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TuneUp Utilities - 2003 User's Manual

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2. TS Input Options E Start Menu Files and Folders a Taskbar Select which entries should be shown in the context menus of files and Folders y Communication Z Show Send To menu C Show Copy To Folder Network C Show Move To Folder 8 Internet Explorer Z Show Encrypt und Decrypt J Mail Programs A Privacy Restore Defaults Administration OK ia Cancel J Apply You can influence the context menus of both folders and files e Tab New Menu In the desktop explorer and save dialog context menus the command New can be found It opens a cascading menu and offers various file types which can be newly created point and click With TuneUp Utilities you can determine which Templates are to be shown in the New menu If you want to disable individual file types click into the according checkbox to remove the checkmark there Remove completely eliminates entries from the list With Add more file types can be added to the list 22 Under Options you can decide whether the New menu will be shown in the context menus of both the desktop and the free space in folder windows TuneUp SystemControl er TuneUp SystemControl eee ee Menu Operations New Menu Opening Files Advanced Viewing _ Select which File types should be shown in the New submenu of context menus Animations amp Effects for Desktop Explorer and Save dialogs B Fi
3. Console Default value value nat set JAppliedDPI 0x00000060 96 Border width o CaptionFont 3 Ff FF FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 be 02 00 00 00 00 00 L Ea cora Pane CaptionHeight 375 P C Accessiblity Captionwidth 270 i Appearance FS IconFont F5 Ff FF FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 90 01 00 00 00 00 00 amp Colors JIconSpacing 1125 E Curent IconTitleWrap s Cursors Custom Colors 3 Desktop Windowmetries don t load Input Method International lt E EIEEE JEE Iconverticalspacing 1125 MenuFont F5 fF FF FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 90 01 00 00 00 00 00 MenuHeight 285 Menuwidth 270 MessageFont f5 ff FF FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 90 01 00 00 00 00 00 MinAnimate Ea ScrollHeight 255 Scrollwidth 255 JEEE A EEEE EEE r Bookmark g Search Results History Keys in access order Q my Computer HKEY CURRENT _USER Control Panel Desktop WindowMetrics HKEY_CURRENT_USER Control PaneliDesktop GHKEY_CURRENT_USER Contral Panel C HKEY_CURRENT_USER Console CHKEY_CURRENT_USER AppEvents HKEY_CURRENT_USER Control Panel Desktop WindowMetrics A GP RescueCenter active The TuneUp Registry Editor window TuneUp Uninstall Manager Any software you install on your computer stores an uninstall entry in your registry This entry allows you to completely remove an unrequired application from
4. TuneUp UpdateWizard Welcome to TuneUp UpdateWizard TuneUp UpdateWizard allows you to keep your TuneUp product always updated with the most recent version An Internet connection is required Please select your Internet access from the Following list Connections Special connections Continuous connection to the Internet e g over a network B Start connection manually with dialing software Dial up connections lt none gt Proxy Settings Click on Next to get the available updates Choose your connection type The UpdateWizard will now try to connect to the Internet to check if any updates for your product are available this can take a while When done the wizard displays a list of the updates that are available When you ve completed downloading and installing the updates click the Finish button to close the wizard 110 10 TuneUp RegistryDefrag The module TuneUp RegistryDefrag is only available for Windows 95 98 Me and can not be loaded under Windows 2000 XP This is why the module is only mentioned at the end of this manual in its own chapter it s only useful for users of older Windows versions Any new program you install and any new hardware you add registers itself in the Windows 95 98 Me registry The registry grows and grows and because of its size Windows requires longer to find single keys within it This slows down your computer When programs are uninstalled or the registry is clea
5. e Tab Media Player The Windows Media Player also communicates a lot with the Internet On this page you find three options that make sure that your privacy is considered The button Highest Security activates all three options at once Do not acquire licenses automatically The Media Player is not allowed to acquire licenses for protected media data Do not allow websites to identify player A website is not able to uniquely identify your Media Player If the identification is allowed a globally unique number identifying your Media Player will be sent to every website that you visit to watch videos or to listen to music Disable automatic Codec download The Media Player can download a compatible play software from the Internet for music formats and video formats that it does not know That upgrade can be prevented if you wish to e Tab Advanced After a system crash Windows XP sends an error report including the user s system configuration to Microsoft Press the Error Reporting button to open an overview of the various reports They can all be activated via mouse click 41 Administration User Logon e Tab General At the start of Windows XP a welcome screen is loaded showing your user name which you can click directly to log in If you have chosen the option Use Windows Welcome screen this welcome screen remains In addition you can define more options by using Customize Besides that you can activate the option Use
6. During installation the program creates a new icon on your Windows Desktop To directly start the software double click on the icon labeled TuneUp Utilities Alternatively it is possible to use the Windows Start menu Open it and go to the Programs folder Here you will find a new group labeled TuneUp Utilities By clicking on the TuneUp Utilities entry you can load the tools menu system You can also start each tool separately if you already know which program module will be required In this case Utilities opens an additional cascading menu where all modules are listed Clicking on one of the names listed causes the according tool to start 14 3 Customize amp Analyze The category Customize amp Analyze helps you to get a grip on four different problems at the same time P TuneUp A Utilities 2003 lt gt RescueCenter UpdateWizard o Customize Customize amp Analyze Sanatyze E TuneUp SystemControl o clean up 5 y 3 wo Lets you control the look and feel of the Windows interface Optimize Dd TuneUp Icon Engineer improve Changes nearly all Windows icons QP AC MINIStET ag TuneUp StartUp Manager Tol Control Controls what programs are started with Windows File recovery SUpestruction RR TuneUp System Information Provides comprehensive information on your computer TuneUp Software In this section various functions are available which help you change
7. The progress is shown within the search result table which is initially empty Please be patient as the search process can take a while When the search is done the program lists all found files that are matching your search criteria The search result table contains the filename path file type and the condition the file is in You may notice that the first letter of some file names has been removed this is done by Windows on FAT disks to make the file invisible to the system If you find the file you re looking for select it You can select multiple files by holding down the CTRL key while pressing the left mouse 103 button After you have selected all files you want to restore press the Restore button to begin the recovery process TuneUp Undelete will then try to restore the selected files so that they are available to Windows again TuneUp Undelete Search result deleted files ay To restore files mark all the files you want to restore and then click on Found gt the button Restore Restored Name Original path Size Type Modified on Condi E DEC bpl 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 9 DxVersion dil D lt Folder unknown gt 12KB Applica 26 04 03 Good E ehs_d6 bpl D 4 lt Folder unknown gt SOKB BPLFile 26 04 03 Good E ehs_d bpl D lt Folder unknown gt SOKB BPLFile 26 04 03
8. TuneUp A RegistryCleaner am File types E Analysis completed Activex and com v p A The analysis of your system has been completed A total of 209 problems was found Click on Start d shared fies cleaning to correct them automatically You can also click on the blue title to call up a list of Eh Fonts problems and specify how to proceed manually Hep files Start cleaning RG Startup amp Application paths Summary T Software removal a File types 169 problems Some file types refer to programs that are no longer available This can lead for example to error 0 Sounds messages when double clicking the files Histories Activex and COM 22 problems Activex COM objects were found based on libraries which are not on your system anymore The orphan classes can be deleted Shared files 1 problem The registry contains references to files used by applications that are not present in the system anymore Shortcuts Startup 1 problem A number of programs that are now unavailable are scheduled to be loaded at startup Windows will search for these programs at system start which will slow down the boot process considerably Application paths 2 problems The registry contains invalid application path information This information should be deleted 209 problems found All problems selected for cleaning S RescueCenter active RegistryCleaner has found many errors and allows you to remove them safely a
9. 152 pixels YS Input Options Show animated buttons Start Menu a Taskbar SEY The grouping of similar elements means that buttons belonging to the same program can be grouped in a single button Communication V Group similar taskbar buttons Network O Group least used applications first internet Explorer O Group applications with the most windows First J Mail Programs Group any application with at least o g windows A Privacy Restore Defaults Administration m Several windows belonging to one application can be grouped on the taskbar e Tab Minimized Window If you size down an application sometimes only the title bar remains which will then automatically be moved to the lower border In the Position and Alignment section you determine the exact target position of these bars The default is Left Bottom where several bars are shown Side by side 33 In the Spacing section you specify how much pixel distance will be left between the individual bars e Tab Advanced Windows XP often shows balloons on the right side of the system tray which notify you of important events or ask you to do various things to save new data to CD for example If these memos are supposed to keep appearing the option Show balloons in the notification area has to remain enabled Communication Network e Tab Sharing In the Encrypted Password Transfer section the Transfer only encrypted pa
10. Administration For each of these categories there are several sub categories as well As soon as you chose a category the program lists the appropriate options on the right side mostly again in several tabs On the next couple of pages we will attempt to briefly present the most important functions 16 Very important In case of doubt the Restore Defaults button helps you to cancel all changes made and to re establish the old status quo One more information TuneUp SystemControl always adapts to your system and only offers the options that make sense On the following pages only the settings for Windows XP will be specified since this is the current operating system The context help in the program which can be reached by right clicking any option is available for every operating system though Viewing Animations amp Effects e Tab Effects Here you can activate settings which are used for showing and operating Windows elements In the Settings section numerous options are listed The options marked with a check are active at the moment If you want to deactivate an option simply click into the box with your mouse to erase the checkmark The individual options are divided into the subject areas Visual Effects and Usage Here options like Show window contents while dragging Show color shading in the title bar or Show mouse pointer shadow can be activated They all show nice optical effects but slow the system dow
11. Good Pee empty cif D lt Folder unknown gt 807B 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 GR32_D6 bpl D lt Folder unknown gt 153KB BPLFile 26 04 03 Good v Next Cancel Help Which file would you like to restore 104 8 TuneUp RescueCenter TuneUp Utilities 2003 provides you with a number of tools that can edit and change your computer s settings You might modify a setting while tuning your system and then later decide that that was a mistake Or you might delete a file you thought was wasting hard disk space when in fact your system still needed it That s why TuneUp Utilities provides TuneUp RescueCenter a tool with which you can undo all changes made with TuneUp Utilities point and click Find RescueCenter in the main program window It is located in a grey bar on the upper right side of the window just below the blue title bar Click the graphical text to start the module P TuneUp SL Utilities 2003 lt 3 RescueCenter UpdateWizard ns 5 Customize Customize amp Analyze l nalyze TuneUp SystemControl Lets you control the look and feel of the Windows interface gt Opti TuneUp Icon Engineer 5 Optimize improve 5 A Changes nearly all Win
12. become jagged because the resolution of the graphics device or file is not high enough to represent a smooth curve Smoothing and anti aliasing techniques can reduce the effect of aliasing by interpolating colors of neighboring pixels However lines can look thicker than they initially were Application Application software also called end user program includes database programs word processors and spreadsheets Figuratively speaking application software sits on top of systems software because it is unable to run without the operating system and system utilities 115 Benchmark A tool to compare the speed of multiple entities Benchmarks exist for hardware software and services BIOS Short for Basic Input Output System Responsible for initializing your computer so that your operating system can load Bit Short for binary digit the smallest unit of information on a machine The term was first used in 1946 by John Tukey A single bit can hold only one of two values 0 or 1 More meaningful information is obtained by combining consecutive bits into larger units For example a byte is composed of 8 consecutive bits Byte The smallest addressable data storage unit A byte consists of 8 bits Since a bit can be in one of two states a byte can store one of 2 to the power of 8 combinations Cache A memory cache sometimes called a cache store or RAM cache is a portion of memory made of high speed static RAM SRAM i
13. gathers numerous facts and information about your hardware and software in only a few seconds This data can be important for you when you want to upgrade the system or when you are asked by a support technician if certain components are installed on your computer The particular facts are compiled within nine tabs The most important one is the Overview It includes the most important information about the most important equipment Here you can see which processor is installed in the computer there is information about the memory the performance of the graphics card which mouse is used and which facts can be given about the various drives 61 P TuneUp System Information lt Drives E4 I O Devices e Communication W System Devices g Overview windows SA display amp Memory Performance i General Processor AMD K6 tm 3D processor 500 MHz L2 Cache 1024 KB wa Memory 191 MB 47 used Mainboard Unknown Graphics Montor Default Monitor E Video card ATI Technologies Inc 3D RAGE IIC AGP E gt Mode 1024x768 with 16 bit color depth Input 9 Mouse Logitech compatible Mouse P5 2 W Keyboard Standard 101 102 Key or Microsoft Natural PS 2 Keyboard Drives Type B ATAPI CD ROM DRIVE SOMAX DVD CD ROM drives lt 573204234 Disk drives S Maxtor 90431U1 Disk drives Close Help The overview page shows the most important components of your PC In the other tabs you get acquainted to follo
14. Icon Engineer to give your icons a digital fresh cell regimen Immediately a program window is loaded that offers you options on four different tabs System Icons In the System Icons tab you have the opportunity to exchange the default icons for new motifs After you have opened the tab the Desktop icons are shown to you automatically as you will be able to see in the list on the left hand side Highlight one of the icons shown if you want to change it Press Change Icon to view a variety of potential icons The program reads the icon library SHELL32 DLL which is enclosed in Windows If you have an own icon library it can be read by using Browse When you have selected a particular icon highlight it and then press OK to apply it 52 TuneUp Icon Engineer 2 Start Menu Drives My Computer fam Folder E Files My Network Places Other Recycle Bin empty Recycle Bin full You can exchange all of these icons 53 Change Icon Look For icons in this File el PE Select an icon From the list below SesbDe Vi VOSS Bi SLETE 2HneOdmi a Cena Select an appropriate icon When you have exchanged an icon you can undo the change by using Reset After several changes you can use the button Default Icon to get back to the original Windows icon If you want to change the appearance of Windows you do not have to restrict your decoration to the desktop only In
