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TuneUp Utilities - 2006 User's Manual

1. _ Behavior Communication Z Shaw common tasks in folders Description Network When background images enabled a musical note is shown in the internet Explorer background of folders containing music files for example Mozila Firefox E Mail and Chat A Privacy Restore Defaults Best Performance Best Appearance ok cancel __ Apnly As soon as the program opens the various categories that you can configure are shown on the left side of the window These categories are Display Usage Communication Administration and Wizards Each of these categories contains multiple subcategories TuneUp Utilities 2006 19 Customize and Analyze As soon as you click one of the subcategories with your 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 Note TuneUp SystemControl adapts to the installed operating system automatically and only offers the options that are supported by your system Don t be surprised when you see different options under Windows 98 and Windows XP for example If you need help with a particular setting in TuneUp SystemControl use the integrated context sensitive help which can be accessed through the context menu for nearly every option i Tip Use the context sensitive help Click any option
2. 1 Click Maintenance 69 ActiveX and COM seee 55 Administer and Control 74 ANIMATIONS eee eee eeeeteeeenee teenies 20 Animations and Effects eee 20 Appearance Button appearance 25 Desktop iCONS cccceeeseeeeeeees 45 MENUS aieiai aaa 20 Application paths ccceeeeee 55 AutoOptimiZe cceeeeeeeeeee reece 65 PANU lt 0 od F ee 31 Categories cccececeeeseseseeeeeeeeeesneeeees Change user name ceeeeeeeeeees Check again Clean up and Repair Cleaning Disks itar tienes Registry Clean uUp ccceeeeeeeeteeeees Command prompt eeeeeeeeeeees 34 context sensitive help 0 0 ccce 20 Copy SettingS vicos ani 35 Correct problems 34 Cover tracks seieren 29 Customize and Analyze 008 17 Data Recovery 101 87 Defragmentation eeeeeeeereees 67 Deleted files Finding 85 Recovering 87 Recovery tips c ceeeeeeeeeeteeees 87 Desktop and taskbar 0 c 0 33 Disk space Low disk space warning 31 ETO CtS iiss cists wees 20 E Mail and Chat 28 Error reporting eseese 33 Explorer GOI OPS ieee aaen a a 22 Navigation se 22 Thumbnails 22 VIEW aaea aaneen 22 Explorer bars cccccceseseeeeeseeeeeeeees 26 File recovery and Destruction 81 File SYSt IM cecceceeeeseeeeeeeeeesteeeeeeeees 44 File types aa as 21 55 Files RECOVET Ng sssr 87
3. The performance tab with real time graphs Note Please note that this window only displays the data transfer volume for the dial up connections in your system Data traffic over the network is not shown here System Devices Information is shown here for your processor and BIOS Click Processor details to view detailed information on the features of your processor Performance 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 current processor usage physical memory status and how much of your paging file is currently being used TuneUp System Information Drives D I O Devices e Communication gt System Devices g Overview EF windows SA Display lt lt Memory Performance Processor usage history Kernel Threads Processes Mutexes Handles Physical memory Phys memory Total 261 616 KB System 16 248 KB 6 Cache 23 072KB 9 Other 84 092KB 32 Available 138 204KB 53 Paging file Paging Max size 633 052 KB Used 108 844KB 17 Available 524 208 KB 83 Use the context sensitive help If you are not sure what the information or a function under one of the areas in TuneUp System Information means you can use the so called context sensitive help to view a brief description To do this click the desired text or button with your right mouse button and select What s This from the con
4. TuneUp Utilities 2006 51 Clean up and Repair Clean up and Repair Free your system of unneeded ballast The modules in the Clean up and Repair category streamline your system by removing unneeded ballast and correcting problems in your configuration fa Ege TuneUp Sz 9 Utilities 2006 lt P RescueCenter Updatewizard w amp Customize r Cleanup amp Repair __ Analyze i a TuneUp DiskCleaner amp Clean up 4 Removes junk data from your hard disks and recovers disk space Repair 29 TuneUp RegistryCleaner amp Optimize Removes invalid entries and references from your system Improve Administer amp cowo P File recovery amp Destruction 1 TuneUp Software eeuu a Every program you install writes entries in your registry entries that are often not completely removed when you remove the program With time your registry becomes bloated and takes up more and more space on your hard drive What s more Windows constantly has to access the registry The larger the registry is the longer it takes Windows to find the information it needs Your system becomes slower and does not react as quickly as it used to The module TuneUp RegistryCleaner makes sure that there are no unneeded entries in your registry to slow your system down The amount of unneeded data on your hard drive also increases with time This includes temporary files but also unneeded backups that are cr
5. Dial up connections lt none gt Proxy Settings Click Next to get the available updates Next gt Cancel Help If you access the Internet over a network you may have to configure the Proxy settings in order for the connection to function properly This is normally not necessary as the module uses the same settings as Internet Explorer That means that TuneUp UpdateWizard will work if you can surf the Internet with Internet Explorer Click Next to check for updates Installing Updates The module will now establish a connection with the Internet and check if new updates are available This may take a few seconds The wizard shows a list of all updates that can be downloaded Click Next to install the updates in the list When all updates have been installed click Finish to close the wizard 94 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Glossary Glossary Access permissions The assignment of specific rights to users so that they can access shared data and resources in the network Access permissions are managed by the network software Administrator Designation for the person responsible for managing a network He has unlimited access permissions and is responsible for maintaining and managing all of the hardware and software in the network Anti aliasing Also called font smoothing A method employed to reduce pixel stepping in slanted and curved lines These steps are smoothed out through interpolation
6. Show Details Properties X Terminate Process Processes Open files Performance Process Priority CPU usage Memory usage A El Application eve l gateway service Normal 0 3 148 KB amp Automatic Updates Normal 0 4 932 KB Ei cient Server Runtime Process Normal 2 3 096 KB Fag CTF Loader Normal 0 2 732 KB E Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Normal 0 4 172KB E Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Normal 0 3 724KB E ceneric Host Process for Win32 Services Normal 0 15 960 KB E Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Normal 0 2 856 KB E Generic Host Process for Win32 Services Normal 0 4 228 KB E Microsoft Local Security Authority Subsystem Service LSASS Normal 0 568 KB services and Controller app Normal 0 3 744 KB E Session Manager subsystem Normal 0 372 KB E spooler SubSystem App Normal 0 system Idle Process Normal 86 Ah System Process Normal 0 A Tuneup Process Manager High 12 EA TuneUp Utilities Normal 0 re taskbar icon Normal 0 re Tools Service High 0 reUser Normal 0 indows Explorer Normal CTF Loader Microsoft File CTFMON EXE Folder C WINDOWS SYSTEM32 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 di
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8. You can also start each of the TuneUp Utilities 2006 modules individually if you are familiar with the software To do this open the subfolder Utilities in the Start menu folder which contains icons for each of the modules Simply click one of these icons to start the corresponding module Structure and Use of the Software TuneUp Utilities consists of a number of useful modules that can be accessed through a common graphical Start Center This center is divided into five categories to make it easier to select the appropriate modules for what you want to do 14 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Introduction to TuneUp Utilities Ez gara TuneUp 9 Utilities 2006 Xs RescueCenter 7 UpdateWizard y p Customize amp Analyze amp Customize m E E E a Analyze 5 TuneUp SystemControl Clean up amp Lets you control the look and feel of the Windows interface amp Repair a TuneUp StartUp Manager amp Optimize Controls which programs are executed at Windows startup Improve ol TuneUp System Information amp Administer b Provides comprehensive information on your computer Control m TuneUp Styler 2 amp File recovery Customizes the appearance of the entire Windows interface Destruction TuneUp Software a The five TuneUp Utilities 2006 categories can be seen on the left side of the window Click one of these names to open the corresponding category The modules of the selected category are shown on the rig
9. Customize progress bar 4 Finish To create your own boot screen go to the Boot screen category and click New Screen at the top of the list This will open a wizard that will take you through the following four steps 4 Steps to your own Boot Screen 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 desired image is already on your computer If you select Capture pictures from camera or Find pictures with Google save the desired picture at a location where you can find it again quickly and then click Search local drives to load the picture 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 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 picture Click Save boot screen to assign a name to your creation and to add it to the list of available boot screens
10. The old registry is then deleted and is replaced with the new one after a restart s TuneUp RegistryDefrag Welcome to TuneUp RegistryDefrag TuneUp TuneUp RegistryDefrag creates a new registry and eliminates all RegistryDefrag structural mistakes and defects The performance of your computer will be optimized by Reducing fragments Repairing structural defects a l Recovering unused memory space ta TuneUp RegistryDefrag will determine to what extent your registry is fragmented in the next step Click Next to analyze your Registry Next gt Cancel Help Registry Analysis First TuneUp RegistryDefrag must determine how fragmented your registry is Click Next to begin 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 TuneUp Utilities 2006 67 Optimize and Improve What happens during the Registry analysis What happens when you restart After you confirm this message TuneUp RegistryDefrag grays the screen and shows a wait dialog to indicate that you cannot use the computer During the analysis a small clock blinks in the upper left corner of the window to show that the software is working Under Windows 2000 and XP a progress bar is also shown to inform you of the progress of the analysis There is no need to worry even if this bar does not move for several minutes O
11. Use TuneUp Shredder to permanently delete confidential files This module ensures that files that it deletes cannot be recovered with TuneUp Undelete by the military or professional data recovery companies 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 deleted files are normally overwritten in the process and cannot be recovered afterwards 88 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Global Modules Global Modules Two general TuneUp Utilities modules can be found in the grey area beneath the title bar of the Start Center TuneUp RescueCenter and TuneUp UpdateWizard TuneUp RescueCenter monitors 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 UpdateWizard saves you the trouble of searching for and installing updates for TuneUp Utilities 2006 A few clicks suffice to make sure that you have the latest version of this software TuneUp Utilities 2006 89 Global Modules TuneUp RescueCenter Your first aid kit TuneUp Utilities provides you with a large selection of tools that you can use to optimize and customize your operating system It can happen that you fiddle with a setting or two that you should have better left alone when trying to improve your system Or that you delete a
12. or if you use a password to protect your account you are familiar with the Windows XP logon screen Here you can see 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 TuneUp Styler you can completely change the appearance of the logon screen Click Logon screen in the navigation bar to go to this area Tuneup Styler 2 Ee TuneUp N S RescueCenter 2 Help 7 Welcome screen Change user logon Start Page Welcome screens Ad Relax logon lt System Elements W Fie system A Appearance Ap Repair Snowy Mountains Night logon Narcissus Screen Design Name Relax logon g Author Narcissus Screen Designs a Size 1 746 KB 2 Windows default T Welcome ae Microsoft Corporation Tasks E Visual Style B Copy welcome screen to EE Boot Screen X Delete welcome screen Restore Defaults off Install Welcome Screen GP RescueCenter active As soon as it is started the module lists all available logon screens When you use the module for the first time you will only see the standard Windows screen You can add additional logon screens by clicking Add at the top of the list Then you can select an existing logon screen from a file on your computer or you can download new screens from TuneUp Online The module supports all Logonui exe screens the Stardock LogonStudio format LogonXP and the TuneUp Styler TLS format By th
13. such as Smartdrive or smartdrv exe Caches that store data from slow CD ROM drives on the hard disk The hard disk cache stores write and read accesses in the disk hardware Depending on the model a hard disk sold in 2000 has a cache between 128 and 4096 KB EIDE disks frequently have a 512 KB cache while SCSI disks often have a 1024 KB cache As the algorithms used vary in their effectiveness a larger cache does not necessarily make a disk faster If the data in the cache is needed again the cache accelerates operations because the data does not have to be read from the slower disk again ClearType ClearType introduced by Bill Gates at Comdex in Las Vegas in autumn 1998 is designed to dramatically improve the readability of text on all screen types including simple screens ClearType does not only use whole pixels for display but also uses invisible subpixels when calculating the display of the screen contents This technology can be used on desktop computers and PDAs personal digital assistants or electronic books Dick Brass vice president of Technology Development at Microsoft claimed that ClearType makes economical screens look like expensive ones and makes expensive screens look like paper Clipboard A special area in the main memory that is used by programs and operating systems like Windows to temporarily store information so that it can be copied or moved to other documents The terms in this glossary have been use
14. Details System Advisor can do even more than just telling you what is wrong with your system If the corresponding setting can be changed directly in Windows the Advisor normally offers a link under Details that opens the corresponding Windows dialog or that corrects the problem automatically Optimize Internet Connection Whether or not your system is optimally configured also depends on what you want to do with your computer If surfing the Internet is important to you it can be very helpful to open up some bottlenecks because Windows is not perfectly optimized for surfing the Internet by default Under Wizards select Internet Optimization A wizard will then guide you through the necessary procedure step for step 5 TuneUp System Optimizer x 5 TuneUp System Optimizer N gt RescueCenter 0 Help General id Select connection gt Confirm optimization gt Finished Start Page Optimize Internet connection In order to optimize your Internet settings TuneUp System Optimizer needs some information on the type and speed of your connection All changes can be undone with the TuneUp RescueCenter at any time 1 Click Mainte e Please select your connection from the list below System Advisor Internet Optimization Connection e IDSL cable modem or satellite 2 Mbit or higher iB System Optimization Description This setting is suitable for a DSL cable modem or satellite connection with a transm
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16. Gerd id Select profile gt Confirm optimization gt Finished Start Page Optimize the system configuration TuneUp System Optimizer needs some information so that it can optimize the configuration of the computer to your needs All changes can be undone at any time with TuneUp RescueCenter J eck the properties that best correspond to your needs and then click Next 1 Click Maintenance Check th that b d ds and then dick System Advisor W Internet Optimization lt Don t optimize visual effects gt The visual effects will not be changed 9 System Optimization g 2 Visual effects Use of the computer lt Do not optimize computer use gt Your computer s performance will not be optimized i RescueCenter active As soon as the wizard is opened a message is displayed to tell you that the program needs some information about your system Select the options that best describe how you use your PC from the lists Under Visual effects you can specify whether you prefer maximum performance and a simpler interface or if you are willing to sacrifice a certain amount of performance for a more appealing appearance Under Use of the computer choose the option that best describes your computer One option is for example Computer with network or Internet connection Then click Next to continue 72 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Optimize and Improve The wizard now analyzes your complete configuration and prepares
17. Help System Start Exit Desktop and Taskbar Error_ Security Center _ Specify how Windows should handle programs that do not respond Network p when being shut down Internet Explorer Mozila Firefox EJ E Mail and Chat A Privacy Idle time without feedback Specify the time after Windows should force non responding applications to dose in the Task Manager and during shutdown Wait for response for 30000 milliseconds Close programs automatically Specify whether the applications should be dosed automatically after the amp User Logon lapse of the specified period or whether a dialog should be shown lt Drives Memory and Cache AH Start and Maintenance System After lapse of idle time O Close programs automatically Show the End Program dialog Restore Defaults T9 Correct Problems 8 Copy Settings Desktop and Taskbar You can have the desktop and taskbar run in a separate process here This increases the stability of your system in the event that the Explorer crashes Errors Configure various options that affect how Windows deals with errors and faults Among other things you can deactivate Windows XP and Microsoft Office error reporting here Security Center The new Windows XP Service Pack 2 Security Center regularly checks the security status of your computer in the background and displays warnings when potential security problems are identified If these warnin
