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Increase performance

TuneUp Memory Optimizer

TuneUp Memory Optimizer monitors your system in the background and frees

up memory whenever needed to increase the performance of your computer.

The use of TuneUp Memory Optimizer is beneficial up to Windows XP on any

system with up to 512 MB RAM. If the available physical memory gets too low,

TuneUp Memory Optimizer causes the system to swap old data to the paging file

to free up memory for your applications.

SmartOptimize makes sure that this automatic optimization in the background

does not interfere with your work by only optimizing your system when your

processor usage is low.

Important for Windows Vista users: Please note that TuneUp Memory

Optimizer is no longer available starting with Windows Vista. Microsoft has

substantially improved the internal memory management in Windows Vista - the

operating system automatically adapts to the behavior of installed applications

and intelligently pre-loads files that are likely to be needed soon while the

system is not working ("prefetching"). Clearing your system memory can

interfere with this mechanism, so we do not recommend that these types of

optimization tools be used in Windows Vista.

Usage

The main window of TuneUp Memory Optimizer consists of three tabs.

The first tab Overview contains an animated graph that shows the amount of free

physical memory over time. This graph allows you to monitor how Windows

uses your system resources. Free physical memory and Free space in paging

file show exactly how much memory your system is using.

Beneath the graph, you will find a small box that informs you whether

AutoOptimize is activated. This TuneUp Memory Optimizer function monitors

your memory and can optimize memory usage automatically when the free

physical memory falls below a specific amount.

Calling up the settings dialog

If you wish to change the automatic memory optimization settings for TuneUp

Memory Optimizer, go to Overview and click Change settings.

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