15. 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 Cancel Please close all other open Windows programs The program now shows the license agreement Please read the text once to find out about the terms for using the program Afterwards activate the I accept the license agreement option and proceed by pressing Next 11 i TuneUp Utilities 2003 Setup License Agreement You must agree with the license agreement below to proceed Use the Page Down and Page Up keys to navigate in the license agreement I accept the license agreement O I do not accept the license agreement TuneUp Software You have to accept the license agreement to proceed On the next screen you are asked to fill in the User information The program wants to know your name and the name of your organization company The installation routine will attempt to automatically fill in this information for you The Serial number can be found on the front cover of this manual For Windows XP and 2000 user
16. Processing Unit also known as the processor 118 Defragmentation The process in which data that belongs together is gathered from different clusters and stored contiguously so that it can be accessed faster Desktop Term for the main work space of Windows on which you find icons the start menu the task bar and the system tray Dialog box A Windows pop up asking the user to select options and then to click OK DLL Short for Dynamic Link Library DLLs contain functions which programs can use These functions are loaded only when needed to reduce memory usage Drag and Drop A system initially developed by apple which Windows now uses as well Drag and drop allows you to copy text or objects from one application to another by dragging the text object from one application window and dropping into the other Driver A program used by the operating system to communicate with the hardware installed on your computer 119 DUN Short for Dial Up Networking The process of connecting a computer via a modem to a larger network such as the local network of a company or the Internet FAT Short for File Allocation Table A table on the hard disk which stores the position of all files on the hard disk File Allocation Table See FAT File attributes Attributes that can be assigned to files by the operating system MS DOS provides Archive Read Only System and Hidden attributes File extensions The pa
17. Some file types are registered to programs that are not installed 67 ActiveX and COM ActiveX COM objects were found that use libraries that are not installed on your computer Shared files The registry contains links to shared files which were required by multiple applications but these files have been removed from your computer Fonts The registry contains links to fonts which do not exist on your computer Help files The registry contains links to help files which do not exist on your computer Startup Your computer is trying to automatically start programs which have been removed Application paths Records of application paths were found for paths which have been removed from your computer Software removal The remove software control panel item contains entries of programs that have been already removed Sounds The Sounds control panel item contains links to sound files which do not exist Histories Some shortcuts in your history list point to files that have been removed from the hard disk Shortcuts These shortcuts point to files which do not exist As you can see the process of deleting files and removing applications from your computer can leave many unnecessary items in your registry RegistryCleaner finds these items for you and allows you to easily delete them 68 E3 TuneUp RegistryCleaner Ele Edt Cleaning View Help Ou O Fstatceaning Q check L Detais gp Registry Edtor 9 RescueCenter
18. old logon prompt where you have to put in your data manually This login method is more secure than using the welcome screen because a possible attacker doesn t see a list of valid user names Again this screen can be configured with the Customize option 42 TuneUp SystemControl i TuneUp SystemControl T z z nra General Automatic Logon Messages view Tour YS Input Options E Start Menu an Taskbar Communication e Network x Internet Explorer J Mail Programs A Privacy Use Windows Welcome screen Administration Shows the Windows XP Welcome screen where you can click on your user name to log in User Logon lt Drives O Use old logon prompt lt Memory and Cache Shows the secure Windows NT 2000 logon dialog in ag Start and Mai which you must enter your user name and tart and Maintenance password manually 3 System OK Cancel Apply How would you like to log on to Windows in the future e Tab Automatic Logon You can work around this logon into your system by logging on a certain user automatically In that case simply switch on the option Enable automatic logon and write your access data into the place holders Within the security option you define whether avoiding the automatic login by using the shift key is allowed or not In addition the system can be forced to perform a login right away after a logout 43 e Tab Messages In the section Notification Before Logo
19. operating system suggested WA Processor upgrade speeds up modern applications Lf Determining applications to be started at system startup The current color depth is 32 bits A lower color depth of 16 bit may be sufficient For your requirements A lower color depth can improve graphics performance Note with a 16 bit color depth shadow and smoothing effects are not possible under Windows XP lt RescueCenter active The advisor finds configuration settings that are slowing down your system and tells you how to solve them Not all problems can be solved directly by TuneUp System Optimizer If TuneUp System Optimizer can solve a problem for you a link to the 85 module that will help you is displayed The solution to other configuration problems may require your manual intervention Internet Optimization Wizard What is optimal for your system depends on how you use it If surfing the Internet is important to you a few windows settings need to be changed By default Windows is not set up correctly for fast Internet browsing To optimize your Internet connection choose Internet Optimization in the Wizards section The wizard will now take you through the procedure step by step Choose the type of Connection you have in the first window To do this choose one of the options in the drop down menu e g Modem ISDN or DSL When you ve chosen the type click the Next button to continue The wizard now checks if your Wind
20. optimize the general performance of your computer launch the System Optimization wizard The wizard asks you to state information on how you use the computer Select the corresponding items from the drop down menu that most closely match the way you use your computer In the Visual Effects menu you can choose if you require Maximum Performance in terms of graphics or if Windows default settings are enough In the menu Use of the computer you select how you use your computer e g 87 Workstation without network or Internet connection Click Next when you have selected all appropriate items TuneUp System Optimizer a x L TuneUp System Optimizer Task Scheduler 0 Help Select profile gt Confirm optimization gt Finished General Start Page System can be optimized 7 a TuneUp System Optimizer has Found 9 ways to optimize your system Click on BE uc Mantenance the blue heading to show details or on Next to start the optimization process W System Advisor Scanned settings Wizards Visual Effects ve Visual effects enhance the desktop but influence the system s performance as well 5 Recommended Internet Optimization optimizations W9 System Optimization A System configuration Gig These settings have a direct influence on the Perrone senting p optimizations performance and stability of your system S RescueCenter active System Optimizer has found items that can be optimized The wizard now
21. select the categories you want TuneUp RegistryCleaner to check i Cancel Help It is recommended that you choose Complete to run all tests on the registry The Scan RegistryCleaner will now scan your System In the program s window you can see each step of the scan process The yellow arrow indicates the step that is currently being run a green tick indicates that this step has been completed The bar below the list shows the total progress of the scan After the scan completes the program will display a message stating that the scan has finished Click the Show Errors button to get a list of the errors that RegistryCleaner has found 66 TuneUp RegistryCleaner Scanning your system Please wait until the analysis is completed Area of f Registry 8 Registry A Registry Registry g Registry amp Registry B Registry Registry dO Reaistry Status iS Finished Analyzing File types ActiveX and COM Shared files Fonts Help files Startup Application paths Software removal Sounds 19 CLSID 7170F2E0 9BE3 11D0 4009 004400B60544 Please wait until the program completes its scan This may take a while Evaluation In the evaluation window you initially see the summary page which shows you that the scan has completed It also displays the total number of errors found TuneUp RegistryCleaner can find the following types of errors File types
22. slack the file s reserved free space You can add files to the destruction process by either dragging them from your hard disk to the TuneUp Shredder Files window or by clicking the Add button and choosing them in the emerging dialog After you have added all files press Next to continue im TuneUp Shredder Which files would you like to delete TuneUp Shredder deletes filenames data and if selected the assigned Free space for the files listed below Delete assigned free space Click on Add to select the files you want to delete or drag and drop the Files From Explorer D D Test IEControl bpl D Test Indicators bpl D Test Internet bpl D Test MainControls bpl Choose the files you wish to shred Next you have to select the way Shredder should delete the files To do this choose one of the following two options in the Deletion method section Quick delete Overwrites the files with a single character After being deleted the files no longer contain the original data instead they contain a single character repeated over and over 100 Secure delete Deletes the files using a method described in the US regulation DoD 5220 22 M The file is deleted by overwriting it many times with alternating bit patterns Choose how often to repeat the deletion by entering a number in the Repeat the delete operation field Click Next to begin the deletion process When completed
23. the appearance and functionality of Windows TuneUp SystemControl undertakes cosmetic changes to Windows Here you determine what the Desktop looks like and how it works You will be surprised how many options TuneUp offers in this module For the most part they are functions innately offered by the Windows registry So far however only professionals were able to activate these options in the registry 15 TuneUp Icon Engineer module is responsible for the icons It exchanges existing symbols for new ones and simultaneously changes a number of system settings TuneUp StartUp Manager disables annoying startup programs These are programs which are automatically started together with Windows often against your wishes The module lists all startup programs and lets you decide which ones you want to have present in the background from now on To let you know which components are installed on your system the module TuneUp System Information endeavors to create a status report Point and click TuneUp SystemControl To start the program that will help you to fundamentally change the appearance of Windows click on the button TuneUp SystemControl in the selection menu TuneUp SystemControl is probably the most powerful module of the software As soon as the program window has opened it presents its numerous options in many different categories that are shown on the left These categories are labeled Viewing Usage Communication and
24. the left bar Categories you can also switch to the Start Menu or you can take a closer look at the icons of Drives Folder and Files By the way TuneUp Icon Engineer includes complete alternative icon packages It is possible to exchange the old fashioned Windows icons with the new icons in one step To do so press the Icon Packages button A new window opens and shows you all icon packages available Highlight one in the list and press OK to activate it Further icon collections are offered to you on the TuneUp Software web page 54 TuneUp Icon Engineer Icon Packages P Select an icon package and click OK to display it in the main LE window You can find more packages at the TuneUp website Content 58 files 808 KB Teon Packages Athor Noia Natural Carles Carbonell Author Carles Carbonell q Noia Standard 9 ow a TEP Description Author Carles Carbonell The Noia icons are c by Carles Carbonell Used with permission of the author Cancel Help TuneUp Utilities offers its own icon packs Drives and Folders Each drive and each folder gets assigned a standard icon by Windows With the Icon Engineer you now have the opportunity to edit individual icons You can for example equip your computer games section with a particularly funky fun icon while the hard disk containing your office applications keeps a rather businesslike symbol The exchange of particular icons is of course pur
25. time becomes big and filled with unnecessary entries If you re looking for a tool with which you can manually manipulate the cog wheels that run Windows then TuneUp Registry Editor is the tool for you The editor displays the registry a tree structure of keys and sub keys which are grouped according to categories The left window named Folder contains a directory structure Each directory represents a single key Double click a key to view its sub keys When you reach a leaf key in the hierarchy the right window will display keys and their values which you can then edit Right click a value to display a pop up menu that contains options for manipulating this value Delete removes this value from the registry Rename renames the key Change allows you to change the value stored in the key Right clicking a directory displays a different popup menu containing more options Search allows you to search for directories and values in the registry Set bookmark adds a virtual bookmark to your bookmarks list so that you can quickly find this directory if you ever require it again Bookmarks are shown in the lower third of your screen in the Bookmark tab The Search Results tab contains all matches found for the search you issued 94 TuneUp Registry Editor File Edit View Search GoTo Bookmark Help Qs Of G G X A lE Folders g search Folder X Name Data 5 My Computer a H HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT S HKEY_CURRENT_USER AppEvents
26. until clicked on The second option limits the flashing to a number which can be set by the user The default here is 3 In the General section you determine how much time the system will wait before other windows can activate again e Tab Button View Here you specify if and how windows are represented by buttons in the taskbar If you want an open window to at the same time deposit a button on the taskbar the Show windows as taskbar buttons has to stay enabled View section Specify the Maximum width of buttons in pixels The default is 154 pixels The Show animated buttons option can be enabled or disabled In the Grouping section you can determine that several windows of one and the same application are represented by a shared button on the taskbar If you want this kind of grouping enable the Group similar 32 taskbar buttons option Matching this setting also enable the Group any application with at least X windows option By default grouping happens as soon as two windows of one application are shown on screen and there is no space left on the taskbar TuneUp SystemControl lt TuneUp SystemControl A Flashing Buttons Button View Minimized Window Advanced iewing gy Animations amp Effects B File Types amp Folder Options Show windows as taskbar buttons TS Define whether and how windows are represented by buttons h the taskbar View Maximum width of buttons
