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TuneUp Utilities - 2004 User's Manual

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2. 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 automatically 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 32 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Customize and Analyze 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 setti
3. 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 38 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Customize and Analyze TuneUp StartUp Manager The limits of the Startup folder in the Start menu How do find out if a program that starts automatically is necessary 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 Newly 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
4. 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 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 or the old Windows Classic interface In order to help you with all of these changes and to let you adapt how your Windows interface looks TuneUp Utilities 2004 has a separate module dedicated entirely to the appearance of Windows TuneUp WinStyler Start this module whenever you want to give your system a digital makeover Usage The TuneUp WinStyler 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 45 Customize and A
5. deleting a visual style 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 WinStyler recognizes nearly all standard formats and can install them without problems The following formats are supported TuneUp Visual Styles The TuneUp WinStyler format RAR ZIP Archives are searched for all file types in this list and decompressed automatically if such files are found 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 56 TuneUp Utilities 2004 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 lt gt RescueCenter UpdateWizard Customize N Clean up amp Repair Analyze Macen i TuneUp DiskCleaner ikea Removes junk data from your hard disks
6. 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 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 simp
7. right clicking a folder for example 22 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Customize and Analyze Remove unneeded entries from the menu and add your own 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 2 TuneUp SystemControl aac TuneUp SystemControl V RescueCenter 0 Help Menu Operations New Menu Opening Files Advanced Appearance i z Select which fle types should be shown in the New submenu of context menus J Animations and Effects for the desktop Explorer and Save dialogs 9 File Types pE Folder Options Type AN Bitmap Image Bbriefcase E Compressed zipped Folder YD Input Options Gy Rich Text Document fh Start Menu E Text Document wD Taskbar Wave Sound Wordpad Document Communication Network Add internet Explorer Options E E mail Programs E Set whether the New submenu should be shown in the context menu A Privacy that is displayed when you right dick on the desktop and free areas of V Show the New submenu from the folder and desktop background Administration C 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 a
8. you know where and how Your personal Windows expert Windows XP or one of its predecessors are installed on most computers 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 It s all easy says the expert All of the parameters are hidden in the boot files and the Windows registry The registry is the central database for the operating system and is used by your applications and hardware modules to save their 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 This is where TuneUp Utilities 2004 comes in This software helps normal users and experts alike to better a
9. 2004 101 File recovery and Destruction Two additional options for narrowing your search down Which files do you want to restore There are two additional options that also let you narrow your search further Don t show 0 byte files All files that contain no data whatsoever will be ignored Click Next to begin searching for deleted files Search Results TuneUp Undelete now scans all selected drives one after the other The progress of the search is shown in the empty Search results box The search may take some time especially on larger hard drives g TuneUp Undelete Search result deleted files To recover files mark all of the desired files and click Restore Found D Restored Name Original path Size Type Modifiedon Condi E DEC bpl O D lt Folder unknown gt 259KB BPLFile 26 04 03 Good E DiskCleaner exe D lt Folder unknown gt 259KB Applica 26 04 03 Good a DXYersion dll D lt Folder unknown gt 12KB Applica 26 04 03 Good E ehs_d6 bpl D lt Folder unknown gt SOKB BPLFile 26 04 03 Good E ehs_d6 bpl D lt Folder unknown gt 50KB BPL File 26 04 03 Good w empty gif D lt Folder unknown gt 8078 PaintS 26 04 03 Good S EngineerIPS dll _D lt Folder unknown gt 15KB Applica 26 04 03 Good FileSearch avi D lt Folder unknown gt 6KB VideoClip 26 04 03 Good E GR32_D6 bpl D lt Folder unknown gt 153KB BPLFile 26 04 03 Bad E G
10. 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 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 browser 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 WinStyler TuneUp WinStyler q TuneUp K WinStyler General Visual style Customize windows and buttons Start Page Visual styles Icons System Elements Q File system A Appearance Repair Windows XP A Name ForestGreen F Logon Screen ee ae Author Unknown Visual Style Size 1 676 KB Tasks XK Delete visual style lat Restore Defaults of Apply Visual Style SP RescueCenter active TuneUp Utilities 2004 55 Customize and Analyze Adding a style from a file Resetting and
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12. and recovers disk space 9 Optimize i 22 TuneUp RegistryCleaner Oy mprove d Removes invalid entries and references from your system Sia A TuneUp Software SSS 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 57 Clean up and Repair 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 created by different programs and that are not deleted TuneUp DiskCleaner helps you find these files and delete them 58 TuneUp Utilities 2004 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 unneede
13. e 2 pplication paths The regisiry contens mwalid paths for some agelications These paths can be deleted r exist on this system This cen cause error messages 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 the following areas ActiveX and COM ActiveX COM objects were found that are based on libraries that are no longer available on your system Application paths Some of the application paths in the registry point to directories that no longer exist TuneUp Utilities 2004 61 Clean up and Repair File types Some file types refer to programs that are no longer available on your system Help files The registry contains entries for help files that are no longer available on the system 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 Some of the shortcuts on your system point to missing targets Shortcuts 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 t
14. e mail address and Internet address to the icon package 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 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 WinStyler 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 l TuneUp Winstyler Eek your drives a piste S Rescuecenter Q Help General File system Disks folders Favorites and Start menu Start Page E Icons E W My Computer E A 3 Floppy A System Elements 8 Local Disk C y B CD Drive 0 D File System lt SHARED FOLDERS Z 16x16 32x32 Appearance E a Startmen p Repair E S Favoriten Tasks This icon can be changed under Windows XP System Elements FA Logon Screen E Visual style Icons at Tuneup Online S Restore backup from a Previous session 50 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Customize and Analyze Start menu folders Internet Explorer Favorites Undoing changes Here you can assign a cool icon to the
15. in front of it Note This function is only available for Windows 2000 and higher TuneUp Utilities 2004 89 Administer and Control TuneUp Registry Editor The advantages of TuneUp Registry Editor 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 TuneUp 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 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 When you click a value with your right mouse button a context menu opens with a number of different commands Del
16. 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 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 97 File recovery and Destruction How securely do you want to delete your files Click Next to confirm your 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 Quick delete The files
17. 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 they hide their start commands Usage TuneUp StartUp shows a list of all startup commands found on your computer in the main window The entry All is selected in the folder list when you start the program You can reduce the number of start entries shown on the right side of the window by selecting one of the entries in the list for example Startup folder or Registry In this case the right side of the window only contains the startup entries at that location When you select a startup entry in the list TuneUp StartUp Manager displays detailed information on the program in the blue Details box at the bottom of the window You can easily determine whether or not you wish to have the program started on the basis of the Product name and Company If TuneUp Utilities 2004 39 Customize and Analyze An overview of all automatic start commands Deactivating and deleting entries you have never heard of the company or the product then the entry is probably not needed TuneUp StartUp Manager fle Edt View Hb 2 Retreat Py Folder oe COP rtd DX Delete Properties 7 Si CoreioRaw Grap AA ster ene Dati Connection E onerar E i Merosoit c i
