set Process Priority 103 Shell32 dll 91 Shortcut Cleaner Usage 66 Show shortcut arrow 95 118 Speed 17 102 Stardock Bootskin 85 Start logo 87 Startup 31 Startup programs 31 System Restore 113 System Status 18 T TBS 85 Thorough analysis 70 TuneUp Disk Cleaner 41 TuneUp Disk Doctor 69 70 71 TuneUp Disk Space Explorer 47 48 52 53 TuneUp Drive Defrag 27 28 TuneUp Memory Optimize 36 TuneUp Memory Optimizer 35 37 TuneUp Process Manager 101 TuneUp Registry Cleaner 60 61 TuneUp Registry Defrag 33 TuneUp Registry Editor 104 TuneUp RegistryCleaner 60 64 TuneUp Repair Wizard 73 TuneUp Rescue Center 111 112 TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner 66 67 TuneUp ShortCut Cleaner 67 TuneUp Shredder 106 107 108 TuneUp Speed Optimizer 21 22 23 24 TuneUp StartUp Manager 31 TuneUp Styler 83 84 86 88 90 91 95 97 TuneUp System Control 79 80 81 TuneUp System Information 109 TuneUp Undelete 74 76 TuneUp Uninstall Manager 58 TuneUp Update Wizard 111 114 TVS 98 U Undo changes 112 Undoing changes 112 Uninstall 58 Unnecessary files and backups 41 Global modules Unnecessary Programs 58 Vv Update 114 Updates 114 Visual effects 81 Use SmartOptimize 36 Ww What s New in TuneUp Utilities 2009 14 Windows Functions 45 119
58. etails for more information about the problems found In the Details area you can also resolve the problem in just a few clicks Gat System status Details Lx 4 Problem 7 ot E Mese problem are played by Windows Media Player a umque D is If you would rather not solve the problem right away you can click the Hide problem option to ignore it for now Go on to the next problem and deal with it in the same way If you have already hidden problems you can display them again by clicking on the link in the lower part of the window Note Hidden problems are not included in the status report If all remaining problems are hidden then system status is set to green Increase performance Increase performance The modules in the Increase performance category are there to accelerate your system You will find n x everything you Tu rite Ufo Utilities 2009 need to accelerate your system here lt lt Rescue Center 3 Update Wizard amp Stat page Increase performance TuneUp Drive Defrag Increase performance Speed up system and program startup Schedule automatic defragmentation Frec up disk space TuneUp Registry Defrag Reduce size of registry Clean up Windows Show Quick Optimization Show Performance Advisor suggestions Change profile Customize Windows TuneUp StartUp Manager Prevent unwanted automatic program startups Schedule automatic startup of a program kp Share A TuneUp
59. ftware failing to run The items that are suggested for cleanup are clearly identified concisely explained and put into one of the following four categories Unnecessary files and backups In this category all files that can be deleted without a second thought are displayed This allows you to quickly free up disk space These include temporary files the contents of the browser cache temporary thumbnail views and automatically generated log files This category also displays files that are normally used to restore your system to an earlier state These include restore points Windows Update backups and the contents of the Recycle Bin If your system is working fine and you do not want to restore recently deleted files or folders you can free up space by deleting these backups Windows functions Windows installs many standard features that can quickly consume several gigabytes of space You can deactivate especially space hungry features in order to free up space These include the power save mode Hibernation file which permanently reserves the amount of disk space equivalent to your system s memory Free up disk space Unnecessary files and backups In this category all files that can be deleted without a second thought are displayed This allows you to quickly free up disk space These include for example temporary files the contents of browser caches temporary thumbnail views and automatically generated log files In the main
60. gram name of each startup entry TuneUp a program that Utilities can often tell immediately whether a program is needed or not The Evaluation starts automatically s r is necessary column contains the phrase Not required Required or You decide You can get more information about an entry by clicking on it If you do a complete description of the entry is displayed in the left part of the window Thanks to a continually maintained database StartUp Manager knows about the most common startup programs and can give you detailed information about how they work Under Recommendation Startup Manager provides tips about the entry and the option of immediately disabling it Deactivating and By default all startup entries are enabled To disable an unwanted startup program click on deleting entries Disable in the Toolbar or click on the Enable Disable checkbox The next time Windows starts up the program will no longer run automatically We recommend that you disable only one program at a time restart your computer and then start up your normal programs as usual In this way you can find out for certain whether the entry is needed If something doesn t work properly the next time you start Windows all you have to do is select the check box again If everything works fine you can go on to disable the next entry Tip To quickly enable or disable an entry double click on it If you are certain that you no longer need an entry you can remove
61. h bar and on the desktop If the shortcut points to a program that no longer exists or to a deleted file you can use ShortCut Cleaner to remove it easily At the same time empty folders are removed from the Start menu Empty folders usually result from manual reorganization of the Start menu ShortCut Cleaner also analyzes the history files of the Microsoft Office OpenOffice Windows Media Player and Nero programs History files contain references to all of the files recently used by the program ShortCut Cleaner checks all of the references and determines whether the iles still exist If not the module suggests removing these invalid references TuneUp ShortCut Cleaner Usage Immediately after TuneUp ShortCut Cleaner starts it searches your work interface Desktop Start menu Quick Launch bar and your programs for invalid shortcuts and references In just a few seconds the module shows you a list of all invalid references elaks W TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner 7 invalid shortcuts found The shortcuts listed below point to files that no longer exist Select those that should be deleted and then click Cleanup M Name Location Entries in Microsoft Office history lists 1 a m 83 Dokt dox Microsoft Office Shortcuts in the Start menu 5 a E C Builder 2007 Start menu Programs CodeGear R E CodeGear RAD Studio Start menu Programs CodeGear R E Delphi NET Start menu Programs CodeGear R E Delphi 2007
62. hanges TuneUp Utilities 2009 reaches deep into the Windows system However Windows has changed a great deal from version to version Because of this the software automatically recognizes and adapts to each supported version of Windows This is done automatically so that you the user won t have to re learn the software for each operating system version Installation Installation Before using TuneUp Utilities 2009 on your computer you must first install the software During this process application files will be copied to the hard drive You can then run the software and use it at any time without having to reinsert the CD ROM System requirements To be able to install and use TuneUp Utilities 2009 without a problem your system needs to meet certain requirements The software does not require a high powered system however any reasonably modern computer should meet the necessary minimum requirements Microsoft Windows Vista XP SP2 XP SP2 both 32 and 64 bit versions 32 and 64 bit versions 256 MB RAM Online version 80 MB free disk space CD ROM or DVD ROM drive Starting the Installation Insert the enclosed CD in your CD ROM drive The installation will start automatically as soon as the drive has recognized the CD If nothing happens after inserting the CD the autostart function of your drive is deactivated In this case use Explorer to open the file SETUP EXE which is located in the main directory of the CD To
63. hat keeps getting slower and slower over time TuneUp Utilities 2009 includes several modules to help prevent your system from slowing down TuneUp Drive Defrag determines the degree of fragmentation of your hard disks and reorganizes your files in an intelligent manner TuneUp Registry Defrag shrinks your bloated registry so that it takes up significantly less space TuneUp StartUp Manager prevents unwanted programs from starting automatically TuneUp System Optimizer uses various methods to improve general system performance and most of all your Internet speed XP users also have access to TuneUp Memory Optimizer This module lets you free up blocked system memory immediately without restarting your computer Free up disk space Even the biggest hard disks fill up someday TuneUp Utilities 2009 helps you preserve disk space by searching for many types of unnecessary files that can be deleted with the user s approval The TuneUp Utilities 2009 main window shows you how much memory can be saved even before you have started a program module 11 Introduction to TuneUp Utilities 2009 Maintain Windows Windows is a dynamic system that requires regular attention from its users Because of this regular system maintenance should be a priority TuneUp 1 Click Maintenance can initiate maintenance of your entire system automatically at predefined times or with a single click of your mouse This lets you keep your system in top shape at all times If
64. he data on your disk whether by moving or changing files or installing new programs In the Increase performance area of TuneUp Drive Defrag read why defragmentation is essential to keep Windows running smoothly Makes sure there is order on your desktop 1 Click Maintenance checks whether there are invalid shortcuts lurking on your desktop in the Start menu or in the Quick Launch bar and automatically removes them At the same time it looks for invalid entries in the history lists of various programs such as Windows Media Player and Microsoft Office You will learn more in the Clean up Windows area of TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner The most practical thing about TuneUp 1 Click Maintenanceis that it can be scheduled so that your system is always well maintained You can schedule TuneUp 1 Click Maintenance to run automatically for example once a week Normally system maintenance is run every Friday at 5 15 p m TuneUp Utilities set this up for you during installation and since then has been taking care of maintenance in the background without disturbing you You can rest easy knowing that your system is in good hands And if your computer is not turned on at the time scheduled for maintenance then it will begin five minutes after you log onto Windows the next time But you can schedule automatic maintenance for any time you like Just go to the TuneUp Utilities Start page and click on System maintenance Here you specify on which day and at w
65. he right settings among the cryptic entries in the registry Most users don t understand a word of the information contained in an open registry file Even if you know the registry entries inside and out a small typo in the registry can still lead to serious consequences and even complete system failure That s where TuneUp Utilities 2009 comes in The software helps both beginners and experts to make Windows meet their needs in a way that is better easier and safer All important system options are explained in an easy way and can be turned on or off at the click of your mouse TuneUp Utilities 2009 will then make the necessary changes in the registry or boot files automatically We place a high value on system stability so that Windows won t stop working reliably And most changes that you make can be undone in TuneUp Rescue Center easily and safely The program also gives you many more options In addition to helping you make Windows better looking you can also clean up and optimize your system at the click of a mouse TuneUp Utilities 2009 will clean up unnecessary data from your hard disk and remove unnecessary entries from your registry It can defragment your hard disk and registry and optimize your system settings to make Windows run substantially faster Much of this maintenance is performed automatically for you every week by 1 Click Maintenance Installation Automatic adaptation to your operating system When making these c