27. uses your specifications to analyze your system s settings and groups the results into the Visual effects and System configuration categories Click on the blue category title to view the exact changes TuneUp System Optimizer would like to make Within the detailed view you can deselect a particular suggestion by removing the tick within the checkbox in front of that suggestion Click Next when you re done choosing which changes you would like TuneUp System Optimizer to make for you TuneUp System Optimizer now modifies your system according to what you selected in the previous window When it completes you can close the wizard by clicking on Finish 88 In most cases you will have to restart your computer after TuneUp System Optimizer completes TuneUp will inform you of this when necessary by displaying a Reboot required message Detail view Visual Effects To optimize your system as desired TuneUp System Optimizer will change the settings in the list below Uncheck an entry to prevent the setting to be changed Changes n Folders with music al note wallpaper Disable Show window contents while dragging hile dragging shows the whole window content instead of the single frame W Disable Color transition in title bars Shows the title bars of windows with a color transition Disable Show shadows under mouse pointer Shows a shadow under the mouse pointer Disable Show translucent selection rectangle When selecting more File
28. your system TuneUp Utilities 2003 allows you to completely remove an application from your hard disk using TuneUp Uninstall Manager The program lists all applications games and tools installed on your computer which are represented by an uninstall entry in the registry 95 If you would like to remove an application from your computer mark it in the list and click on Uninstall This will only work for applications in the list marked by a green tick An uninstallation program is launched to remove the application This uninstallation program will not only remove all application files from your system but will also remove any icons start menu items and keys in the registry that the application created Follow the instructions provided by the uninstallation program to remove the application B TuneUp Uninstall Manager DER File Edit View Help BQ Uninstall Q Search XX delete B Properties views v ff HyperSnap Dx 5 df Logitech MouseWare 9 76 f Paint Shop Pro 5 0 YA Uninstall software of rjhExtensions X Remove entry Modify properties Details HyperSnap Dx 5 Installed on 4 26 2003 11 54 14 aM Size 6 MB Command line C Program Files HyperSnap DX 5 HprUnInst exe 4 entries 0 bad S RescueCenter active These programs are currently installed on your computer 96 Some users manually delete programs from their computers This unfortunately does not remove keys in the registry and leaves the uninst
29. 6 4 modified settings 507 Byte 2 g TuneUp SystemControl 26 04 2003 16 18 4 System recovery 4 modified settings 509 Byte amp TuneUp SystemControl 26 04 2003 16 20 1 modified setting 482 Byte B TuneUp RegistryCleaner 29 04 2003 11 55 75 deleted entries 0 files 2KB TuneUp System Optimizer 29 04 2003 13 31 24 modified settings 1KB v Details gt lt Delete Restore The listed backups can be restored System recove From time to time Windows XP creates a system restore point Should your computer begin to malfunction you can use the system restore point to recreate the state of your computer at that particular moment all settings that have been changed after this point are dropped Choose the System recovery tab to list all system restoration points available on your computer Choose an entry and click Restore to restore your computer to the settings of that moment You can also create your own system restore point by clicking Create Restore Point and entering its name in the following dialog box 107 lt TuneUp RescueCenter a E3 TuneU z EIERN z Options 9 Help Backups System Checkpoint 4 24 2003 6 10 PM Driver Installation 4 26 2003 12 50 PM Application Setup 4 26 2003 1 12 PM Custom Checkpoint 1 PM Create Restore Point G Restore You can create your own system restore points 108 9 TuneUp UpdateWizard TuneUp Utilities is being d
30. 92 Sounds This CLSID Histories Messe This CL Shortcuts Messenger Basic IM Obj This CLSID points to Messenger Object This CLSID points to the missing InpracServer32 C Program Files Messenger Object This CLSID points to the missing LocalServer32 C Program Files Me Messenger 1 0 Type Library The HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT Typelib 218CB45F 20B6 1 1d2 8E17 0000F803A446 1 O 0 win32 key of this type library Problem Points to the missing file C Program Files Messenger msmsgs exe This subkey of the type library can therefore be deleted 209 problems found All problems selected for cleaning S RescueCenter active So many errors on my system TuneUp RegistryCleaner can explain every single error to you point and click Cleaning Press the Start Cleaning button to begin the cleaning process RegistryCleaner will then process all marked errors in the error list and remove them from your Windows registry The wizard that launches will take you through the steps of cleaning the registry First it will display the number of errors to be fixed Next it will explain how to undo any changes using TuneUp RescueCenter Press Next when you re done reading the wizard s messages 70 The next screen shows an animated bar displaying the progress of RegistryCleaner Please wait until RegistryCleaner completes and displays its completed message TuneUp RegistryCleaner Your system is being cleaned A total of 209 problems were s
31. AMD Athlon processor with 500 MHz 128 MB RAM CD ROM or DVD ROM drive Internet access ff OO o 2 Software Installation Before you can use TuneUp Utilities on your computer you have to install the software During installation program files are transferred to the hard disk You can then start and use the Utilities without inserting the program CD into your CD ROM drive Starting the Installation If the Autoplay function is enabled for your CD ROM drive the TuneUp Utilities installation routine will start automatically In this case Windows attends to calling the file If the Autoplay function is disabled on your computer nothing happens after inserting the program CD into the CD ROM drive In this case use Explorer or some other file management program to run the file SETUP EXE in the root directory of the CD ROM To do this double click on the file The installation routine will now welcome you Right at the beginning you are asked to close all other open Windows programs To do this switch to these applications with ALT TAB and close them with the shortcut ALT F4 This way possible disturbances and interferences during the installation are prevented In addition TuneUp Utilities now can also update and overwrite system files which might otherwise have been in use Press the Next button to proceed 10 i TuneUp Utilities 2003 Setup TuneUp Welcome to the Utilities TuneUp Utilities 2003 Installation Wizard
32. Cancel ia Help Choose which drive contained the deleted file In the next step you can enter Search criteria This can help you filter out the file you re looking for You can enter the full name or you can use wildcards and only specify the parts of the name that you remember If you re looking for a Microsoft Word document for example you may wish to search for DOC If you wish to specify multiple search terms at the same time separate them with a semicolon You can also leave the search criteria field blank 102 There are two other options that help you filter out more files If you tick the Don t show 0 byte files option files containing no data will not be displayed By choosing the Show only files in good conditions option you can let TuneUp Undelete filter out files that it won t be able to recover Qe TuneUp Undelete What do you want to search for Insert your search criteria to limit the search scope If you don t know the name or file extension click on Next to search for all deleted files Search criteria doc Search tip If you want to use more than one search criteria separate them with semicolons You can use wild cards and Example mygraphic jpg myanimation Don t show O byte files C Show only files in good conditions Ce mere Core Ce You can specify which types of files should be displayed TuneUp Undelete now scans the selected hard disks for deleted files
33. Document setuplog txt Created 4 24 2003 4 46 49 PM Open file Text Document Modified 4 26 2003 10 53 26 Ph Properties Size 733 50 KB Last access 4 26 2003 10 53 26 Ph Choose the files to delete by ticking their check boxes 76 Cleaning When you re done selecting the files for deletion click on the Next button A status window will show you the number of files that will be deleted and how much hard disk space you will recover By pressing Next the cleaning process is started A blue bar indicates the progress of the cleaning process Please wait until DiskCleaner shows a message stating that the cleaning has completed By clicking on Finish you can exit DiskCleaner and return to the TuneUp Utilities main menu TuneUp DiskCleaner Cleaning completed Thank you for using TuneUp DiskCleaner of TuneUp DiskCleaner deleted 76 files and recovered 64 77 MB free space on your drives 4 backup was not created Click Finish to close this Wizard Done DiskCleaner has removed all unnecessary files 77 5 Optimize amp Improve The category Optimize amp Improve is responsible for improving your system Many default settings in windows reduce the performance of your computer Normally only experts know how to change these settings to improve performance You can use the two modules that TuneUp Utilities 2003 offers in this category to do the same M TuneUp S Utilit
34. Exe Yes Registry All use Q2 All users 7 msmsas C Program Files Mess Yes Registry Curren 8 Current user gy Registry 8 Al users Run E Run Once 8 Current user amp Run E Run Once SD RescueCenter active The overview of all detected startup commands All startup programs are usually checked and therefore activated If you remove the pre selection by clicking on the particular boxes which are checked the commands concerned will not be carried out anymore at the next start This way you can find out if an entry is as unimportant as it seems In case of emergency you can always check the box again via mouse click Entries marked can be removed from the list completely by using Delete Press Refresh afterwards to re import the list Now you can control whether the annoying Startup programs have really been removed If you wish to add a new Startup program to the list yourself mark the folder in the bar and press the Add button Insert the name of the application into the dialog und select the path to the start file of the software in the Target field The Find button helps you 60 Windows Media Player Target Application type Target C Program Files Windows Media Player wmplayer exe Section FRegistry Current User Run You can add an Startup entry of your own TuneUp System Information TuneUp System Information takes a deep look into your computer and
35. Memory and Cache e Tab Memory Management The Virtual Memory section deals with PC systems with more than 256 MB memory Here the performance can be increased by deactivating both driver and core removal They define whether the drivers and the Windows System core are always stored in the memory or if a removal during idle time is allowed In the Page File section TuneUp gives the option to overwrite the content of the Windows swap file with zeros in order to delete it when the system is shut down That function disables a spy to find out what you have worked on while at the PC e Tab Memory Usage In the Memory Usage section you define whether the computer should reserve more memory for the programs or for the system cache If you want to optimize the memory press the button Start TuneUp MemOptimizer 46 e Tab Advanced This tab allows you a fast point and click access to the three tools TuneUp StartUp Manager TuneUp Process Manager and TuneUp System Optimizer These three tools will be introduced in the manual later on Administration Start and Maintenance e Tab System Start The Enable boot defragmentation option results in the data needed for booting being arranged on the hard disk in a way that lets it be found very quickly If the option Do not show boot logo and error messages is not activated Windows does not only disable the showing of the logo but does not show any alarm messages during booting The secti
36. Programs Communication Privacy Administration User Logon Administration Drives Administration Memory and Cache Administration Start and Maintenance Administration System 10 10 14 15 16 17 21 24 27 30 32 34 36 38 39 42 45 46 47 50 TuneUp Icon Engineer System Icons Drives and Folders Appearance Repair TuneUp StartUp Manager TuneUp System Information 4 Clean amp Repair TuneUp RegistryCleaner The Scan Evaluation Cleaning TuneUp DiskCleaner The Analysis Evaluation Cleaning 5 Optimize amp Improve TuneUp MemOptimizer TuneUp System Optimizer Quick Maintenance System Advisor Internet Optimization Wizard System Optimization Wizard 52 52 55 Fi 58 59 61 64 65 66 67 70 72 72 74 77 78 79 83 84 85 86 87 6 Administer amp Control TuneUp Process Manager TuneUp Registry Editor TuneUp Uninstall Manager 7 File recovery amp Destruction TuneUp Shredder TuneUp Undelete 8 TuneUp RescueCenter Undo changes System recovery 9 TuneUp UpdateWizard 10 TuneUp RegistryDefrag Launching the tool 11 Glossary 12 Index 90 91 94 95 98 99 101 105 106 107 109 111 112 115 127 1 Dear Users Most computers used worldwide run Windows XP or one of its previous versions as an operating system Windows is well suited to starting programs and m
37. RescueCenter at any time Wizards Select a task E Internet Optimization pe 43 System Optimization registry and hard disk Carryout a Quick Maintenance session to clean up your Analyze the computer with the System Advisor to receive hardware and software suggestions With the Internet optimization Wizard you can speed up your surfing and downloading of files Adapt your computer s configuration to your needs with the System Optimizer s RescueCenter active TuneUp System Optimizer s start up screen 83 Quick Maintenance The Quick Maintenance task cleans your registry and hard disk To run this task click on the Quick Maintenance link on the left side of the window The Quick Maintenance task is designed to be just that quick A simple click on Start Examination starts the scanning of your registry and hard disk While the tool scans your system the status window informs you about the program s progress When the scan completes click on Fix Problems to fix the problems that have been found on your system By clicking Finish you can close the tool and return back to the main screen of System Optimizer TuneUp System Optimizer a x L TuneUp n n 2 System Optimizer cheduler Help General Quick Maintenance Start Page n 5 i Checking registr Analyzing k Maint Checking registry 3 eta ls MTT Searches for invalid references in the registry Y System Advisor Checking applications Searches For
38. TuneUp Utilities 2003 The Manual LE TuneUp Utilities 2003 lt gt RescueCenter UpdateWizard o Customize Customize amp Analyze Blane ey TuneUp SystemControl n olsan gy Let ntrol the look and feel of the Windows intert Repair Rcd S you control the look and feel o e Yyindows interface TuneUp Icon Engineer Changes nearly all Windows icons F Optimize Impro Control Controls what programs are started with Windows Q file recovery l TuneUp System Information Destruction PSY Provides comprehensive information on your computer TAJU aR TuneUp StartUp Manager TuneUp Software TuneUp Utilities 2003 was developed by TuneUp Software GmbH Donnersbergring 22 64295 Darmstadt Germany Web www tune up com a mania The software manual was written by Redaktionsbtiro Typemania Carsten Scheibe Web www typemania de To receive software support contact E Mail tu2003 tune up com Web www tune up com support Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Dear Users System Requirements 2 Software Installation Starting the Installation Starting the Software 3 Customize amp Analyze TuneUp SystemControl Viewing Animations amp Effects Viewing File Types Viewing Folder Options Usage Input options Usage Start menu Usage Taskbar Communication Network Communication Internet Explorer Communication Mail
39. allation entry in the list although the application has been removed from your computer already To remove the entry from your system mark the application in the list and click the Delete button To search for an installed program choose the Search function Enter the name of the application you re looking for and click Search The tool will mark the first entry in your uninstall list matching your query 97 7 File recovery amp Destruction TuneUp Utilities provides two modules to allow you to recover deleted files and to safely remove files from your computer so that they cannot be recovered again These modules can be found in the category File recovery amp Destruction m TuneUp 3G Utilities 2003 lt gt RescueCenter UpdateWizard or f g Customize File recovery amp Destruction Analyze gt TuneUp Shredder Deletes files securely ensuring that they cannot be recovered later Fo Optimize TuneUp Undelete Improve P Recovers files that have been deleted from the Recycle Bin AGmMINISter 7 ip Control amp File recovery Destruction TuneUp Software S _ Safely remove sensitive files permanently from your hard disk The module TuneUp Shredder removes files from your hard disk so that even data recovery experts can t restore these files TuneUp Undelete does exactly the opposite it can try to recover files that have 98 previously been deleted from y