18. 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 77 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 TuneUp System Optimizer a K 2 ton OaE V RescueCenter 0 Help E Welcome to TuneUp System Optimizer Start Page This program lets you maintain your computer quickly and easily You can work more efficiently thanks to the simple optimization of your system and the accele
19. the hard drive but also all 92 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Administer and Control 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 93 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 2004 modules are ready to help you protect and securely delete your important data at any time TuneUp Utilities 2004 lt gt RescueCenter UpdateWizard File recovery amp Destruction TuneUp Shredder S Cleanu 08 Re SS 39 Deletes files securely ensuring that they cannot be recovered later GU Repa gt Optimize TuneUp Undelete O j lt Recovers files that have been deleted from the Recycle Bin Aimprove e J Aer 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 grea
20. this folder But if you wish to install the program in a different folder click Browse Start the installation 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 2004 was installed successfully Then click Finish to complete the installation 14 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Introduction to TuneUp Utilities Introduction to TuneUp Utilities Starting the Software There are a number of ways to open the TuneUp Utilities 2004 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 2004 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 You can also start each of the TuneUp Utilities 2004 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 usef
21. 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 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 98 TuneUp Utilities 2004 File recovery and Destruction How many times should the deletion operation be repeated T TuneUp Shredder 2 How do you want to delete the data 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 Repeat the delete operation f A Click Next to delete the selected objects lt Back Next gt Cancel Help 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 addit
22. 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 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 108 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Global Modules A large number of S TuneUp RescueCenter restore points can TuneUp a normally be found Rescuecenter here Backups 9 System Checkpoint Driver Installation Application Setup Undo changes 4 System recovery Create restore point Options 4 24 2003 6 10 PM 4 26 2003 12 50 PM 4 26 2003 1 12 PM amp Restore Saving your own If you wish to create a restore point of your own so that you restore points can return to a specific configuration at any time click Create restore point and enter a description in the dialog that appears TuneUp Utilities 2004 109 Global Modules TuneUp UpdateWizard 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 Po product TuneUp feguiarly U
23. 0 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 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 114 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Glossary 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 s
24. 2004 Glossary 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 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 locat
25. R32_D6 bpl D lt Folder unknown gt 153KB BPL File 26 04 03 Good As soon as the search is completed the module lists all available files that match your search criteria 102 TuneUp Utilities 2004 File recovery and Destruction Valuable tips for better results The table shows the file name the original location the file type and the condition of the file Don t worry if the first letter of the file name is missing for the files on FAT drives Windows always deletes the first letter when deleting files on drives with this file system Recovering Files If you find a file that you wish to recover in the list click it to select it You can select more than one file by holding the Ctrl key while clicking Then click Restore and the program will attempt to return the file to the normal Windows environment Once the files have been recovered try to open them in the corresponding program If the file can be opened the recovery was successful If not then part of the file was already overwritten by another file And that can often happen sooner than you think 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 r
26. Ricalite exe Normal 8 712 KB TI images Normal 14 480 KB Mekhooker exe Normal 9 528 KB E isass exe Normal KA 1 784 KB mMemOptimizer exe Normal Yo 2 900 KB Bmsmsgs exe Normal 3 328 KB inavapsyc exe Normal fo 3 616 KB Qroattask exe Normal 1 324KB You can view details on a process or terminate a process here 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 86 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Administer and Control The not so wondrous list of files a somewhat drastic measure but is sometimes necessary to close a program that has hung or if you want to stop an unwanted dialer 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 DER TuneUp Process Manager Fie View Help Processes Open Files Performance Name In folder Type intdil dil B C WINDOWS System32 ntlanman cill c winpows system32 intmarta dll B C WINDOWS System32 ntshrui dll c winvows system32 S odbc32 dil B C WINDOWS System32 B odbcint ail c winpows system32 99 ole32 cll c winpows system32 B oleaut32 ail c winnows system32 8 oledig ail c winpows system32 Bolepro32 dll c winpows system32 9 powrprof dll c winp
27. S format By the 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 WinStyler 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 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 54 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Customize and Analyze Downloading visual styles from TuneUp Online any time To do this click Restore Defaults The default screen is then shown in the list automatically Click
28. TuneUp Utilities 2004 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 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 113 Glossary 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 most important staticians of the 2
29. TuneUp Utilities 2004 User Manual TuneUp Utilities 2004 lt gt RescueCenter UpdateWizard Guetomize _Customize amp Analyze Ranistyze TuneUp SystemControl Clea i N rat clas uy Lets you control the look and feel of the Windows interface Repair J Q Optimize S Improve Q Administer S Control TuneUp StartUp Manager Controls which programs are executed at Windows startup TuneUp System Information Provides comprehensive information on your computer Q nile recovery Se pesicusion TuneUp WinStyler Customizes the system icons logon screen and visual style AS amp amp TuneUp Software TuneUp Utilities 2004 was developed by Company TuneUp Software GmbH Address Donnersbergring 22 64295 Darmstadt Germany Internet www tune up com Support for this software can be obtained at the following addresses E mail tu2004 tune up com Internet www tune up com support Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents 0 ceececccceeeeeeeeeeeee eee eeeeeeeeeeeeee 5 PHOT ACE coen n a e a delet pectivinted 9 installations aasa iosheedecatecdviedeests 11 System Requirements ereere 11 Starting the Installation 12 Entering Your User Name and Serial Number 13 Selecting the Installation Location 14 Introduction to TuneUp Utilities ee 15 Starting the Software ccccccccceeseeeeeeeteeeeteees 15 Structure an
30. amp rsaenh all c winvows system32 rti60 bpl C Program Files TuneUp B rtutiis ai c winvows system32 B samib ail c winvows system32 S sosheex dil c Program Files TuneUp S secur32 dl c winvows system32 4 c winpows system32 setupapi dll shdocic dll C AWINDOWS System32 BE P Si se DED EDAD ED ED ED ED AD EE EE EE 1039 open files You should not be surprised when some files are shown in the list more than once Files and folders can be opened by more than one process at the same time It is also normal when files that are obviously open cannot be found in the list Applications like Microsoft Word and the text editor Notepad only open a file briefly to read its contents or to save it but do not keep it open the entire time you are working on it Tip 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 87 Administer and Control Keep an eye on your system in the 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 usa
31. asic 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 used within a single location and WANs which are used for example by multiple branches of an organization in different cities or countries TuneUp Utilities 2004 119 Glossary 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 comput