66. hich time TuneUp Utilities should clean up and speed up your system Tip If you are annoyed by the balloon tip that appears when maintenance finishes you can turn it 56 Clean up Windows right off in the same window Clear the checkmark from the box in front of Show maintenance report as balloon If there are some maintenance tasks you don t want run you can come here to reconfigure 1 Click Maintenance For example if you would rather defragment your hard disk manually simply clear the checkmark from the Optimize hard disk performance entry Maintenance Setiings ES Specify computer maintenance mode 1 Click Maintenance checks the computer for frequent problems that impact computer performance or reliability and if desired can automatically correct them Automatic maintenance will be run every Friday Maintenance tasks F Correct registry problems F Remove invalid shortcuts F Free up disk space F Optimize hard disk performance Automatic Maintenance V Automatic computer maintenance recommended Maintenance scheduled for 7 Automatically perform catch up maintenance if the computer was not on at the scheduled time F Show maintenance report as balloon 57 Clean up Windows TuneUp Uninstall Manager 58 Every time a program is installed under Windows an entry is added to the registry with instructions about how to uninstall the product The aim of the entry is to ensure that the p
67. his reason TuneUp Styler will ask you if you want to use the texts in the selected welcome screen or if you want to use the default texts for your system language or the currently installed welcome screen Once you confirm the dialog the installation will begin and a progress bar will be displayed for the duration of the operation After the new screen is installed you can test your new screen right away To do this press the Windows key and L key at the same time If you no longer want to use your new welcome screen you can naturally restore the default Windows screen at any time To do this click Restore Defaults in the lower right corner of the window The default screen is then shown in the list automatically Click Install Welcome Screen to save your change 89 Customize Windows TuneUp Styler makes creating logon screens child s play 1 Select image 2 Customize image 3 Finish Create Logon Screen Windows Vista only Give your imagination free reign and create your own logon screen that you can install on your computer and share with your friends eter x JE TuneUp Styler 3 TuneUp om 2 IN ra Rescue Center Styler u 2 General a Logon Screen Change user logon E Start Page Logon Screens 6 FR Add New Screen System Start B amp O Richard Mohler E Boot screen 5 ia Start logo ach House Dude a k a Mike Watts Logon Screen Icons Curious Giraffe 5 a
68. ime Process Normal E Client Server Runtime Process Normal E Client Server Runtime Process Normal E Desktop Window Manager High E Desktop Window Manager High internet Explorer 32 Normal internet Explorer 32 Normal ra 22ESRSSSSSEREREE Abode Flash Player Helper 9 0 r115 Adobe File FlashUtil9e exe Folder G Windows SysWOW64 Macromed Flash Processes 92 Processor usage 100 Memoryusage 192GB lt If you wish to view more information on an application or a process you can select it in the list and then click Show Details Click Terminate Process to close a program This is a somewhat drastic measure but is sometimes necessary to close a program that has hung or if you want to stop an unwanted dialer 101 Additional tools The not so wondrous list of files 102 If User Access Control is activated in Windows Vista it is possible that initially only the processes that you started are shown To see the processes started by other users and by the system click on the button at the lower border of the window entitled Show all processes Open files tab The Open files tab provides an overview of all files and folders that are currently open on the computer including information on the file type and location and which process is currently using the file E TuneUp Process Manager gt File Edit View Tools Help Processes Openfiles Performance Name In folder Type Opened b
69. intenance will be carried out automatically Everything is in the name To keep your Windows system fast and stable use TuneUp 1 Click Maintenance It regularly and automatically takes care of the most important maintenance tasks for your system TuneUp 1 Click Maintenance Cleans up your registry Over time your Windows registry fills up with hundreds of unnecessary entries These include references to files that no longer exist leftovers from long removed programs and invalid entries 1 Click Maintenance cleans up the registry ensuing your Windows system runs smoothly and error free In the Clean up Windowsarea of TuneUp Registry Cleaner you will learn more about cleaning up the Registry deletes files that are no longer needed So called temporary files are a plague Windows and application programs store temporary files on your hard disk to save settings or data for a short time Before exiting the program in question should really delete these files In your dreams The program often forgets to clean up after itself and so lots of useless data sits indefinitely on your disk You can rely on 1 Click Maintenance to delete all temporary files and folders from your hard disk uses smart defragmentation to speed up disk access In the background TuneUp Utilities changes the configuration of files and folders to make it easier and quicker to read them Regular defragmentation is essential especially if you often make changes to t
70. ires the grant of the rights necessary for such use These End User Terms and Conditons of License govern the scope of the nights granted y TuneUp Distribution GmbH Rheinstraiie 97 in 64295 Darmstadt Germany hereinafter TuneUp to you as the acqurer of the Software Please read these End download if the software is the En binding The nstalason of the Software wll only comtruse i thes case e yasdonot act ne Tema we enon ottaman dick the Dedine butten Tou may then not use the Software lt Back f Revect Laccept gt In the next step you will be asked to enter your user information The installation routine will ask for your name and the name of your organization or company Usually these fields are already correctly filled out If not please enter the correct information yourself The requested product key can be found on the back page of this manual aaiae produa La nto the blown fede r If you do not hawe a product key for unfocking thes tial version you can onder one online a enw During this step you can specify whether the application should be available to all users on the computer or only to you After you have entered all necessary information please click Next again to continue Selecting the Installation Location Now things get serious In the next step you need to select a target folder This is the folder on your hard drive in which TuneUp Utilities 2009 is to be instal
71. it in the main window Icon packages Preview Q Add G Create New Package p Eminent Eminent A Solid_Nuts i Author Solid_Nut Inhalt 49 icons 5 MB Faraway Dream f T Autor oe Author Maxdison Sp uthor s web site Beschreibung No description available Faraway Dream wv jz Author Maxdison y Heavy Equipment I Author Jack Nolan LK B p J Author DuoPixart _ PA T PostTenebraLux 5 A Save package as Author Cycoced a XK Delete package A new window opens in which you can see all available icon packages Select the desired package in the list and click Install to have the new icons shown in the main window You can also add new icon packages to the list by clicking Add at the top of the list Here you can either add an icon package from a file on your computer or download new icon packages from TuneUp Online where you can select from a large number of packages Creating your own icon packages You also have the ability to prepare your own icon package from your current icons You can then save this package to install it again at a later time or send it to friends via e mail To do this click Create New Package at the top of the list After you click this button a wizard opens that will guide you through the process of creating an icon package 93 Customize Windows 1 Author information 2 Package name and description 3 Optimize package size 4 Creating i
72. ith all of the recommendations click on Optimize All in the yellow bar 23 Increase performance 24 Performance Advisor On the Performance advisor tab you are given a list of suggestions for significantly increasing the performance of your computer These include options to speed up your system even more By answering a few simple questions you can identify functions that reduce performance and if they are not needed disable them to increase the performance of your computer You will be asked about programs you haven t used for a long time perhaps so long you no longer remember them By uninstalling them you can get rid of unnecessary brakes on your computer s performance Answer the question Do you recognize this program by clicking on the appropriate answer If you choose No don t recognize this program extra information will be displayed to the left If you choose Yes recognize this program then you can decide whether to click on the link Program can be uninstalled to uninstall it immediately or on Keep the program to fade out the entry and add it to the list of ignored recommendations Also listed will be functions that negatively impact performance and that will be disabled for you if you give the corresponding answer to the question posed The performance advisor also knows when your computer is under equipped and can provide upgrade suggestions For each suggestion you have the option to Ignore recommendation the numb
73. ive interface is clear in Windows Vista The entire system feels at once fresher and more modern But just as in fashion it s easy to get tired of the new design not to mention the people who have always been bothered by what they consider a candy look Wouldn t it be practical to be able to change the appearance of Windows Take the icons for example These little square pictures are everywhere in the Start menu in file dialogs and of course on the desktop Is there a way to lend all of these icons a new look with a few mouse clicks And what about the welcome screen Anyone who shares a computer with others or has a password protected user account sees it every day a mixture of blue tones And there is no way built into Windows to change this Or what about the boot screen and the animated Vista Start logo Neither can be modified or replaced with the tools built into Windows TuneUp Styler however allows you to change the boot and logon screens however you like The standard options you are given to customize the appearance of all windows and buttons the so called visual style are also limited You can either use the new interface or the old Windows classic interface TuneUp Utilities has its own module dedicated entirely to letting you customize the appearance of your system TuneUp Styler Use this module to give your system a digital makeover Usage The TuneUp Styler window is divided into two sections a blue navigatio
74. ize your Internet connection The next question is Which criteria should be used to optimize Visual Effects If you select Maximum performance irrespective of display quality all visual effects and XP s colorful Luna interface and Vista s Aero desktop experience will be turned off This is highly recommended especially for slower computers because the display of these sophisticated interfaces really eats up resources If your interface flickers and windows hesitate to open choose the option A balance between performance and display quality With this option the elegant aspects of the display experience are retained but TuneUp Speed Optimizer turns off the effects that are really resource hungry Note If you have a high performance graphics card your system performance will not improve by turning off the Windows Vista Aero desktop experience TuneUp Speed Optimizer ex Please answer the questions TuneUp Speed Optimizer needs answers to these questions to be able to make appropriate recommendations How is your computer usually connected to the Internet DSL cable modem or power line x 16 Mbit and up z LY N aP ACL Internet this computer How important are visual effects to you Maximum display quality without worrying about performance x Which services and devices do you use on this computer Iuse either a pen or tablet as an input device No But you can sti
75. k The SmartOptimize technology ensures that your work is not disturbed by the automatic optimization in the background SmartOptimize makes sure that your memory usage is only optimized when your processor usage is not too high Important for Windows Vista users Please note that TuneUp Memory Optimizeris not available for Windows Vista users Microsoft has substantially improved the internal memory management in Windows Vista the operating system automatically adapts to the behavior of installed applications and intelligently pre loads files that are likely to be needed soon while the system is not working prefetching Clearing your system memory can interfere with this mechanism so we do not recommend that these types of optimization tools be used in Windows Vista Using TuneUp Memory Optimizer The main window of TuneUp Memory Optimizer consists of three tabs This module shows 3 TuneUp Memory Optimizer how much physical memory is being used Overview Manual Optimization Program Options Physical memory usage graph Free physical memory 1 368 MB 67 Free space in paging file 3 296 MB 84 Y AutoOptimize is active and is monitoring your memory Current AutoOptimize settings Automatic optimization at BOMB 4 Memory to be freed 140MB 8 Change settings OK Cancel Help The first tab Overview contains an animated graph that shows the amount of free physical memory over time This graph al