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20. V RescueCenter O Help Behavior Submenus Programs Advanced Configure the appearance of the Start menu and the behavior of 4 Animations and Effects menus on mouse events here 9 File Types Folder Options Menu speed Set the speed at which cascading menus open when you move the mouse over them Open menus only via mouse click Open menus automatically after indicated delay T Input Options Short delay 0 bh Start Menu 2 Taskbar Communication Additional settings 7 Enable moving and copying of Start menu items by drag and drop Network and editing through the context menu internet Explorer Mozila Firefox E E Mail and Chat A Privacy Restore Defaults Submenus Here you can specify how many of your most recently used documents and files should be shown in the Start menu among other things You can also click Setting in the Special menus section to call up a window in which you can specify the commands that should be shown in the Windows Start menu Programs Here you can configure the Start menu settings that affect programs One option is for example to customize the list of Frequently Used Programs Advanced You can configure the display of your user name in the Start menu and call up other TuneUp Utilities modules that are relevant for the Start menu here Usage gt Taskbar Flashing Buttons This function prevents other windows from barging
21. a list of optimization suggestions for Visual effects and System configuration Click a blue header to view detailed information on the suggested changes You can reject individual suggestions by clearing the check box in front of them Then click Next to apply the selected changes The module now makes all of the selected changes and displays a message when it has successfully optimized your configuration Note the message Restart required Windows may have to be restarted for all of the changes in the registry to take effect Click Finish to close the wizard TuneUp Utilities 2006 73 Administer and Control Administer and Control The TuneUp Utilities 2006 category Administer and Control offers three modules that help you get more control over your operating system 4 ps uy TuneUp 9 Utilities 2006 gt RescueCenter UpdateWizard Administer amp Control amp Customize a a Analyze f 1 amp TuneUp Process Manager amp Clean up 4 Allows you to manage currently running programs R s E TuneUp Registry Editor Optimize Helps you edit and search the registry amp Improve Sores 4 Tuneup Uninstall Manager amp Administer E Uninstalls programs you dont need anymore Control amp File recovery Destruction TuneUp Software You can use TuneUp Process Manager to view and if needed terminate all currently running applications and processes You can also call up an overvi
22. another user account Click Next to continue next gt cancel Hep 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 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 TuneUp Utilities 2006 35 Customize and Analyze TuneUp StartUp Manager The limits of the Startup folder in the Start menu An overview of all automatic start commands The navigation bar on the left side of the window Many applications start automatically together with Windows without asking for your permission There is often a good reason for this for example to provide you with important functions and services such as your virus scanner an ISDN call monitor or a text module administration system In addition to these sensible applications there are often also useless or even dangerous applications that also start together with your system New
23. are saved at a single location for faster processing Desktop A general designation for the area in Windows that is normally seen first after a user logs on Icons can be saved here and this area also includes the Start menu the taskbar and the notification area next to the clock Device driver A special program that controls devices and expansion cards expanding or adapting the operating system Dialog A set of associated options that are shown on the screen in the form of a window or box in which settings can be configured TuneUp Utilities 2006 97 Glossary Dial up network This Windows function allows computers to create or access networks by means of modems ISDN adapters and DSL modems for example This function is also used to access online services DLL Acronym for dynamic link library DLLs are special program routines that are not loaded from the program library until they are actually needed This reduces the amount of main memory occupied by a program Drag and drop This method of interaction in Windows originally developed by Apple allows for example part of a text document to be marked with the mouse after which it can be pulled into a different window by clicking the selected text with the left mouse button and releasing the button when the pointer is over the desired location The selected text is then inserted at the location of the mouse pointer This is called dragging and dropping and
24. 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 If you have selected a process in the list you can click Edit gt Set Process Priority to specify how much processing power Windows should assign to this process Replacing Task Manager If you click File gt Replace Task Manager TuneUp Process Manager integrates itself into your system so that you can access the module by pressing Ctrl Alt Del or by right clicking on an empty part of the taskbar and selecting Task 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 Note This function is only available for Windows 2000 and higher TuneUp Utilities 2006 77 Administer and Control TuneUp Registry Editor The advantages of TuneUp Registry Editor The main window The Windows registry is nothing more than a large central database Every hardware component and program that is installed makes entries in this database With time the registry gets increasingly larger and more chaotic True experts who are looking for a suitable tool to delve deep into the Windows system and to adapt their configuration manually should use Tun
25. automatically 30 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Customize and Analyze Messages Here you can specify whether all users should be shown a message before they log on View Specify here which screensaver should be shown when no user is logged onto the system Tour Here you can activate or deactivate the Windows tour which offers an introduction to basic Windows functions and features When this is activated it will be shown each time you log on Administration gt Drives General A number of settings that affect your drives can be configured here You can enable UDMA66 support to accelerate access to your drives for example Disk Space Windows displays a warning automatically when too little free space is available on a drive If this warning bothers you clear the check box in front of Show low disk space warning AutoPlay Under Media change monitoring you can select or deselect Monitor CD drives for media change depending on whether you want Windows to automatically detect when you insert a disc into your CD and DVD drives Under AutoPlay click Advanced to configure the automatic playing settings for different media types such as music CDs Advanced Under My Computer click Settings to specify which drives should be shown under My Computer You can use this setting to effectively hide drives from prying eyes The button TuneUp Styler opens the TuneUp module that you can use to customize the icons for indiv
26. best to you under this option The smoothing method ClearType is especially interesting It is designed for flat screen monitors TFT and LCD and makes use of their so called subpixels in order to effectively smooth the edges of small fonts Click ClearType Settings to adapt these settings to your individual monitor Display gt File Types Menu Operations In this tab you can specify which entries should be shown in the context menus for drives and folders This can let you open the command prompt directly under My Computer by right clicking a folder for example New Menu You can specify which file types are displayed in the New menu in the context menu for the desktop the Explorer and the Save dialog here TuneUp SystemControl 2 x O y TuneUp N RescueCenter Help SystemControl Menu Operations New Menu Opening Files Advanced Select which file types should be shown in the New submenu of context menus for the desktop Explorer and Save dialogs Templates J Animations and Effects 9 File Types Folder Options Type N Bitmap Image rs Briefcase i Compressed zipped Folder 8 Rich Text Document TD Input Options beh Start Menu i Taskbar E Text Document a Wave Sound E Wordpad Document ee Options Set whether the New submenu should be shown in the context menu of the desktop and free areas of folder windows V Show
27. click Create New Package at the top of the list TuneUp Utilities 2006 43 Customize and Analyze After you click this button a wizard opens that will guide you through the process of creating an icon package Step Description 1 Information on the author Here you can add your name e mail address and Internet address to the icon package 2 Package name and description Enter a descriptive package name here If you wish you can also enter additional information on the package in the Description box 3 Optimizing the size of the package 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 4 Creating the icon package The icons are now collected and optimized if needed after which they are saved together in an icon package 5 Finish the wizard The icon package has been created successfully and is added to the list of icon packages when you click Finish Click Open folder to go to the icon packages folder of TuneUp Styler after which you can copy the icon package to a different location or attach it to an e mail File System Windows assigns a default icon to each drive file folder Start menu folder and Favorite Click File System in the navigation bar to change any of these icons Assign new icons to ES TuneUp Styler 2 your drives TuneUp Styler 2 Start Page lt System Elemen
28. computer The dsplay of a backoround image requires additional resources The activation of visual styles can have a El negative effect on the performance of the system System g Alarge number ofinstaled applications can slow system performance gy The automatic startup of programs influences the performance of the computer ig Delete the paging fle at shutdown a Too much memory is allocated to the Internet Explorer cache DER N RescueCenter 0 GG Tasks amp Don t show this tip again iS Show all ignored tips again Details Your display is currently set to 32 bit color depth A low color depth can increase graphics performance but can also lead to the incorrect display of colors for example for pictures Note Shadow and smoothing effects cannot be shown at 16 bit color depth under Windows XP Display ties SP RescueCenter active 70 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Optimize and Improve You may be able to optimize your Internet settings After you click the System Advisor link the module begins examining your system in detail immediately In a few seconds the results of the analysis are shown in the window The individual problems are broken down into categories such as Display System and Security A short text describes the problem for example A high screen resolution can slow the system down Select an entry in the list to view a more detailed description under
29. is permanently stable Registry Also called the registry database This is the name of the central Windows database that contains information on all installed hardware and software Windows cannot function without the registry It should be cleaned up regularly so that it does not become too large and slow the system down Remote data transmission A collective term for the exchange of data between two computers separated by a greater distance for example between an architect in New England and an engineer in California Data can be transmitted over the telephone network over the Internet or via FTP among other options In local networks LANs the term used for this is simply data transmission Resolution graphics card monitor Resolution refers to the number of horizontal and vertical picture elements pixels that make up a monitor image In general the higher the resolution the more detailed the appearance of the contents of the screen and the greater the area on the screen screen real estate In principle the resolution of a graphics card depends on the amount of graphics memory the refresh rate and the color depth The higher the resolution the lower the refresh rate and color depth Graphics cards with 2 MB of memory can only display 256 colors at 1280 x 1024 pixels while 16 7 million colors can be displayed at a resolution of 800 x 600 Resources The totality of all peripheral devices memory and data that can be
30. 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 lets you place a virtual bookmark These bookmarks are shown in the lower third of the window under Bookmark and you can go to any of these locations by double clicking the corresponding bookmark TuneUp Utilities 2006 79 Administer and Control TuneUp Uninstall Manager Select an entry in the list to view more information about the program Every program that you install under Windows adds an uninstall entry to the system registry This entry makes sure that the program is removed completely from your computer when you don t need it anymore TuneUp Utilities 2006 lets you clean up your computer and remove unwanted programs from your hard drive All you have to do is open TuneUp Uninstall Manager Usage When you start the module it displays an alphabetical list of all programs games and tools that have added an uninstall entry to the registry B TuneUp Uninstall Manager DER Installed programs 141 programs of ACDSee 7 0 of Adjustment Pattern software utility g eae of Adobe Acrobat 7 0 1 and Reader 7 0 1 Update X Remove entry of Adobe Acrobat 7 0 2 and Reader 7 0 2 Update H Modify properties of Adobe Acrobat 7 0 3 and Reader 7 0 3 Update of Adobe Creative Suite ey of Adobe Download Manager 2 0 Nur entfernen of Adobe Reader 7 0 Deutsch Adobe Creative Sui
31. list automatically Click Install Logon Screen to save the change Visual Style The new visual style of Windows XP makes it possible to lend a new look to all modern applications Click Visual Style in the navigation bar to customize your visual style S Tuneup Styler 2 DAR Sa Styler V RescueCenter Help General Visual style Customize windows and buttons Start Page Visual styles Bad Nocturnal Color scheme Standard System Elements Obsidian Fie System Color scheme Standard Appearance amp Revel p Repair Color scheme Standard Name Luna Author Microsoft Design Team Size 4 092KB E Boot Screen A Welcome Screen Rw Tasks amp Visual Style YK Delete visual style 50 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Customize and Analyze Downloading visual styles from TuneUp Online Adding a style from a file Resetting and deleting a visual style When you select a visual style in the list a preview and additional information are shown on the right As soon as you have chosen a visual style click Apply Visual Style to activate it Your screen is grayed out briefly while the style is applied to your system As soon as the wait screen is closed you can view your interface in all of its new glory You can download new visual styles at any time from the TuneUp website free of charge To do this click Add and then Download Visual Styles from TuneUp Online This will open your Internet browse
32. 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 Data Recovery 101 As deleted files have a rather short life expectancy under Windows especially on the 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 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 TuneUp Utilities 2006 87 File recovery and Destruction Make sure that even Undelete can t recover your sensitive files 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
33. parallel port is normally used to connect a printer to the computer 100 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Glossary Partition A defined section of a hard disk that can be accessed and handled as a separate drive Password An individual string of characters that allows a user to access a computer system or network Path A path indicates where a file is saved on a drive For example the name of a picture file is logo bmp and this file is located in the folder Windows This folder is located on the drive that is labeled with the letter C The path of this file would be C Windows logo bmp Performance In computers performance expresses the speed of the system in executing commands or programs Peripherals This term refers to all devices that are connected to a computer such as screens keyboards disk drives printers etc Permanent paging file A special paging file in Windows that always occupies the same location and that is stored in a contiguous area on the disk This results in improved speed in the management of the system s virtual memory over a temporary paging file Processor cache Temporary memory that is integrated into the processor itself Data is stored in this memory so that the processor does not have to wait until it is fetched from the slower main memory of the computer This allows the processor to work faster Prompt The symbol used by MS DOS to tell the user that the pr
34. selection Deleting the Contents of 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 Delete allocated free space is selected the Shredder will also delete the free space that has been assigned to the files in Recycle Bin Click Next to confirm your selection Selecting the Deletion Method In this step you must specify how the selected files or folder should be deleted Select one of the two methods under Deletion method TuneUp Utilities 2006 83 File recovery and Destruction How securely do you want to delete your files How many times should the deletion operation be repeated a TuneUp Shredder How do you want to delete the data TuneUp Shredder Deletion method O Quick delete Overwrites the files with a single character Secure delete Deletes files in compliance with US Department of Defense regulation DoD 5220 22 M a 2 Repeat the delete operation 1 Click Next to delete the selected objects lt Back Next gt Cancel Help 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 A method that was developed by the US Department of Defense Regulation DoD 5220 22M is used The files are overwritten with special data patterns multiple times before deletion
35. settings for navigating in folder windows and special sorting settings for numbered files Thumbnails You can configure the settings used for the automatic display of preview images for folders containing pictures here Colors If you select the folder option Single click to open an item in the Explorer files and folders are selected as soon as you position the mouse pointer over them You can select the color used to highlight selected files here You can also specify the color in which encrypted and compressed files are displayed in the Explorer here regardless of whether Single click to open an item is selected or not Advanced Here you can specify which special items should be shown on the desktop and under My Computer You can also easily hide entire drives and customize the behavior of the address box in the Explorer Internet Explorer and the Run dialog 22 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Customize and Analyze Do you want to hide a drive from prying eyes No problem a click on My Computer makes it possible My Computer j Orive Letters j Special Objects Deselect the boxes next to the drives you don t want to show amp g under My Computer Drives Ba e eC gp Ze Bk SAL m n o Wr Ba WR s T u W aw Wx y Sez SJ LS
36. their way to the front while you are working on a document in a text editing program Instead the 24 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Customize and Analyze button of the program on the taskbar will blink when the program needs your attention You can customize TuneUp SystemControl or deactivate button GEC oRee Sb RescueCenter O Help flashing here aie Flashing Buttons Button Appearance Minimized Windows Advanced While typing activated windows are prevented from stealing focus J Animations and Effects and are indicated by a flashing taskbar button 0 File Types Folder Options 7 Enable flashing taskbar buttons Flashing speed Select how often a taskbar button should flash to indicate a change The button in the taskbar will flash until you dick on it T Input Options Button in the taskbar flashes 3 times Gh Start Menu Taskbar General Specify how long windows should be prevented from stealing focus after the last key has been pressed Communication 3 Time after the last input 200 seconds Network internet Explorer Mozila Firefox E E Mail and Chat A Privacy Restore Defaults Button Appearance You can specify whether and how windows should be represented by buttons on the taskbar Minimized Windows Sometimes when a window is minimized all that can be seen is the title bar that is moved to the lower edge of the screen just above the