32. ast 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 Performance Here you can view detailed information on your physical memory the size of the paging file and the kernel Three real 42 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Customize and Analyze The performance tab with real time graphs 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 0 Devices communication WR System Devices g Overview AF windows A Display lt P Memory J f 35 Performance J Processor usage history Kernel Threads Processes Mutexes Open files Physical memory Phys memory Total 228 848 KB System 23 448 KB 10 Cache 21 664 KB 9 Other 131 392 KB 58 Available 52 344 KB 23 Paging file Paging Max size 559 340 KB Used 318 516 KB 57 Available 240 824 KB 43 Drives Thi
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34. changes you have made with TuneUp WinStyler 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 51 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 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 TuneUp WinStyler TuneUp A WinStyler Appearance Icon sizes and spacing General Start Page Preview Icon color depth Icons The maximum icon color depth under System Elements Windows XP is always 32 bit W Fie system Appearance Qe Repair Windows xP 32x32 pixels A Logon screen Icon spacing E Visual Style Spacing a2 x 43 pixels Shortcut overlay V Show shortcut arrow 5 gt RescueCenter active 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 mor
35. ck Show Details in the information area TuneUp DiskCleaner opens a new window that contains information on all of the files in the selected category TuneUp DiskCleaner Detalls Log files Pesce sadat the flies you wane Tunetip OithClaarver to delete You can delate up to 7 flas whach P ocom 800 00 KB of space on your system Folder Ci poeuments and Seth Sat Crested Modfied Last access 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 68 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Clean up and Repair Finished All S TuneUp DiskCleaner unneeded files have Cleaning completed been deleted Thank you for using TuneUp DiskCleaner of TuneUp DiskCleaner deleted 1316 files and recovered 39 35 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 copy was created The backup occupies 176 KB disk space Click Finish to close this wizard Ce When the fil
36. ct how often a taskbar button should flash to indicate a change O The button in the taskbar will flash until you click on it Y5 Input Options l a 23 i A Button in the taskbar flashes 3 times art Menu el Taskbar General Specify how long windows should be prevented From stealing focus Communication after the last key has been pressed Time after the last input o S seconds Network internet Explorer E E mail Programs A Privacy Restore Defaults Administration cancel apply Button Appearance You can specify whether and how windows should be represented by buttons on the taskbar TuneUp Utilities 2004 27 Customize and Analyze 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 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 securi
37. cy Restore Defaults Administration 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 26 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Customize and Analyze You can customize or deactivate button flashing here 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 their way to the front while you are working on a document in a text editing program Instead the button of the program on the taskbar will blink when the program needs your attention TuneUp SystemControl Eek 5 TuneUp Bar erp can ig SystemControl asst So teh Appearance While typing activated windows are prevented fram stealing focus Animations and Effects and are indicated by a flashing taskbar button BF File Types Folder Options 7 Enable flashing taskbar buttons Flashing speed Sele
38. d Serial Number Personalize your copy of TuneUp Utilities 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 not the case please enter the correct information The Serial number can be found on the front of this manual ie TuneUp Utilities 2004 Setup User Information Enter the following information to personalize your installation Full Name Organization 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 Eric TuneUp Software lt Back Next gt J 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 for you in the next step TuneUp Utilities 2004 13 Installation After you have entered all necessary information click Next to continue Selecting the Installation Location You re almost done Now you have to specify the folder on your computer in which TuneUp Utilities 2004 should be installed The default location suggested by the program is C Program Files TuneUp Utilities You can normally use
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40. d 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 You can use this program to remove unneeded files and data resulting from program installation and removal and from your work with other programs All changes to your system are being logged and can be undone at any time with the RescueCenter Please select the desired action Complete scan suggested The registry and configuration files will be scanned for problems O Choose tests Lets you select the categories you want TuneUp RegistryCleaner to check TuneUp Utilities 2004 59 Clean up and Repair Please wait until the analysis is finished This may take several minutes 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 select Complete scan and then click Next TuneUp RegistryCleaner will
41. d click Install to display it in the main window Icon packages Preview hey Add Create New Package 5j FauxS xP Cobalt FauxS XP Cobalt 1 D Author Paul Boyer Contents 86 icons 876 KB FauxS XP Universal 2 f Author Paul Boyer Author Paul Boyer Description Visit www FauxS X com For Noia Natural Bonus Icons Author Carles Carbonell z Noia Standard ga Author Carles Carbonell a cd Tasks BH Copy package to X Delete package OK 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 click Create New Package at the top of the list After you click this button a wizard opens that will guide you through the process of creating an icon package TuneUp Utilities 2004 49 Customize and Analyze 1 Information on the author Here you can add your name
42. dapt Windows to their needs and tastes All important system options are TuneUp Utilities 2004 9 Preface Automatic adaptation to your operating system explained clearly and can be enabled or disabled with a click of your mouse in many different modules TuneUp Utilities 2004 takes care of changing the corresponding parameter in the registry or in the boot files TuneUp Utilities 2004 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 To make all of this possible TuneUp Utilities 2004 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 2004 Installation Installation Before you can use TuneUp Utilities 2004 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
43. dded 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 Opening Files If you try to open a file that Windows does not know you are normally asked with which program you wish to open the file Here you can specify that all such files should be opened with a specific program automatically instead of having this dialog displayed Advanced You can specify whether the prefix Shortcut to should be added to the names of new shortcuts and whether pictures TuneUp Utilities 2004 23 Customize and Analyze and photos should automatically be opened with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer here Appearance 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 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 rega
44. 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 WinStyler 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 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
45. e 18 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Customize and Analyze 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 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 19 Customize and Analyze TuneUp SystemControl Extensive but easy to use TuneUp SystemControl contains over 300 options structured 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 pr
46. e deleted Click Next to go to the next step 100 TuneUp Utilities 2004 File recovery and Destruction It is practical to enter one or more words to search for but this is not required 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 Q TuneUp Undelete What do you want to search for Enter the desired search terms to narrow the search down IF you don t know the name or file extension click Next to search for all deleted files Search criteria bpl gif dll exel Search tip Tf 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 C Show only files in good condition lt Back Next gt Cancel Help 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 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 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 TuneUp Utilities
47. e 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 The Desktop level is selected by default under which you can see all special desktop items Select one of these items to change it 46 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Customize and Analyze TuneUp WinStyler lets you change the icons and names of many elements How to change an icon The file shell32 dll which is included with Windows contains a large number of icons TuneUp WinStyler TuneUp WinStyler General Start Page Icons System Elements File system A Appearance Qy Repair Windows XP FA Logon Screen B Visual Style DE 5 RescueCenter 0 Help System elements Change icons and names with a few clicks Desktop gil Start menu Ga Explorer E File Types J Control Panel Tasks Desktop Replace icon My Computer sb Reset category iS Reset all categories Internet Explorer My Network Places Recyde Bin empty Recycle Bin full Icon Packages S RescueCenter active Click Replace icon to open a dialog in 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 i