76. ked up prior to hibernation Using the Windows functions option of TuneUp Utilities 2009 you can turn off hibernation and free up the disk space it uses One click on Disable is sufficient Windows Messenger The Windows Messenger program allows you to exchange instant messages with your friends If you don t need Windows Messenger or other chat programs you can also easily delete them Under Windows functions click on Remove Any time you want you can download Windows Live Messenger free from the Microsoft website http get live com messenger and re install it Windows Desktop Search Windows Desktop Search is a Windows function that allows you to find files and folders more quickly It creates a search index with entries for each file and folder When you 45 Free up disk space 46 search for something in Windows Explorer or Outlook for example instead of searching the entire hard disk you search only the index This makes the process much quicker Depending on the number of files on your disk this index can be quite large and may need lots of memory If you don t use Windows Deskop Search then by disabling the feature you can not only free up disk space but also increase your computer s performance Note If you do this Windows will revert to using the conventional search method which takes significantly longer Free up disk space TuneUp Disk Space Explorer Introduction The capacity of modern data storage devices
77. l be told by how many percent and kilobytes the size of the registry can be reduced iG TuneUp Registry Defrag lelak The registry was analyzed Registry Defrag can reduce the size of your registry by 7 016 KB 4 re im Size after optimization 176 416 KB 96 LB Size difference 7 016 KB 496 Please decide whether you want to optimize your registry now Please click Cancel if you do not wish to optimize your registry or if you wish to optimize at a later time Click Finish to optimize your registry now Defragmenting the registry Once TuneUp Registry Defrag reports that your registry can be defragmented click Proceed to start defragmentation Then TuneUp Registry Defrag restarts your computer While the computer is restarting the new registry is created and the old one deleted As soon as Windows restarts your new registry is already being used The program has done its job and does not need to be opened again Increase performance TuneUp Memory Optimizer TuneUp Memory Optimizer monitors your system in the background and frees up memory whenever needed to increase the performance of your computer TuneUp Memory Optimizer is worth using for versions of Windows up to Windows XP and for systems with up to 512 MB of memory If there is a shortage of physical memory TuneUp Memory Optimizer automatically ensures that the system frees up memory for your applications and writes the displaced data to dis
78. lanations of all problems that were found Mark an entry in the list to display a more extensive explanation of the problem along the upper border of the window To view the problem analysis section the entry Details must be selected in the icon bar TuneUp RegistryCleaner is set by default to correct all problems found Because of this the small box before every entry in the list is checked If you do not want a certain problem to be resolved click on the box once to remove the checkmark The application will then simply ignore this particular problem during the cleanup phase Clean Click the Start Cleaning button in the toolbar to have do its job correcting all of the problems that were found The wizard that appears takes you step by step through the process It begins by displaying the number of problems to be solved All changes made can be undone using TuneUp Rescue Center Click Next to proceed with cleaning During the cleaning process a progress bar shows how far TuneUp Registry Cleaner has come in solving the problems The TuneUp Registry Cleaner module works through the problems one by one removing unnecessary entries and keys from the registry Please wait until the cleanup is completed 64 Clean up Windows Here you can Once the module is finished a message is displayed to tell you that all problems have been watch while the corrected module cleans up your system Chain reaction in Sometimes the button Check Ag
79. led The installation wizard will suggest the default folder C Program Files TuneUp Utilities 2009 In most cases you can accept this suggestion If you would like to install the software to another folder click Browse Then click Next to begin copying the files A progress bar will show the status of the tasks being completed Please wait until the program displays a message saying TuneUp Utilities 2009 has been sucessfuly installed Then click Finish to close the installation wizard Introduction to TuneUp Utilities 2009 Introduction to TuneUp Utilities 2009 Starting the software There are a number of ways to open the main window for TuneUp Utilities 2009 The most important ways to do so are described below During installation a new icon is placed on your desktop Double click on the yellow TuneUp Utilities 2009 icon to start the software directly You can also start the software from the Windows Start menu To do this open the Start menu and go to the folder Programs The folder TuneUp Utilities 2009 is created here during software installation Simply click on the TuneUp Utilities 2009 entry that you find there to load the main window You can also open each TuneUp Utilities 2009 module individually if you are already familiar with the software To do this open the Utilities subfolder in the Start menu which contains a list of all modules Click on one of the names listed in this folder to start the corresponding m
80. les From TuneUp Online Your internet browser will open and load the TuneUp website with a selection of Visual Styles to choose from Click on a style to add it to TuneUp Styler s list of Visual Styles You can also use the option Install Visual Style From File if you have other visual styles on your computer This way you can use visual styles that you received on CD for example 97 Customize Windows No matter which method you use to add new Visual styles file format does not matter TuneUp Styler automatically recognizes practically all the usual formats and can install them quickly with no problems The following file formats are supported The TuneUp Styler format RAR ZIP Archives are searched for all file types in this list and decompressed automatically if such files are found Resetting and If you should ever want to restore the standard Windows visual style all you have to do is ne a visual click Restore defaults to select the standard Windows visual style from the list Then click aye the Apply visual style button to apply your change If you wish to remove a visual style from your computer entirely select it in the list and click Delete visual style 98 Additional tools Additional tools The Additional tools category in TuneUp Utilities 2009 includes powerful tools for various tasks TuneUp Utilities 2009 lt gt Rescue Center 33 Update Wizard Sart peg Additional tools TuneUp Process M
81. les in compliance with US Department of Defense regulation DoD 5220 22 M Secure delete Gutmann method Deletes files using the method developed by Peter Gutmann D This method is considered extremely secure but is very slow ba j 2 T K Repeat the delete operation 1 ES Sia Click Next to delete the selected objects lt Back net gt cancei_ You can specify how many times the deletion process should be performed under Repeat the delete operation The more the process is repeated the more secure the deletion will be and the longer the process will take Click Next to begin the deletion process Please wait until this is successfully completed If you do not want to delete any more files you can close the wizard by clicking Finish If you wish to delete additional files or folders simply click Back Shredding a File After Deletion If you have already deleted an important file by normal means the only way to reliably destroy it is by using a special tool that overwrites all free space on your drives Tip When you defragment a drive any deleted files are normally overwritten in the process and cannot be recovered afterwards Additional tools TuneUp System Information TuneUp System Information asks your computer the 64 000 question How is your hardware doing It does this by hunting around inside the black box bringing back and putting together all kinds of facts and information
82. les or folders have suddenly disappeared there is a good chance that they will be recovered after repairing the file system Thorough analysis Checking free space All drive sectors that do not contain any files will be checked for NTFS amp FAT error free readability If errors occur during this check the sector in question will be marked as defective to prevent files from being saved there in the future Analysis results TuneUp Disk Doctor will notify you as soon as the analysis of the selected drives has been completed Click Next to display the analysis results B TuneUp Disk Doctor lelak Analysis results Checked drive Local Disk C No errors found amp No errors were found Click Finish to close this wizard 71 Solve problems 72 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 applications 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 whether the necessary restart should be performed immediately or whether you would like to restart the system yourself at a later time Click Finish to close the wizard Solve problems TuneUp Repair Wizard TuneUp Repair Wizardhandles the
83. little longer than simply putting file fragments together For this reason TuneUp Drive Defrag is run with very low priority so that you can continue working undisturbed Once completed the process significantly speeds up Windows startup Frequently used programs start up quicker This again noticeably improves Windows performance Another advantage of TuneUp Drive Defrag is automatic scheduling You don t have to worry about it anymore because TuneUp Utilities 2009 takes care of it automatically as part of the regular weekly TuneUp 1 Click Maintenance You are always on the safe side and have an efficient computer Drive analysis The TuneUp Drive Defrag startup screen shows you all available hard disk drives and their drive letters The program initially selects all drives for analysis You can deselect individual drives with the mouse 27 Increase performance Select the drives you wish to analyze Select the drives you wish to analyze 28 TuneUp Drive Defrag ee Welcome to TuneUp Drive Defrag em performance by organizing the data way Mee to analyze for potential optimization and Automabcaltly defragment disks that are too haghiy fragmented All disks that are too highly fragmented will be deftagmented automatically atter the analysis Is complete If the Automatically defragment highly fragmented drives option is selected with a checkmark TuneUp Drive Defrag will take the initiative If the
84. ll turn off options that you don t use In such cases TuneUp Speed Optimizer knows when an option is already enabled but only offers features that are not currently needed If you never use a printer you can turn off all background programs that are related to print control To do this clear the checkmark from the I never need to print from this computer option If you never need to access a company network or domain you can disable all related background programs and services Clear the checkmark in front of never use this computer to access a company network or a Windows domain The more options 25 Increase performance 26 you disable here the more smoothly your computer will start up and run After TuneUp Speed Optimizer has done its work Windows can do without all of these automatic startup programs and permanently active background programs Click on OK to see an overview of optimization recommendations Tip Profile selection settings can be changed at any time by clicking on the Change profile button in TuneUp Speed Optimizer which is located in the right part of the TuneUp Speed Optimizer title bar Increase performance TuneUp Drive Defrag There are many reasons why over time a computer runs noticeably slower One of them is the gradual fragmentation of the hard disk You can picture it like this Each new file is stored on an empty disk in one piece immediately after the previous one When Windows requests a file th