37. 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 A new icon is selected in the same manner as for the System elements Once you find the desired icon select it and click OK to apply the icon 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 changes to multiple icons at the same time you can use the Restore backup link This link opens TuneUp RescueCenter and lets you undo the changes you have made with TuneUp Styler on a specific date Appearance Click Appearance in the navigation bar Here you can change a large number of settings that govern how icons are displayed on the desktop such as the color depth the icon size and the icon spacing Please note that changing the color depth and icon size here may affect the display of icons elsewhere as well Under Windows XP you cannot manipulate the maximum color depth of icons as this is always 32 bit the highest value If you use a different operating system you can increase this value here The default size for desktop icons is 32 x 32 pixels You can use the slider to increase this size up to 64 x 64 pixels if the icons are too small for you or you can also make the icons smaller so that you have more space on y
38. which is the inclusion of additional colored pixels to create the image of a smooth line This can also cause lines to appear wider Application A piece of software designed to fulfill specific tasks and to create documents for example word processors and spreadsheet programs Benchmark A measure for comparing performance for hardware software or for services BIOS Acronym for Basic Input Output System Bit Short for binary digit the smallest unit of information in the binary number system Corresponds to one storage cell A bit can either have the value 0 or 1 Eight bits are equal to one byte The terms bit and binary digit were coined in 1946 at Princeton University by the mathematician John Tukey one of the TuneUp Utilities 2006 95 Glossary most important staticians of the 20 century Tukey had a particular talent for coining terms he also created the term software Byte A byte is the smallest addressable unit of memory It consists of eight bits As a bit can have one of two values one byte allows 256 combinations two to the power of eight and can therefore represent 256 different conditions or characters Cache A fast form of memory that temporarily stores data for rapid access There are different kinds of caches Caches that store data from main memory in the immediate vicinity of the CPU L1 L2 cache Caches that store data from the hard disk in the main memory
39. you click Show Details in the information area TuneUp DiskCleaner opens a new window that contains information on all of the files in the selected category 4 TuneUp DiskCleaner Details Temporary files Pleace select the files you wish to delete You can delete a total of 12 files mbich occupy 2 05 MB on your sys Fie name older sve Ty j 002253_ mo C Windows TETS 60 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Clean up and Repair You can clear the check box in front of any file by clicking it thereby excluding it from deletion You can also click Open file to view the contents of the file to see if you can delete it safely Clean up Click Next to begin deleting the selected files The module then displays how many files you have selected for deletion and how much space will be recovered Click Next again to remove the files from your system As always a progress bar shows the progress of the operation Please wait until all files are deleted Finished All TuneUp DiskCleaner unneeded files have clearing coanpleted been deleted Thank you for using TuneUp DiskCleaner of TuneUp DiskCleaner deleted 206 files and recovered 3 628 40 MB free space on your drives One file could not be deleted as it is currently in use or you do not have the necessary permissions A backup was not created Click Finish to close this wizard lt Back Finish Cancel Help When the files have been deleted click Finish to close the m
40. EULA YOU MAY NOT USE THIS SOFTWARE PRODUCT 1 Ownership Rights This software product is protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties as x se od Pa iss set in ki betel an nthe ievtelln mts val rannnd nat nald TuneUp Software lt Back Next gt Cancel Entering Your User Name and Serial Number On the next screen you must enter your User Information Here the installation program requests your name and the name of your company or organization These boxes are normally already filled in with the correct information If this is 12 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Installation Personalize your copy of TuneUp Utilities not the case please enter the correct information The Serial number can be found on the front of this manual i TuneUp Utilities 2006 Setup User Information Enter the following information to personalize your installation Full Name Organization Product ID The settings for this application can be installed for the current user or for all users that share this computer You must have administrator rights to install the settings for all users Install this application for Anyone who uses this computer O Only for me Juergen Metzler TuneUp Software lt Back Next gt Cancel If you use Windows XP and 2000 you can specify whether the program should be available for all users on the computer or only fo
41. I LS LS LS LS LS LS SIS LS LS LS LS LS LSS SJS LS LS LS LS LS LS Select All Deselect All Select Existing Drives Usage gt Input Options Mouse Functions You can configure the functions of your mouse here by swapping the mouse buttons and changing the behavior of the scroll wheel Mouse Sensitivity You can configure how sensitively your mouse should react to click and drag actions here You can change how long the computer will wait between two mouse clicks and still recognize a double click for example Active Window Tracking Here you can activate a little known Windows function that could entirely change the way you work with windows so called Active Window Tracking When you select the Active Window Tracking function all you have to do to activate a window is move the mouse pointer over it The option in the Foreground section can also be selected if you wish to have the activated window brought to the front automatically Keyboard You can configure how Windows is controlled with the keyboard here for example by configuring the behavior of the Windows key TuneUp Utilities 2006 23 Customize and Analyze You can navigate through menus much more quickly if you reduce the opening delay here Usage gt Start Menu Behavior You can configure how the Start menu reacts to specific mouse actions here A TuneUp SystemControl E R S Stema
42. Office Outlook Under Type a question for help box you can specify whether this box is shown in the toolbar of all Office applications If you want to have an Outlook icon in the notification area instead of a button on the taskbar when the program is minimized select Minimize Outlook to notification area E Mail Attachment Security subwindow When Office Outlook downloads e mails that contain attachments it is best to have certain attachment file types blocked automatically so that they cannot be opened If this is not done you could easily activate a virus for example by clicking an attachment In some cases however it is sensible to disable the blocking of individual file types 28 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Customize and Analyze Cover the tracks you leave while working on your computer and surfing the Internet here Under Blocked file types you can see a list of all file types that cannot be opened in Outlook You can disable the blocking of individual file types or disable the blocking of all file types by clicking Block None Windows Messenger Under Run you can now specify if and at what events Windows Messenger is loaded automatically If you want to prevent Windows Messenger from running entirely select Do not allow Windows Messenger to run disable If you do not use Windows Messenger at all you can also remove it from your system entirely To do this use the Remove section Communication gt Pri
43. Please select the profile that best matches the bandwidth of your Internet connection Profile Low bandwidth connection analog ISON T Input Options Description Be Start Menu This setting is optimized for slow Internet connections such as analog ey Taskbar and ISDN connections Simultaneous connections with HTTP 1 0 protocol 3 3 HTTP 1 1 protocol Network Internet Explorer Mozila Firefox E E Mail and Chat A Privacy Restore Defaults Communication gt Mozilla Firefox General Text animation Many web sites try to attract your attention by using as many visual effects as possible These often include text effects such as blinking or horizontally scrolling text marquees If these effects are a nuisance to you you can disable them by selecting the options Disable blinking text and Disable scrolling text marquees Error messages Here you can specify whether messages about failed attempts to connect to a web server should be shown in a window dialog or as a web site in the browser window Sidebar location Here you can specify whether the sidebar should be shown on the left or right side of the browser window The sidebar can contain your bookmarks history and downloads Usage Autocomplete When you enable autocomplete for the address bar Internet addresses that you have previously visited will be entered automatically in the address bar when you type the first few characters of the a
44. Setup TuneUp Welcome to the Utilities TuneUp Utilities 2006 Installation Wizard It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this setup program Click Cancel to quit the setup program then dose any programs you have running Click Next to continue the installation WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law Once you have closed all other programs click Next to continue The program now displays the license agreement Read the entire text to learn under what conditions you are allowed to use the program Then select I accept the license agreement and click Next i TuneUp Utilities 2006 Setup License Agreement You must agree with the license agreement below to proceed Use the Page Down key to navigate in the license contract TUNEUP SOFTWARE GMBH TUNEUP UTILITIES SOFTWARE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY THIS END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT EULA IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND TUNEUP SOFTWARE PLEASE READ THROUGH THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THIS SOFTWARE PRODUCT BY INSTALLING AND USING THIS SOFTWARE PRODUCT YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS EULA IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS
45. Tasks that give you access to frequently used functions Important information on the currently selected startup entry is shown beneath this list 36 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Customize and Analyze How do find out if a program that starts automatically is necessary Deactivating and deleting entries Adding a new startup entry You can customize this navigation bar by clicking View gt Navigation Bar When you select the Categories option the navigation bar will contain a list of all locations where startup items can be saved instead of the task list All is selected here by default You can limit the selection of entries shown in the right panel of the window by clicking a specific node such as Startup folder or Registry in the list of categories Then only the startup items at these locations will be shown When you select a startup item in the list TuneUp StartUp Manager shows information on the selected entry in the navigation bar on the left side of the screen or in the information area at the bottom of the screen depending on the selected view mode You can use this information to decide whether or not the startup entry should be removed When you start the program the first time all startup entries have a check mark in front of them and are active Click the check box in front of an entry to clear it and the program will no longer be started the next time you start Windows In this way you can find out for certa
46. Tips for attractive Boot Screens All boot screens may only have 16 colors under Windows XP for technical reasons whereby some of these colors are prescribed by the operating system for example black For this reason TuneUp Styler must reduce the wealth 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 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 48 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Customize and Analyze Pep up your system with a custom logon screen 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 Logon Screen If you share your computer with other users
47. TuneUp Utilities 2006 User Manual Ez TuneUp Utilities 2006 lt gt RescueCenter UpdateWizard 4 Customize amp Analyze amp Customize Analyze f 5 TuneUp SystemControl Clean up Lets you control the look and feel of the Windows interface amp Repair E AY TuneUp StartUp Manager amp Optimize Controls which programs are executed at Windows startup Improve q TuneUp System Information amp Administer Provides comprehensive information on your computer Control 4 5 z TuneUp Styler 2 i amp File recovery t Customizes the appearance of the entire Windows interface ic TuneUp Software TuneUp Utilities 2006 was developed by Company TuneUp Software GmbH Address Dolivostr 9 64293 Darmstadt Germany Internet www tune up com 7 Support for this software can be obtained at the following addresses E mail 2006 uk tune up co Internet www tune up com support uk Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents 0 ceccecccceeeeeeeeeeeee eee ennn nnnn nenna 5 Preface d Snad aaa eeraa piana taa ete ot 9 sta latio mnaendana ana eaaa a aa sted eet ce 11 System Requirements 11 Starting the Installation 11 Entering Your User Name and Serial Number 12 Selecting the Installation Location 13 Introduction to TuneUp Utilities cee 14 Starting the Software cccccscceceeseeeesereeeeeeteees 14 Structure and Use of the So
48. Ue Bookmarks JO Search Results 4 History Key Value Data HKEY _CLASSES_ROOT AccessControlEntry CHKEY _CLASSES_ROOT AccessControllist HKEY _CLASSES_ROOT AppID 27AF75ED 20D9 11D 1 8 1CE 00805FC 1270E RS AccessPermission 0100 0480 58 00 00 00 6 SHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT ApplD 653C5148 4DCE 4905 9CFD 1B23662D309E 8 AccessPermission 0100 0480 5c 00 00 006 SHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT ApplD 833E4001 AFF7 4AC3 AAC2 SF24C 1457BCE 88 AccessPermission 0100 0480 6c 00 00 00 8 SJHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT AppID 84D586C4 A423 11D2 8943 00C04F 79D 22F RS AccessPermission 0100 0480 3400 00 00 5 HKEY _CLASSES_ROOT AppID A 1E75357 881A 419E 83E2 B8 1608 197C68 E AccessPermission 0100 0480 5c 00 00 00 6 sy Sg Se Sg Sg S55 9 iy fam faq fn ai DEJ v Search completed 139 items found V Automatic scrolling Double click a key to display its subkeys When you reach the lowest level of the hierarchy the individual values will be displayed on the right half of the window where you can edit them 78 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Administer and Control When you click a value 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 a key the context menu that is displayed has a much
49. accessed from a computer or over a network connection 102 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Glossary Restart Starting the computer again after it has crashed or has been shut down manually Also required when installing some kinds of software or hardware Serial port A port through which data is transmitted bit for bit Serial ports on the PC are based on the RS 232 standard The serial ports of a computer are also called COM ports or communication ports These are normally used to connect a mouse a nullmodem cable and or a modem to the computer Especially when connecting a modem a COM port with a special module should be used UART with FIFO to allow higher transmission rates than with standard ports System file Especially important files that are used by the operating system to store important information and settings In the case of DOS these are Config sys Autoexec bat Command com IO sys and MSDOS sys for example System resources Under Windows system resources refers to the user and GDI subsystems These are two memory areas that Windows needs to manage running programs and graphical elements Task A step or program executed by the computer Task Manager A system program in Windows that can be used to view the running programs and to force them to quit if need be The Task Manager is accessed by pressing Ctrl Alt Del in many Windows versions Taskbar Part of the Windows user interface from which the most
50. aler TuneUp Utilities 2006 75 Administer and Control The list of open files Open Files 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 File Edit View Tools Help T Open Parent Folder J Properties Processes Open files Performance Name In folder Type Opened by C WINDOWS AppPate Application Extension J Services and Controller app services exe SJ acgenral dll Application Extension Microsoft Local Security Authority Subsystem Ser SJacgenral dil Application Extension Generic Host Process for Win32 Services svchost S acgenral il Application Extension Generic Host Process for Win32 Services svchost S acgenral dll Application Extension Generic Host Process for Win32 Services svchost 3 acgenral dl Application Extension Generic Host Process for Win32 Services svchost B acgenral dl Application Extension Generic Host Process for Win32 Services svchost 8 acgenral dll Application Extension Spooler SubSystem App spoolsv exe 8 acgenral adil Application Extension Q Windows Explorer Explorer EXE S acgenral dil Application Extension P CTF Loader ctfmon exe S acgenral dil Application Extension Application eve gat S acgenral dil Application Extension amp Automatic Update
51. an use TuneUp Undelete to restore deleted files after you have emptied the Recycle Bin Select the drives you want to scan for deleted files Drives to be scanned v Local Disk C Deselect all Select all Click Next to set the search criteria Next gt Cancel Help Usage 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 You can enter the name of the file in the Search criteria box You do not have to enter the complete file name here a single word is usually enough to narrow your search Or if you can only remember the file extension or part of the name TuneUp Utilities 2006 85 File recovery and Destruction simply use a wildcard such as doc or Picture jpg You can enter multiple search terms in the box but you must separate them with a semicolon It is practical to enter PAMATIITBES one or more words What do you want to search for to sea rch fo j but TuneUp Enter the desire