48. e performance of the computer for use as a workstation web server or database server Administration O Prefer system cache Optimizes the performance of the computer for use as User Logon afile server Drives Memory and Cache TuneUp MemOptimizer aa Start and Maintenance MemOptimizer monitors and optimizes the Free memory in the background Q System Start TuneUp MemOptimizer Wizards TR Correct Problems Restore Defaults S Copy Settings oK cancel 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 34 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Customize and Analyze What should Windows do with crashed programs You decide Programs 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 TuneUp SystemControl DER i TuneUp SystemControl ae Specify how Windows should handle programs that do not respond Communication amp Gi when being s
49. e space on your desktop 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 52 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Customize and Analyze The fix for persistent problems Pep up your system with a custom logon screen 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 disappear 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 WinStyler All you have to do is click Repair Icon Cache You must restart to complete the repair Logon Screen If you share your computer with other users or if you use a password to protect your account you are familiar with t
50. ecover the file Please do not install software for the recovery of deleted files on your computer when you have already deleted the file When you install the software you may overwrite the lost file forever Even if you install the software on a different drive temporary installation files may be written over the files you are trying to recover For this reason data recovery software such as TuneUp Undelete should already be installed and operational This way you have all the tools you need should something go wrong TuneUp Utilities 2004 103 File recovery and Destruction Deleting Sensitive Files the Right Way Make sure that even Use TuneUp Shredder to permanently delete confidential Undelete can t files This module ensures that files that it deletes cannot be ete Fe 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 104 TuneUp Utilities 2004 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 Update Wizard TuneUp RescueCenter monitors all of the chang
51. ed 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 117 Glossary 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 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 associated 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 compute
52. em Advisor E gt performance of the computer ae Internet Optimization realign EG The display is currently running 9 a Ten of Sire styles Sollee at a resolution of 1280 x 1024 System Optimization negativa effec on the performance of the A lower resolution can speed up erm the display and improve system System _ performance Display properties a Installing additional RAM could increase the performance of your computer B A large number of installed applications can slow system performance A The automatic startup of programs influences the performance of the computer Security a _ Advertising messages can be sent to you i RescueCenter active 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 Details And the System Advisor can do more than just tell 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 In
53. em 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 81 Optimize and Improve System Optimization Use this wizard to adapt Windows to your specific needs Here you can adapt TuneUp System Optimizer 343 i L TuneUp n the most important amp System Optimizer RescueCenter 0 Help settings to your needs General 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 Sena All changes can be undone at any time with TuneUp RescueCenter 1 Click Maintenance Y System Advisor Check the propertie
54. er 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 parallel port is normally used to connect a printer to the computer 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 120 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Glossary 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
55. es have been deleted click Finish to close the module TuneUp Utilities 2004 69 Optimize and Improve Optimize and Improve You will find everything you need to speed up your system here The modules in the Optimize and Improve category speed up your system TuneUp Utilities 2004 lt gt RescueCenter UpdateWizard Optimize amp Improve Q Gustomize G Analyze TuneUp MemOptimizer o Glean u j Ree Monitors and optimizes free memory in the background Repair 1 i5 Optimize 2 TuneUp RegistryDefrag Improve Corrects physical errors in the registry and defragments it Anes TuneUp System Optimizer S Controi Checks your system for settings that might be slowing it down oi 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 70 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Optimize and Improve 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 valuable tips for configuring your hardware and software Wizards help you adapt the configu
56. es in the proper order The old registry is then deleted and is replaced with the new one after a restart Registry Analysis First TuneUp RegistryDefrag must determine how fragmented your registry is Click Next to begin TuneUp RegistryDefrag Welcome to TuneUp RegistryDefrag TuneLip RegistryDefrag creates a new registry and eliminates all structural mistakes and defects The performance of your computer will be optimized by Reducing Fragments Repairing structural defects Recovering unused memory space 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 76 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Optimize and Improve Registry analysis What happens when you restart 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 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 On heavily used systems it can
57. es 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 2004 A few clicks suffice to make sure that you have the latest version of this software TuneUp Utilities 2004 105 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 an entry in TuneUp Registry Editor that you need after all In this case you will be happy to hear that TuneUp Utilities 2004 is also equipped with a lifeguard that can undo all of your changes if need be TuneUp RescueCenter E TuneUp Jx Unesp Utilities 2004 lt gt RescueCenter UpdateWizard w RescueCenter Gictoniize Customize amp Analyze Biinatyze TuneUp SystemControl Lets you control the look and feel of the Window s interface S Optimize aR TuneUp StartUp Manager OL Improve Controls which programs are executed at Window s startup TuneUp System Information Gontro Ri Provides comprehensive information on your computer fa File senders TuneUp WinStyler Ss Dsida Customizes the system icons lo
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59. ete But don t worry if need be you can still restore the entry with TuneUp RescueCenter 40 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Customize and Analyze Adding a new If you wish to add a program to one of the startup folders startup entry yourself select the desired folder in the list and then click Add Movie Jack 2 Ripper Target Application type Target Section Registry Current User Run Enter the name of the desired application in the dialog and enter the directory path of the program file in the Target box You can use the Find button to help you find the file TuneUp Utilities 2004 41 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 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 le
60. ete 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 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 90 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Administer and Control The main window stry Editor Fle Ed View Search GoTo Bookmark Hep Ow OF B O X J Oris oer B OxQ0ff 0000 16711600 xQ00UFFOU 65200 FOORE 16711995 CAMEY_CLASSES_ROOTIInfoPath Document 11OeFauticon CONEY _CLASSES_ROOTIInfoPath Sohon 1 Def autoon Garey _CLASSES_ROOTYINFoP ath Soknonttanfest 1pefaskicon EDELAS ES ROOT ntie DeFauticon Search completed 378 elements found E Atomas scroling TuneUp Utilities 2004 91 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 2004 lets you clean up
61. eted 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 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 67 Clean up and Repair Backup categories with RescueCenter Viewing all files that have been found for deletion individually 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 you cli