85. lows you to monitor how Windows uses your system resources Free physical memory and Free space in paging file show exactly how much memory your system is using 35 Increase performance How to cause the module to optimize more frequently How SmartOptimize eases the burden on your computer 36 Below the graph is a small box that tells you whether AutoOptimize is turned on This TuneUp Memory Optimizer option monitors your memory and can automatically start optimizing whenever available memory drops below a specified threshold Accessing the Settings dialog If you wish to change the automatic memory optimization settings for TuneUp Memory Optimizer go to the Overview tab and click Change settings AutoOptimize Settings The module s configuration window will open When the Enable AutoOptimize option is turned on TuneUp Memory Optimizer runs automatically If you prefer not to run automatic optimization turn this option off AutoOptimize Settings AutoOptimize monitors your system and optimizes the memory automatically when needed without interrupting your work Enable AutoOptimize recommended Physical memory Optimize automatically at Eo MB free memory z Increase free memory to 140 MB Processor usage monitoring Monitor processor usage recommended Use SmartOptimize recommended Configures all settings automatically to make sure that the load on your system is kept as low as possible O U
86. ms that are started automatically often simply add a shortcut to the Startup folder in the Start menu and that these shortcuts can be deleted there But that is only part of the story Most of these startup interlopers make an entry directly into the registry and so never appear in the Startup folder Particularly under Windows Vista the introduction of scheduled tasks at system startup and user logon frequently lead to the automatic startup of programs TuneUp StartUp Manager finds every application that launches itself automatically no matter where the start command is hidden TuneUp Startup Manager Ere Et pew iy gt heih pe elete nal Gorren Fase X orete BZ enabie a Program that are rus autisenatocaty try Window Details x All programs eoeeeeoce ooo0o00000000 22009 eoo00 cece 18 9020 startup programi m thry wem are masted LP Rescue Center aawe Increase performance TuneUp StartUp Manager Usage TuneUp StartUp Manager shows in its main window a list of all startup entries found E Toretp Startup Manager TEEN Eee pet yew Hep Grenen Base X delete TY enadie Details x All programs POCONO A mew startup program has been added since tme last start Chee here tor x Ti la G eee eeece cece 16 9020 startup programi in tnis view are emastea LE Reveye Center dme How do I find outif In the first column Name you see the pro
87. n bar on the left and a large area on the right to display the options TuneUp Styler customization options are divided into seven categories Each category can be accessed from the navigation bar on the left 83 Customize Windows All functions can be accessed quickly from the main window Downloading pre made boot screens 84 W TuneUp Styler Sox TuneUp Styler Genera Welcome to TuneUp Styler K stan Page You can use this program to gave Windows a whole new look in just a few minutes Nearty every icon in the Windows intertace can be replaced and icon packages can be used to adapt the entire system to a specifie theme ayviam Start All changes can be reset to the Windows defaults or undone with TuneUp Rescue Center em H Select a task kons a P Sntem Elements Select the Windows Vista Logon Screen or download a new I re System one trom TuneUp Online Be Appearance Change icons ang the names ot system elements or creste amp Koo 4a and Change icons for file system abjeets such as Favorites disk Bie tie tolders ang stant menu tosaers iuba moe lt e the appearance of icons on the desktop and in Es ows and uttans under E Select a visual styte t Windows Vista SF Rescue Center active Boot Screen category When Windows starts up a black screen with an animated progress bar at the bottom is shown by default With Windows XP the Windows logo is al
88. navigation bar A list of the Start logo animations available in the Styler appears 87 Customize Windows 88 BS TuneUp Styler 2 TuneUp Styler General a Start logo Change Start logo E Start Page Start logos 6 FR Add New Screen System Start E Boot screen Start ogo Logon Screen ali bubbles TuneUp Icons circle Agi System Elements ane Name aurora By File system Author TuneUp fig Appearance ln Size 194 KB BP Repair Tasks digits Diiin i A Show large preview i Save As Visual Styl Delete E Visual style 5 Windows default it active x f Use Default of Install lt gt Rescue Center active To select a new Start logo first click on the Start logo you want and then click on Install to confirm your selection For a preview of the Start logo animation go to the Preview window and click the play button or go to Tasks and select Show large preview To download new animations from the TuneUp website click on Add and Download Start logo animations from TuneUp Online Once there you will find a wide choice of Start logos that you can use to brighten up the Windows startup procedure Once you have decided on a particular Start logo animation simply clickDownload and wait until the new entry appears under Start logo animations You can also write these cool Start logo animations to a file that you can then store on a USB memory stick or burn to a CD You can th
89. ndows registry gets larger and larger over time and getting an overview becomes increasingly difficult True experts looking for just the right instrument to use to get under the hood of Windows and change settings manually should use TuneUp Registry Editor It is substantially faster and more convenient than the built in tool from Microsoft and in addition it comes with TuneUp Rescue Center protection that allows you to undo any of the changes you make W TuneUp Registry Editor a file gat wiew Searcn GoTo Bookmark tep Om 7 T Li toges searcn f Folder x a Console E gy HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT d Pa bE e e wersu rue G Cventlabets Ui Cotortanieoo w Schemes jortanledt d Console Le Colortaniea a Control Panel Li Cotertaniens ODOROROOO R421378 wd Ennironment 18 ColorTabteot 0100000080 1 28 w Fuoc 18 ColorTableds w Woentitnes 3 L Keyboard Layout co Network a Printers ndnfurmation TE Detouit values TabtetCursors Data a a Detsutt value CURSORSHAPE E A Default value InkCursors Class F ab Detautt vale TnkCur 7 28 Detautt value TrabletCursors 5 ab Detsutt valve CURSORSHAPE gt Search completed items found F Automatic serailing HKEY CURRENT USER Console H lt e Rescue Center adie gt Usage The program starts by reading the entire registry which consists of numerous keys organized by type into various categories Then it displays
90. neUp Shredder cccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeccneeeeeeeeeeeeenaaes 106 TuneUp System Information sses 109 Global MoOdUuIeS ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaneaes 111 TuneUp Rescue Center cc ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaa 112 TuneUp Update Wizard 114 Nearly everything can be changed if you know where and how TuneUp Utilities 2009 your personal Windows expert Installation Windows Vista and its predecessors are installed on most of the computers in use around the world Windows is after all a great system for performing standard tasks using applications and managing files But if a user wants to adjust optimize or trim down the system it stops being quite so easy Many desirable functions are not even possible with the on board Windows tools Just about anything can be adjusted in Windows Windows decides which applications will start automatically with your system Windows determines which commands are visible in the Start menu Windows also determines how icons on the desktop appear The only question is How can the user change these options Ask the expert All important settings are hidden in the Windows boot files and theregistry The registry is the central database for Windows in which settings for all applications and hardware modules are stored Using the right tools you can open this special database and change its settings The problem is that only experienced users know how to change t
91. necessary files and data resulting from program installation and removal and from your work with other programs All changes to your system are automatically logged and can be undone at any time with TuneUp Rescue Center Please select the desired action Complete scan recommended The registry and configuration files will be scanned for problems Choose tests Lets you select the areas you want TuneUp RegistryCleaner to check The Complete scan option ensures that the entire registry and all the system files are analyzed The Custom scan option on the other hand allows you to choose which categories TuneUp Registry Cleaner should analyze It is best to select Complete scan then click Next to begin your system Error scan System Analysis TuneUp Registry Cleaner will now analyze the system The program window shows the individual sections of the registry that will be analyzed A yellow arrow in front of an entry Clean up Windows Please wait until the analysis is finished This may take several minutes indicates that the respective section is currently being analyzed A green check mark indicates that the analysis has been completed for the section A progress bar beneath the list shows the progress of the overall analysis TuneUp Registry Cleaner x Scanning your system Please wait until the scan is completed Area Status T activex and COM Check Application paths
92. ngs are found you are only a mouse click away from resolving them The Start page also tells you when new tips for increasing computer performance are available and warns you if maintenance tasks are not being taken care of automatically The Start page also shows you whether new automatic startup programs have been added to Windows since the last time you ran TuneUp Utilities You can decide whether these programs that start up automatically are really necessary TuneUp Speed Optimizer Which settings slow your computer down Which unnecessary services or programs are running in the background Is your Internet connection optimally configured TuneUp Speed Optimizer knows the answers to all these questions It examines your entire system for bottlenecks superfluous background programs and incorrect settings Great with just one click you can carry out most optimizations very quickly In addition TuneUp Speed Optimizer provides suggestions for speeding up your system TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner Cleaning up your working environment is tedious removing invalid shortcuts from the Start menu the Desktop and the Quick Launch bar is very time consuming TuneUp ShortCut Cleaner now does the work for you It checks whether all shortcuts are valid and removes the orphaned ones with just a click of a button At the same time empty folders are removed from the Start menu TuneUp ShortCut Cleaner also checks frequently used programs and cleans up the list
93. ntered in one line but must be separated by semicolons If you can t remember the name of the file at all or if you want to search for all recoverable files simply leave the search box empty There are two additional options that also let you narrow your search further Don t show 0 byte files All files that contain no data whatsoever will be ignored Click Next to begin searching for deleted files Search results TuneUp Undelete now scans all selected drives one after the other The progress of the search is shown in the empty Search results box The search may take some time especially on larger hard drives 75 Solve problems hg E am Which files do you EALA A want to restore Search result deleted files To recover files mark all of the desired files and click Restore Found 2 Restored 0 Name Folders Size Type Modified G2 Letter docx Ji C Documents 28KB Micros 20 12 200 productkey TuneUP Utilities 2009 docx db C Documents 10KB Micros 20 12 200 As soon as the search is completed the module lists all available files that match your search criteria The table shows the file name the original location the file type and the condition of the file Don t worry if the first letter of the file name is missing for the files on FAT drives Windows always deletes the first letter when deleting files on drives with this file system Recovering files If you find a fil
94. ntly loaded icons for faster access later A single error in this file can potentially corrupt every icon Fortunately with TuneUp Styler you can also fix this problem Simply click Repair Icon Cache You must restart your computer for the repair to take effect Visual Style category Windows Visual Style allows all modern applications to get a new look Click Visual Style in the navigation bar to customize your visual style TuneUp Styler ete i ee AI Rescue Center General a Visual Style Customize windows and buttons E Start Page Visual styles 10 Fh aad System Start a Aero 4074 Remix Color ndar E Boot screen Start logo Logon Screen Icons Name Aero style J System Elements Author Microsoft Corporation Size 1 222 KB By File system Appearance Tasks Af Repair X Delete Interface a Visual Style Rescue Center active When you select a visual style from the list provided you see a preview and related information to the right Once you have decided on a visual style simply click Apply Visual Style to enable it Your screen will darken for a moment while TuneUp Styler applies the new visual style to your system Once the wait message disappears your Windows interface will emerge in all its new glory You can now download Visual Styles for free from the TuneUp website Simply click the Add button and then Download Visual Sty