40. allel to the start of Outlook Express 38 e Tab Outlook XP Appearance In the Type a question for help Field section you define if this field is shown in the Outlook XP tool bar From here you have a quick access to the help functions of the software In the Minimize Outlook XP section you select if Outlook XP should be shown as an icon in the taskbar or the system tray when the window is minimized If you decide for the system tray activate the option Minimize Outlook XP to notification area In the section Live Scrolling in Word you can select whether the section of emails and documents shown in Word during the scroll is updated immediately or not until the mouse button is released e Tab Outlook XP Security When Outlook XP gets attachments within an email the opening of certain file types should be prohibited generally Otherwise script viruses could be activated In the section Blocked File Types you can see all file types that by default cannot be opened with Outlook XP You can call off such a prohibition singly or cancel them all completely by using the option Block None Communication Privacy e Tab Clear Traces Activate the Delete history lists at logoff option when Windows should empty the lists of the documents and programs last used while the computer is shut down That way nobody can reconstruct what you have done on the PC 39 Activate the option Empty Internet Explorer cache when exiting if you want th
41. anaging files But if users want to adapt the system optimize it or slenderize it they will soon realize that this is much more difficult than it might sound Actually however anything is possible Windows controls the programs which are automatically activated during start up It determines the commands that are available in the start menu Windows also determines the look of the icons on the desktop But How can a user change these settings It s all very easy is what the professional says All important variables are hidden in the Windows configuration files and in the registry after all The registry is the central database in Windows which both programs and hardware modules save their current settings to Using the appropriate editors it is possible to open these specific system files and to expertly modify the variables The problem however is that only well informed professionals know where to look for the variables they are interested in amongst all the cryptic entries For most users an opened registry is nothing but a mystery TuneUp Utilities 2003 is designed to help both the novice user and the expert in adapting Windows to their individual demands In numerous windows all important system options are listed They can subsequently be activated and deactivated point and click TuneUp Utilities then independently attends to changing the appropriate entries in either the registry or the configuration files However TuneU
42. and display elements scrolling and Folding should be animated Network Animate list view amp tree view 2 Internet Explorer C Slide open combo boxes J Mail Programs A Privacy C Smooth scroll list boxes Restore Defaults l Best Performance Administration a Care for some animation e Tab Menu Appearance Here you determine the look and behavior of context menus and of the application standard menus 19 In the Animation section you decide whether menu elements will be hidden after being called In addition you can select to Use the following display effect from the pull down menu In the Effects section you choose whether Windows will use flat 2D menus or if open menus ought to cast a small shadow on the area underneath e Tab Font Smoothing Texts on screen can actually only be read smoothly when they have been smoothed in the Standard mode Otherwise they show ugly jagged pixel edges which are particularly obvious in large headlines The font smoothing technique ClearType is quite modern It smoothes the character more precisely than usual and is particularly suited for LCD monitors In this section you decide on one of the three available modes Preview the characteristics of an option and then determine the Smoothing in a pull down menu 20 Smoothing Preview No smoothing Select the type of font smoothing you prefer and find the most comfortable to rea
43. cent Documents Desktop or My Documents 50 e Tab Search The options on this screen have influence on the optics and the performance of the search dialog The Disable Indexing Service option assures that the cataloguing of your documents which is automatically carried out in idle time is prevented by the index service The option Use classical search in Explorer takes over the classical search dialog style known from Windows ME and Windows 2000 instead of the modern style In the section Searched File Types you can define which text types and file types are scanned for certain content by using the File Types button e Tab Special Folders Here you can define to which physical paths special folders such as My Documents should refer to Highlight a special folder and press Change to adjust the path to your notions e Tab Repair In this tab TuneUp SystemControl presents numerous problems to you which can occur when using Windows Select an entry from the pull down menu Potential Problems which applies to your system and then press Repair Now to solve the problem An example for such a problem would be The Recycle Bin icon is missing from the desktop 51 TuneUp Icon Engineer Without icons Windows will not get far The small square symbols can be found everywhere in the start menu in the file dialogs and of course on the desktop TuneUp Utilities dedicates an own program to the icons Start TuneUp
44. contiguous and always at the same position it is faster to access and so improves the performance of Windows when used instead of a temporary swap file Path A path points to a position where a file is stored E g a file called logo bmp in a folder called Windows on the hard disk c would have the path c windows logo bmp Prompt A signal showing that MS DOS is ready to accept new input Normally the prompt consists of the drive name the path and the gt symbol e g e gt Processor Cache Very small but very fast memory within the processor containing a copy of information used frequently by the processor so that the processor doesn t have to read this information from slower memory RAM Short for Random Access Memory See main memory Registry A database in Windows containing information about hardware and software installed on your computer Without the registry your Windows installation cannot work To improve performance you should clean your registry regularly a large registry can slow Windows down 123 Resolution Graphics Card Monitor For graphics monitors the screen resolution signifies the number of dots pixels on the entire screen For example a 640 by 480 pixel screen is capable of displaying 640 distinct dots on each of 480 lines or about 300 000 pixels The higher the resolution the more space is available on your screen The maximum resolution is dependant on the amount of memo
45. d Standard Select the type of font smoothing you prefer and find the most comfortable to read ClearType Select the type of font smoothing you prefer and find the most comfortable to read What form of Font Smoothing do you prefer Viewing File Types e Tab Menu Operations In the Drives and Folders section you chose which of the entries listed are supposed to be shown in the folders context menus The Show Explore from here option opens a folder in a new window The Show Prompt here option opens the prompt at the location desired In the Files and Folders section you determine which commands are to be shown in the context menus of both files and folders Here you can upgrade the four commands Show Send To menu Show Copy To Folder Show Move To folder and Show Encrypt and Decrypt not available for XP Home Edition if required Commands already active are marked with a check 21 And again The Restore Defaults button will re establish the original Windows settings TuneUp SystemControl TuneUp SystemControl a y n Menu Operations New Menu Opening Files Advanced iewing Lea 5 Aan EE Drives and Folders debi ad Select which of the entries below should be shown in the Folders B File Types iy context menu Folder Options C Show Explorer from here Opens the selected location in a new window E Show Prompt here Opens the prompt in the selected location
46. d disk This frees up physical memory allowing it to be used for new tasks Task bar Part of the Windows desktop Mostly at the bottom of the screen it contains the Start button and shows all currently running programs as buttons Temporary swap file Swap file created by Windows only when it s required The size and position of this file can change over time see Permanent swap file Temporary files Files created by applications to temporarily save data physically Most temporary files are automatically deleted when they aren t required anymore The glossary was taken with permission from the German ARCHmatic Glossar und Lexikon www glossar de by Alfons 125 Oebbeke modified by Carsten Scheibe and translated by Patrick Wolowicz 126 12 Index Activate active window tracking 30 Alexa wid enaa eat 41 Autoplay segona penan an 46 Balloons in the notification area 35 Boot defragmentation Clean up amp Repair eens Clear Ty pe i i ccveccesivesssocsiecsesscveavecsere 21 Customize amp Analyze 16 Delete history lists at logoff 4 Desktop icons 0 0 ceeteeeeeereeteeeenees 27 Empty Internet Explorer cache when EKIN vi ec ccsccesscckcsedeciecitesssescsetenss Error reporting Flashing cursor Font smoothing 21 TOONS 5 485 bannoni Siesta stevens 53 Installation 11 Internet Explorer 37 License agreement eeeeeeeeteeee 12 Low disk space warning
47. dows icons ag TuneUp StartUp Manager Controls what programs are started with Windows Q file recovery fot TuneUp System Information A Destruction R Eor Provides comprehensive information on your computer TuneUp Software a RescueCenter can be found below the title bar of the window 105 Undo changes Click Undo changes in the Tasks section in the left part of your window TuneUp RescueCenter displays a chronological listing of all saved data RescueCenter displays both files that were cleaned off of your hard disk and registry settings that were removed The table contains the date at which the task was originally run The space the data originally required on your computer is also displayed as well as which TuneUp module created the backup and how many files settings were modified Select an entry and click on Details to display the registry keys and or files that were deleted during that task The first few lines also contain information about the date at which this rescue file was created and which operating system was used Click Restore to recreate the registry keys files from this back up Click Delete to delete this back up from your computer do this only when you re completely sure that you don t require it 106 S TuneUp RescueCenter E K lt TuneUp s y nrn RescueCenter E ontions 0 Help Tasks Backups Sort Date Program ota es TuneUp SystemControl 26 04 2003 16 1
48. e gimmickry Go to the Drives and Folders tab to view the icons activated at the moment Next highlight an icon that you would like to exchange und 35 press the Change Icon button The program then reads the icon library Shell32 DLL that is enclosed in Windows If you have your own icon library it can be read by pressing Browse When you have found a suitable icon highlight it and then press OK to use it Whenever you press the Default Icon button the old icon is activated again and the exchange is undone Notice You will have to log onto Windows XP again to exchange the drive icons Exchanging the icons of the folders is possible right away TuneUp Icon Engineer g System Icons Drives and Folders EN Appearance ae Repair Drives and Folders Current Icon Gil SB 3 Floppy 4 lt p B4 Perrys lexie a22 3 CD Drive E i Select a Folder or drive in the tree view and then click on Change icon to select a new icon For the selected object Exchanging the hard disk and folder icons 56 Appearance Go to the Appearance tab At this point the program works with the icons on the Windows desktop again Here you can edit a variety of features that influence the representation of the icons Notice The program window shows you a preview of all modifications that you make here on the left hand side That way you can control yourself In Windows XP it is impossible to manipulate the maximum col
49. e into operation In the Window and Note Animation section you can determine whether windows or tooltips will be animated or not Here you can specifically enable Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing If the option Use the following animation with tooltips is activated you can for example choose an option like Fade effect from the Effect pull down menu 18 In the Animation of Elements section you can decide in which display and control elements both scrolling and opening will be animated You can activate the three options Animate list view amp tree view Slide open combo boxes and Smooth scroll list boxes Click on Best Performance to disable all options that are only straining after effects With Restore Defaults you reactivate the predetermined Windows status quo TuneUp SystemControl lt TuneUp SystemControl a Effects Animation Menu Appearance Font Smoothin iewing Effects Animation ppe g z a Bel Select the desired animation that should be applied for actions on S Animations amp Effects windows and lists 9 File Types Folder Options Window and Note Animation Select whether and how the interface elements such as windows and tooltips should be animated C Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing TS Input Options C Use the Following animation with tooltips a Start Menu yde effect a Taskbar Animation of Elements Communication Select for which control
50. e memorization of passwords is of course a security risk Here you can block or allow the password storage for net services and for NT domains The Universal Plug and Play section deals with the Windows service that can recognize devices newly connected to the network automatically This recognition is also a security risk that can be removed by disabling the option Enable Universal Plug and Play e Tab Internet Time It can be quite annoying if the system clock of the computer is always fast or slow In this case it is sensible to synchronize the computer clock with the atomic clock via the Internet If you want to use this function the following option has to be activated Synchronize with Internet time server automatically 35 In the section Available Time Servers TuneUp SystemControl already mentions two well known standard time servers If you know more online addresses you can upgrade them by using Add e Tab Internet Here you can configure the data transfer via the Internet protocol TCP IP In the section TCP IP Settings press the button Settings to view the current TCP IP settings They can be manually edited If you want the data transfer to be accelerated automatically press the button TuneUp System Optimizer Communication Internet Explorer e Tab View In the section Title Bar choose Text and then put in which written line should be shown in the title bar of the Internet Explorer The default is Microsoft Int
51. e web browser to delete the cache when it is finished This should only be the case if you are very safety conscious and you would not like a third party to be able to reconstruct what you did online by using the data in the cache e Tab Internet Explorer You should activate the option Block information on surfing habits through Alexa if you want to deactivate the Windows souvenir Alexa It sends information about your surf habits over the Internet to the company that created Alexa to allow the Show Related Links service When the option Disable integrated Windows authentication is activated Internet Explorer does not try anymore to log on to websites automatically via the Windows authentication When the option Prevent check for updates is activated Internet Explorer does not frequently contact the Microsoft Server anymore to inform you about possible updates e Tab Update This tab deals with the Windows function called Windows Update If the option Activate automatic Windows updates is turned on and an Internet connection exists Windows is allowed to connect to the Microsoft server to check whether updates for your system are available The option Activate step by step installation can be activated if you want to be in control of your computer s actions As a result Windows asks for your permission before downloading updates instead of silently 40 downloading them in the background without asking for your permission