52. ant system options are explained clearly and can be enabled or disabled with a click of your mouse in many different modules TuneUp Utilities 2006 takes care of changing the corresponding parameter in the registry or in the boot files TuneUp Utilities 2006 is not only about making Windows more attractive It can also be used to optimize or clean up the system with a single mouse click removing unneeded files from your hard drive and deleting superfluous entries from your registry And all configurations are optimized so that Windows runs noticeably faster than before TuneUp Utilities 2006 9 Preface Automatic adaptation to your operating system To make all of this possible TuneUp Utilities 2006 delves deeply into the Windows operating system But Windows itself changes significantly from year to year For this reason our software adapts automatically to all supported Windows versions As a user you normally do not notice this and can simply use the software and all of its features 10 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Installation Installation Before you can use TuneUp Utilities 2006 on your computer you must install it This copies the program files to your computer so that you can start and use the program any time without inserting the CD System Requirements Your system must fulfill certain minimum requirements in order to be able to properly install and use TuneUp Utilities 2006 These requirements are not de
53. ated program to start automatically when opening a file by double clicking it Fragmentation Normally all data in a file is saved in consecutive clusters on the disk But this is only possible when there is sufficient contiguous free space on the disk If this is not the case individual files are broken up and written to the disk in individual clusters Files saved in this manner are called fragmented files As the disk s read head requires more time to seek all of the individual fragments the loading of such files takes longer For this reason it is sensible to defragment your hard disk from time to time so that each individual file is saved at a single location This is called defragmenting and should be completed at least once per month if the computer is used on a daily basis Frequency clock rate The frequency of a processor indicates at how many processing cycles per second it performs its work The processor frequency is an important factor in the overall speed of the computer The industry has differentiated between internal and external clock rates since the introduction of the Intel 486DX2 The internal frequency also called the CPU frequency designates the speed at which commands are executed within the CPU The more megahertz the faster the CPU The external frequency is the speed of the front side bus FSB and specifies the speed at which the processor can access the main memory and the L2 cache if present The spe
54. contents in the next window Recycle Bin Select this option when you want to shred the contents of your Recycle Bin You can review the contents of the Recycle Bin before deletion in the next window Select the desired option and click Next to continue Deleting 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 82 TuneUp Utilities 2006 File recovery and Destruction Select the files you want to delete When Delete allocated free space is selected the Shredder will also overwrite the free space that has been assigned to the selected files D 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 from the Explorer Eiles C private passwords txt C TECHNOTE TXT C rezissept rtf l lt Back Next gt Cancel Help Click Next to confirm your selection Deleting 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 Delete 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
55. ct ID from being transmitted to Microsoft Select Empty Internet Explorer cache when exiting to have the browser cache deleted as soon as you close the program You should only select this option when maximum security is important to you and you do not wish others to be able to find out which sites you visited on the Internet by viewing the cache Internet Explorer Here you can configure security settings that affect your privacy when working with Internet Explorer Media Player You can configure all of the Windows Media Player settings that affect your privacy here Advanced Here you can configure Windows XP and Microsoft Office Error Reporting and go directly to other privacy options Error Reporting al il Microsoft Products After a system crash Windows can generate an error report and send it to Microsoft to contribute to the improvement of future products Your digital product ID is also sent to Microsoft in this case Show new fault dialog and generate error report v Report program faults to Microsoft Report system core faults to Microsoft Restore Defaults Administration gt User Logon General Here you can switch between the Welcome screen and classic logon prompt and can customize both by clicking Customize Automatic Logon In order to save yourself the trouble of logging on to your computer every time you use your system you can have yourself logged on
56. ctured and clearly explained for easy use TuneUp SystemControl 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 RescueCenter and can be undone at any time Usage TuneUp SystemControl is a very powerful module You can use it to easily and safely configure hundreds of Windows settings TuneUp SystemControl TuneUp 5 To p gt SystemControl RescueCenter Help Effects Animation Menu Appearance Font Smoothing Ww Select the settings you want to be used when displaying and using Animations and Effects a user elements o File Types Folder Options Settings Visual Effects 7 V Show window contents while dragging V Show color shading in tite bar v v 7 YS Input Options eB Start Menu a Taskbar Show mouse pointer shadow Show translucent selection rectangle Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop
57. d search terms to narrow the search down If you don t know this is not required Undelete the name or file extension dick Next to search for all deleted files Search criteria doc Search tip gt If you want to use more than one search term separate them with semicolons You can use wildcards and Example mygraphic jpg myanimation Don t show 0 byte files Show only files in good condition lt Back Next gt Cancel Help 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 Two additional There are two additional options that also let you narrow your search further options for Narrowing your Option Description search down x 7 Don t show 0 byte files All files that contain no data whatsoever will be ignored Show only files in good Makes sure that only files with a good chance of condition being recovered are shown 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 Which files do you As soon as the search is completed the module lists all available files that match want to restore your search criteria The table shows the file name the original location t
58. d with the kind permission from the online dictionary ARCHmatic Glossar und Lexikon www glossar de by Alfons Oebbeke and adapted by Carsten Scheibe 96 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Glossary Color depth The amount of information used to describe the color of a pixel One bit can only have one of two states on or off 1 or 0 Expressed in colors this is either black or white An 8 bit color depth allows 256 colors At least eight bits per color are required for high quality images In 24 bit color three color channels are used for example red green and blue meaning 3 x 8 bits or 256 x 256 x 256 for a total of 16 7 million colors Cookies A cookie is a small file with text information that must be initiated by the author of a website and that is then copied to the local computer by the Web server through the browser in regular intervals CPU Short for central processing unit Cursor pointer A special element on the screen called the cursor when working in text and the pointer when working with a mouse This display element can be moved with the mouse the arrow keys or a digitizer and is used to enter text or graphical information at a specific point or location Data medium A medium for the permanent storage of data These include diskettes CD DVD ROMs hard disks magnetic tape and other devices Defragmenter A program that changes the location of data elements on a disk so that individual files
59. ddress Menu speed Here you can specify how long Mozilla waits before it opens a submenu when the mouse pointer is positioned over the submenu TuneUp Utilities 2006 27 Customize and Analyze Popup Windows Under Opening popup windows you can specify that the contents of a popup window must be shown in the current browser window instead of in a new window Under Allowed window manipulation you can specify what changes a web site can make to popup windows Some web sites try to hide the navigation bars in a popup window so that it looks like a Windows message dialog You can prevent this here Performance Here you can enable the pipelining function of Mozilla Firefox Pipelining is an experimental function through which the web browser sends multiple download requests to a web server over a single connection This is not supported by all web servers Communication gt E Mail and Chat Outlook Express If you use Outlook Express you can change the text that is shown in the title bar in this panel You can also specify whether or not the splash screen should be shown when Outlook Express is started You can also configure the security function in Outlook Express that blocks executable e mail attachments If you do not wish to have such attachments blocked you can disable this function Please note however that such attachments may also contain malicious programs such as a viruses that are run when you click them
60. e AutoOptimize Settings 0 AutoOptimize monitors your system and optimizes the memory automatically when needed without interrupting your work vV Enable AutoOptimize recommended Physical memory Optimize automatically at Bo MB free memory 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 Use manual settings Only optimize at under usage 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 you should select Monitor processor usage so that the module knows how hard your computer is working When Windows Media Player or a game is currently using all of the computer s resources for example TuneUp MemOptimizer delays optimization automatically so that the system is not slowed down unnecessarily When Use SmartOptimize is selected TuneUp MemOptimizer recognizes such situations automatically and only frees up memory when you are not working If you find the default setting too conservative you can select Use manual settings to specify the desired processor load in percent up to which the module can
61. e way Unlike other programs that simply replace the entire file when installing a Logonui exe file your computer cannot be infected by a virus when you install a logon screen with TuneUp Styler Here the entire file is not replaced but only the relevant parts such as the pictures and the texts that are shown on the screen TuneUp Utilities 2006 49 Customize and Analyze Using the text from the logon screen Try a new logon screen How to restore the default screen Select the desired screen in the list and click Install Logon Screen in the lower right corner of the window Most logon screens are in English but not all When you install a new logon screen the text on the screen may be in a different language For example instead of Click your user name to log on you may see Klicken Sie auf Ihren Benutzernamen um sich anzumelden For this reason the module asks you if you want to use the text in the new logon screen or if you want to use the English text from the standard logon screen After you select the desired option a progress dialog is displayed while the new screen is installed After the new screen is installed you can test it right away by pressing the Windows key and L key at the same time If you ever decide that you no longer want to use your new logon screen you can restore the default Windows screen at any time To do this click Restore Defaults The default screen is then shown in the
62. eUp Registry Editor It not only offers an extremely fast search function allows you to create any number of bookmarks and lets you go to any key via copy and paste it also offers the protection of TuneUp RescueCenter which means that you can undo your changes at any time Usage The registry is opened as soon as you start the module The registry database consists of countless keys that are divided into different categories The editor displays the structure of the registry in the form of a tree with the individual keys on the left side of the window under Folder amp TuneUp Registry Editor i Bile Edit View Search GoTo Bookmark Help Q Bak 7 53 i E O Foders O search ia HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT Name Data S HKEY_CURRENT_USER ab Default value Value not set e AppEvents FE ColorTable00 0x00000000 0 Tones ColorTable01 0x00800000 8388608 E a copan ColorTable02 0x00008000 32768 ColorTable03 0x00808000 8421376 a Identities Gap Keyboard Layout ColorTable04 0x00000080 128 a Network ColorTable05 0x00800080 8388736 E Printers ColorTableo6 0x00008080 32896 G Sessioninformation ColorTable07 0x00c0c0c0 12632256 H Software ColorTableo8 0x00808080 8421504 UNICODE Program Groups EA ColorTableo9 oxooffo000 16711680 Volatile Environment ColorTable 10 oxoo00ff00 65280 Windows 3 1 Migration Stat E2 ColorTable11 oxooffFf00 16776960 EA WEY LOCAL MACHINE ColorTable12 0x000000ff 255 lt
63. eated by different programs and that are not deleted TuneUp DiskCleaner helps you find these files and delete them 52 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Clean up and Repair TuneUp RegistryCleaner Decide for a complete or partial registry scan here 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 Usage Once the module is started a wizard is opened automatically in which you can choose between two options for scanning the registry TuneUp RegistryCleaner Welcome to TuneUp RegistryCleaner Tun p You can use this program to remove unneeded files and data resulting from RegistryCleaner 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 RescueCenter Please select the desired action Complete scan recommended The registry and configuration file
64. ect and securely delete your important data at any time i Ez i gt TuneUp a l 9 Utilities 2006 Xi RescueCenter 7 UpdateWizard File recovery amp Destruction Customize amp Analyze 4 amp TuneUp Shredder Clean up J Deletes files securely ensuring that they cannot be recovered later amp Repair Optimize amp p a TuneUp Undelete Improve t Recovers files that have been deleted from the Recycle Bin amp Administer j Control amp File recovery Destruction _ TuneUp Software J Whenever you want to dispose of sensitive documents in the office you normally use a shredder instead of simply throwing them away The risk that someone could take the documents out of the trash and make use of them would be too great The module TuneUp Shredder lets you safely remove sensitive data from your computer And thanks to the secure deletion method of the US Department of Defense you can delete your data so effectively and securely that even the cleverest of data thieves can t recover it TuneUp Undelete does exactly the opposite You can use this module to recover accidentally deleted files and folders even if they are no longer in the Recycle Bin Unless TuneUp Shredder got to them first of course TuneUp Utilities 2006 81 File recovery and Destruction TuneUp Shredder When you delete a file in Windows it will probably be moved to the Recycle Bin Anybody can
65. ed of the FSB is governed by the motherboard Hot key A special key combination that immediately starts a pre defined command or process Icon Icons are pictograms that serve as visual labels in graphical user interfaces and are used for example to open programs ISDN Short for Integrated Services Digital Network ISDN is a digital telecommunications network that can be used for normal telephone calls remote data transmission faxing and other services such as video conferences ISDN TuneUp Utilities 2006 99 Glossary offers significantly higher bandwidth than the standard analog telephone network ISDN is an international standard that should be applied to all existing and future networks An ISDN line consists of two basic channels each of which can transmit 64 kbits and a control channel operating at 16 kbits LAN Short for local area network Distinct from a WAN wide area network which connects workstations and networks separated by greater geographical distances In this sense local refers to a common location such as a company facility or a room Network A group of computers connected by various types of cables or radio connections that share common resources such as data and peripheral devices A network often includes a special computer server that only manages the common data and which is accessed by all other workstations The two principle kinds of networks are LANs which are u
66. em analysis at the bottom of the window The Details button must be selected in the toolbar in order for the section with the problem analysis to be visible TuneUp RegistryCleaner is designed to correct all problems automatically This is why the check box in front of each problem is selected If you do not wish to have an individual problem corrected click the check box to clear it The module will then ignore this problem when cleaning up your system Clean up Click Start Cleaning in the toolbar to have TuneUp RegistryCleaner do its job correcting all of the problems that were found TuneUp RegistryCleaner J ly Cleaning system A total of 125 problems were selected for cleaning Please wait while TuneUp RegistryCleaner solves the problems This process can be cancelled at any time by dicking Cancel Progress T Cleaning category File types Deleting registry key RTCCore RTCClient CLSID ET 99 of 125 problems solved 56 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Clean up and Repair Chain reactions in the registry the Check Again button All s well that ends well A new wizard is opened that takes you through the process step by step First it indicates how many problems were selected for correction It also informs you that all changes can be undone with TuneUp RescueCenter if necessary Click Next to clean up your system A progress bar indicates how far TuneUp RegistryCleaner is with its wor
67. en the configuration window for the RescueCenter Here you can specify how long backups should be kept and when they should be deleted automatically to free up disk space You can also deactivate RescueCenter protection for individual TuneUp modules Tip Do not limit the RescueCenter too much only to save disk space The protection offered by this module may be the only way to fix problems in some cases and is more important than a few extra megabytes on your drive TuneUp Utilities 2006 91 Global Modules A large number of restore points can normally be found here Saving your own restore points System Recovery You can even use TuneUp RescueCenter to undo changes that you did not make with TuneUp Utilities but with other programs This is made possible with the help of the Windows XP system recovery function Windows XP regularly creates system restore points If your system stops functioning correctly you can roll your system back to one of these restore points at any time This brings the computer back to the state that it was in when the restore point was created undoing any changes made since then Go to System Recovery to view all restore points TuneUp RescueCenter DER TuneUp B ee N RescueCenter F options Help Backups 142 System Checkpoint Thu 6 23 2005 9 33 PM Driver Installation Fri 6 24 2005 10 31 PM Application Setup Sat 6 25 2005 11 54PM System recovery Create backup amp Re