62. ge of the paging file and the physical memory on kilobytes l TuneUp Process Manager File Yiew Help Performance tab Processes Open Files Performance CPU usage CPU usage graph Memory history graph System kernel Threads Handles Processes Paging file Max size 559 340 KB Used 304 096 KB 54 penon Available 255 244KB 46 Total 228 848 KB System 22 100KB 10 System Cache 11 244 KB 5 Events 3328 Other 118 304KB 51 Mutexes 418 E 77 200KB 34 System runtime Ohrs 37 min Menu Bar Functions The menu bar at the top of the TuneUp Process Manager window provides you with additional functions Click File gt New Application to open the Windows Run dialog which you can use to start a new application or open a file 88 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Administer and Control 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
63. gon screen and visual style TuneUp Software J 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 106 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Global Modules These backups can be restored What you can do with the backups changes is selected under Tasks in the left side of the window S TuneUp RescueCenter DER TuneUp O S z N RescueCenter Options 0 Help Backups 3 Sort Date Module Undo changes 3 TuneUp DiskCleaner Do 25 03 2004 17 33 3 Kd 99 deleted files 176 KB System recovery Yesterday A TuneUp WinStyler Mi 24 03 2004 23 04 3 modified settings 1 KB Details gt Delete amp Restore 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 cleaned the registry or your hard drive with TuneUp Utilities all changes can be found here 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
64. gories that you can configure are shown on the left side of the window These categories are Appearance Usage Communication Administration and Wizards Each of these categories contains multiple subcategories As soon as you click one of the subcategories with 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 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 in TuneUp SystemControl with your right mouse button and select What s This to view detailed information for the selected option Appearance 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 Pe
65. h the Start Center 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 75 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 entri
66. he 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 TuneUp WinStyler ra TuneUp WinStyler Logon screen Change user logon General Start Page Logon screens Icons t adds Nature Incredible Narcissus Screen Design System Elements W File system A Appearance y Repair Windows XP Name Relax logon Author Narcissus Screen Designs Size 1 746 KB A Logon Screen E Visual style Tasks BH Copy logon screen to X Delete logon screen off Install Logon Screen SP RescueCenter active Restore Defaults TuneUp Utilities 2004 53 Customize and Analyze Using the text from the logon screen Try a new logon screen How to restore the default screen With TuneUp WinStyler you can completely change the appearance of the logon screen Click Logon screen in the navigation bar to go to this area 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 LogonStudio format LogonXP and the TuneUp WinStyler TL
67. he Following list Connections Special connections g Permanent connection to the Internet e g over a network B Start connection manually with dialing software Dial up connections pocket_pc orm Proxy Settings Click Next to get the available updates 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 Permanent connection to the Internet If you always establish a connection to the Internet yourself select Start connection manually 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 111 Global Modules Click Next to install the updates in the list When all updates have been installed click Finish to close the wizard 112
68. he individual categories in the Categories bar 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 problem 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 62 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Clean up and Repair A detailed description is available for each problem a single mouse click is all you need 3 TuneUp RegistryCleaner ActiveX and COM fe Et emg Yew tin Ow O Di swrdeweg Q creck Q Ostat gh Reguary iter 3 Renere Categories Pe Mimsy Type Problem descriotion Kamerman gt T Apokcaton paths B Pie types 13 Breen ite thes History bets 30 Br wed fies iz 2 GQ Nae re Project Denner A 2 Norton Internet Securty AntiVirus Scan 1 0 Ubrary 2 Pat actonyiatiee B amp Ref Edt Control YPL DOFO PIAI 1 400 400 067 4 12796627496 6 7 tsp0v for this type lbrary contains no data Ths subhey can be deleted for thes type ibrary 155 protiinens fours EP RescuCenter active 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 i
69. his 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 64 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Clean up and Repair TuneUp DiskCleaner Select the drives you wish to scan Disk analysis TuneUp DiskCleaner 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 for
70. hut down Network internet Explorer E E mail Programs A Privacy VS RescueCenter 0 Help System Start Programs Desktop and Taskbar Error Handling B Idle time without feedback Specify the time after Windows should force non responding applications to close in the Task Manager and during shutdown Wait for response for 5000 E milliseconds Administration Close programs automatically Specify whether the applications should be closed automatically after the lapse of the specified period or whether a dialog should be shown After lapse of idle time User Logon Drives Memory and Cache or Start and Maintenance F system Close programs automatically Show the End Program dialog Wizards TH Correct Problems D Copy Settings Restore Defaults 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 Error Handling 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 35 Customize and Analyze 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 y
71. ick Next to view a list of all found files Analysis TuneUp DiskCleaner now shows the results of the search 3 TuneUp DiskCleaner Search all drives Please wait until TuneUp DiskCleaner finishes analyzing the selected drives Drives Status SP Local Disk C Analyzing COCO C Windows inf The right side of the window contains a table that indicates the number of files 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 66 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Clean up and Repair Don t take any risks Exclude categories Zero byte files These files contain no data 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 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 del
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73. imple 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 used with the kind permission from the online dictionary ARCHmatic Glossar und Lexikon www glossar de by Alfons Oebbeke and adapted by Carsten Scheibe 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
74. ion 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 124 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Glossary This is a mechanism to effectively increase the amount of available main memory TuneUp Utilities 2004 125 Index Index 1 Click Maintenance 78 FOCOVETING orainera ActiveX and COM cc ceeeteeeeeeees 61 FECOVETY TIPS sosser animations 0cceee 22 desktop and taskbar Animations and Effects 0 0 0 21 disc start appearance AutoPlay cccccesesseeeeeseeeeeeteees 33 button appearance disk space desktop ICONS ccceceeeeeeeeees low disk space warning 33 MENUS eee eeeeeneeeseeteeeeeneeteneeeaees effects oo eee cece eeeeeeeeeteaeeeneeteeetneeeeae application paths 61 e mail programs AUtOOPtiMiZe 0 0 eeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeteees 73 error handling
75. ional 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 99 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 Q TuneUp Undelete Welcome to TuneUp Undelete You can 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 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 wer
76. ly 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 122 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Glossary 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 accessed from a computer or over a network connection 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 tra
77. m 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 DickC loaner Welcome to TuneUp DiskCleaner TuneUp DishClesner helps you dean up your disk drives The fles selected for can be backed up in compressed Format and restored at any time with a special utity called Tunelo RescunCenter You can free up extra space by uninstaling Windows components and prog ams Please select the dsk drives you with to scan from the following ist and dick on Net when you have finished selecting your drives Osh Drive Nome Total size O Bo Frooy 4 E woa Ot C aM 2108 MS Steal ek 0 848 19432 98 Free space 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 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 65 Clean up and Repair You can recover disk space here When all drives have been analyzed the program displays the message Analysis completed You can then cl
78. 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 107 Global Modules Configuring RescueCenter protection 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 open 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 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
79. mize is active and is monitoring your memory Current AutoOptimize settings gt Automatic optimization at 55 MB 27 2 Memory to be freed 134MB 67 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 72 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Optimize and Improve Configuring automatic optimization How SmartOptimize eases the burden on your computer 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 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 here Under Physical memory you can specify the free memory level that triggers automatic optimiza