52. ee to use on your drives I O Devices At this point all important ports the installed printer drivers and the audio devices are listed Communication Two real time monitors show the data received and sent via the network during an online connection in kilobytes per second System Devices Information about the processor and about the BIOS is given 63 4 Clean amp Repair The category Clean up amp Repair is responsible for slenderizing your system P TuneUp 3G Utilities 2003 lt gt RescueCenter UpdateWizard Clean up amp Repair TuneUp DiskCleaner Clean up P amp Repair Removes junk data from your hard disks and recovers disk space f o Optimize 2 TuneUp RegistryCleaner S Improve i Removes invalid entries and references in your system 9 Administer SS Control Destruction TuneUp Software The two tools in the category Clean up amp Repair can easily be accessed through the graphical interface Each program that is newly installed writes entries into the registry These entries are often not fully removed after deleting the software As a result the registry gets larger and takes more and more memory on the hard disk In addition Windows accesses the registry frequently The larger it is the longer it takes to find and access the data requested That leads to a creeping slowdown of the system TuneUp Utilities removes useless entries from the registr
53. elected for cleanup Please wait while TuneUp RegistryCleaner corrects the problems This process can be cancelled at any time by pressing the Cancel button Progress T9 Analyzing the selected problems Delete registry key Winamp File 75 156 of 209 problems corrected Cancel Help You can watch what RegistryCleaner is currently doing during the cleaning process When RegistryCleaner completes it displays a message stating that it has successfully cleaned your registry Click on Finish to close the wizard This will take you back to the main window of TuneUp RegistryCleaner By choosing Quit from the File menu you can close TuneUp RegistryCleaner 71 TuneUp DiskCleaner To clean up your hard disk select TuneUp DiskCleaner from the main selection list After the module loads it displays a welcome message explaining its purpose TuneUp DiskCleaner helps you clean up your disk drives The files selected for deletion can be backed up in compressed format and restored at any time with a special utility called TuneUp RescueCenter The Analysis Before DiskCleaner can begin its analysis it needs to know which partitions you would like to scan DiskCleaner automatically selects all hard disk partitions By clicking in the box next to a partition you can add or remove it from the list of partitions that will be scanned Only drives with a checkmark will be scanned DiskCleaner displays the available space and t
54. em to warn you with a sound about errors and wrong inputs In the System Errors section you define what should happen when the system was stopped because of a critical system error You can choose between Restart the system automatically and Show an error message blue screen in the pull down menu 49 Administration System e Tab General In the General section you can change the name and the company of the user who has registered the present Windows version Here you can also find the serial number In the section Windows Installer User Data insert both the name and the company name which will be inserted into user information automatically when new software is installed With the Settings button in the Support Information section a configuration window is opened Here you can adjust the features of the system for the information shown e Tab Common Dialogs In this tab you define the appearance of the common dialogs for opening and saving files In the Elements section you decide which navigation elements for simplified operating are shown in common dialogs At this point you can activate the Back button and let yourself be shown an additional selection field with the files used latest In the Places Bar section you decide whether a location bar is shown on the left hand side of the standard dialogs and which locations it should refer to Press the Customize Places button to create references such as My Re
55. er windows option can either be enabled or disabled as well In the section Automatic Completion on the Address Bar you decide if and how entries into the Explorer and Internet Explorer address fields are to be completed automatically Originally the options Use inline AutoComplete and Show list with suggestions sorted by similarity are active You can also determine that lists are opened upwards instead of downwards e Tab Thumbnails In folders Windows can show you small thumbnail previews matched to a picture collection Here you decide how these preview pictures will look like 25 In the Thumbnail Size you determine the dimensions of the thumbnails The default is 96 pixels You can however enter any other value In the Picture Quality section use the slider to determine the quality of the generated thumbnails The better the picture quality the more disk space the previews will need In the Thumbnails section you decide if the thumbnails will be stored intermediately in a file called THUMBS DB The file is then simply saved with the folders and can later be read out particularly quickly e Tab Colors This is another place where we deal with the look of folder windows You can determine the color which individual elements will be highlighted in on mouse over If you are using the NTFS file system on your partition you can let the system show encoded and compressed files in a very particular color as well e Tab Ad
56. ernet Explorer In the Background Image section you can decide whether you want an image behind the tool bar of the Internet Explorer If you wish this activate the Show own background image option and select your own image by using Browse By using Select in the Show Source Code section you define a program that will be started to visualize the source code of a website The program used by default here is Notepad 36 TuneUp SystemControl TuneUp amp SystemControl View Usage Security Performance Title Bar Specify the text you want to show next to the website title in iewing y Animations amp Effects o File Types Folder Options the Internet Explorer title bar Text TuneUp Internet Explorer Background Image TS Input Options You can specify your own background image for the Internet a ep Explorer toolbar here art Menu a Taskbar J show own background image aD Communication Show Source Code e Network s Select the program you want to use to open a web page when Internet Explorer you click on the Source code menu item LI Mail Programs Program C WINDOWS Notepad exe A Privacy 3 3 Restore Defaults Administration OK Cancel Apply You can influence the appearance of the Internet Explorer e Tab Usage In the File Menu section you define what happens when you call the command New in the menu File You can either have the c
57. eveloped and updated by the programmers Modules are being improved and bugs found in the software are being removed Technology is also constantly changing so some tools have to be kept up to date M TuneUp Utilities 2003 lt gt RescueCenter UpdateWizard v ey Customize amp Analyze Analyze g TuneUp SystemControl Lets you control the look and feel of the Windows interface oS 5 Optimize TuneUp Icon Engineer ia Simprovi J Changes nearly all Windows icons g Administer ag TuneUp StartUp Manager control Controls what programs are started with Windows E recovery Destruction mR TuneUp System Information Provides comprehensive information on your computer TuneUp Software Make sure you regularly update your product If you own the full version of TuneUp Utilities you have the possibility to receive small updates to the software automatically and free of charge via the Internet To do this click on the graphical text UpdateWizard in the upper right corner of the main program window 109 With TuneUp UpdateWizard you can keep your product up to date To do this you have to tell the program what type of Internet connection you re using Choose a connection type from the list provided by the wizard Depending on your connection you my also have to specify your proxy settings via the Proxy Settings button After making the appropriate selections press Next to continue
58. he total space of each partition to aid you in the selection of which partition to clean On most computers the drive C contains many unnecessary files that can be removed Press the Next button to continue 72 TuneUp DiskCleaner E Welcome to TuneUp DiskCleaner TuneUp DiskCleaner helps you clean up your disk drives The files selected for deletion can be backed up in compressed format and restored at any time with a special utility called TuneUp RescueCenter You can free up extra space by uninstalling Windows components and programs Please select the disk drives you wish to scan from the following list and click on Next when you have finished selecting your drives Disk Drive Name Total size Free space 83 Floppy 4 Local Disk C 4134 MB 2408 MB Local Disk D 19524 MB 19432 MB Next gt Cancel Help Choose the drives that DiskCleaner should analyze and clean DiskCleaner will now begin analyzing your drive Please wait until it completes its analysis Even large partitions are scanned quickly with DiskCleaner However if you have many hard disks the analysis can take a while The yellow arrow marks the drive that is currently being scanned Green ticks indicate drives that have already been scanned The bar at the bottom of the window shows the total progress of the analysis When the analysis completes DiskCleaner displays a message stating this Click the Next bu
59. hown in the Windows start menu Simply mouse click into a checkbox to set a check or to remove it again In the Search section you chose the elements which will be listed under the start menu command Search You can highlight individual entries and remove them from the overview with Delete TuneUp SystemControl lt TuneUp SystemControl Special Menu Items Usage Advanced 3 PEE E Special Elements Ni hi b m az Specify which commands or special elements you want to B File Types display in the start menu Folder Options iewing o g My Network Places C network Connections C h Printers and Faxes 2 Recycle Bin j Input Options 5 E EA Scheduled Tasks a Start Menu 2 Taskbar Search E Specify here which elements you want to be listed in the as Search menu item Communication I For Files or Folders Network D For Computers a Internet Explorer For Printer Mail Programs Dror People A Privacy ED An the Internet Rename Administration OK Cancel Apply Determine the commands that should be shown in the start menu 30 e Tab Usage In this section you choose the look of the start menu and determine menu behavior on mouse events In the Open Cascading Menus section you can with the aid of a slider define the span of time passed before a menu opens after the mouse has moved over a menu entry Combined with this option
60. hts up as soon as the mouse pointer rests on it 28 e Tab Active Window Tracking In this section you can enable a function which some users value as very helpful and others deem particularly annoying The automatic window activation If you enable the Activate active window tracking option it from then on suffices to simply move the mouse pointer over an inactive window to activate it so that you can work with the program If the function is enabled it is possible to enable Delay before activation This determines for how many milliseconds the mouse pointer has to hover over a window for it to be activated The option in the Foreground section also has to be enabled It makes sure that the activated window is moved to the top e Tab Keyboard The settings in this section refer to work with the keyboard You can for example Activate flashing cursor in the Flashing Cursor section In a word processing program the cursor will then blink and thus be easier to detect You determine the flashing frequency via a slider The Preview shows the changes made If desired the cursor width can be adapted to individual notions by entering a new pixel value Enable the Activate key combinations with the Windows key in the Windows key section to enable Windows to create hotkeys including the Windows key 29 Usage Start menu e Tab Special Menu Items In the Special Elements section you can specifically determine which commands are to be s
61. ies 2003 lt 3 RescueCenter UpdateWizard gt Customize Analyze Optimize amp Improve he TuneUp MemOptimizer Monitors and optimizes free memory in the background Optimize TuneUp System Optimizer amp Improve Checks your system for settings that might be slowing it down F Q file recovery Vestruction TuneUp Software a Boost the performance of your system TuneUp MemOptimizer monitors the system memory of Windows and optimizes it regularly or in critical situations TuneUp System Optimizer checks your registry for settings that slow down your system and improves your configuration It also removes unnecessary items from your registry and your hard disk 78 TuneUp MemOptimizer Select TuneUp MemOptimizer from the menu to launch the tool The program consists of three tabs The overview tab displays an animated graph showing the current usage of your system s memory You can use it to watch how Windows is using your system resources The Free physical memory and Free space in page file fields display the amount of physical and virtual memory available lt TuneUp MemOptimizer Overview Manual Optimization Program Options Physical Memory Usage Graph Free physical memory 99MB 52 Free space in page file 364 MB 78 of AutoOptimize is active and is monitoring your memory Current 4utoOptimize settings Automatic optimization at 47 MB 27 Memory
62. le Types pa Templates Folder Options Type Extension M N Bitmap Image BMP Se Briefcase BFC a Compressed zipped Folder ZIP D Input Options E Rich Text Document RTF EE Start Menu E Text Document TXT ea Taskbar wave Sound WAY E Wordpad Document DOC Communication internet Explorer Options Ne EUS Set whether New menu should be shown in the shortcut menus of A Privacy desktop and free space of folder windows Show the New menu with the folder and desktop wallpaper Administration OK Cancel Apply Changing predetermined settings for the New menu e Tab Opening Files Here you decide how Windows is to react when opening unknown file types In the Default Application field you determine one of two options Either the Open with dialog will be shown or a file will automatically be opened with a predetermined program for example Notepad To pick the second option enter the application path start name in the Open with field 23 e Tab Advanced In the New Shortcut Prefix section you can choose whether the Shortcut to text will automatically precede each new link name If you do not want this to happen simply disable the option offered If the text is to remain leave the option enabled In the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer section you determine if picture and fax files will continue to be loaded into the Windows Picture and Fa
63. missing files needed by the Wizards applications Checking the registry structure 2 Internet Optimization Checks the integrity of the registry to identify 43 System Optimization structural errors Searches for temporary files Browses your disks for temporary files which may be safely removed COCO gedit RenderEngine 1 Stop Examination RescueCenter active Quick Maintenance is running 84 System Advisor The System Advisor analyzes your hardware and software settings and suggests changes that you could make to your system to improve performance Click the Examine System button to begin the examination process After a few seconds the results are displayed The problems found are grouped into categories such as display or system A short summary such as High resolutions delay image display immediately explains the problem Click the short summary of the problem to display a detailed description of the problem TuneUp System Optimizer al x L TuneUp eee n m 2 System Optimizer E Task Scheduler 0 Help General System Advisor Optimization suggestions Start Page Ao Quick Maintenance Y System Advisor The examination of the system has been completed 5 optimization tips were found Select a tip to have more detailed information Message Decrea Wizards Wallpaper image requires extra memory Internet Optimization System e System Optimization WA Processor upgrade for the current
64. n a gimmick can be activated that shows all users a predefined notification before logon such as a warning from the boss not to surf the Internet at the company s expense First of all activate the option Show message before logon then write the headline and then write the actual text into the place holder In the Logon and Logoff Troubleshooting section activate the offered option if you want detailed status notifications to be shown during the logon and the logoff process e Tab View In the Screensaver section you can select a screensaver It will be shown when no user is logged onto the computer Select a screensaver from the pull down menu Then define the idle time until its appearance in minutes Please do not confuse the logon screensaver with the normal screensaver that you can specify in the Display Properties dialog of Windows The logon screensaver that can be chosen in this tab is independent from your normal screensaver e Tab Tour Newcomers to Windows XP can go on a tour after the start of the system During the tour all important modules of Windows are introduced to the user Choose Settings and activate the option Show Windows Tour after logon if the invitation to the tour should be announced after the start of the computer In the Scope section you can also decide if this option is only for the current user or for all users 44 Administration Drives e Tab General The Enable UDMA66 Support section deal