68. enter Viewing all files that have been found for deletion individually Category Description Temporary files These are used by different programs to temporarily store data and should normally be deleted by the program when you are done working These files can be deleted in any case Temporary help These files are used to display help files more files quickly It is important that you are careful when using DiskCleaner so that necessary files are not deleted The module finds a number of files that are probably not needed but the program can never determine with certainty whether a file is needed or not A sav file can be an unneeded backup copy of a text document or a computer game save And a zero byte file could be a useless entry in the file table or part of the copy protection for a program that won t work when the file is deleted How can you check which files the program deletes and which ones it doesn t First check whether you can exclude individual categories To do this simply clear the check box in front of the desired category for example Backups or Log files You also have a second option Click a category with your mouse Details on the selected category are then shown on the left side of the screen Here you can select Backup with RescueCenter to be 100 safe All deleted files are backed up automatically by TuneUp RescueCenter in compressed form so that you can restore them if need be When
69. er or you can download new boot screens from TuneUp Online If you want to make your own personal boot screen click the New Screen button above the boot screen list This will open the Create Boot Screen wizard which will guide you through the necessary steps Select the desired boot screen in the list and then click Install Boot Screen in the lower right comer of the window A progress dialog will be shown for the duration of the installation If you 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 Creating Boot Screens Give your imagination free reign and create your own boot screen that you can install on your computer and share with your friends Croato Boot Screen j Tune Styler 2 L Select image O Seerch local dives Co Find pictures with Googe 2 Customize image appearance Alignement Saed y Borders nore Background I Osage color You have not selected a background image Planse use the task panel on the left side of the window to select a picture for the background of your new boot screen Use the tack pane on the left ode of the saten to select a background mag TuneUp Utilities 2006 47 Customize and Analyze 1 Select image 2 Customize image 3
70. er or the 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 66 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Optimize and Improve TuneUp RegistryDefrag Swiss cheese bogs the system down An introductory screen is displayed 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 When you remove the software or the hardware component these keys and values are 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 in size 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 RegistryDefrag can consolidate your registry and make it considerably smaller a trick that can make your system faster again To do this the module analyzes the old registry and then creates an entirely new version that only contains the correct entries in the proper order
71. erent themes can be found on the Internet Managing and Installing Icon Packages Click Icon Packages to open a new window where you can install and manage icon packages TuneUp Styler Icon Packages Icon Packages Give your system a whole new look Select an icon package and dick Install to display it in the main window Icon packages Add gt T Create New Package Preview re Contents 67 icons 2 MB SFX F Author daniloOc Addzist D 3 Author danilo0c Author M Shiraz Author s website Description No description available Animal_Kingdom Author Ashrafur Rahman 27a Apple Green Author N Rizwan Mohamed AquaMarine Author M Shiraz Tasks Blue Angel E Copy package to Author Mohamed Rizwan X Delete package Install Close Help 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
72. ew of which files are currently being used by which programs and how much of your system memory and processor are being used 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 TuneUp Uninstall Manager shows you all programs that are currently installed on your system and lets you remove unneeded programs 74 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Administer and Control TuneUp Process Manager It s hard to believe how many processes are running ona freshly started computer With TuneUp Process Manager you have control over the applications that are running on your system at all times and can monitor your system activity You can find out how much memory is being used by any program view details on running processes and terminate unwanted processes with a single mouse click The module also offers live graphs for processor and memory usage and provides valuable information on what your computer is doing at any given time This information is presented in three different tabs Processes Once the module is started all currently running programs and processes are shown in the Processes tab The names of the processes can be seen in the table together with their priority and CPU usage The module also shows how much memory is being used by each process El TuneUp Process Manager File Edit View Tools Help
73. found in each category such as zero byte files The number in the Space used column indicates how much space can be recovered by deleting all files in this category Additional information on the selected category is shown on the left TuneUp DiskCleaner searches for all types of unneeded data which can normally be deleted from your computer without causing problems Category Description Zero byte files These files contain no data Saved lost clusters Repair programs such as Chkdsk scan your drives for lost clusters and save them These backups are rarely used Internet cache All pictures texts and animations that you view in Internet Explorer while surfing the Internet are saved in the cache If you visit a website again the texts and images can be loaded from the cache more quickly than from the Internet It is nevertheless advisable to empty your cache from time to time Recycle Bin All files in the Recycle Bin can be safely deleted Log files Many programs write log files that can be used to analyze their actions This can be helpful for example when trying to solve problems Any log files that you do not plan on analyzing can be deleted Backups Many files automatically create backups of your files These can be deleted if you do not need them TuneUp Utilities 2006 59 Clean up and Repair Don t take any risks Exclude categories Backup categories with RescueC
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75. get a file back out of the Recycle Bin For this reason many users empty the Recycle Bin regularly or delete their files without moving them to the Recycle Bin But you should know that Windows does not really destroy 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 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 their contents are securely destroyed Usage What do you want Once you start the program a wizard opens that asks you if you wish to delete to delete individual Files entire Folders or the contents of the Recycle Bin Files When you select this option the next window will show an empty list to which you can add files that you wish to delete Folders When you select this option you can select the folder that you wish to have deleted along with its entire
76. ging file 1 493MB 80 J AutoOptimize is active and is monitoring your memory Current AutoOptimize settings gt Automatic optimization at 80MB 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 allows 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 Beneath the graph you will find a small box that informs you whether AutoOptimize is activated This TuneUp MemOptimizer function monitors your memory and can optimize memory usage automatically when the free physical memory falls below a specific amount 64 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Optimize and Improve Configuring automatic optimization How SmartOptimize eases the burden on your computer How to cause the module to optimize more frequently Configuring AutoOptimize Calling up the Settings Dialog If you wish to change the automatic memory optimization settings for TuneUp MemOptimizer go to Overview and click Change settings AutoOptimize Settings This opens the configuration window for the module Enable AutoOptimize should be selected so that TuneUp MemOptimizer runs automatically in the background If you do not wish to have your memory usage optimized automatically you can disable this function her
77. gs are being displayed erroneously on your computer or if you do not want to have any Security Center warnings displayed you can disable these messages here TuneUp Utilities 2006 33 Customize and Analyze Select the problems you wish to correct Administration gt System General Here you can change the name of the company and name of the person to whom Windows is registered You can also specify the user and company name that are entered automatically when you install programs using the Windows Installer Common Dialogs Here you can configure the appearance of the common dialogs for opening and saving files Search Here you can configure settings that affect the appearance and behavior of the Windows search function The Windows Indexing service causes higher disk activity and can be deactivated here Special Folders Special folders such as My Documents and the Start menu are assigned to specific directory paths on the hard drive These paths can be changed here Please be sure to follow the warnings displayed by the module Command Prompt You can configure the appearance and behavior of the command prompt here Wizards gt Correct Problems The Correct Problems wizard can help when Windows no longer does what it should This includes problems like incorrect icons a lost taskbar and many more Correct Problems Repair Wizard Please follow the instructions below You can use this wizard to correct the
78. he file type and the condition of the file 86 TuneUp Utilities 2006 File recovery and Destruction Valuable tips for better results 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 Q TuneUp Undelete Search result deleted files A To recover files mark all of the desired files and dick Restore Found 2027 Restored 0 Name Original path i Type Modifiedon Condi fe MSI16 tmp O C lt Folder unknown gt I TMP File 21 09 05 Good 1 1 Click Maintenan C C lt Folder unknown gt IT TaskO 20 09 05 Good E edb00002 log O C lt Folder unknown gt s TextD 21 10 04 Bad J tmp edb O C lt Folder unknown gt s EDB File 21 10 04 Bad scecomp log O C lt Folder unknown gt s TextD 21 10 04 Good Sj 536cc8 rbs O C Config Msi RBS File 21 09 05 Good lt j 536b07 rbf O C lt Folder unknown gt RBF File 28 01 05 Good z 536b1d rbf O C lt Folder unknown gt RBF File 28 01 05 Good mi 536b 1a rbf O C lt Folder unknown gt RBF File 28 01 05 Good m 536b 1e rbf O C lt Folder unknown gt RBF File 28 01 05 Good E 536b25 rbf O C lt Folder unknown gt RBF File 28 01 05 Good v Recovering Files If you find a file that you wish to recover in the list click it to select it You can select more than
79. he following areas Category Description ActiveX and COM ActiveX COM objects were found that are based on libraries that are no longer available on your system Sounds Some sounds refer to sound files that are no longer on your system Application paths Some of the application paths in the registry point to directories that no longer exist Startup Some programs that should be launched automatically when the system starts are missing File types Some file types refer to programs that are no longer available on your system Shared files The registry contains references to files that were used by multiple applications that no longer exist on this system Help files The registry contains entries for help files that are no longer available on the system Fonts References were found to fonts that are no longer available on the system Software Some of the programs listed under Add and Remove Programs in the Control Panel do not have an uninstall program These entries will not work Start menu Some of the shortcuts in the Start menu point to files that are no longer available on the system and or references in the registry point to folders that have been removed from the Start menu Shortcuts Some of the shortcuts on your system point to missing targets History lists Some entries in the history list for standard dialogs point to files that no
80. ht side of the window in the form of blue buttons You can start a module by clicking the corresponding button When you have finished working with a module simply click the red X in the upper right corner to close it and return to the Start Center Here you can either select another module or close TuneUp Utilities 2006 The Five Categories Customize and Analyze These modules allow you to delve deeply into Windows and adapt the system to your needs and wishes You can for example change the appearance of the interface and manage the programs that are automatically run when Windows starts This category also includes a powerful diagnostic module that displays detailed and useful information on the hardware and software in your system gt Page 17 Clean up and Repair A large number of unneeded files and system errors gather as you work with your computer every day This category provides you with the tools you need to rid yourself of this unneeded ballast One module cleans up the Windows TuneUp Utilities 2006 15 Introduction to TuneUp Utilities registry and corrects errors while another deletes unneeded files from your hard drive to free up space This can noticeably speed up your system gt Page 57 Optimize and Improve One module analyzes the configuration of your computer to identify settings that could be slowing it down and corrects them if you wish Another module repairs and defragments the Windows regis
81. idual drives If you wish to defragment all of your drives and optimize the locations of all of your files on your drives so that they can be accessed more quickly click Defragment TuneUp Utilities 2006 31 Customize and Analyze Do you have 512 MB RAM or more Then try the option Prefer system cache Administration gt Memory and Cache Memory Management Under Virtual memory you can configure settings for systems with more than 256 MB RAM On such systems deactivating the swapping of drivers and the system core can increase the performance of the system You can specify whether the Windows system core and drivers are always kept in the physical memory or if they can be moved to the paging file if necessary Under Paging file you can configure settings that affect the management of your physical and virtual memory If you wish you can have the entire paging file overwritten with zeros when you shut your computer down to protect your privacy Please note however that enabling this setting will drastically increase the time your system needs to shut down Memory Usage Here you can adapt how Windows makes use of your physical memory to meet your needs TuneUp SystemControl T S Senara N gt RescueCenter 2 Help Memory Management Memory Usage Advanced A You can customize the way that Windows uses physical memory to a meet your needs Internet Explorer Mozila Firefox Car You can s
82. important program functions can be activated and where buttons can be found for all active applications Temporary files Files that are needed for a short time to save data until the user or system is done processing it Temporary files are usually deleted automatically as soon as the corresponding action or process is ended properly Temporary paging file A paging file that is only created by Windows when needed This file has a different size depending on the current needs of the system and is usually stored at a different location each time it is created see permanent paging file TuneUp Utilities 2006 103 Glossary True Type Font TTF The invention of movable type by Johann Gutenberg brought about a revolution in printing by making economical text reproduction possible for the first time Since the beginning of the DTP boom print has again been undergoing a revolution that has been shaped significantly by True Type technology and PostScript Type 1 fonts Both font technologies are not described in the form of dot patterns but by means of vectors which makes it possible to scale them without a loss in quality The file extension for these fonts is ttf Virtual memory Also called disk swapping The temporary relocation of currently unneeded data from main memory to the hard disk This is a mechanism to effectively increase the amount of available main memory 104 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Index Index
83. in TuneUp SystemControl with your right mouse button and select What s This to view detailed information for the selected option Display gt Animations and Effects Effects You can configure the appearance and behavior of the system interface elements here Disabling various unneeded effects can lead to a significant increase in speed depending on your system Click Best Appearance to enable the most impressive visual settings If speed is more important to you click Best Performance Click Restore Defaults to restore the original Windows settings Animations You can specify which animations should be displayed when you work with windows and lists here Click Best Performance to disable all options that are only eye candy Click Restore Defaults to restore the original Windows settings Menu Appearance You can configure the appearance and behavior of context menus and standard application menus here Under Animation you can specify whether menus should fade out when they close You can also select a display effect from a drop down menu Under Effects you can specify whether Windows should use flat 2D menus or whether a small 3D shadow should be displayed beneath an open menu 20 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Customize and Analyze Remove unneeded entries from the menu and add your own Font Smoothing In order to improve the readability of text on your computer you can select the font smoothing method that looks
84. in whether the entry is needed without removing it from the list entirely If something doesn t work properly the next time you start Windows all you have to do is select the check box again If you are certain that you no longer need an entry you can remove it from the list entirely by clicking Delete But don t worry if need be you can still restore the entry with TuneUp RescueCenter If you wish to add a program to one of the startup folders yourself click the Add button If you are using the category list folder list instead of the task pane please select the desired destination folder in the list first Plan New Program Start Select the program that you want to have started automatically when Windows starts and then click OK Program list E mail programs A DE Microsoft Office Outlook Microsoft Corporation MSN Explorer W Outlook Express Media programs QuickTime Player 34 Winamp Select the desired application in the dialog or use the Browse button to manually select an executable file from your drives TuneUp Utilities 2006 37 Customize and Analyze TuneUp System Information TuneUp System Information asks the computer the question of all questions what about the hardware The module takes a deep look inside your computer and gathers an extensive range of facts and information that can be useful when you want to upgrade your system or when a technician asks you if specific components are