95. nue Select the files you want to delete Additional tools Delete files Drag and drop the files you wish to delete from the Explorer into the Files list or click Add to select the files in a file browser When Overwrite allocated free space is selected the Shredder will also overwrite the free space that has been assigned to the selected files e iJ TuneUp Shredder Which files would you like to delete TuneUp Shredder deletes file names data and if selected the allocated free space for the files listed below V Delete allocated free space Click Add to select the files you want to delete or drag and drop the files to the list _ Files C Texts confidential_note docx C lmages objectionable_image bmp as lt Back __ Next gt Cancel Click Next to confirm your selection Delete a folder Enter the complete path of the folder you wish to delete in the Folder box or click Select to select the folder from a tree view When Overwrite allocated free space is selected the Shredder will also delete the free space that has been assigned to the files in the selected folder Click Next to confirm your selection Empty the Recycle Bin In this step you can view the contents of your Recycle Bin by clicking Show Contents All files and folders in the Recycle Bin will be deleted When Overwrite allocated free space is selected the Shredder will also delete the free space that
96. o The category Free up disk space helps you find unnecessary files and recover this space Free your system of as unneeded ballast TuneUp Utilities 2009 NERCET 6 Use wa E Start page Free up disk space j C Increase performance gani Rip Disque dur local C 44 03 GB free of 97 66 GB Free upcsk space Suggested items for clean up tig Unnecessary files and backups 3141 Clean up Windows 12 40 GB occupied Solve problems ey Windows functions 2 5 Ea 520 79 MB occupied Customize Windows Le i Additional tools Organize files and folders f TuneUp Disk Space Explorer Show space occupied by files folder and hard disks The most important functions for freeing up disk space are integrated directly into the main window of TuneUp Utilities After performing a quick analysis the main window displays an overview of how much space can be freed up on the selected system disk TuneUp Utilities goes beyond the standard approach of searching for files only according to their file ending or size Numerous special functions recognize those files that truly 39 Free up disk space 40 consume large amounts of space and until now went undetected by any standard cleaner Particular attention is paid to securitywhen disk space This means that unlike with conventional methods which comb through the disk blindly according to particular patterns there are no nasty surprises like sudden error messages or so
97. ocation in the Windows registry 32 Increase performance TuneUp Registry Defrag Every new program and every new hardware component enters itself in the registry creating keys and values Over time the central Windows database gets larger and larger The larger the registry becomes the longer the system needs to find specific information and this makes Windows slower Swiss cheese bogs When you remove the software or the hardware component these keys and values are the system down usually deleted but the registry doesn t get any smaller Why The space that was occupied by a deleted key is still in the registry even if it is no longer used Sooner or later your registry looks like Swiss cheese with lots of holes It can be 13 MB large but only contain 9 MB of information This slows your system down and wastes space both on your hard drive and in the memory TuneUp Registry Defrag however can also compress the registry making it considerably smaller This also contributes to increasing the performance of Windows The module analyzes the old registry and from it creates an entirely new version that contains only the valid data in the correct order Once this step is complete the old registry is deleted and automatically replaced with the new one when the system restarts An introductory i TuneUp Registry Defrag SS screen is displayed Welconne to Tanela negy Dei TuneUp Registry Defrag creates a new registry and eliminat
98. odule Introduction to TuneUp Utilities 2009 Using the software On the left side of the window you will see the names of the available categories Click one of the category names to open it and to view the available modules that it contains X TuneUp Utilities 2009 gt Rescue Center 53 Update Wizard Sint fag Increase performance TuneUp Drive Defrag tnerease performance Speed up system and program startup Schedule automatic defragmentation Race ee space TuneUp Registry Defrag pe Reduce size of registry Clean up Windows Soteierblems A TuneUp Speed Optimizer Show Quick Optimization Show Performance Advisor suggestions Change profile Customize Windows TuneUp StartUp Manager Additional tools TI Prevent unwanted automatic program startups Schedule automatic startup of a program See also Sf 1 Click Maintenance The modules of the currently selected category are displayed by name on the right side of the window You can start a module simply by clicking on its name You can also click the links below a module name to navigate directly to the desired feature within the module When you are finished working with one of the modules you can close the module window by clicking on the red X in the upper right corner This will return you to the main window From here you can start the next module or close TuneUp Utilities 2009 10 Introduction to TuneUp Utilities 2009 The seven categori
99. olor that will be used for the areas that are not covered by your image Click Save logon screen to assign a name to your creation and to add it to the list of 90 TuneUp Styler can change not only the icons but also the names of certain elements How to change an icon Customize Windows available logon screens System Elements In this category you can replace typical Windows icons with icons with a common theme You can also change the name of many elements such as the Recycle Bin My Computer and My Network Places After clicking System items in the navigation bar all system icons that can be changed are shown in a hierarchical list on the right side of the window The Desktop level is selected by default under which you can see all special desktop items Select one of these items to change it JE TuneUp Styler oja 3 TuneUp Styler 45 Rescue Center General a System elements Change icons and names with a few clicks ap Start Page E Desktop l Start menu 9 Explorer File Types E Control Panel System Start a Elements paee B Boot screen l Desktop A Start logo x al Logon Screen i Personal folder 1646 3282 48x48 ke Computer Tasks Icons lt C Replace icon J System Elements A uaan By File System aii Wy Reset category Gi Appearance Recycle Bin empty By Reset all categories A Repair Recycle Bin full gt Interface a i Briefcase Visual styl
100. omize Windows TuneUp Styler Increase performance y Replace icons Adjust look and feel of windows Change boot screen Change user logon Free up disk space TuneUp System Control Clean up Windows Change Windows and program settings Adjust display Adjust Start Menu and Taskbar Adjust network settings Solve problems Additional tools See also 257 StartUp Manager TuneUp System Control and TuneUp Styler let you specify exactly how your Windows system should look and work You will be surprised at how many options you can configure with TuneUp Utilities 2009 79 Customize Windows TuneUp System Control TuneUp System Control contains over 400 options all ready to work for you and accompanied by clear explanations 80 TuneUp System Control is a kind of control center that allows you to quickly and easily adapt your Windows operating environment to your needs and tastes 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 SystemControl lets you configure and optimize any setting down to the smallest detail And the program even protects your privacy if desired by deactivating Internet functions that automatically contact Microsoft or that collect information on your surfing habits without asking permission All changes are monitored by TuneUp Rescue Center and can be undone at any time TuneUp System C
101. ontrol Usage TuneUp System Control is the most powerful module in TuneUp Utilities 2009 It allows you to easily and safely modify a large number of Windows settings YQ TuneUp System Control llak TuneUp kaa Rescue Center O System Control Display effects Animation il Menu Appearance iF Font Smoothing Select the settings you want to be used when displaying and using K Animations and Effects user elements B File Types A Folder Options Settings Visual Effects f 7 Usage A F Show window contents while dragging F Show color shading in title bar S BY Input Options Y Show mouse pointer shadow q E Start Menu Y Display selection rectangle with color background ey Taskbar Show icon title with shadow V Activate transparent window frame Behavior Communication Description 5 Network When background images enabled a musical note is shown in the internet Explorer background of folders containing music files for example Mozilla Firefox Opera HH E Mail and Chat Default settings Best Performance Best Appearance Privacy lt Lx As soon as the program opens the various Categories of options that you can configure are shown on the left side of the window These categories are Appearance Usage Communication Administration and Wizards Each of these categories contains multiple subcategories As soon as you click one of the subcategories with you
102. optimize it Gone are the days when your system s performance was held back by default settings TuneUp Speed Optimizer makes it child s play to optimize your system Until now you had to start a whole series of modules to optimize your overall system With TuneUp Speed Optimizer you can do it all at once You can remove bottlenecks from your Internet connection speed up system interfaces and turn off unnecessary features TuneUp Speed Optimizer combines the features of several modules and can perform a comprehensive optimization process TuneUp Performance Optimizer is a must have module for all users from the beginner who doesn t want to get involved with settings to the expert who wants a fast way to optimize the system without having to fix errors by hand To the expert who can decide for himself exactly which optimization options to implement TuneUp Speed Optimizer Usage First start up TuneUp Speed Optimizer Go to TuneUp Utilities Start page then to the Speed area and click on Details You can also go to the Increase Speed category and click there on TuneUp Speed Optimizer The first time you run the module you must answer a few questions from the Profile wizard For more details see the section on Profile Selection below For Quick optimization you can use Optimize all to perform all the recommended optimizations without going to any more effort For more information about individual 21 Increase performance recommendation
103. or a long time so that you can target for uninstallation those applications that use valuable disk space and in certain circumstances even slow your system down TuneUp StartUp Manager A smooth running system results when there are no unnecessary autostart applications The improved TuneUp Startup Manager organizes your programs into groups and provides clear explanations to make it easier for you to identify those programs that are not needed New automatic startup programs are now highlighted so that you can disable unwanted entries more easily System start tasks are now also listed in TuneUp StartUp Manager In Vista in particular scheduled tasks are used in place of autostart entries Free up disk space The already rapid display of disk space to be freed up is now even faster on NTFS drives And now it is so easy to delete even more unnecessary files like the backup files for the first Windows Vista service pack and the Opera and Safari caches The second Free up disk space module that helps you turn off Windows functions that use excessive disk space has also been enhanced The Windows Search index can now be disabled and deleted with a single click This makes particular sense if you are already using a different search engine In addition TuneUp Disk Space Explorer now runs faster and no longer requires that an entire drive be analyzed You can now specify that only those folders be analyzed that you are really interested in 15 In