65. n your computer than can be accessed randomly Main memory is volatile all information stored in it is lost as soon as it is cut off from electricity 121 Media Item on which you store data Disks CD ROMS hard disks magnetic tapes are all media Net Network The interconnection of computers and other resources printers to share the resources This interconnection can be local LAN or global WAN Internet Operating System The most important program that runs on a computer Every general purpose computer must have an operating system to run other programs Operating systems perform basic tasks such as recognizing input from the keyboard sending output to the display screen keeping track of files and directories on the disk and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers Operating systems provide a software platform on top of which other programs called application programs can run The application programs must be written to run on top of a particular operating system Your choice of operating system therefore determines to a great extent the applications you can run For PCs the most popular operating systems are DOS OS 2 and Windows Partition Virtual part of a hard disk that can be accessed by the operating system as a single hard disk 122 Permanent swap file A special swap file created by Windows that is always stored in the same position and contiguously Since the file is
66. n considerably as well If you want to know more about an option select it with the mouse In the Description field a short explanation will be shown immediately Press the Best Appearance button to select all options in a way to have Windows show really excellent looks If you prefer performance press 17 the Best Performance button With Restore Defaults the original settings are reloaded TuneUp SystemControl lt r TuneUp gt SystemControl Effects Animation Menu Appearance Font Smoothing Viewing gy Animations amp Effects Oo File Types amp Folder Options Settings Visual Effects Select the settings you want to be used when displaying and using user elements CZ Use a background image for each folder type Show window contents while dragging Q Input Options Show color shading in the title bar Show translucent selection rectangle Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop a v fi Start Menu M Show mouse pointer shadow vi v eb Taskbar Sta Usage Communication o e Network Description Internet Explorer with background images enabled by way of example a musical note is J Mail Programs shown in the background of folders containing music files A Privacy Restore Defaults Best Performance Best Appearance OK Cancel Apply Administration Enabling and disabling visual effects e Tab Animation When using windows and lists animations may com
67. nager Many programs start automatically with the Windows system without further enquiry That often happens on purpose when resident tools such as the virus scanner an ISDN call monitor or a text module administration are loaded But often enough newly installed programs set themselves up as startup programs This is annoying when the application is not used or when the user is harassed by tedious requests when starting the computer Many users know that the startup commands can be found in the Startup folder in the start menu und can also be deleted from there But this is not the whole truth Some start commands are entered directly into the registry and cannot be reached through the Startup menu The tool TuneUp StartUp Manager is fortunately able to find any startup program no matter how well it has hidden its start command Right at the start the utility lists all startup programs On the left hand side of the Folder Bar the entry All is highlighted You can reduce the list by clicking on a branch such as Startup Folder or Registry As a result only the startup entries that are administered there are shown 59 f TuneUp StartUp Manager DAR Eile Edit View Help a Refresh E Eolder Bar Ej Add fm All programs Programs that are run at system start or when a user logs in Folder Bar x Name Path Exists Section all VPP CTFMON EXE C WINDOWS System3 Yes Registry Curren Startup folder V E Logitech utility Logi_MwXx
68. nd easily If you click on one of the Categories in the list the main window changes and displays a list of all errors found in that category To get a detailed explanation of an error make sure the Details button is clicked and select the error in the list An explanation box will appear in the lower half of the main window By default RegistryCleaner wants to remove all errors it finds If there is a specific error you don t want RegistryCleaner to fix simply uncheck the box next to that error RegistryCleaner will then ignore this specific error during the cleaning stage 69 E3 TuneUp RegistryCleaner ActiveX and COM File Edit Cleaning View Help Ou statdeanng QL check g Details BP Registry Edtor g RescueCenter Categories X Type Problem description CddbDisc Class Summary a gt This CLSID points to the missing InprocServer32 C Program np Plugins eddbcontrolwinamp dl E Fie types a CddbFullName Class z gt This CLSID points to the missing InprocServer32 C Program Files Winamp Plugins cddbcontrolwinamp dll gt CddbTrackManager Class Shared files v 3 This CLSID points to the missing InprocServer32 C Program Files Winamp Pluginsteddbcontrolwinamp Gh Fonts a CDDBWinampContral Class red tes This CLSID points to the missing InpracServer32 C Program Files Winamp Plugins cddbcontrolwinamp dl CddbWinampu Class Ml Startup 3 This CLSID A Application paths E Software removal Messenger
69. ned many keys are removed however the registry size doesn t decrease This is because the space the key required is still there it just isn t in use TuneUp RegistryDefrag can remove these unused gaps in the registry so that the registry s size decreases This is done by creating a new registry file containing all existing keys in the correct order and then replacing the old registry with the new one automatically during the next reboot With this small trick the overall performance of Windows can be improved 111 Launching the tool Choose Optimize amp Improve from the main selection menu You will see TuneUp RegistryDefrag as one of the listed modules This module isn t available on Windows 2000 XP machines the problem that TuneUp RegistryDefrag fixes does not occur here Click on the module name to launch it AA S Utilities 2003 lt gt RescueCenter UpdateWizard Optimize amp Improve z TuneUp MemOptimizer Monitors and optimizes free memory in the background Optimize 29 TuneUp RegistryDefrag 8am x Improve Corrects physical errors in the registry and defragments it R Administer TuneUp System Optimizer D Jer o i Checks your system for settings that might be slowing it down f o File recovery Aes Destruction TuneUp Software Launch the Module After launching TuneUp RegistryDefrag a wizard appears and tells you that the module would like to create a new regi
70. nstead of the slower and cheaper dynamic RAM DRAM used for main memory Memory caching is effective because most programs access the same data or instructions over and over By keeping as much of this information as possible in SRAM the computer avoids accessing the slower DRAM 116 Disk caching works under the same principle as memory caching but instead of using high speed SRAM a disk cache uses conventional main memory The most recently accessed data from the disk as well as adjacent sectors is stored in a memory buffer When a program needs to access data from the disk it first checks the disk cache to see if the data is there Disk caching can dramatically improve the performance of applications because accessing a byte of data in RAM can be thousands of times faster than accessing a byte on a hard disk ClearType ClearType is a software technology developed by Microsoft that improves the readability of text on existing LCDs Liquid Crystal Displays such as laptop screens Pocket PC screens and flat panel monitors With ClearType font technology the words on your computer screen look almost as sharp and clear as those printed on a piece of paper ClearType works by accessing the individual vertical color stripe elements in every pixel of an LCD screen Before ClearType the smallest level of detail that a computer could display was a single pixel but with ClearType running on an LCD monitor we can now display features
71. of text as small as a fraction of a pixel in width The extra resolution increases the sharpness of the tiny details in text display making it much easier to read over long durations Clipboard The clipboard contains anything you copy from any application You can use it to copy and paste items and text within and between applications 117 Clock Frequency The number of commands per second a device can process also known as hertz Hz The higher the clock frequency the faster the device is Often used in conjunction with the processor speed A Pentium running at 200 MHz Megahertz is slower than a Pentium running at 400 MHz CMOS Short for Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CMOS is a manufacturing method that only requires a small current and does not generate much heat Most PC clocks use a battery based CMOS chip Color depth The number of distinct colors that can be represented by a piece of hardware or software Color depth is sometimes referred to as bit depth because it is directly related to the number of bits used for each pixel A 24 bit video adapter for example has a color depth of 2 to the 24th power about 16 7 million colors One would say that its color depth is 24 bits Cookies A cookie is a piece of information stored by a web site on your computer which that particular web site can read This is useful for some advanced surfing features such as shopping or logging in CPU Short for Central
72. omputer show the submenu command New Window which simply starts a new browser entity or you induce the program to show a submenu In the Favorites section you can activate and deactivate the file Links in the Internet Explorer favorites Therefore you have the option Show Links in Favorites menu Press the button Sort Favorites By Name in order to have the favorites arranged in alphabetical order 37 e Tab Security This tab deals with settings within the Internet Explorer that are relevant for security In the section Internet Explorer User Agent String you define how the Internet Explorer identifies itself at the websites frequented by you In the Download Confirmation section you select whether the Internet Explorer is allowed to accept certain downloads such as videos or music without confirmation If you want an inquiry the following option has to be activated Always confirm before downloading files e Tab Performance Here you define the Profile that is most suitable to the bandwidth of your Internet connection In the Description field you can read how many simultaneous server connections are needed for an accelerated website build up Communication Mail Programs e Tab Outlook Express If you use Outlook Express you can change the writing in the title bar in this tab Furthermore you can decide if the splash screen is supposed to be shown during the start If you wish the Microsoft Messenger can be loaded par
73. on Delay for Disk Scan deals with the CHKDSK module It starts automatically when the computer has not been shut down correctly and checks whether the data on the hard drives is intact The scanning process can by interrupted by the user by pressing a key Here you put in how many seconds CHKDSK should wait for the user s interruption before the scan starts 47 TuneUp SystemControl TuneUp SystemControl System Start Terminate program Desktop and Taskbar Error Handling Usage Boot Defragmentation YS Input Opt 2 RU l amp Select whether you want to optimize the order in which the files i Start Menu necessary for the boot process are loaded to speed up booting a Taskbar F Enable boot defragmentation recommended Communication Boot Logo and Error Messages Specify whether error messages and the boot logo should be e Network showing during startup amp Internet Explorer Do not show boot logo and error messages LJ Mail Programs Errors will still be recorded in the event log A Privacy Delay for Disk Scan amp A hard disk scan is completed at startup if the last system Administration shutdown was incomplete User Logon Wait for user cancellation For 10 seconds lt Drives A Memory and Cache ag Start and Maintenance Q System Restore Defaults OK Cancel Apply The boot defragmentation accelerates the system start e Tab Terminate program Wha
74. opy protection system of an application Deleting the file would cause the application to stop 75 So how can you choose which files DiskCleaner will delete Your first option is to exclude whole categories such as Backup files or Log files from the deletion process by removing the tick in the check box in front of them By clicking on a category and selecting Backup with RescueCenter you re always on the safe side All files that will be deleted in that category will be backed up with TuneUp RescueCenter They can later be recovered in case something stops functioning after the cleaning process Click on show details to display a detailed table of all files that are to be deleted in this category You can exclude a file from the deletion process by removing the tick from the check box in front of the file name Click on Open file to open the file and see what it contains a TuneUp DiskCleaner Details Log files Please select the files you want TuneUp DiskCleaner to delete You can delete up to 7 files which occupy 800 00 KB of space on your system File name Folder Size Type brndlog txt C Documents and Setti 10KB Text Document brndlog txt C Documents and Setti OKB Text Document brndlog txt C Documents and Setti 10KB Text Document brndlog txt C Windows system32 c OKB Text Document h323log txt C Windows system32 OKB Text Document OEWABLog txt C Windows 1KB Text Document af setuplog txt C Windows Text
75. or depth of the icons because it is always 32 Bit which is the maximum If you are using an older operating system you can raise the value here The desktop icons have a size of 32 x 32 pixels By using a slider you can modify the size of the icon Making the icons smaller is not a problem but when you make them bigger annoying jagged pixel edges might occur At the very bottom of the window you can define the spacing of the icons on the desktop You can set the distance in pixels vertically and horizontally 57 TuneUp Icon Engineer Q system Icons gt Drives and Folders EN Appearance Sel Repair Icon Preview Size and Spacing display of icons here Info Icons are always displayed with 32 bit color depth under Windows xP E gt Set the maximum color depth for the 4 Change the size of all icons normally D 4 i r gt displayed with 32x32 pixels here Normal Large Specify the spacing between the icons on the desktop here Spacing 43 pixels You can change the size and spacing of your desktop icons Repair Surely it is fun to modify the Windows icons and to put in personal settings But what will you do if the modifications desired for the icons are not implemented or Windows even interchanges individual icons In that case go to the Repair tab and press the Reload Icons button It makes sure that the chaos comes to an end 58 TuneUp StartUp Ma
76. ot of useful information about the current load on your computer The graph in the top left displays the current CPU usage The graph next to it displays the CPU usage over time Below the memory usage over time is displayed The tab also displays the current usage of your physical memory and page file in kilobytes 92 El TuneUp Process Manager File Yiew Help Processes Performance CPU Usage CPU Usage Graph Memory History Graph Memory Total 196 080 KB System 17 480 KB Cache 21 572 KB Other 65 416 KB Available 91 612 KB Find out what your system does at the moment 9 11 33 47 System Kernel Threads Handles Processes Page File Max size Used Available System Events Mutexes System runtime 478 604 KB 125 316 KB 26 353 288 KB 74 1453 223 4 hrs 14 min TuneUp Process Manager also offers a menu with which you can shut down Windows and change the priority of any running application Choose File Exit Windows to shut down or restart your computer Select View Refresh Now to reload all information in the current module Choose Edit Set Process Priority to change how much priority an application gets when Windows is assigning CPU time and memory 93 TuneUp Registry Editor The registry contains information about all hardware and software installed on your computer As you add hardware and software to your computer the registry grows and over