80. mple 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 94 TuneUp Utilities 2004 17 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 lt gt RescueCenter UpdateWizard Customize Customize amp Analyze amp Analyze TuneUp SystemControl Q Clea t Rin a D e amp Lets you control the look and feel of the Windows interface Repa J TO l TuneUp StartUp Manager A Improve J Controls which programs are executed at Windows startup ey Aelia TuneUp System Information Control d Provides comprehensive information on your computer amp bes rructio i TuneUp WinStyler af Customizes the system icons logon screen and visual style TuneUp Software l P TuneUp SystemControl is the most extensive module in TuneUp Utilities 2004 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 WinStyler 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 th
81. mprove 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 2004 83 Administer and Control Administer and Control The TuneUp Utilities 2004 category Administer and Control offers three modules that help you get more control over your operating system TuneUp Utilities 2004 lt gt RescueCenter UpdateWizard Administer amp Control Q Gustomize analyze d ae ier TuneUp Process Manager o Cleanup S amp erates El Allows you to manage currently running programs mi J fa opumize 2 TuneUp Registry Editor Smp rove d Helps you edit and search the registry Een ea 4 Tuneup Uninstall Manager Control Uninstalls programs you dont need anymore TuneUp Software J You can use TuneUp Process Manager to view and if needed terminate all currently running applications and processes You can also call up an overview 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 84 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Administer and Control and easily find keys and values and to make any necessary changes TuneUp Uninstall Manager shows you all programs that are currently in
82. n 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 the bandwidth of your connection TuneUp Utilities 2004 29 Customize and Analyze Surf the Internet TuneUp SystemControl aaa faster with this Pirre wy Rescuecerter O Pep option PPPE Explorer Bars view Favorites Menu Security Performance S Animations and Effects J e a aeoere 9 Fie Types E Folder Options paea select the profile that best matches the bandwidth of your Internet connection Usage Profile High bandwidth DSL cable satelite i YS Input Options EB Start Menu Description a Taskbar iL EEs is apama for fast mema connections such as DSL Simultaneous connections with Communication HTTP 1 0 protocol E Network HTTP 1 1 protocol internet Explorer E E mail Programs A Privacy Administration Communication gt E mail Programs Outlook Express Specify what should happen when you start Outlook Express what text should be displayed in the window title bar and which executable attachments should be blocked Office Outlook Appearance You can configure options that affect the appearance of Office Outlook here Office Outlook Security Office Outlook blocks potentially dangerous files in e mail at
83. n get his hands on your sensitive data The tool deletes files permanently with no chance of recovery And if you wish you can even use a deletion method that was developed by the United States Department of Defense which overwrites files with certain number patterns multiple times before deleting them so that their contents are securely destroyed Usage Once you start the program a wizard opens that asks you if you wish to delete individual Files entire Folders or the contents of the Recycle Bin 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 contents in the next window 96 TuneUp Utilities 2004 File recovery and Destruction Select the files you want to delete 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 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
84. n the toolbar to have TuneUp RegistryCleaner do its job correcting all of the problems that were found 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 work 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 63 Clean up and Repair Here you can watch while the module cleans up your system Chain reactions in the registry the Check Again button All s well that ends well TuneUp RegistryCleaner Your system is being cleaned 4 total of 155 problems were selected for cleaning Please wait while TuneUp RegistryCleaner corrects the problems This process can be cancelled at any time by clicking Cancel Progress 35 Clean category Start menu Delete registry key Software Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Explorer WinRAR COCO 145 of 155 problems corrected Cancel Help 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 T
85. nalyze The customization options in TuneUp WinStyler are divided into six categories each of which can be selected directly in the navigation bar at the left All functions can be TuneUp WinStyler accessed quickly Cited from the main window General Start Page Icons System Elements W File system A Appearance y Repair Windows XP A Logon Screen Q visual Style ER V RescueCenter 0 Help Welcome to TuneUp WinStyler 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 Select a task Change icons and the names of system elements or create and install icon packages prey Change icons for file system objects such as Favorites disks file folders and Start menu folders Customize the appearance of icons on the desktop and in the Windows Explorer _ Perform repairs to correct errors in the display of icons on the desktop and in the Windows Explorer Select the Windows XP logon screen or download a new one from TuneUp Online Select a visual style for the windows and buttons under Windows XP RescueCenter active System Elements In this category you can replace typical Windows icons with icons with a common theme You can also change th
86. ncluded with Windows If you have an icon library of your own you can view its contents by clicking Browse Change Icon Look for icons in this file ell32 dil Browse Select an icon from the list below lt i Gi Larv Bi 29 i s Fi 2HHe OBE Cx Coa As soon as you have found the desired icon select it with your mouse and click OK to record your change TuneUp Utilities 2004 47 Customize and Analyze Undoing changes Undoing changes for multiple items 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 changes to an item by resetting it to the Windows defaults at any time To do this select the desired entry in the list and click Reset item to Windows defaults Please note that this link is only shown when the selected icon is not set to the Windows defaults already If you should want to
87. ng registry 13 problems Searches for invalid references in the registry found Analyzing applications Analyzing Searches For missing files needed by applications Analyzing the registry structure Checks the integrity of the registry to identify for temporary files disks For temporary Files than can 7a eenneee CLSID ACB65618 42CD 4AD8 9840 DC2941DAAF14 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 After you click the System Advisor link the module begins examining your system in detail immediately TuneUp Utilities 2004 79 Optimize and Improve The advisor helps you to eliminate weaknesses in your system TuneUp System Optimizer Hak L TuneU m n ston Opiniter V RescueCcenter Hep General R System Advisor Optimization suggestions Start Page Tips 10 Tasks Message 7 3 Wizards Dont show this tip again 1 Click Maintenance z gt Lowering the color depth can improve the Detail Syst
88. ngs 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 WinStyler opens the TuneUp module that you can use to customize the icons for individual 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 2004 33 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 Here 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 Memory Usage Here you can adapt how Windows makes use of your physical memory to meet your needs TuneUp SystemControl x ey TuneUp ese SystemControl gt RescueCenter 0 Help a prey eee 5 ms Oy You can customize the way that Windows uses physical memory to Communication R meet your needs Network Memory usage internet Explorer You can specify whether more memory should be reserved for fia E mal Progeams programs or for the system cache here A Privacy Prefer programs Optimizes th
89. 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 RegistryCleaner Scanning your system Please wait until the analysis is completed area Status Activex and com Analyzing E application paths File types EhFonts Grelp files History lists A Shared files Shortcuts Th Software COCO CLSID F1ABE2B5 C073 4dba B6EB FD7A5111DD8F ae 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 the wizard and to show the problems found in the main window 60 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Clean up and Repair The analysis has found a large number of problems correcting them will bring noticeable benefits 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 TuneUp RegistryClearer He git gero pen ore Ow O rmome Q oet Gy cerns gj Repery titer Gp Reenecenter ani To TunewU RogistryCleaner Meo o a a oe e
90. nsmission 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 123 Glossary 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 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 True Type Font TTF The invent