85. installed in your system Usage The information on your computer is broken down into nine sections each with its own tab The first section you see when you start the program is the Overview where you can find the most important information on the main components Here the module tells you what processor you have installed in your computer how much memory you have what the graphics card has to offer and what mouse you are using and last but not least all about your 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 Display 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 This section provides you with complete hardware information for each drive in your computer and shows how much space is used and available on each I O Devices All important ports installed printers and audio devices are shown here Communication When a dial up connection is open two real time graphs show how much data is being sent and received in kilobytes per second 38 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Customize and Analyze
86. is the easiest way to exchange data between programs or to move objects within a user interface Driver A program that integrates peripheral devices into the system so that they can function properly FAT Short for File Allocation Table The operating system stores the exact locations of all files on a disk in this file File allocation table Called FAT for short this is a special file that is used by the operating system to store all information about the exact location of all files on a disk File attribute The attributes that can be assigned to a file depend on the operating system MS DOS for example supports the following attributes archive read only system and hidden File extension A suffix at the end of a file name located after the dot Many programs identify the file type by means of this extension for example files with the extension doc are normally associated with Microsoft Word File format A specification of how texts images etc are stored in a file Depending on the file format images can also be stored with alpha channels Some formats also compress image or music contents 98 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Glossary File name The complete designation of a file consisting of the name of the file itself and a file extension after the dot File type association A logical connection in Windows between a file extension and an application This makes it possible for the associ
87. isappear If reloading the icons doesn t help there may be a serious problem in your icon cache The icon cache is a file in which Windows stores all of the icons that it has ever displayed so that they can be shown more quickly in the future And when a mistake makes its way into this file this can corrupt all of the icons Fortunately this problem can be corrected directly in TuneUp Styler All you have to do is click Repair Icon Cache You must restart to complete the repair Boot Screen When you start Windows XP a full screen picture with the Windows logo is shown The bottom of this picture contains an animated progress bar 46 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Customize and Analyze Downloading pre made boot screens Creating your own boot screen Installing a boot screen Restoring the default screen You can use TuneUp Styler to replace this boot screen with just a few mouse clicks or you can create your own personal 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 The first time you use the module the only screen in the list will be the default Windows boot 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 comput
88. ission rate of 2 Mbit s or greater Next gt Sh RescueCenter active In the first screen you must tell the wizard what kind of Internet connection you have Select the connection that best matches yours from the list for example a modem ISDN or DSL connection Then click Next to go to the next step TuneUp Utilities 2006 71 Optimize and Improve Here you can adapt the most important settings to your needs The wizard will now analyze your system to determine whether it is optimally configured The most important factors here are data transmission performance and the time required to load web pages A green message Already optimized means that your system is already optimally configured for this and that you need take no further steps A red message Not optimal means that your configuration must be changed Click one of the blue headers to view the individual settings that the Internet optimizer wants to change Click Next to have your configuration optimized The module will now make all the necessary changes and display a message indicating that your computer has been optimized Note the message Restart required Windows must normally be restarted for all of the changes in the registry to take effect Click Finish to close the wizard System Optimization Use this wizard to adapt Windows to your specific needs 5 TuneUp System Optimizer a x a a TuneU T 3 System Ontimieer N gt RescueCenter 0 Help
89. ist 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 Performance The Performance tab provides detailed information on the current status of your system You can view the current processor usage in percent and a graph of the processor usage for the last several seconds A similar graph shows memory usage for the last several seconds You can also view the current usage of the paging file and the physical memory on kilobytes 76 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Administer and Control Keep an eye on your system in the Performance tab El TuneUp Process Manager File View Tools Help Bi TuneUp System Information Kad TuneUp MemOptimizer Processes Open files Performance Processor usage Memory history graph _ System kernel Threads Handles Processes Paging file Max size 4 194 303 KB Used 683 695KB 16 Available 3 510 608 KB 84 261 616 KB 15 852KB 6 23 992KB 9 91 264KB 35 130 508 KB 50 Processes 55 Processor usage 0 Memory usage 108 76 MB Menu Bar Functions The menu bar
90. k The advisor helps you to eliminate weaknesses in your system 1 Click Maintenance w TuneUp 1 Klick Wartung X Analyzing registry Searches for invalid references in the registry Analyzing programs 72 problems found Analyzing Searches for missing files needed by applications Analyzing the registry structure Checks the integrity of the registry to identify structural errors Searches for temporary files Browses your disks for temporary files than can be safely removed Show details SS CLSID 85980D 17 985 1 11D 1 AIF4 00C04FB67CF6 And the best thing about 1 Click Maintenance is that you can schedule it to run regularly to keep your system clean Once you set up a schedule 1 Click Maintenance will run once each week for example without interrupting your work You can also have a 1 Click Maintenance icon placed on your desktop so that you can run a complete check on your system at any time quickly and easily The System Advisor The System Advisor analyzes your hardware and software configuration and provides you with important tips for optimizing your system TuneUp System Optimizer L TuneUp System Optimizer General Fig Start Page Wizards Gl 1 Click Maintenance System Advisor W internet Optimization W9 System Optimization System Advisor Optimization suggestions Tips 15 Display y Lowering the color depth can improve the performance of the
91. k The module corrects all problems one after the other and makes sure that unneeded entries and keys are removed Please wait until the clean up is finished Once the module is finished a message is displayed to tell you that all problems have been corrected Sometimes the button Check Again is displayed and the wizard recommends that you analyze your system again This is always the case when the clean up may have made 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 A simple example Entry A points to entry B which in turn points to the missing file X In the first scan TuneUp RegistryCleaner determines that entry B is invalid because file X cannot be found on the system Entry B is deleted during clean up This in turn makes entry A invalid as it points to the now missing entry B TuneUp RegistryCleaner recognizes when this may happen and suggests that you analyze the system again In this case click Check Again and these two categories will be analyzed again Click Finish to close the wizard Repeat the clean up process as often as necessary until no 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 TuneUp Utilities 2006 57 Clean up and Repair TuneUp DiskCleaner Select the drives you wish to scan Disk analysis TuneUp Dis
92. kCleaner removes unneeded files from your hard drive and frees up disk space All drives are scanned for unneeded files which are then displayed according to category If you wish you can individually specify which files should be deleted If you are not sure whether you should really delete the files found by the module you can also back them up in compressed form with TuneUp RescueCenter before deleting them Usage Before you can begin working with TuneUp DiskCleaner you must select all drives that you want the module to analyze Click the check box in front of a drive to add or remove it TuneUp DiskCleaner Welcome to TuneUp DiskCleaner TuneUp TuneUp DiskCleaner helps you clean up your drives The files selected for deletion DiskCleaner can be backed up in compressed format and restored at any time with a special utility called TuneUp RescueCenter You can free up extra space by uninstalling Windows components and programs Please select the drives you wish to scan from the following list and click Next when you have finished selecting your drives Disk drive Name Total size Free space 3 3v2 Floppy A Local Disk C 4 087 MB 1 779 MB Next gt Cancel Help The module also displays the total size and the free space for all drives in the list This information can help you decide which drives should be cleaned Experience has shown that drive C normally contains the most unneeded data
93. longer exist As you can see deleted files can leave behind many ghosts in your registry TuneUp RegistryCleaner finds these orphaned entries and can delete them You can call up detailed information for each of the problems found on your system by clicking one of the individual categories in the Categories bar TuneUp Utilities 2006 55 Clean up and Repair A detailed description is available for each problem a single mouse click is all you need Here you can watch while the module cleans up your system F3 TuneUp RegistryCleaner ActiveX and COM i Oum Tr sartceaning OQ check Detats a Regstry Ector Sp Rescuecenter Categories Qamer T Apwteation pars 2 E Fie types 20 Od Fonts Q Ho io E htesoey lete Bowes ties D Pertes E Software 16 M Seunds E sirt mens oH Rl strip E Actrvex and Com 8 x 4 at _DVBScript T CLASSES ROOT Mrary HEY CLASSES f LB VD2AFO LBAG 1ICD AFI7 O200CA 10087 The CE 2 ir Se secenibe GE Erih O a apeta woe ra AnxStore Class D Errera fa S rap i irate O a epen o he 2 Ser CLSID_IMemeinternatonsl E Bret steterieer nec Ee Al problems selected for deanng 2A5 11CD E37 O2508CA 10087 TyDeLb for His inter foce ponts to the gt is scbkey canbe deleted The program will then show all programs in the category with a short description Select one of the entries in the list to view a more detailed probl
94. lways searches using Google View Here you can customize Internet Explorer to suit your tastes You can for example change the window title bar and specify a toolbar background picture for the toolbars You can also customize the behavior of the Image toolbar here or turn it off altogether Favorites You can hide unwanted Favorites folders and their contents here Please note that the contents of your Favorites folders are not shown here but only the existing folders so that they can be hidden or displayed Menu Here you can customize the File menu of Internet Explorer and under Settings you can add many useful commands to the context menu that is called up when you click on a web page with your right mouse button Security Make downloading files with Internet Explorer more secure and hide your browser version from sites you visit Performance You can accelerate the loading of websites here by adapting the number of simultaneous connections to your connection 26 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Customize and Analyze Surf the Internet faster with this option TuneUp SystemControl E3 TuneUp SystemControl V RescueCenter O Help Explorer Bars View Favorites Menu Security Performance g You can accelerate the loading of web pages by optimizing the number J Animations and Effects J of connections for the bandwidth of your Internet connection File Types Folder Options Profile
95. ly installed programs sometimes add themselves to the Startup folder without asking for your permission causing Windows to start more slowly And what s worse some of these programs even bother you with messages and dialogs Many users know that programs 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 s only half of the story Some start commands are added directly to the registry and cannot be found in the Startup folder TuneUp StartUp Manager finds every application that launches itself automatically no matter where the start command is hidden Usage TuneUp StartUp Manager shows a list of all found startup entries in its main window f TuneUp StartUp Manager D Name a Rang O gt Adobe Creatve Sute 2 taskbar icon Trustworthy E Ahead Nero driver conflict recogriton Trustworthy DE AT Control Pane hn O Trustworthy Trustworthy Hewlett Packard Trustworthy Hewlett Packard Co Henlatt Bachem DE PaverPort indexsearch Tnstworthy O Bi Power autepiay function DE Resne Player online update program OCJ sorte Update manager AC Symantec onine update program i Symantec User Session E Se Trian O winarno tadar icon C Prog am Files Miz osoft Offce OFFICE 11 OUTLOOX EXE jrecyde The TuneUp StartUp Manager navigation bar is located on the left side of the window By default it contains a list of
96. manding and should be met by any fairly modern computer Minimum system configuration Recommended system configuration Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows XP 800x600 screen resolution with 256 colors 1024x786 screen resolution with 16 7 million colors 25 MB free disk space 40 MB free disk space 133 MHz Intel Pentium or AMD K5 processor Intel Pentium II or AMD Athlon processor CD ROM or DVD ROM drive CD ROM or DVD ROM drive Internet access Starting the Installation Insert the included CD in your CD ROM drive The installation should start automatically as soon as Windows recognizes the CD If nothing happens when you insert the CD the AutoPlay function has been deactivated for your drive In this case open your Explorer and double click the file Setup exe in the root CD directory to start the installation The installation program now displays an introductory screen asking you to close all other open programs To do this press Alt Tab to switch to any open TuneUp Utilities 2006 11 Installation Please close all other programs You must accept the license agreement to continue applications and close them by pressing Alt F4 You must do this to ensure that no problems occur during installation This also makes it possible for the installation program to update system files that may otherwise be locked because they are in use i TuneUp Utilities 2006
97. most common problems Select a problem and click Next Problems Description Interface a S Please select the problems g The Recycle Bin icon is missing from the desktop you wish to correct The desktop icon is missing in the Quick Launch bar aul The taskbar cannot be displayed Inf files cannot be installed E The context menu entry New is missing System 32 Icons are being displayed incorrectly The font folder is not working 34 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Customize and Analyze The Copy Settings wizard welcomes you After you start the wizard a brief introduction is displayed Click Next to continue The wizard then lists common Windows problems Select the check boxes in front of the problems that you are experiencing with your system Then click Next to continue The wizard shows a list of all problems that you selected Click Next to begin repairing your system After all problems are successfully corrected you can close the wizard by clicking Finish Wizards gt Copy Settings You can configure many settings with TuneUp SystemControl to change the way the system looks and acts to suit your tastes and needs Unfortunately these changes are normally only applied to the current user Copy User Settings TuneUp Welcome Utilities You can use this wizard to Copy the desktop settings to the welcome screen Copy the desktop settings to
98. n entry in TuneUp Registry Editor that you need after all In this case you will be happy to hear that TuneUp Utilities 2006 is also equipped with a lifeguard that can undo all of your changes if need be TuneUp RescueCenter Ez ej TuneUp nr RescueCenter a S gt RescueCenter UpdateWizard f Customize amp Analyze amp Customize Analyze ES TuneUp SystemControl Ps Clean up Eoy Lets you control the look and feel of the Windows interface Repair p aA TuneUp StartUp Manager Optimize A Controls which programs are executed at Windows startup Improve p B TuneUp System Information amp Administer SA Provides comprehensive information on your computer Control Tuneup Styler 2 File recovery gt Customizes the appearance of the entire Windows interface Destruction TuneUp Software Open the Start Center The TuneUp RescueCenter icon can be found in the dark grey area at the top of the window directly beneath the blue title bar Click the text RescueCenter to start the module Undoing Changes If you wish to undo changes that you made to your system with a TuneUp Utilities module make sure that Undo changes is selected under Tasks in the left side of the window TuneUp Utilities opens a chronological list of all backups on the right side of the window broken down according to categories Regardless of whether you 90 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Global Modules These backups can be restored What yo
99. n heavily used systems it can take some time to analyze the entire registry Next the module shows the results of the analysis If there is potential for optimization you will be told by how many percent and kilobytes the size of the registry can be reduced Defragmenting the Registry If TuneUp RegistryDefrag determines that your registry can be defragmented click Finish to begin defragmenting TuneUp RegistryDefrag must restart your computer for this 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 68 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Optimize and Improve TuneUp System Optimizer The TuneUp System Optimizer welcome window TuneUp System Optimizer helps you to find and correct misconfigured settings and settings that are slowing your system down As soon as you start TuneUp System Optimizer the module displays a welcome screen that tells you that you have come to the right place if you want to perform system maintenance The module also tells you that you can undo your changes at any time with TuneUp RescueCenter i TuneUp System Optimizer EJ cen dimen TuneUp 7 System Optimizer 4 gt RescueCenter Help General Q Welcome n to TuneUp System Optimizer Start Pa ge This program lets you maintain your computer quickly and easily You can
100. n which you can choose a new icon for the selected item The module always shows the icon library in which the current icon for the item is contained This is normally the library shell32 dll which is included with Windows If you have an icon library of your own you can view its contents by clicking Browse TuneUp Utilities 2006 41 Customize and Analyze The file shell32 dll which is included with Windows contains a large number of icons Undoing changes Undoing changes for multiple items Change Icon Look for icons in this file windows system32 shell32 dll Browse Select an icon from the list below aooe ooa ILSR P4204 9 j 33200 aT Cee 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 clicked Apply you can still undo cha