77. our computer Files deleted by TuneUp Shredder are of course unrecoverable TuneUp Shredder When you delete a file on your computer it is put into the Recycle Bin Even a computing beginner can recover the deleted file from the Recycle Bin so most users empty the recycle bin regularly or delete the file directly bypassing the Recycle Bin As you may or may not know Windows doesn t actually delete a file when you choose the Windows delete command The file remains on your hard disk and Windows only removes the entry to it from the FAT File Allocation Table so that the system doesn t see the file But with the right tool such as TuneUp Undelete these files can be found and recovered again as long as they haven t been overwritten by new data yet TuneUp Shredder ensures that files you delete via Shredder can t be recovered by hackers The tool uses a method developed by the US Department of Defense to ensure that files are permanently removed from your hard disk This is done by overwriting the files with redundant data destroying any previous data that was there before The module loads a wizard which asks you to choose if you would like to delete Files or a whole Folder Make your choice and click Next to continue If you choose Files Shredder will display the filenames and explain that it will delete the contents of these files If you tick the Delete assigned 99 free space option Shredder will also overwrite the so called
78. ows settings match the optimal settings for this connection type A green Already optimal message appears if Windows is already configured optimally Otherwise the message Not optimal appears in this case TuneUp System Optimizer can help you to optimize your settings Click on the blue titles to display a detailed report of what the Internet Optimization Wizard would like to change Click Next to begin the optimization process 86 TuneUp System Optimizer a X a Sistem Oona lol Task Scheduler 0 Help Select connection gt Confirm optimization gt Finished General 7 start Page Internet connection can be optimized y i TuneUp System Optimizer can speed up your Internet connection Click on g eee the blue heading to show details or on Next to start the optimization W System Advisor process Settings examined Wizards 2 Data transfer Not The TCP IP Protacol settings determine download A Internet Optimization speeds s i ER g optimal E aean Otiia Display of Internet pages J The number of simultaneous HTTP connections Not aj determines the times necessary For loading optimal Internet pages S RescueCenter active Your Internet settings are not optimal yet TuneUp System Optimizer will now optimize your settings Some changes that the tool makes may result in a Reboot required message Please do so if the wizard tells you to Click Finish to close the wizard System Optimization Wizard If you want to
79. p Utilities does not only meet the claim to prettify our Windows It is also possible to clean up and optimize the system by simply pressing a button The program then removes all redundant entries from the registry and optimizes the existing settings thus considerably increasing system speed All modules of TuneUp Utilities can be accessed from a shared graphical interface which is loaded immediately upon starting the software and makes available the following buttons Customize amp Analyze With this button you can attend to all cosmetic aspects in your cooperation with Windows determining how the system looks and behaves In addition you can change the user interface symbols and manage the programs intended to open during windows start up The section is rounded off with a system analysis option Clean up amp Repair Two modules clean up the Windows registry and delete superfluous files from the hard drive These activities considerably speed up the system Optimize amp Improve The program searches the system for speed obstacles and removes them In addition TuneUp MemOptimizer constantly optimizes memory in the background Administer amp Control Three modules help with editing the registry supervising running programs and safely removing all applications that are no longer needed File recovery amp Destruction Safety is feasible The Shredder for example is able to delete sensitive files in a way that renders them im
80. possible to restore On the other hand TuneUp Undelete can be used to restore programs that had already been deleted from the Windows recycle bin The RescueCenter is available to revert changes and restore files deleted by the Utilities The UpdateWizard helps with keeping the software up to date and downloads updates from the Internet point and click System Requirements TuneUp Utilities 2003 profoundly changes the Windows system The operating system however often changes considerably from one version to the next Even so TuneUp Utilities is able to adapt to differing Windows versions and supports the following Windows releases Windows 95 98 Me 2000 and XP TuneUp Utilities does not support Windows NT From a functional range point of view the program always adapts to the current operating system In Windows 95 98 Me for example the module TuneUp RegistryDefrag is available for defragmenting the registry while it is not installed in Windows 2000 XP SystemControl also adapts its functional range to the functions offered by the respective systems Minimal system configuration Microsoft Windows 95 Graphics mode 640x480 with 256 colors 30 MB free hard disk space Intel Pentium or AMD KS processor with 133 MHz 64 MB RAM CD ROM or DVD ROM drive o o o o Recommended system configuration Microsoft Windows Me 2000 XP Graphics mode 1024x768 with 16 7 m colors 50 MB free hard disk space Intel Pentium 4 5 or
81. ptions of the program By activating the Load automatically on Windows startup option you can have MemOptimizer begin optimizing your memory right after Windows starts The Show icon in taskbar option chooses whether you would like to have a small icon in your task bar showing the current status of MemOptimizer You can also optimize your memory by pressing a key combination when you feel your system is starting to slow down The current hot key setting is shown in the Key combination field CTRL ALT O You can change the hot key at any time via this tab 82 TuneUp System Optimizer You can start TuneUp System Optimizer from the main selection menu This tool allows you to find discrepancies in your system and optimize your computer s performance When the program finishes loading it displays some information about itself and states that anything it does can be undone via TuneUp RescueCenter You can select a task to run by clicking it or by clicking the appropriate link on the left side of the window 5 TuneUp System Optimizer 5 x Lt TuneUp nA 3 m 2 System Optimizer T cheduler 0 Help General Welcome to TuneUp System Optimizer Start Page Ema This program provides quick and easy manner maintenance of your Quick Maintenance computer You will work more efficently thanks to the easy system Y System Advisor optimization routines and the acceleration of your Internet connection All changes can be undone with the TuneUp
82. r Choose TuneUp Process Manager in the Administer amp Control section to start the module The module displays all currently running processes in the Processes tab The table contains the names of all processes along with the priority at which these are running and the amount of CPU time and memory these are using To view details about a program that is running select it in the table and click Show Details To force a program to quit click the End Process button This is useful if an application is not responding or if the application e g a dialer doesn t allow you to quit it 91 El TuneUp Process Manager File Edit View Help Processes Performance Process Priority CPU us Memory a Plcsrss exe High 0 2 936 KB winlogon exe High 0 3 536 KB El tuneup Process Manager High 10 10 408 KB E smss exe Normal 0 348 KB Ei services exe Normal 0 2 476 KB Ellisass exe Normal 0 980 KB By System process Normal 0 216 KB E svchost exe Normal 0 3 236 KB E svchost exe Normal 0 13 248 KB E svchost exe Normal 0 2 596 KB P svchost exe Normal 0 3 460 KB E spoolsv exe Normal 0 3 656 KB A ctfmon exe Normal 0 2 056 KB PP JEM_EXEC exe Normal 0 3 500 KB A wpabaln exe Normal 0 2 456 KB 1 New Folder Normal 0 10 388 KB D wuauclt exe Normal 0 3 968 KB You can view details on a process or terminate a process here The list of currently running processes The Performance tab provides a l
83. rocessor usage recommended Use SmartO ptimize recommended Configures all settings automatically to make sure that the load on your system is kept as low as possible Use manual settings Only optimize at under usage AutoOptimize monitors your system and optimizes its memory If you don t want to use the AutoOptimize features you can still optimize your memory manually by selecting the Manual Optimization tab By moving the slider in the Clear Manually box you can select how much free memory you would like to have after the optimizing process completes Click on Clear Now to begin the optimization process The program removes DLLs and other data from your memory that isn t required anymore You can also purge your clipboard by clicking Empty Clipboard in the Clipboard box The box also displays the amount of memory your clipboard is currently consuming 81 lt TuneUp MemOptimizer Overview Manual Optimization Program Options ah You can free physical memory manually by moving unneeded programs to the page file Clear Manually Please indicate the amount of memory you want to Free up and then click Clear now Memory size 9 129 MB Clipboard If the clipboard contains data that is no longer needed it should be emptied to free up memory Current clipboard size 416 Byte Empty Clipboard Manual memory optimization point and click The Program Options tab allows you to set up a few other o
84. rt of a file name after the dot Used by the operating system to detect which application to open a file with For example Windows opens DOC files with MS Word File name The complete name of a file consisting of the full name a dot and a file extension e g info doc Fragmentation Refers to the condition of a disk in which files are divided into pieces scattered around the disk Fragmentation occurs naturally when you use a disk frequently creating deleting and modifying files At some point 120 the operating system needs to store parts of a file in noncontiguous clusters This is entirely invisible to users but it can slow down the speed at which data is accessed because the disk drive must search through different parts of the disk to put together a single file To improve computer performance one should defragment the hard disk once a month Hotkey A key combination allowing to access a predefined application or application function e g CTRL C to copy ISDN Abbreviation of integrated services digital network an international communications standard for sending voice video and data over digital telephone lines or normal telephone wires ISDN supports data transfer rates of 64 Kbps 64 000 bits per second LAN Short for Local Area Network A network within one location such as a room house or within a company building Main memory A very fast data storage device also known as physical memory i
85. ry your graphics card has the refresh rate your card is running at and the color depth it is set to Graphics cards with 2 MB of memory can only display 256 colors when running at a resolution of 1280 x 1024 The same card running at 800 x 600 can display 16 7 million colors Resources All devices such as hardware memory and software available to the computer Resources can also be accessed via the network Restart The shut down and start up of a computer after the computer has crashed or is manually told to restart Shortcut A logical link to a file stored somewhere else This allows applications or documents to be opened from places such as the Start menu or the desktop without creating redundant copies of the file System file Files belonging to the operating system If these files are deleted the operating system may not function normally For example DOS uses the following system files CONFIG SYS AUTOEXEC BAT COMMAND COM IO SYS and MSDOS SYS 124 Swap file A temporary file that modern operating systems such as Windows and OS 2 create on the hard disk to enlarge the total amount of memory available to your applications Data in your physical memory that isn t currently being used is swapped out to the file on the hard disc This allows the operating system to run applications that require more main memory than your computer provides Swapping to disk The process of moving data from the physical memory to the har
86. s At this point it is also important whether the application is supposed to be available to all users of the computer or to a single user only In order to install TuneUp Utilities 2003 you need to have administrator rights on the computer 12 ie TuneUp Utilities 2003 Setup User Information Enter the following information to personalize your installation Full Name inci Organization OS 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 Only for me Test User TuneUp Software Please personalize your copy of TuneUp Utilities Now we get down to business On the next screen you have to name a Destination folder That is the directory on the hard disk supposed to accommodate TuneUp Utilities As a default the program uses the path C Program Files TuneUp Utilities If you want to use another target directory press Browse to select one from a file browser Press Next to begin copying the files During this activity a bar graph will show you the operation s progress Please wait until the program reports that TuneUp Utilities has been successfully installed Then press the button Finish to close the installation routine 13 Starting the Software There are two different ways of starting the program
87. s shows a colored rectangle rather than a dotted frame Disable Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop Creates a transparent background for the icon titles on the desktop Disable Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing Shows an animation while maximizing and minimizing windows v Nicahle Sranath errnllinn in lick viewe Select which optimizations TuneUp System Optimizer should make 89 6 Administer amp Control The category Administer amp Control provides three modules which allow you to acquire more control over Windows P TuneUp 3G Utilities 2003 lt gt RescueCenter UpdateWizard 4 Administer amp Control 9 Customize Analyze TuneUp Process Manager Allows you to manage currently running programs I o Optimize 3 gt gt TuneUp Registry Editor Improve Helps you edit and search the registry Administer 4 Tuneup Uninstall Manager Control Uninstalls programs you don t need anymore Q file recovery A Destruction TuneUp Software Take control of your computer TuneUp Process Manager allows you to see which programs are currently running and allows you to close these if necessary TuneUp Registry Editor is a tool with which you can modify keys in your Windows registry directly TuneUp Uninstall Manager shows all programs installed on your system and can remove installed programs when told to do so 90 TuneUp Process Manage
88. s with IDE hard disks with UDMA support If you as an owner of such a hard disk activate the offered option the data transfer is accelerated In the NTFS File System section you can activate two options if you use the NTFS file system on your hard disks These options are Save date of last file access and Save short DOS file names e Tab Disk Space Windows raises an alarm automatically when there is almost no disk space left on a drive A cleanup can be started point and click To deactivate that alarm turn off the option Show low disk space warning if you feel disturbed by it e Tab AutoPlay In the Media Change Monitoring section activate the option Monitor CD drives for media change In that case Windows controls the CD drives As soon as a new data carrier is inserted Windows reads it and tries to start its content automatically In the AutoPlay section press the button Advanced to define the play settings for various media such as music CDs e Tab Advanced In the My Computer section press the Settings button to define which elements in the Windows My Computer area are shown 45 The Button TuneUp Icon Engineer calls up the Icon Engineer module of TuneUp Utilities With its help you can replace the icons of single drives and drive types If you want to defragment your drives and to arrange your files optimally on your hard disk so that they can be found faster press the button Defragment Administration
89. sswords for shared resources option can be activated But when using Linux Unix Samba it might be necessary to deactivate encoding for compatibility reasons In the section Administrative Shares you can deactivate the option that allows a third party to access your drives via the network e Tab Performance In the section Automatically Search for Shared Resources you activate or deactivate the option Search network for shared resources automatically When the option is activated the network is searched for released folders and printers at regular intervals But this can reduce the performance of the computer 34 In the section Automatically Search for Scheduled Tasks you can activate or deactivate the option Search computers for scheduled tasks When the option is activated and computers within the network are accessed they are always browsed for planned tasks But this can also reduce the performance of your computer In the Quality of Service section you can acquire bandwidth and at the same time you can set a limit for the bandwidth Following the QoS service can acquire bandwidth for important packages right away if required This has influence on the capacity of data transfer e Tab Security This tab deals with various security aspects The Password Storage section deals with the Windows service that memorizes passwords that have been put in before This is especially useful when connections for data communication are installed Th