104. ortcuts listed below point to files that no longer exist Select those that should be deleted and then click Cleanup M Name Location Entries in Microsoft Office history lists 1 a 7 3 Dokt doce Microsoft Office Shortcuts in the Start menu 5 a FA O C Builder 2007 Start menu Programs CodeGear R V CodeGear RAD Studio Start menu Programs CodeGear R m T Delphi NET Start menu Programs CodeGear R V Delphi 2007 Start menu Programs CodeGear R V E XML Mapper Start menu Programs CodeGear R Shortcuts on the desktop 1 a TUUtilities_8 0 1100 43 Desktop Target file bds exe Target folder C Program Files X86 CodeGear RAD Studio 5 0 bin a Shortcut C Builder 2007 Location Start menu Programs CodeGear RAD Studio Total selected 7 shortcuts To delete the invalid shortcuts and other entries click the Cleanup button 67 Solve problems Solve problems The modules in the Solve problems category do just what the name says in a simple way Let the program s help you solving TuneUp Utilities 2009 problems has never been this easy lt gt Rescue Center J Update Wizard Start page Solve problems TuneUp Disk Doctor Increase performance 4 Check the file system and prevent data loss Free up disk space ps TuneUp Repair Wizard Fix computer and display problems Clean up Windows sowe problems
105. ost space You can determine how the files in the right side of the window are displayed by selecting between the options Overview Contents File types and Top 100 files from the tabs along the top of the window Overview View The default view Overview is an ideal first step when cleaning up your drives The most important information from all of the other views is combined to give you a general overview Free up disk space 49 Tunelip Disk Space Exptorer Sr Ere tap Yew ip Overview of the largest folders and fites Mme Sue Percent e iwe 2482900 18 duo zoas B h Mooier vnus steso 9 0 yama j Comments 1425401 8 J cosce iamas a Ji ooun ome woma Bj e 4026 0 gt jee a8 ser sone saan a Sam Contents five gu space 678 38 You can always find information about the selected element in the folder tree at the top of the window in the upper area with a colorful background If My Computer or an individual drive is selected the capacity and the percentage of occupied space are displayed If a folder is selected you will see its size here including all of its files and subfolders and the percentage of space that it takes up in the folder in which it is located An overview of the most important information from all of the other views is located along the bottom of the window in the form of several tables The first table gives you an overview of the largest folders and files that are located
106. ou no longer want to use your new boot screen you can naturally restore the default Windows screen at any time To do this click Restore Defaults in the lower right corner of the window The default screen is then selected in the list automatically Click Install Boot Screen to save your changes 85 Customize Windows Create Boot Screen Give your imagination free reign and create your own boot screen that you can install on your computer and share with your friends TuneUp Styler 2 F Create Logon Screen boot sereenschilds play 1 Select image T Search local drives Gi Capture pictures from camera or scanner IG Find pictures with Google 2 Customize image appearance Background i Change color You have not yet selected a background image 3 Finish Please use the task pane on the left side of this o JAn window to select a background image for your new we togi logon screen X Cancel Use the task pane on the left to select a background image for your new logon sareen Opening the Create Boot Screen dialog To create your own boot screen go to the Boot screen category of TuneUp Styler and click New Screen at the top of the list This will open a wizard that will take you through the following four steps 1 Select image First select a background image for your new boot screen To do this click one of the available options for example Search local drives if the desir
107. our computer again it will be reactivated from hibernate mode within seconds and all open programs and documents will be restored 3 94 GB occupied Disable Windows Messenger amp 2 You can use Windows Messenger to send and receive instant messages If you use a different instant messenger or do not wish to use instant messaging you can remove this program Windows Messenger is not installed Install o Windows Desktop Search ge Using the Windows Desktop search function you can find the information mi you want from among thousands of files in a matter of seconds Windows creates an index of files like the index of a book which allows it to quickly find specific files and e mails e g in Outlook 246 28 MB occupied Disable Energy saving mode Hibernate So called hibernation shuts your computer down without having to close open windows programs or documents All of the data in your computer s memory will be written to disk When you next turn on your computer you can pick up your work where you left off All of the windows programs and documents that you previously had had open will be reopened for you If you don t need hibernation however the hibernation file uses up valuable disk space The size of this file exactly matches the size of your memory So if your computer has 4 gigabytes of memory the hibernation file will take up 4 gigabytes on your hard disk After all the entire contents of memory have to be bac
108. p you discover interesting files To do this simply use the mouse to click on the headlines with a gray background at the top of the columns 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 anymore The same is true for images and larger documents that you haven t used for years and are currently just taking up space 51 Free up disk space Cleanup Tip 52 Top 100 Files View For most users this is the most interesting view This shows you the 100 largest files in the selected branch of the folder tree clearly organized by file size As the contents of all subfolders are included this view allows you to clean up hundreds of megabytes or even several gigabytes with a few clicks depending on the size of your system Q TuneUp Dist Space Explorer mi f oe P e overmen iy Contents Pepes tee 100 taes SPREE ERE REPRE EE y Sometimes it useful to sort the Top 100 list by the date of last access This method allows you to quickly find large files that have not been used for several weeks or even months and that may not be needed anymore File archiving Has it ever happened to you Have you ever looked through your drives and found a file that makes you wonder Do still need this Not really but don t really want to delete it either Many u
109. paths to system and user data and to customize the default settings for the Command Prompt Wizards category This section of TuneUp System Control is where you find the Copy Settings wizard The wizard helps you copy settings from one user account to another even including Windows Logon screen settings Copy Settings You can use TuneUp System Control to specify many settings that govern the appearance and behavior of your system Unfortunately however they apply only to your current user account The Copy Settings wizard allows you to transfer these settings to other user accounts and even to the Windows logon screen The wizard starts with a short introduction Click Next to continue 81 Customize Windows 82 The wizard then presents a list of settings that can be copied Select the desired settings and click Next again You can now specify to where you wish to copy the selected settings One possibility is the logon screen depending on the settings you selected If more than one user has been set up on your computer all users are also shown Select where you want to copy the settings to and then click Next to begin copying After copying is completed you can close the wizard by clicking Finish Customize Windows TuneUp Styler Can you change the appearance of Windows Yes you can with TuneUp Styler Windows would not be very useful without its graphical user interface The importance of an attract
110. ponding detail view will open There you can move archive or delete files Contents View This view shows the contents of the selected element in the folder tree on the left In addition to basic information such as name and type that appear in Windows Explorer each element has a field that displays its size and the percentage of 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 K TuneUp Di Space Explorer a pre tap Yew teip Q pum X ore pte J seme x O orere D Contents Pile types Top 109 f es Percent Ae ee Ree eee EEE 0 obyects dotat vow 12 01 Gh Double click on a folder to move a level deeper and to show the contents of the folder File Types View This view groups your files based on their file types to show you at a glance which types of files are taking up the most disk space on your system 50 Free up disk space Cleanup Tip X TuneUp Utilities 2009 lt gt Rescue Center 3H Update Wizard 4 Start page Clean up Windows By TuneUp 1 Click Maintenance Increase performance Run a complete maintenance check Change settings Free up dik space TuneUp Registry Cleaner Correct registry errors TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner Solve problems Remove unnecessary shortcuts Customize Windows TuneUp Uninstall Manager Additional tools Uninstall programs Show inst
111. program finds drives that should be defragmented the module will automatically start defragmentation after the analysis is complete If the option is not selected defragmentation will need to be started manually In this case wait to see the results of the analysis The drives that need to be defragmented will be selected automatically Simply click on a drive in the list to see the corresponding drive usage map You can select or deselect drives for defragmentation with a checkmark Then start defragmentation with Next The module will then analyze the drives A yellow arrow in front of an entry indicates that the respective drive is currently being analyzed A green checkmark tells you that analysis of the drive is complete The percentage next to the drive shows you the progress the module has made Colors in drive usage map The drive usage map shows fragmented files in red and non fragmented files in blue Free space is shown in white Purple boxes show files which are locked i e cannot be moved Drives are being defragmented The program shows the current drive usage map for the hard disk partition in question as long as any drive is still being defragmented The drive usage map is shown in real time which allows you to watch as TuneUp Drive Defrag makes visible progress Increase performance G amp TuneUp Drive Defrag aja The disks are being analyzed Name Status Local disk C Analyzing 84 7 Ga Local di
112. r left mouse button the available options are shown on the right side of the window Take a look at all of the settings that can be configured with the program you will find many interesting and useful options Customize Windows We have made every effort to make the settings self explanatory But if you do want more details just click Help to bring up comprehensive help for the currently displayed category Alternatively you can press the F1 button Note TuneUp System Control adjusts itself automatically to your operating system and only displays those options that your system supports Don t be surprised for example if you see some different options for Windows Vista than for Windows XP Display category In this TuneUp System Control category 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 In this TuneUp System Control category you can configure a wide range of mouse and keyboard options customize the items that are shown in the Start menu specify the menu opening speed and configure the appearance and behavior of the taskbar Administration category This TuneUp System Control category gives you control over internal system settings For example it allows you to customize the boot process and the user logon process to configure the automatic playing of CD s to specify the
113. r to make restoring the deleted files practically impossible Further information regarding these deletion methods and their settings can be found in the documentation for TuneUp Shredder 53 Clean up Windows Clean up Windows The modules in the Maintain Windows category help you to keep your system running smoothly Keep your system in G n as shape TuneUp Utilities 2009 lt Rescue Center Update Wizard Start page Clean up Windows TuneUp 1 Click Maintenance Increase performance Run a complete maintenance check Change settings Hec up oon avec 2a TuneUp Registry Cleaner 9 ean up windows oe ees TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner Remove unnecessary shortcuts Solve problems Customize Windows TuneUp Uninstall Manager Additionalitools Uninstall programs Show installed programs Gf Tuneup See also 57 StartUp Manager This module also includes the simple and useful TuneUp 1 Click Maintenance which after searching for problems thoroughly cleans your system with only one click Every installed program writes entries to the registry entries that are not always completely removed after deleting software This causes the registry to grow larger and larger taking up more space on the hard disk The module TuneUp RegistryCleaner works to remove all unnecessary registry entries that could slow down your system 55 Clean up Windows TuneUp 1 Click Maintenance Don t worry about a thing Ma