91. odule can optimize your memory usage The higher this limit the more aggressively TuneUp MemOptimizer will optimize your system Click OK to activate your settings If you wish to restore the module to the recommended settings click Recommended Manual Optimization If you do not use AutoOptimize or if you want to free up memory before you start a program that requires a lot of memory you can go to Manual Optimization Under Clear manually you can use the slider to specify how 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 74 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Optimize and Improve Hiding TuneUp MemOptimizer 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 throug
92. ogram 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 DiR TuneUp gt SystemControl wv RescueCenter 0 Help a Effects Animation Menu Appearance Font Smoothing Appearance Select the settings you want to be used when dis ing and usin S Animations and Effects Picea Playing g 9 Fie Types Folder Options Settings _Yisual Effects Usage Show window contents while dragging D Input Options Show color shading in title bar BB start Menu Show mouse pointer shadow SB taskbar Show translucent selection rectangle Use drop shadows For icon labels on the desktop Communication Z _Shnw ramman tasks in folders Network Description internet Explorer When background images enabled a musical nate is shown in the A Emal Programs background of Folders containing music files For example A Privacy Restore Defaults Best Performance Best Appearance Administration Perm 20 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Customize and Analyze As soon as the program opens the various cate
93. on 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 25 Customize and Analyze You can navigate through menus much more quickly if you reduce the opening delay here Keyboard You can configure how Windows is controlled with the keyboard here for example by configuring the behavior of the Windows key Usage gt Start Menu Behavior You can configure how the Start menu reacts to specific mouse actions here TuneUp SystemControl ak S TuneUp P pera a S SystemControl RescueCenter 0 Help Behavior Submenus Programs Advanced Appearance Configure the appearance of the Start menu and the behavior of 4 SF 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 Short delay J YD Input Options EE Start Menu a Taskbar Long delay Communication Additional settings network Z Enable drag and drop internet Explorer amp E mail Programs A Priva
94. ou 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 After you start the wizard a brief introduction is displayed Click Next to continue 36 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Customize and Analyze Select the problems you wish to correct Correct Problems Repair Wizard Please follow the instructions below You can use this wizard to correct the most common problems Select a problem and click Next Problems Description Bo eee Tcon changes are not The Recycle Bin icon is missing from the desktop applied Windows swaps The desktop icon is missing in the Quick Launch bar poe or uae are i m The taskbar cannot be di
95. ou 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 16 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Introduction to TuneUp Utilities gt Page 18 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 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 registry A memory manager also works in the background to optimize memory usage in your system gt Page 70 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 84 File recovery and Destruction Safety and security at your fingertips The Shredder can for exa
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97. r 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 118 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Glossary 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 speed 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 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 b
98. rams To do this press Alt Tab to switch to any open 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 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 12 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Installation You must accept the license agreement to continue ie TuneUp Utilities 2004 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 EULA YOU MAY NOT USE THIS SOFTWARE PRODUCT 1 Ownership Rights This software product is hunti se nathas intallaets ral TuneUp Software Entering Your User Name an
99. ration of your Internet connection Wizards B 1 Click Maintenance Status System Advisor Last 1 Click Maintenance Fr 09 01 2004 15 54 internet Optimization Last System Advisor analysis Mo 19 01 2004 01 14 9 System Optimization Select a task Complete maintenance on Accelerate downloads and A commuter Internet surfing Schedule automatic Optimize your computer maintenance configuration View tips for configuring your O computer SP 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 78 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Optimize and Improve 1 Click Maintenance at work 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 1 Click Maintenance L TuneUp System Optimizer X Analyzi
100. ration 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 2004 71 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 7 Overview Manual Optimization Program Options Physical memory usage graph Free physical memory 119MB 53 Free space in paging file 257MB 47 Sf AutoOpti
101. rdless 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 24 TuneUp Utilities 2004 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 pe Drive icons Special Elements Deselect the boxes next to the drives you don t want to show gt under My Computer Drives lt COPS PKS KSPKS RSIS KSIES ROPES PKS PERSP KSIKS PKI KS SJ LS LS SJ LS LS LS LS a 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 functi
102. rformance Click Restore Defaults to restore the original Windows settings TuneUp Utilities 2004 21 Customize and Analyze 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 Font Smoothing In order to improve the readability of text on your computer you can select the font smoothing method that looks 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 Appearance 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
103. s Media Player WINCOWS tOUF oo eeeeeeeeeteeeteeeteeeeeees wizards copy settings correct problems 128 TuneUp Utilities 2004
104. s 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 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 43 Customize and Analyze System Devices Information is shown here for your processor and BIOS Click Processor details to view detailed information on the features of your processor 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 context menu 44 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Customize and Analyze TuneUp WinStyler Can you change the appearance of Windows Yes you can with TuneUp WinStyler 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
105. s that best correspond to your needs and then click Next internet Optimization W9 System Optimization Visual effects F _ lt Don t optimize visual effects gt The visual effects will not be changed 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 The wizard now analyzes your complete configuration and prepares 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 82 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Optimize and I
106. server through the browser in regular intervals TuneUp Utilities 2004 115 Glossary 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 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 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 116 TuneUp Utilities
107. splayed pai RCORTEEY T Inf files cannot be installed The context menu entry New is missing Interface System EA e being displaye The font Folder is not worl v lt Back I Next gt Cancel Help 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 The Copy Settings wizard allows you to transfer these settings to other user accounts and even to the Windows logon screen TuneUp Utilities 2004 37 Customize and Analyze The wizard Copy User Settings welcomes you TuneUp Utilities Welcome You can use this wizard to Copy the desktop settings to the logon screen Copy the desktop settings to another user account Click Next to proceed Next gt Cancel Help The wizard starts with a short introduction Click Next to continue The wizard then presents a list of settings that can be copied
108. stalled on your system and lets you remove unneeded programs TuneUp Utilities 2004 85 Administer and Control TuneUp Process Manager It s hard to believe how many processes are running ona 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 TuneUp Process Manager DER File Edit View Help Processes Open Files Performance freshly started Process Priority CPUus Memory Adobe Photoshop Normal 29 444 KB computer E alg exe Normal fo 144 KB Ucc pp exe Normal 3 456 KB ilccevemigr exe Normal 2 1S2KB ilccrroxy exe Normal fo 256 KB ccsettgr exe Normal 1 148 KB CP lestss exe High KA 1 088 KB H ctfmon exe Normal b 1 344 KB TS Hotkey exe Normal g 304 KB f