101. nges 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 already If you should want to undo changes made to multiple items you can click Reset category or Reset all categories Here category refers to the five levels into which the system items are divided namely Desktop Start menu Explorer File Types and Control Panel The first link only resets the items in the currently active category while the second resets all system items that can be changed with TuneUp Styler without exception 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 42 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Customize and Analyze Practical icon packages let you change all icons at once unsaved changes for these items The second option is of course only available when changes have not yet been applied Icon Packages It is rather tedious to change all Windows icons one at a time to change the appearance of your system For this reason TuneUp Styler also allows you to replace all of the icons in Windows with a new look in one fell swoop To do this click Icon Packages in the lower right corner of the window Many good icon packages dedicated to diff
102. odule TuneUp Utilities 2006 61 Optimize and Improve Optimize and Improve The modules in the Optimize and Improve category speed up your system G You will find everything you need to speed up your system here Je TuneUp amp Jtilities 2006 lt gt RescueCenter Updatewizard Hy 7e Optimize amp Improve amp Customize Analyze TuneUp MemOptimizer Clean up Monitors and optimizes free memory in the background amp Repair j EE 2 TuneUp RegistryDefrag amp Optimize ie Corrects physical errors in the registry and defragments it Improve TuneUp System Optimizer amp Administer 1 Checks your system for settings that might be slowing it down Control File recovery amp Destruction TuneUp Software Many of the default Windows settings actually slow the system down Experienced users know this and know where they have to tinker to speed things up With the TuneUp Utilities modules in this category a few mouse clicks suffice to optimize your system for maximum performance and you don t have to become a Windows guru One of the most important modules in this category is TuneUp System Optimizer This module analyzes your system for settings that could be slowing you down corrects them with a single mouse click and provides you with 62 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Optimize and Improve valuable tips for configuring your hardware and sof
103. ogram is ready for input The prompt normally consists of the drive letter and the greater than sign gt RAM Short for random access memory This refers to the physical main memory of a computer Random access memory Fast memory also called main memory that can be read from and written to as needed The contents of this memory are lost when the power is switched off TuneUp Utilities 2006 101 Glossary Refresh rate This indicates how many times per second the screen picture is recreated The higher this rate the less the screen flickers As the human eye perceives relatively slowly and due to a degree of ghosting the constant recreation of the screen picture is no longer perceptible above a certain rate and is perceived as a still image Unlike televisions with their rapid movements and frequent scene changes where the flickering is not noticeable computers most frequently display still images and require a higher refresh rate Many occupational safety and standards agencies require a minimum refresh rate of at least 75 Hz to ensure a flicker free picture In comparison the refresh rate of a television is only 25 Hz This value also depends on the sensitivity of the user s eyes with some individuals perceiving no flicker at rates of 70 Hz while others perceive flickering at refresh rates up to 85 Hz The refresh rate for newer TFT LCD monitors is normally 60 Hz as the picture on these types of monitors
104. omputers in use around the world Windows is an excellent operating system for standard tasks such as working with applications and managing files But things aren t so simple when a user wants to customize optimize or streamline the system ease of use is quickly forgotten here and many things cannot be done at all with the tools that come with the operating system But everything is possible Windows controls the programs that are loaded when it starts up Windows specifies which commands can be seen in the Start menu Windows also controls how the icons on your desktop look But how can a user change these settings Nearly everything It s all easy says the expert All of the parameters are hidden in the boot files can be changed if and the Windows registry The registry is the central database for the operating PON whereand System and is used by your applications and hardware modules to save their i current configurations With the help of suitable editors you can open this special database and manipulate all of the system s parameters The problem is that only experienced experts know where to find the pertinent parameters among the myriad cryptic entries in the database Most users have no idea what they are looking at when they open the registry Your personal This is where TuneUp Utilities 2006 comes in This software helps normal users Windows expert and experts alike to better adapt Windows to their needs and tastes All import
105. optimize your memory usage The higher this limit the more aggressively TuneUp MemOptimizer will optimize your system TuneUp Utilities 2006 65 Optimize and Improve Hiding TuneUp MemOptimizer 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 much 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 select Load automatically on Windows startup so that TuneUp MemOptimizer can ensure optimum performance as soon as Windows starts Select Show icon in the notification area to have an icon that shows your current memory usage status in the notification area next to the clock If you do not select this option TuneUp MemOptimizer will continue to work in the background but will be invisible To access TuneUp MemOptimizer you will have to call up the program through the Start Cent
106. our desktop TuneUp Utilities 2006 45 Customize and Analyze A preview of your changes can be seen at all times in the left pane How to get rid of the shortcut arrow The fix for persistent problems B Tuneup Styler 2 TuneUp Styler 2 D00 SSS N RescueCenter 0 Help Appearance Icon sizes and spacing General Start Page Icons io lt System Elements W Fie system 4 Appearance 2 Repair vs Recyde Bin Icon color depth The maximum icon color depth under Windows XP is always 32 bit Icon size small 32x32 pixels P Icon spacing E Boot Screen eop Ubibes a TA Welcome Screen E Visual Style Spacing 43 x 43 i pixels Shortcut overlay V Show shortcut arrow GP RescueCenter active 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 If you do not wish to have the small arrow displayed on shortcuts you can disable it by clearing the check box in front of this option Many users are bothered by this arrow Repair It is of course fun to change the Windows icons and to add your personal touch here and there But what do you do when your changes are not applied or when Windows starts mixing up your icons altogether In this case click Repair in the navigation bar and then click Reload Icons And the display errors will d
107. pecify whether more memory should be reserved for E E Mail and Chat programs or for the system cache here Privacy Prefer programs Optimizes the performance of the computer for use as a workstation web server or database server O Prefer system cache Optimizes the performance of the computer for use as BB User Logon a file server lt Drives Memory and Cache TuneUp MemOptimizer Oi Start and Maintenance gh erent orto nd optimizes the free memory in System the background Start TuneUp MemOptimizer T9 Correct Problems Restore Defaults Copy Settings Advanced This tab contains links to other TuneUp Utilities modules that you can use to optimize your memory usage All of these modules are described in their own sections in this manual Administration gt Start and Maintenance System Start This tab contains a number of settings that affect how your computer starts 32 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Customize and Analyze What should Windows do with crashed programs You decide Exit What should Windows do when individual programs freeze or when they cannot be closed Under Idle time without feedback you can specify how long the system will wait for a program to respond in milliseconds Once this time has passed without a reaction it will be forced to close by the Task Manager or when the computer is shutting down 2 TuneUp SystemControl E TuneUp SystemControl N S RescueCenter 9
108. r and go to the TuneUp website where you can select from a wide range of different styles Click on a style to add it to the list in TuneUp Styler 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 For both options for adding new visual styles it does not matter in which format the styles are TuneUp Styler recognizes nearly all standard formats and can install them without problems The following formats are supported Type Extension Description TuneUp Visual TVS The TuneUp Styler format Styles Microsoft Visual MSSTYLES This Microsoft format often includes Styles additional files that can be found in the same folder or in subfolders Compressed RAR ZIP Archives are searched for all file archives types in this list and decompressed automatically if such files are found Self extracting EXE These files are searched to see if archives they contain compressed RAR or ZIP archives which are then handled as described under Compressed archives If you should ever want to restore the standard Windows visual style all you have to do is click Restore Defaults to select the visual style Luna in the list Then click Apply Visual Style to activate your change If you wish to remove a visual style from your computer entirely select it in the list and click Delete visual style
109. r you in the next step After you have entered all necessary information click Next to continue Selecting the Installation Location Start the installation You re almost done Now you have to specify the folder on your computer in which TuneUp Utilities 2006 should be installed The default location suggested by the program is C Program Files TuneUp Utilities 2006 You can normally use this folder But if you wish to install the program in a different folder click Browse Then click Next to begin copying the files A progress bar shows you how far along the installation is Wait until the program displays the message TuneUp Utilities 2006 was installed successfully Then click Finish to complete the installation TuneUp Utilities 2006 13 Introduction to TuneUp Utilities Introduction to TuneUp Utilities Starting the Software There are a number of ways to open the TuneUp Utilities 2006 Start Center The most important are explained below A new icon is added to your desktop when you install the software Double click this yellow icon with the name TuneUp Utilities 2006 to start the program directly You can also start the software through the Windows Start menu To do this open the Start menu and then the folder All Programs This folder contains a folder called TuneUp Utilities which is created when you install the software Click the TuneUp Utilities icon in this folder to open the Start Center
110. re Windows interface 5 Destruction TuneUp Software TuneUp SystemControl is the most extensive module in TuneUp Utilities 2006 and lets you specify exactly how your Windows system should look and work You will be surprised at how many options you can configure with TuneUp SystemControl TuneUp Styler takes care of the appearance of Windows You can use this module to change the icons on your desktop and in your Start menu and can also change the icons for your drives folders and Favorites Under Windows XP you can even change the appearance of the logon screen and install new visual styles that change the way the Windows interface looks entirely TuneUp Utilities 2006 17 Customize and Analyze TuneUp StartUp Manager lets you finally put a stop to all of the irritating programs that load themselves automatically when you start Windows even if you don t want them to And TuneUp System Information provides you with a clear overview of your hardware and software so that you know exactly what is installed in your system This provides you with all the information you need so that you can for example tell a service technician which graphics card you have in your computer the manufacturer of your main board how much RAM you have installed and much more 18 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Customize and Analyze TuneUp SystemControl Extensive but easy to use TuneUp SystemControl contains over 330 options stru
111. rrreen 76 Performances iieiea a 76 Menu Bar Functions eese 77 TuneUp Registry Editor 78 OET eaa AANE EA AEN EEE TITT 78 TuneUp Uninstall Manager 80 Usage iasi a a a a 80 File recovery and Destruction 81 TuneUp Shredder eccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenaaes 82 What does TuneUp Shredder do n n 82 UCET e EEA 82 Deleting Files inerent teteni 82 Deleting a Folder 83 Deleting the Contents of the Recycle Bin 83 Selecting the Deletion Method 83 Shredding a File after deletion cee 84 TuneUp Undelete 0 eccceeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeenaaes 85 TuneUp Utilities 2006 7 Table of Contents SAGO nn aE EENAA EE EEE ETEEN 85 Enter Search String 85 Search Results ccccecceeeeeececceeeeeeeeeeeeenseeeeeees 86 Recovering Files 87 Data Recovery 101 sssssssssssrsnrsrrrsssnrnrnrnresssennna 87 Deleting Sensitive Files the Right Way 88 Global Modules ccceeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeneeenes 89 TuneUp RescueCenter 00 cceeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaanaeees 90 Undoing Changes 90 System RECOVETY cecceeeesssseeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaeeeeeeees 92 TuneUp UpdateWizard ccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeetteeeeees 93 SAGE Sane tte Go aa a aaan aia aias 93 Installing Updates n e 94 GIOSSANY ennaa aeaaea ada ipaa aa iani anada dai aaa 95 A AA T 105 8 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Preface Preface Windows XP or one of its predecessors are installed on most c
112. s S activeds cill Application Extension Windows NT Logon Appl Sjactiveds cil Application Extension Generic Host Process for Win32 Services svchost SJactiveds cil Application Extension Generic Host Process for Win32 Services svchost 3 adsidpc dil Application Extension Windows NT Logon Application winlogon exe adsidpc dil Application Extension E Generic Host Process for Win32 Services svchost 8 adsidpc ali Application Extension Generic Host Process for Win32 Services svchost S advapi32 dl Application Extension Client Server Runtime Process csrss exe 8 advapi32 dl Application Extension windows NT Logon Application winlogon exe B advapi32 dli Application Extension Services and Controller app services exe 8 advapi32 dil Application Extension Microsoft Local Security Authority Subsystem Ser 8 advapi32 dil Application Extension Generic Host Process for Win32 Services svchost 8 advapi32 di Application Extension Generic Host Process for Win32 Services svchost 8 advapi32 di Application Extension y B advapi32 di Application Extension A adua ili re SET saalis v poocoecoococecooocecoooeecooo Open files 1021 You should not be surprised when some files are shown in the list more than once Files and folders can be opened by more than one process at the same time It is also normal when files that are obviously open cannot be found in the l
113. s will be scanned for problems O Choose tests Lets you select the areas you want TuneUp RegistryCleaner to check Next gt Cancel Help The option Complete scan analyzes the entire registry and all system files If you select Choose tests you can specify yourself which categories should be analyzed by TuneUp RegistryCleaner It is best to select Complete scan and then click Next TuneUp RegistryCleaner will now analyze your system The individual sections of the registry that will be analyzed can be seen in the program window A yellow arrow in front of an entry means that that section is being analyzed TuneUp Utilities 2006 53 Clean up and Repair Please wait until the analysis is finished This may take several minutes The analysis has found a large number of problems correcting them will bring noticeable benefits TuneUp RegistryCleaner Scanning your system Please wait until the scan is completed Jf CA gt Area E Activex and COM a Application paths B File types Fonts g Help files History lists 2 Shared files Shortcuts Finished Finished Analyzing _ Status 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 When the analysis is complete the message The search for errors has been completed is displayed Click Show errors to close
114. sed within a single location and WANs which are used for example by multiple branches of an organization in different cities or countries Operating system Operating systems are currently the most important piece of software on a computer No computer can run without an operating system The operating system processes the data entered by the user manages the saved files and controls all connected devices such as printers and hard disks At the same time it serves as the basis for applications such as word and image processing programs which could not run without the framework of the operating system The development of MS DOS and Windows allowed Microsoft to assume a dominant position on the computer market While DOS is largely limited to command line operations using a keyboard Windows allows the user to control a graphical user interface with the mouse Paging file A frequently temporary file that modern operating systems such as Windows and OS 2 create on the hard disk to temporarily save information that is located in the main memory but that is not needed at present A paging file also called a swap file is necessary when all of the data to be processed cannot fit in the main memory of the computer Parallel interface A port on the computer that supports data transmission over eight channels and therefore the simultaneous transmission of eight bits unlike a serial port Parallel ports are also called Centronics ports A
115. sic interface In order to help you with all of these changes and to let you adapt how your Windows interface looks TuneUp Utilities 2006 has a separate module dedicated entirely to the appearance of Windows TuneUp Styler Start this module whenever you want to give your system a digital makeover All functions can be BF TuneUp Styler 2 n DER TuneUp T accessed quickly Styler 2 V RescueCenter Help from the main n l Welcome window to TuneUp Styler 2 h Start Page You can use this program to give Windows a whole new look in just a few minutes Nearly every icon in the Windows interface can be replaced and icon packages can be used to adapt the entire system to a specific theme All changes can be reset to the Windows defaults or undone with TuneUp RescueCenter System Elements W File system A Appearance Select a task Ny Repair ac ons and the names of system elements or create S icon packages a Change icons for file system objects such as Favorites folders and Start menu folders a Boot Screen the oe of icons on the desktop and in FA Welcome Screen E Visual Style Change the Windows XP boot screen and create o 3 download new boo eens T welcome screen or download a nen YA one from Onli Si isual style for the windows and buttons under y xP SEP RescueCenter active Customize and Analyze TuneUp Styler lets you change the icons and names of many elements How to change an icon Usage The T