114. repair of computer and display problems on your PC These types of problems occur from time to time when running Windows Without warning Windows suddenly shows the wrong icons shortcuts on the desktop disappear or the entire taskbar is no longer visible Finding the solutions to such problems is anything but simple and this is where TuneUp Repair Wizard is a great help Usage After starting TuneUp Repair Wizard several known problems are displayed These are displayed in easy to understand categories Clicking on an entry with the mouse shows a detailed explanation on the right edge of the window If the problem is found you can click a checkbox next to the corresponding problem to select it You select the TuneUp Repair Wizard problem TuneUp Repair Wizard fixes Select the problems that occur with you z p With this assistant you can rectify many frequent problems in Windows If some of the problems below occur with it you select them and click on Continue Changing the handling in Windows Vista a No menu bar is displayed in JEE No menu bar is displayed in folder windows folder windows lt 3 Run command is not displayed in the Start menu As of Windows Vista the menu bar is hidden by default and only displayed when pressing the Alt key Tf you do not like this TuneUp Display issues m 45 Icons are wrongly displayed a Link arrows are not displayed A Mini applications in the Windows Si
115. rogram is completely removed from the system once you no longer need it TuneUp Utilities allows you to clean up your computer and remove unnecessary programs from your hard disk All you have to do is use TuneUp Uninstall Manager Usage Over time lots of programs collect on your computer most of which you probably no longer use So that Windows can run trouble free and smoothly you should regularly remove unused or unnecessary programs from your system Unfortunately it is not enough to simply remove the appropriate folder from your disk Most programs place their data in several locations on your disk and also leave entries in the Windows registry With TuneUp Utilities you can quickly find out which programs are seldom used and which use up excessive amounts of disk space All you have to do is start TuneUp Uninstall Manager With just a click of the mouse you can completely uninstall individual programs Once Tuneup Uninstall Manager starts you will see a list of installed programs To get more information simply click on the entry in question to display details such as the manufacturer the installation date the date of last use or the size of the program files on your hard disk TuneUp Uninstall Manager a S Organizer Uninstat s ow v You can also display the list of installed programs in different ways to make it easier for example to identify those programs you no longer use or those that take up the most
116. roy a file when it deletes it its entire contents are still located on the hard drive Windows simply marks the file as deleted in the file system and the disk space occupied by the file can be used to store other data But as long as nothing is saved in the area occupied by the deleted file this lost file can be found and recovered easily with a program like TuneUp Undelete What does TuneUp Shredder do TuneUp Shredder makes sure that no data thief can get his hands on your sensitive data The tool deletes files permanently with no chance of recovery And if you wish you can even use a deletion method that was developed by the United States Department of Defense which overwrites files with certain number patterns multiple times before deleting them so that there contents are securely destroyed Usage Once you start the program a wizard opens that asks you if you wish to delete individual Files entire Folders or the contents of the Recycle Bin When you select this option the next window will show an empty list to which you can add files that you wish to delete When you select this option in the next step you can select the folder that you wish to have deleted along with any files and folders that it contains Recycle bin Choose this option to shred the contents of your Recycle Bin The next step gives you another chance to check the current contents of the Recycle Bin Select the desired option and click Next to conti
117. rrent processor usage physical memory status and how much of your paging file is currently being used The Speed tab with three real time monitors 109 Additional tools ji TuneUp System Information llak ca Drives SB vo Devices Communication I system Devices 1M Overview amp Windows Sw Display Memory B Performance Processor usage history Kernel Threads 1288 Processes 90 Handles 33062 Physical memory Phys memory Total 4 125 544 KB system 124 360KB 3 Cache 991 452 KB 249 Other 1 925 772 KB 47 Available 1 083 960 KB 26 Paging Max size 8 410 124 KB Used 2 633 072 KB 81 Available 5 777 052 KB 69 close Help 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 your processor and BIOS can be found here Click the link Processor details to view detailed information on the features of your processor 110 Global modules Global modules Two general TuneUp Utilities modules can be found in the dark gray area directly below the blue title bar of the TuneUp RescueCenter and TuneUp UpdateWizard TuneUp Rescue Centermonitors all of the changes you make to your system with the other TuneUp Utilities modules and can undo these changes at any time if you wish TuneUp Update Wizard saves you the trouble of looking for and installing sui
118. rts the conversion Replace C with another drive letter to convert another partition If the system partition is changed the computer will need to be restarted In this case follow the instructions on your screen Although conversion is considered very secure you should make a backup of your saved data before attempting this 29 Increase performance TuneUp StartUp Manager TuneUp Startup Manager frees your system from unnecessary automatic startup programs TuneUp StartUp Manager begins by showing you a list of programs that automatically start up when Windows does 30 Many applications start automatically together with Windows without asking for your permission There are some important functions and services that it makes sense to have on your system for example a virus scanner a management tool for your WLAN network or a configuration console for your sound card It also makes sense to automatically start up these programs every time you logon to Windows But there are also some applications it does not make sense to open every time Windows starts up Newly installed applications sometimes add themselves to the Startup folder without asking for your permission causing Windows to start more slowly These programs then go on to run invisibly in the background and eat away at system resources And what is worse some of these programs even bother you with annoying questions or advertising Many users know that progra
119. s click on the entry in question or on Details or click on the Quick optimization or Performance advisor tabs TuneUp i Turetip Speed Optimiser Esm Performance l Optimizer provides F helpful suggestions See for optimizing your entire system of your wyatem Tha pege gwes you an evteye Seming the parts of your system that were Checked You mit find e nenes abo remita impetan nem One of De my to rreme naem pearance requires yeu to take segs 25 Reve Coin sne ad In the Quick optimization and Performance advisor sections you get a list of optimization recommendations by category If you click on an entry more details about it will be displayed in the right half of the window If you want to go ahead with the optimization click Accept Recommendation If you don t like one of TuneUp Speed Optimizer s recommendations just click on Ignore recommendation and the suggestion will be ignored Overview The first thing you see when you start up TuneUp Speed Optimizer is an overview of the optimization options that exist The window is divided into two parts In the Quick optimization part you can quickly tell if unnecessary programs or services are being run and whether your internet settings are wrong Quick optimization will tell you if your system settings are below par and whether your system is being slowed down by superfluous visual effects To the right you will see Performance advisor This is where TuneUp Speed
120. se manual settings Only optimize at under load Under Physical memory you can specify the free memory level that triggers automatic optimization This can for example be set at 50 MB Under Increase free memory to you can specify how much memory you want to free up Under Processor usage monitoring turn on the Monitor processor usage option to find out how heavy the load is on your processor If for example Windows Media Player or a game is running that needs the entire capacity of the processor TuneUp Memory Optimizer automatically postpones optimization to avoid unnecessarily slowing down the system When the Use SmartOptimizeoption is turned on TuneUp Memory Optimizer itself looks out for such situations and only works on optimizing memory when the computer is idle If you find the default setting too conservative you can select Use manual settings to specify the desired processor load as a percentage up to which the module can optimize Increase performance your memory usage The higher this limit the more aggressively TuneUp Memory Optimizer will optimize your system Click OK to activate your settings If you wish to restore the module to the recommended settings click Recommended Manual Optimization If you do not use AutoOptimize or if you want to free up memory before you start a program that requires a lot of memory you can go to Manual Optimization Under Clear manually you can use the slider to specify how mu
121. sers later regret having impulsively deleted files especially personal files such as photos videos or music TuneUp Disk Space Explorer can also solve this problem for you Thanks to the seamless integration with Windows Explorer you can easily copy files to an USB stick or an external hard drive before deleting them To do this click on the selected file s with the right mouse button and select the menu option Copy or simply use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl C Then open the desired target drive in Windows Explorer and paste the copied files there using the menu option Pasteor the keyboard shortcut Ctrl V Thanks to support for all major CD burning programs you can also easily burn rarely used files to a CD or DVD If you are running a burning pogram such as Nero Burning Rom at Free up disk space the same time as TuneUp Disk Space Explorer you can move the desired files by dragging them with your mouse directly to the Nero burning list After the files have been successfully archived you can then delete them with a clear conscience in TuneUp Disk Space Explorer to free up valuable disk space Settings TuneUp Disk Space Explorer lets you customize the appearance and behavior of the software to meet your personal needs To change the available options to your liking click the File menu and then click Settings General The section Hidden Files and Folders allows you to determine whether hidden files and folders should be shown in Tun
122. sk D Analysis of Local disk C Mi Fragmented Ml Notfragmented C Free Mill Locked In process 1 block 24 MB lt Back Next Cancel A progress bar at the bottom left shows the total progress for all drives The progress for each drive is also shown directly after the drive names in the drive selection list Click Cancel to stop the process at any time Tip NTFS is better than FAT Hard disks can either use the NTFS file system as used in the most recent versions of Windows or the older FAT system that is supported by earlier Windows versions Analysis of drives before defragmentation is substantially faster on NTFS drives For FAT systems the user will need to wait significantly longer This is just one of several reasons that the old FAT system should be converted to the modern NTFS system The NTFS file system NTFS New Technology File System is a file system used from Windows NT and its successors up to Vista 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 Conversion can be performed very easily In Windows click Start open All Programs navigate to Accessories and click on Command Prompt The command CONVERT EXE C FS NTFS sta