90. stry to remove defects and improve the structure of the registry Close all programs running on your system and click Next to allow the module to check how fragmented your registry is 112 giv TuneUp RegistryDefrag Close all other applications before clicking next It can take a while before the tool finishes the scan When the scan completes the tool displays the amount of space it can recover from your registry in percent and kilobytes 113 TuneUp RegistryD efrag The size of the registry can be reduced Click Finish to restart your computer During the restart the old registry will be replaced by the new smaller registry This happens invisibly to the user when Windows completes starting up it will be running off the new registry already You do not have to reload the program after Windows has booted 114 11 Glossary Access privileges A privilege to use computer information in some manner For example a user might be granted read access to a file meaning that the user can read the file but cannot modify or delete it Most operating systems have several different types of access privileges that can be granted or denied to specific users or groups of users Administrator The person responsible for configuring and maintaining a network The administrator has full access rights to all resources available on the network Anti Aliasing Anti Aliasing is the process by which smooth curves and other lines
91. t is Windows supposed to do when single applications freeze that means crash In the Idle time without Feedback section you define the time in milliseconds that the system gives the program to send feedback After this it will be closed either in the task manager or when the computer is shut down In the section Close Applications Automatically you have the choice between the two options Show the End Program dialog and Close applications automatically Please be careful with the latter option as applications asking for user input on shutdown i e Do you want to save the file XYZ will be terminated automatically after the specified time out period 48 e Tab Desktop and Taskbar The section Desktop and Taskbar in Separate Processes deals with an important question of stability By default the desktop and the taskbar are carried out together with the Explorer If the Explorer crashes the desktop and the taskbar crash with it That is the reason why you can provide the desktop and the taskbar with their own process But to do so you will need 8 MB of additional memory It is best to activate the offered option in the section Restart desktop and taskbar automatically after errors It makes sure that after a crash of the desktop and the taskbar both modules are restarted automatically As a result the system remains usable e Tab Error Handling Activate the option Play acoustic signal when errors occur if you would like the syst
92. the Open menus automatically after time given below option has to be enabled Alternatively you can enable the Open menus only via mouse click option In the Further Settings section you can either enable or disable the Enable Drag amp Drop option e Tab Advanced The Documents Menu section attends to the menu command Documents in the start menu As is known this allows you to quickly access the documents last used If this service is to remain the Enable history for the most recently used documents option has to stay enabled In the Number of documents in Start menu field you determine how many documents the menu command will refer to The default is 13 In the Configure Start Menu section you can press the Sort Entries by Name button This will sort the folders and program names in the start menu by alphabet If you want to delete individual entries from the program menu use the Customize button 31 Usage Taskbar e Tab Flashing Buttons During the input of texts and other content the activation of other windows is prevented A flashing button in the taskbar draws your attention to the fact that another software needs your attention If this flashing is to remain the option Enable flashing taskbar buttons has to stay enabled In the Flashing Frequency section you determine how often the button in the taskbar is to flash There are two options available The first option keeps the button of a window in the taskbar flashing
93. the wizard displays a message stating that the files have been deleted successfully Click on Finish to close the wizard D TuneUp Shredder 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 Click Next to execute the delete process Which method should be used to delete the files TuneUp Undelete It s happened to everyone you click a file and delete it by mistake You look into the recycle bin but the file isn t there There are no current 101 backups of course and hours of work seem to be lost forever This is where TuneUp Undelete comes in it may still be able to recover the file and save your work After starting TuneUp Undelete a wizard appears that will lead you through the recovery process step by step In the first step it displays a list of the drives connected to your computer Select the drive you wish to recover the file from Click Next to continue TuneUp Undelete Welcome to TuneUp Undelete With TuneUp Undelete you can restore deleted files after you have cleared them out of the recycle bin Select the drives you want to scan for deleted files Drives to be scanned V Se Local Disk C Se Local Disk D Click on Next to set the search criteria Next gt
94. to be freed 114MB 66 Change settings The graph displays the current memory usage vs time A box below the graph informs you that the AutoOptimize module is running This module monitors your memory and warns you when the 79 memory available drops below a certain value To change the module s settings click on Change settings In the configuration window the option Enable AutoOptimize should be checked By unchecking the check box you can deactivate this module The Physical Memory box allows you select the memory left value at which the module begins optimizing e g at 50 Megabytes The field Increase free memory to specifies the amount of memory you wish to have free after the optimization is complete Tick the Monitor processor usage check box to ensure that MemOptimizer runs at times that your processor isn t being fully used already By choosing the Use SmartOptimize option MemOptimizer will automatically choose settings that reduce the work load on your computer Click on OK to apply your new settings If you wish to restore the default settings of this window click the Recommended button 80 AutoOptimize Settings aih AutoOptimize monitors your system and optimizes the memory automatically when needed without interrupting your work Enable AutoOptimize recommended Physical Memory a Optimize automatically at MB free memory Increase free memory to Processor Usage Monitoring Monitor p
95. tton to display the list of errors that DiskCleaner has found 73 Evaluation In the next window TuneUp DiskCleaner displays the result of its drive analysis The table on the right contains a list of problems found on the system e g 0 Byte Files grouped into categories along with how much hard disk space this error category is using up TuneUp DiskCleaner w 2 Recycle bin Please select the categories you would like to clean and then click Next to begin the cleaning process Deleted files are stored in the Recycle bin unti K is emptied If you enable the Backup with RescueCenter option on the left if available the files in that category can be restored with TuneUp Click on show Recycle Bin to view the RescueCenter at any time contents of your Recycle Bin Categories Objects Space used V Internet Cache 0 50 MB T Log files 0 78 MB v a Drives Name Used Local Disk C 37 56 MB Local Disk D 25 92 MB Selected 76 64 77 MB lt Back Next gt Cancel Help Here you recover your lost hard disk space The following unnecessary files are detected by DiskCleaner these can usually be safely removed from your system 0 Byte files These files do not contain any data Secured lost cluster Many partition repairing programs create files containing recovered clusters After being recovered these files are rarely used Internet Cache When surfing the web yo
96. ur browser saves copies of images and animations on your hard disk to speed up web page loading 74 times From time to time these files should be deleted to remove copies of unnecessary files Recycle bin Files in the Recycle Bin have been deleted and can be safely removed from your hard disk Log files Some applications create log files to ease the debugging of the application These log files are generally only useful for programmers Backup files Some applications create backups of their own files during upgrades or installations These backups are mostly not required later on and can be deleted Temporary files Many applications create temporary files during installation or when running These files should normally be deleted after the application is closed or the installation is complete You can always safely delete these files Temporary helpfiles These files are created to speed up the loading of help pages that were opened already Important You shouldn t let DiskCleaner delete all the files it reports without inspecting what it finds first DiskCleaner can find many files that probably aren t needed on your computer However the program can sometimes report files as not required when in fact they may be vital for the normal operation of an application For example A SAV file could be an unnecessary backup of a file or the saved state of a computer game A 0 Byte file could be trash filling up your hard disk or a c
97. vanced In the Desktop section you determine which typical Windows modules with an Icon should be present on the Desktop Press Settings to show a Selection of the possible elements in a separate window You can for example check the Recycle Bin and the Planned Tasks and thus accept their icons for the desktop In the My Computer section you can scan an overview of all drives shown from the Windows module My Computer with Settings If you remove a check in front of a volume entry the according drive will no longer be shown on My Computer 26 Usage Input options e Tab Mouse Functions In the Swap Mouse Buttons section you can exchange the left and the right mouse button You then basically do mouse clicks with the right button and activate software context menus with the left one Many mice are equipped with a scroll wheel by now Convenient for the Microsoft Intellimouse and compatible models you can in the Scroll Wheel section determine what is to happen when using the wheel The default is Scroll by 3 lines whereas you can still change this number Alternatively you can extend to Scroll one screen page or enable the No scroll option which deactivates scrolling completely A rewarding function is offered in the Set Pointer Automatically section If this option is active the mouse pointer automatically moves to the button highlighted when a dialog box if opened enabling you to immediately click the button 27 TuneUp S
98. wing information Windows The program provides you with detailed information about what Windows version is installed on your computer when you have started the computer the last time and which version of the Internet Explorer is used Display All essential Information and supported modes and features of both the monitor and the graphics card are listed Memory This module shows the current memory load and tells you which programs have been loaded at the time as well as how much memory they take up 62 Performance You can read all facts concerning the physical memory the size of the swap file and the kernel Three animated real time monitors show you the processor load the state of the physical memory and the usage of the swap file M TuneUp System Information Drives EJ IO Devices e Communication Wh System Devices Q overview AP Windows A Display Memory Performance Processor Usage History Kernel Threads Processes Mutexes Open files Physical Memory Phys memory Total 196 080 KB System 17 560KB 9 Cache 17 572KB 9 Other 59 488 KB 30 Available 101 460 KB 52 Page File Paging Max size 476 604 KB Used 98 316 KB 21 Available 380 288 KB 79 The Performance tab including three animated monitors Drives Matched to every single hard disk in the computer the module names the hardware facts and shows the drive usage Here you can see how many gigabytes are still fr
99. x viewer via double click If this is the case leave the display enabled New Shortcut Prefix Select whether new shortcut names should be preceded by the al words Shortcut to Place Shortcut to in Front of new shortcuts Windows Picture and Fax Viewer aa Set whether all image files should be opened by default with the Windows Picture and Fax viewer Open images with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer Here you can disable the shortcut prefix Viewing Folder Options e Tab View In this section you can decide how folder windows and the objects contained in them will be shown 24 In the Save View Settings section you can determine if Windows is to remember the position and size of windows and symbols when closing the windows The Pop up Description section deals with tooltips windows which can show further information matched to desktop elements and folders Here they can be inserted for the elements mentioned In the File and folder Names View you either enable or disable the option Enable capitals in file and folder names e Tab Navigation Here you determine the settings for navigating folder windows and decide how the Explorer is to react to user input In the Opening of Folders section you can enable the Show compressed ZIP archives as folders option if you want a double click on a ZIP archive to show its compressed content as if the archive was a normal folder The Always show tree view in fold
100. y 64 A lot of data trash collects on the hard disk as well This can be temporary files but also redundant backups which are created by many programs but are never removed later TuneUp Utilities helps to detect these useless files and deletes them TuneUp RegistryCleaner To clean your registry choose TuneUp RegistryCleaner from the main selection list After the module loads it displays a welcome message explaining its purpose You can use TuneUp RegistryCleaner to purge the registry of unnecessary entries created during installation deinstallation and normal work with your system Any changes that the module makes to your system are logged and can be undone via the RescueCenter The module runs in two modes The Complete option scans the whole registry and other configuration data The Choose tests option allows you to select which types of tests you would like to run It is recommended that you run all tests by choosing Complete and then pressing the Next button 65 TuneUp RegistryCleaner Welcome to TuneUp RegistryCleaner You can use this program to clean Windows of all the debris left over from install and uninstall processes and from 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 suggested The registry and the configuration Files will be scanned for errors O Choose tests Lets you
101. ystemControl ORCLOJ SystemControl a i z Mouse Functions Mouse Sensitivity ll Active Window Tracking Keyboard 4 Animations amp Effects SAPO E Specify whether the right and left mouse buttons should be 9 File Types eS swapped or not Folder Options Cl Swap right and left mouse buttons iewing Scroll Wheel Microsoft IntelliMouse Be Specify what should happen when you turn the scroll wheel one notch T5 Input Options E start Menu O no scroll an Taskbar O Scroll one screen page Scrollby 3 E lines Communication Network Set Pointer Automatically ox Specify whether the mouse cursor should be positioned over the a Internet Explorer hy default button when a dialog window is opened J Mail Programs A Privacy Cl Set mouse cursor to default position automatically Restore Defaults Administration OK Cancel Apply Changing mouse settings in TuneUp SystemControl e Tab Mouse Sensitivity In the Mouse Sensitivity section you determine the mouse movement tolerated in a double click and necessary for dragging The values are given in pixels the default is four pixels Try the new settings on the Test Icon immediately In the Hover Settings section you can also change the Movement tolerance and the Hover time of the mouse pointer based on the hover effect This occurs as soon as the mouse pointer rests on an icon for a certain time span A Test Icon is available here too It lig

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