116. store 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 must restart your computer for this 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 92 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Global Modules TuneUp UpdateWizard Update your product regularly TuneUp Utilities are being continually enhanced and improved New functions are added to modules errors are corrected and some tools need to be continually adapted to the advances in technology 2 lt gt RescueCenter Updatewizard fpr Customize amp Analyze Customize amp Analyze Eg TuneUp SystemControl o Clean up Lets you control the look and feel of the Windows interface Repair AA TuneUp StartUp Manager Optimize A Controls which programs are executed at Windows startup Improve B TuneUp System Information Administer Ra Provides comprehensive information on your computer Control Tuneup Styler 2 File recovery gt Customizes the appearance of the entire Windows interface Destruction TuneUp Software rd TuneUp UpdateWizard automatically checks for a new version of TuneUp Utilities by contacting the TuneUp server over the Internet And if an
117. taskbar automatically The behavior of windows that are minimized in this manner can be configured in accordance with your wishes in this tab Advanced You can customize general display and behavior options for the taskbar and the notification area here Communication gt Network My Network Places Here you can configure a number of settings that affect the display of shares under My Network Places These include preventing your computer from being shown under My Network Places on other computers Advanced Here you can deactivate the Windows Universal Plug and Play service for security reasons You can also remove the Windows Messenger here TuneUp Utilities 2006 25 Customize and Analyze Passwords Saving your passwords means that you don t have to enter your password every time you dial into the Internet access password protected shares etc However hackers may be able to access and misuse these passwords You can deactivate the automatic saving of passwords here Internet Time You can specify whether and how Windows should synchronize your system clock with an Internet time server here You can also add additional time servers to the list Internet A variety of expert settings for your Internet connection can be configured here Communication gt Internet Explorer Explorer Bars Here you can configure the behavior of the bars in Internet Explorer For example you can specify that the search bar a
118. te 2 of Adobe SVG Viewer 3 0 J Araxis Merge v6 5 of ATI Control Panel Size 16 4MB of ATI Display Driver of AWicons Pro by Lokas Software 4f Axialis IconWorkshop 5 0 of Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 of Brother MFL Pro Suite of Bryce R 5 of CINEMA 4D Release 9 of CuteFTP 7 Professional Laf Dell Colution Cantar Installed on 6 21 2005 12 05PM 141 entries 0 invalid If you no longer wish to use a program select it in the list and click Uninstall software to remove it completely from your computer This function only works when there is a green check mark in front of the program The uninstall program that starts is different from program to program but one thing that they all have in common is that they not only delete the files from the hard drive but also all associated desktop icons Start menu entries and keys in the registry Follow the instructions in the program to finish the procedure If there is a red X in front of a program instead of a green check mark this means that no uninstall program was found for the software In this case you can delete the entry from the registry by clicking Remove entry as it has no function 80 TuneUp Utilities 2006 File recovery and Destruction File recovery and Destruction The modules in the File recovery and Destruction category help to protect your data and your privacy These two TuneUp Utilities 2006 modules are ready to help you prot
119. text menu TuneUp Utilities 2006 39 Customize and Analyze 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 How important an attractive interface is can be seen on the basis of Windows XP and how 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 all of the eye candy in the interface 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 logon screen Anyone who shares their computer with others or has a password to protect his user account sees it every day a mixture of different blue tones And there is no way built into Windows to change this Or what about the boot screen The well known logo that is shown on the screen while Windows XP starts can t be replaced or changed without additional tools either Windows also only provides you with a limited number of options for changing the appearance of all windows and buttons the so called visual style you can choose between the new Luna interface and the old Windows Clas
120. the New submenu from the folder and desktop background Network internet Explorer Mozila Firefox E E Mail and Chat A Privacy lt a If you wish to remove a file type from the menu click the check box in front of the desired file type to remove the check mark Click Remove to delete the file type from the list entirely New file types can be added by clicking Add You can also specify whether the New menu is displayed at all in the context menu for the desktop and free areas of folder windows under Options TuneUp Utilities 2006 21 Customize and Analyze Opening Files Here you can specify what Windows should do when you open files of an unknown type In the box Default application you can specify that the dialog Open With be shown or that the file should be opened with a specific program automatically such as Notepad Enter the path of the desired program in the Open with box Advanced Under New shortcut prefix you can specify whether the prefix Shortcut to should be added to the names of new shortcuts Under Windows Picture and Fax Viewer you can specify whether pictures should be shown automatically in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer when you double click them If this is the case you can leave this option selected Display gt Folder Options View You can specify how folder Windows and the objects contained in them should appear here Navigation Here you can configure the
121. the wizard and to show the problems found in the main window The Main Window The main TuneUp RegistryCleaner window is divided into two sections The left side of the window contains a list of Categories and the contents on the right side of the screen change depending on the category selected on the left x Summary E Acavex and COM 04 B sccicanen pato 2 Mle types 20 Chron Qoses O rectory teas DB Swed fies O Porraute Software 35 BD Scud totoe 9 Rl strio Th au RegistryCleaner 125 problems es found Analysis complete zor Category ee ra e A total of 125 problems were found Click Start cl lems IF you wish to decide what to do yourself you c list of problems Problem summary Activex and COM he tiveX COM objects were found that are based on libraries that are no longer in your system These orphaned ebjects can be deleted Application paths The registry contains invalid search pathe for a ni can be deleted of programs These Start cleaning Problems 84 problems Details 2 probleme Details eelected for d 54 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Clean up and Repair The category Summary is selected by default Here the module shows that the system scan has been completed and shows how many problems were found in total Below this you can see how many problems were found in each category The module can recognize problems in t
122. 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 Under Repeat the delete operation specify how many times you wish to have the selected deletion method repeated The security of the deletion can be enhanced further by increasing the number of repetitions but the time required will also increase Click Next to start deletion Please wait until the program is completed If you do not wish to delete any other files or folders you can close the wizard by clicking Finish If you wish to delete additional files or folders click Back Shredding a File after deletion 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 deleted files are normally overwritten in the process and cannot be recovered afterwards 84 TuneUp Utilities 2006 File recovery and Destruction TuneUp Undelete It has happened to everyone You delete a file accidentally and you can t find it in the Recycle Bin And you don t have a backup or the one you have is months old This means that it s time for some serious tools With TuneUp Undelete it is usually possible to recover deleted files and save your valuable work Tu neUp Undelete Welcome to TuneUp Undelete You c
123. try A memory manager also works in the background to optimize memory usage in your system gt Page 62 Administer and Control Three modules for expert users help you edit the registry monitor running processes and safely remove unneeded applications from your system gt Page 74 File recovery and Destruction Safety and security at your fingertips Shredder can delete sensitive information in such a manner that it cannot be recovered And if you ever accidentally delete a file the undelete module is ready to recover files that have even been deleted from the Recycle Bin gt Page 81 16 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Customize and Analyze Customize and Analyze You can tweak Windows to your heart s desire here The modules in the Customize and Analyze category help you adapt the operating system to your needs a ER TuneUp Utilities 2006 lt gt RescueCenter UpdateWizard 7 Customize amp Analyze amp Customize Analyze es TuneUp SystemControl Clean up Lets you control the look and feel of the Windows interface amp Repair 4 AR TuneUp StartUp Manager amp Optimize f Controls which programs are executed at Windows startup Improve r o TuneUp System Information amp Administer Provides comprehensive information on your computer Control f Tuneup Styler 2 amp File recovery Customizes the appearance of the enti
124. ts Y File system A Appearance Mp Repair a Boot Screen A Welcome Screen e Visual Style DER SS N RescueCenter 0 Help File system Disks folders Favorites and Start menu Objects Current Icon E My Computer E3 3 Floppy A A amp lt Local Disk C Zy 1 2 MT86P_160 D A Start menu YP Favorites 16x16 32x32 48x48 Tasks Replace icon amp icons at TuneUp Online Restore backup from a previous session SH RescueCenter active 44 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Customize and Analyze Start menu folders Internet Explorer Favorites Undoing changes Here you can assign a cool icon to the drive where all of your games are installed and an icon with a serious appearance to the drive where your office applications are installed for example 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 You can also use TuneUp Styler to assign an individual descriptive icon to each folder in the Start menu To do this open the Start menu node in the tree by clicking the plus sign in front of it Note This function is only available for Windows 2000 and higher 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
125. tware Wizards help you adapt the configuration of your system to your needs in a few steps This module also includes the useful 1 Click Maintenance function which optimizes your system with a single mouse click after finding any problems TuneUp RegistryDefrag optimizes and defragments the Windows registry which becomes increasingly larger and slower the longer you work with Windows TuneUp MemOptimizer monitors system memory usage in the background and optimizes this usage automatically when you are not working TuneUp Utilities 2006 63 Optimize and Improve TuneUp MemOptimizer This module shows how much physical memory is being used TuneUp MemOptimizer monitors your system in the background and frees up memory whenever needed to increase the performance of your computer The use of TuneUp MemOptimizer is beneficial on any system with up to 512 MB RAM If the available physical memory gets too low TuneUp MemOptimizer causes the system to swap old data to the paging file to free up memory for your applications SmartOptimize makes sure that this automatic optimization in the background does not interfere with your work by only optimizing your system when your processor usage is low Usage The main window of TuneUp MemOptimizer consists of three tabs TuneUp MemOptimizer Overview Manual Optimization Program Options Physical memory usage graph Free physical memory 368MB 48 Free space in pa
126. u can do with the backups Configuring RescueCenter protection cleaned the registry or your hard drive with TuneUp Utilities all changes can be found here St TuneUp RescueCenter DER TuneUp e z N RescueCenter Options Help Backups 3 Sort Date Module Yesterday f TuneUp StartUp Manager Tue 9 20 2005 12 40 PM 9 modified settings 4KB Last week 6 TuneUp System Optimizer Fri 9 16 2005 5 17 PM System recovery 47 modified settings 4KB Egi TuneUp StartUp Manager Wed 9 14 2005 5 47 PM 4 modified settings 1KB Details X Delete amp Restore 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 changes were made Select an entry and click Details to view a log of the changes made Click Restore to return the system to the configuration it was in before the backup was made If more than one backup is available a dialog will be displayed in which you can opt to undo all changes made since the selected date This can be especially useful when you cannot remember exactly which TuneUp Utilities module you used to make a change but know when everything functioned properly last Click Delete to remove a backup from the list permanently but only if you are certain that you will not need the backup in the future Click Options in the blue bar to op
127. uneUp Styler window is broken down into two sections a blue navigation bar on the left and a large area on the right to display the options The customization options in TuneUp Styler are divided into seven categories each of which can be selected directly in the navigation bar at the left 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 Elements in the navigation bar all system icons that can be changed are shown in a hierarchical list on the right side of the window Tuneup Styler 2 SEE Ore V RescueCenter O Help 7 General System elements i E Change icons and names with a few clicks Start Page a Desktop GB Start menu 2 Explorer E File Types gt Control Pane as Current Icon a System Elements Desktop e E 3 Q File system 3 Se Aperan My Computer 16x16 32x32 48x48 p Repair Internet Explorer Tasks Replace icon My Network Places E boot Screen p i Reset category A Welcome Screen Recyde Bin empty Sp Reset all categories E Visual style Recycle Bin full Briefcase Icon Packages RP RescueCenter active The Desktop level is selected by default under which you can see all special desktop items Select one of these items to change it Click Replace icon to open a dialog i
128. update is available these files are very small and can be downloaded quickly Run TuneUp UpdateWizard regularly to make sure that you always have the latest version of TuneUp Utilities The module can be found in the gray area at the top of the Start Center Simply click the text UpdateWizard to open the module Usage Welcome to TuneUp UpdateWizard You can use this module to make sure that you always have the latest version of your TuneUp product But in order for the program to do this you must tell it what kind of Internet connection you have Normally the program detects the correct connection automatically But if this is not the case select a connection 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 TuneUp Utilities 2006 93 Global Modules Select your connection Permanent connection to the Internet If you always establish a connection to the Internet yourself select Start connection manually TuneUp UpdateWizard Welcome to TuneUp UpdateWizard TuneUp makes sure that you have the most recent version of your TuneUp product at all times An Internet connection is required Please select your Internet connection from the following list Connections Special connections 9 Permanent connection to the Internet e g over a network e Start connection manually with dialing software
129. usually in the form of temporary files that are no longer used Click Next to continue The module now analyzes the selected drives A progress bar beneath the list shows the progress of the overall analysis When all drives have been analyzed the program displays the message Analysis completed You can then click Next to view a list of all found files 58 TuneUp Utilities 2006 Clean up and Repair You can recover disk space here Analysis TuneUp DiskCleaner The cache speeds up the loading of the Internet pages you already visited No details are available for this category The cache can only be TuneUp DiskCleaner now shows the results of the search Please select the categories you would like to dean and then dick Next to begin the cleaning process If you enable the Backup with RescueCenter option on the left if available the files in that category can be restored with TuneUp RescueCenter at any time Categories emptied completely Drives Name lt Local Disk C Used 13 77 MB Objects Internet Explorer Cache v v Log files Pah Mozilla Firefox Cache v v Space used 0 01 MB 0 03 MB 13 77 MB 3 614 54 MB 0 05 MB 1 18 MB g Recyde bin Temporary files La Zero Byte Files Selected lt Back Next gt Cancel Help 3 628 40 MB The right side of the window contains a table that indicates the number of files
130. vacy General Here you can configure settings that affect your privacy and security when working on the computer Cover Tracks Here you can configure settings to eliminate the traces of your work with documents and of the sites you visit on the Internet TuneUp SystemControl f FA VS RescueCenter O Help is General Cover Tracks Internet Explorer Media Player Advanced A Make special provisions to cover your tracks when working with J Animations and Effects 4 documents and surfing the Internet 9 File Types Gil Folder Opti Delete history lists older Options Activate this option if the list of recent documents and the list of programs executed in the Run dialog should be deleted when you log off V Delete history lists at logoff 10 Input Options Empty Internet Explorer cache BB Stert Menu Select this option if Internet Explorer should empty its cache when the browser is dosed egy Taskbar V Empty Internet Explorer cache when exiting Communication i Network Internet Explorer Mozila Firefox E E Mail and Chat A Privacy Restore Defaults Activate Delete history lists at logoff to have the lists of most recently used documents and programs emptied when you shut your system down This prevents other persons from using these lists to find out what you have done on the computer TuneUp Utilities 2006 29 Customize and Analyze Prevent your produ
131. work more efficiently thanks to the simple optimization of your system and the acceleration of your Internet connection Status SB 1 Click Maintenance Last 1 Click Maintenance Not completed yet System Advisor Last System Advisor analysis Not completed yet Internet Optimization c7 System Optimization Select a task Complete maintenance on Accelerate downloads and at computer Internet surfing Schedule automatic g Optimize your computer 3 maintenance configuration gt View tips for configuring your Y computer GP RescueCenter active You can now select a task and have it completed with a click of your mouse The individual optimization functions can also be accessed by means of the links on the left side of the window 1 Click Maintenance 1 Click Maintenance is a function that allows you to quickly and easily clean up your registry and hard drive To access this part of TuneUp System Optimizer click 1 Click Maintenance under Wizards on the left side of the screen 1 Click Maintenance does justice to its name As soon as you start the program it scans your registry and your hard drive automatically for unneeded entries and files A status window is displayed during the scan to keep you informed of its progress And when the scan is finished all you have to do is click Correct Problems to rid yourself of the unneeded ballast TuneUp Utilities 2006 69 Optimize and Improve 1 Click Maintenance at wor

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