123. so displayed in the center With a few clicks TuneUp Styler lets you exchange this boot screen for a completely new one Or give your imagination free reign and create your own boot screen for example with your favorite vacation photo Click Boot screen in the navigation bar to go to this part of TuneUp Styler The module will list all available boot screens When you use the module for the first time you will only see the default Windows screen Add additional pre made screens to the list or create your own You can add additional boot screens to the list by clicking Add at the top of the list Here you can import a boot screen from a file on your computer or you can download new boot screens from TuneUp Online The following formats are supported Creating your own boot screen Installing a boot screen Restoring the default screen Customize Windows The TuneUp Styler format PNG GIF Once an image is chosen the Create Boot JPG JPEG Screendialog opens to show the image and let you make further changes If you want to make your own personal boot screen click the New Screen button above the boot screen list The Create Boot Screen Wizard appears immediately to guide you through the creation process in only a few steps Select the desired boot screen in the list and then click Install Boot Screen in the lower right corner of the window A progress dialog will be shown for the duration of the installation If y
124. t servers Global modules Click Next to install the available updates The Finish button will then close the wizard 115 Index A Administration 81 Appearance 95 AutoOptimize 36 Boot screen 84 Cc CD burning 52 Change icons 94 Check and repair drives 69 Check and repair file system 69 Check USB stick 69 Copy settings 81 CPU usage 101 Create Boot Screen 85 86 90 Create Logon Screen 90 Ctrl Alt Del 103 Customize Windows 83 D Data Recovery 77 Data Recovery 101 77 Data storage devices 47 Defragmentation 27 Delete 106 Deletion method 108 Desktop icons 95 Display 81 Display problems 73 Drives 109 DVD burning 52 Global modules Empty Recycle Bin 107 FAT 29 File archiving 52 File deleted 74 File system 29 Firefox Cache 41 Free up disk space 41 45 H Hardware 109 icon packages 93 Icon repair 96 Icons 96 Information 109 Installing Updates 114 Internet Explorer Cache 41 Logon Screen 88 Logonui exe 89 LOGONXP 89 M Maintenance 17 55 Memory 109 Memory usage 101 117 Global modules Mozilla Firefox Cache 41 MSSTYLES 98 Normal analysis 70 Notification area 17 NTFS 29 Ntoskrnl exe files 85 Oo Open files 102 Opera Cache 41 P Page file 102 Processes 101 Processor 109 Processor usage 101 Programs 101 Proxy settings 114 R Recycle Bin 74 107 Registry 64 104 Reload Icons 96 Repair Icon Cache 97 Replace Icons 91 Replace Task Manager 103 R
125. table updates for TuneUp Utilities 2009 This module lets you keep your software up to date with just a few mouse clicks Rescue Center 33 Update Wizard 111 Global modules TuneUp Rescue Center These backups can all be restored What you can do with the backups 112 Introduction TuneUp Utilities provides you with a large selection of tools that you can use to optimize repair and customize your operating system It can happen that you fiddle with a setting or two that you should have better left alone Or that you delete an entry in TuneUp Registry Editor that you need after all In this case you will be happy to hear that in the TuneUp Utilities 2009 there is also a lifeguard that can undo all of your changes if need be Undo changes Click Undo changes under Tasks on the left side of the window lt 2 TuneUp Rescue Center ow ti ee Tune Tasks Backups 1 Sort Date Mastule In the future A Undo changes Erre e System recovery 9 Xo r On the right TuneUp constantly displays a chronologically sorted list of backed up data It doesn t matter whether you used TuneUp Utilities to clean up the registry or free up disk space Everything will be included in the list Next to each entry you will find the date and time of the action as well as the disk space used by the deleted objects or entries You can also see which TuneUp Utilities module was used to make the changes and how many files or entries
126. the structure of the registry in a tree diagram In the left part of the window under the heading Folders each of the categories is listed Double click on a category to display its subcategories When you get to the bottom of the tree hierarchy you will see the individual keys displayed in the right part of the window They are ready for you to work on them When you click a key with your right mouse button a context menu opens with a number of different commands Delete removes the entry from the registry Rename lets you assign a new name to the key and Change lets you change the value of the entry When you right click the hierarchy on the left side of the window the context menu that is displayed has a much larger selection of commands One of the most useful commands here is Search which allows you to look for words in the entire registry Set bookmark Additional tools lets you place a virtual bookmark All dog ears are shown in the lower third of the window under Bookmark The results of your searches can be found under Search Results 105 Additional tools TuneUp Shredder What do you want to delete 106 When you delete a file under Windows it probably ends up in the Recycle Bin Even an inexperienced user knows how to get the file back from the Recycle Bin Because of this many users regularly empty the Recycle Bin or delete files without using the Recycle Bin But you should know that Windows does not really dest
127. to change an icon Undoing Changes Customize Windows JE TuneUp Styler Zz TuneUp Styler File system Disks folders Favorites and Start menu General a fay Start Page Current Icon 4 7 Computer System Start a By Local Disk C i Gq Local Disk D Ma 5 DVD RW Drive E E Boot screen go rive E a a SA Start ogo tart menu Logon Screen cauas Tasks This icon can be changed under System Elements Icons a J System Elements h File System Gd Appearance Mf Repair amp Icons at TuneUp Online lt gt Restore backup from a previous session Interface visual style lt gt Rescue Center active TuneUp Styler also lets you swap the standard folder icons in the Start menu for more expressive ones Click on the plus sign in front of the Start menu node in the tree display to get access to this option You can even assign special icons to your Favorites in Internet Explorer This way you can find your most frequently used Favorites in the long list more quickly Select the desired item in the tree and click Replace icon to select a new icon for the item Please note that this cannot be done with the three main nodes My Computer Start menu and Favorites You must open one of these nodes by clicking the plus sign in front of it and then select a subnode Selecting a new icon works just like it does for System elements Once you have found a s
128. ton The module will again notify you how many files you have approved for deletion and how much disk space will be freed up Once you have initiated the cleanup the software begins to delete the selected files Please note that this process can take several minutes particularly when emptying the browser caches During this time it may appear that the software is not responding This is a normal technicality 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 43 Free up disk space Finished Unnneeded files have been deleted 44 fe Urrecrsery tes and backups a O Once the files have been deleted click Finish to close the window Free up disk space Windows functions Certain Windows functions that are not used by every user require a great deal of disk space Here you can simply deactivate features that use substantial disk space and that you do not need This frees up additional disk space Ay Windows functions x Windows functions The following Windows functions are not needed by every user You may be able to deactivate them to free up disk space Energy saving mode Hibernate E When you use the Hibernate function your computer is switched to an E energy saving mode Your work will be saved to your hard disk so your PC can safely be turned off When you are ready to use y
129. troduction to TuneUp Utilities 2009 Lots more improvements Along with the totally new features there are a series of improvements that are not immediately visible There are small improvements like Tooltips in the main window a substantial increase in the number of problems that can be found byTuneUp Registry Cleaner and better progress feedback from TuneUp Drive Defrag But there are also big improvements under the hood Two good examples are a completely reworked installation program and significant improvements in our update technology 16 Start Page Start Page Your car s dashboard computer lets you know when an oil change is needed and when your next service is due The new TuneUp Utilities Start Center fulfills this role for your computer It indicates problems it finds what has changed since the last startup and whether your computer settings are optimal The Start page is divided into several areas In the upper area is a note about what you should do next The lower area is divided into three columns one each for system maintenance performance and system status It gives you a quick overview of areas that need attention or where there is potential for optimization Click on Details for background information on the issues and in most cases a quick way to deal with them Notification of Actions to be Taken In the upper part of the Start page s notification area you will either find suggestions for what to do next or a
130. uitable icon select it and click OK to use it You can apply the default icons and undo your changes at any time by clicking Reset item to Windows defaults If you would like to undo more changes try clicking on Restore backup It starts up TuneUp Rescue Center and so lets you undo changes made with TuneUp Styler on a given date Appearance category Here you can change a large number of settings that govern how icons are displayed on the desktop The module shows a preview of your changes on the left side of the window at all times so that you can see what effect your changes have 95 Customize Windows A preview of your changes can be seen on the left side of the window at all times Icon color depth This is how to change the size of the icon This is how you change the icon spacing This is how you get rid of the shortcut arrow 96 JE TuneUp Styler 2 TuneUp 4 Styler General a Logon Screen Change user logon Start Page Logon Screens 6 Preview FbAdd gt New Screen Sukesi x Beach House 8 Heck saeen AzDude a k a Mike Watts Start logo aces aaar koms 2 diagram kK Mapetan Name Windows default QJ System Elements Author Microsoft Corporation asie Tuneup Utiities Beta a _ a aa sak TuneUp Software a 5 A Show large preview Interface a F led Save As Visual style lt Rescue Center active Starting with Windows XP it is no longer possible to
131. were affected Select an entry and click Details to open a log of the files or entries that were deleted This log can be viewed but not changed You cannot only restore individual files or settings you can only restore an entire backup This means that you may have to restore a couple dozen unnecessary files to recover one file that you accidentally deleted Configure Rescue Center protection A large number of restore points can normally be found here Saving your own restore points Global modules Click Restore to restore the selected backup If you wish you can click Delete to remove a backup permanently from the list provided that you are certain that you will not need this backup in the future Click Options in the blue bar to open up the Rescue Center protection dialog Here you can specify how long backups should be kept and when they should automatically be deleted to free up disk space You can also exclude individual TuneUp Utilities modules from Rescue Center protection Tip Don t limit Rescue Center protection too much just to save disk space The protection function is very useful as a last resort emergency measure and should generally be viewed as more important than saving a bit of space on your hard disk System Restore It is even possible to use TuneUp Rescue Center to undo changes made not by TuneUp Utilities but by other applications This is done with help from Windows System Restore t gt TuneUp Res
132. wn 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 When you try to delete a file and the computer tells you that it is currently in use you can use this module to find out what process is using the file and terminate it This will let you delete the file Speed tab The Speed tab provides detailed information on the current status of your system The window displays the current data for CPU usage in percent shows how CPU usage changes over time and gives a real time picture of how memory usage changes on your Additional tools Keep an eye on your system via the Speed tab computer This module can also show you at any point in time how much of the page file and how much system memory is being used in kilobytes TuneUp Process Manager l oi File View Tools Help 3 ile TuneUp System Information Processes Open files Performance Processor usage Memory history graph System kernel Threads Handles Processes Paging file Max size 8 410 124 KB Used 2 464 784 KB Memory Total 4 125 544 KB System 93 508 KB Cache 1 075 760 KB Other 1 881 0
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