109. story 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 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 31 Customize and Analyze Prevent your product ID from being transmitted to Microsoft Advanced Here you can configure Windows XP and Microsoft Office Error Reporting and go directly to other privacy options Error Reporting FETTER General 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 Y Report program faults to Microsoft Z Report system core faults to Microsoft Restore Defaults
110. 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 program 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 2004 121 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
111. t 94 TuneUp Utilities 2004 File recovery and Destruction 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 2004 95 File recovery and Destruction TuneUp Shredder What do you want to delete When you delete a file in Windows it will probably be moved to the Recycle Bin Anybody can 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 ca
112. tachments for security reasons Here you can specify which file types should be subject to this blocking feature Communication gt Privacy General Here you can configure settings that affect your privacy and security when working on the computer 30 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Customize and Analyze Cover the tracks you leave while working on your computer and surfing the Internet here Cover Tracks Here you can configure settings to eliminate the traces of your work with documents and of web sites you ve visit TuneUp SystemControt HHR E TuneUp SystemControl v RescueCenter 0 Help n Cover Tracks a General Internet Explorer Media Player Advanced A Make special provisions to cover your tracks when working with SF Animations and effects A documents and surfing the Internet 9 Fie Types Delete history lists Folder 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 Usage Delete history lists at logoff TD Input Options ein Empty Internet Explorer cache eee Select this option if Internet Explorer should empty its cache when the eb Taskbar browser is closed Empty Internet Explorer cache when exiting Communication Network Internet Explorer E E mail Programs Privacy Restore Defaults Administration Cancel __ Apply Activate Delete hi
113. ternet 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 80 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Optimize and Improve You may be able to optimize your Internet settings TuneUp System Optimizer EE L TuneU m A setem Optimiser N RescueCenter Hp R Select connection gt Confirm optimization gt Finished General R ena 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 Wizards All changes can be undone with the TuneUp RescueCenter at any time amp 1 Click Maintenance W System Advisor Please select your connection from the list below internet Optimization GB System Optimization Connection EMPESEMEE MEMES ete enemies Description This setting is suitable for a DSL cable modem or satellite connection with a transmission rate of 512 Kbit s or higher Next gt SP RescueCenter active Under Wizards select Internet Optimization A wizard will then guide you through the necessary procedure step for step 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 The wizard will now analyze your syst
114. tilities 2004 lt gt RescueCenter UpdateWizard 4 g Customize Customize amp Analyze Analyze Ti Up Syst Control raf gany Es Tareas Ee eae AS interface Repair Opti nize TuneUp StartUp Mana amp THERE AY Controls ates het are aa at Windows startup Q Administer TuneUp System Information Control Provides comprehensive information on your computer Q File recovery estructioni Kanani a seo a logon screen and visual style TuneUp Software J TuneUp UpdateWizard automatically checks for a new version of TuneUp Utilities by contacting the TuneUp server over the Internet And if an 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 110 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Global Modules Select your connection 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 t
115. tion 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 73 Optimize and Improve How to cause the module to optimize more frequently AutoOptimize Settings eii AutoOptimize monitors your system and optimizes the memory automatically when needed without interrupting your work Enable AutoOptimize recommended Physical memory Optimize automatically at E5 MB free memory Increase free memory to MB Processor usage monitoring V 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 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 m
116. ttisinite sivasdiatseiudestivasdeatseaudearavae 86 Open Files 2 0 2 s d ee elon ia siden ind nis 87 Performance nenene a a 88 Menu Bar Functions eessen 88 TuneUp Registry Editor 90 e AEE E EN 90 TuneUp Uninstall Manager 92 Usage eeii aaa ani 92 File recovery and Destruction 94 TuneUp Shredder cccccceeeeeeeeeesseeeeeeeeeeeeeennaaes 96 What does TuneUp Shredder Do ossee 96 WSAGC E TTT 96 TuneUp Utilities 2004 7 Table of Contents Deleting Files ii ceccenceeevewadents eit etsinaetaeatets 97 Deleting a Folder 97 Deleting the Contents of the Recycle Bin 98 Selecting the Deletion Method 98 Shredding a File After Deletion 99 TuneUp Undelete l enn 100 VEC To E E TT then chon dhanehan then thom aha 100 Enter Search String 101 Search ReSUIts iiei eaaa 102 Recovering Files 103 Data Recovery 101 oo eeeeeeessssteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 103 Deleting Sensitive Files the Right Way 104 Global Modules ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeaeeeeeeaee 105 TuneUp RescueCenter errereen 106 Undoing Changes ccccccccceeeccesteseeeeeeeeeneaes 106 System RECOVETY eeeeeeeesteeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaeeeeeeees 108 TuneUp UpdateWizard cc cccceceecteeeeeeteetees 110 VEF Te e E E EESE 110 Installing Updates n e 111 Ta T E cteecehest decenscecuas etadeuante 113 ae E A A A 126 8 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Preface Preface Nearly everything can be changed if
117. ty reasons You can also remove the Windows Messenger here 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 28 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Customize and Analyze 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 always 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 background picture for the toolbars 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 o
118. ul 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 TuneUp Utilities 2004 15 Introduction to TuneUp Utilities TuneUp Utilities 2004 lt gt RescueCenter UpdateWizard Guctomize Customize amp Analyze amp Analyze TuneUp SystemControl Q Glean up r L air Lets you control the look and feel of the Windows interface o Optimize lEs TuneUp StartUp Manager es Improve Controls which programs are executed at Windows startup Q Administer TuneUp System Information Control i Provides comprehensive information on your computer Q File recovery tod Destruction j TuneUp WinStyler Customizes the system icons logon screen and visual style TuneUp Software The five TuneUp Utilities 2004 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 right 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 2004 The Five Categories Customize and Analyze These modules allow y
119. 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 WinStyler 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 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 WinStyler 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 different themes can be found on the Internet 48 TuneUp Utilities 2004 Customize and Analyze Managing and Installing Icon Packages Click Icon Packages to open a new window where you can install and manage icon packages Practical icon TuneUp WinStyler Icon Packages packages let you change all icons at once Icon Packages Give your system a whole new look Select an icon package an
120. use TuneUp Utilities 2004 These requirements are not demanding and should be met by any fairly modern computer Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows XP 25 MB free disk space 40 MB free disk space CD ROM or DVD ROM drive CD ROM or DVD ROM drive TuneUp Utilities 2004 11 Installation Starting the Installation Please close all other programs 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 i TuneUp Utilities 2004 Setup TuneUp Welcome to the Utilities TuneUp Utilities 2004 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 close 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 1 Cancel The installation program now displays an introductory screen asking you to close all other open prog
121. 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 File Edt Yiew Help Uninstall p seach XK Remove Properties EE views E Teea of Ad aware 6 Personal of Adobe Acrobat 5 0 of Adobe Photoshop 7 0 WB Uninstall software 2X Remove entry Adobe Photoshop Elements Y Modify properties of Adobe SVG Viewer of Anmeldesteuer Online 2003 f r Windows 32 bit of CoffeeCup FreeHTML 6 1 of ConTEXT Adobe Photoshop Elements o Cool Edit 2000 of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12 Installed on Unknown of Data Exchange Software Size Analyzing of DivX 5 0 2 Bundle of Easy Video Splitter 1 28 of ElsterFormular 2002 of General USB Card Reader af Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer A HotKey of IcQLite of T_Urlaubsplaner CA II_Zeiterfassung4All Details 115 entries 0 invalid S RescueCenter active 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

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