TuneUp Utilities - 2004 User Manual

TuneUp Utilities 2004 User Manual

Installation Starting the Installation Insert the included CD in your CD-ROM drive. The installation should start automatically as soon as Windows rec

File recovery and Destruction There are two additional options that also let you narrow your search further: Two additional options for narrowing you

File recovery and Destruction The table shows the file name, the original location, the file type and the condition of the file. Don’t worry if the fi

File recovery and Destruction Deleting Sensitive Files the Right Way Use TuneUp Shredder to permanently delete confidential files. This module ensures

Global Modules Two general TuneUp Utilities modules can be found in the grey area beneath the title bar of the Start Center, TuneUp RescueCenter and T

Global Modules TuneUp RescueCenter TuneUp Utilities provides you with a large selection of tools that you can use to optimize and customize your opera

Global Modules changes is selected under Tasks in the left side of the window. These backups can be restored. TuneUp Utilities opens a chronological

Global Modules Click Delete to remove a backup from the list permanently, but only if you are certain that you will not need the backup in the future.

Global Modules A large number of restore points can normally be found here. If you wish to create a restore point of your own so that you can return

Global Modules TuneUp UpdateWizard TuneUp Utilities are being continually enhanced and improved. New functions are added to modules, errors are correc

Global Modules Select your connection. Normally, the program detects the correct connection automatically. But if this is not the case, select a conn

Installation You must accept the license agreement to continue. Entering Your User Name and Serial Number On the next screen, you must enter your Use

Global Modules Click Next to install the updates in the list. When all updates have been installed, click Finish to close the wizard. 112 TuneUp Ut

Glossary 10Glossary Access permissions The assignment of specific rights to users so that they can access shared data and resources in the network. Ac

Glossary BIOS Acronym for “Basic Input Output System”. Bit Short for “binary digit”, the smallest unit of information in the binary number system. Cor

Glossary ClearType ClearType, introduced by Bill Gates at Comdex in Las Vegas in autumn 1998, is designed to dramatically improve the readability of t

Glossary CPU Short for “central processing unit”. Cursor/pointer A special element on the screen, called the cursor when working in text and the point

Glossary DLL Acronym for “dynamic link library”. DLLs are special program routines that are not loaded from the program library until they are actuall

Glossary File format A specification of how texts, images, etc. are stored in a file. Depending on the file format, images can also be stored with alp

Glossary The external frequency is the speed of the front side bus (FSB) and specifies the speed at which the processor can access the main memory (an

Glossary Operating system Operating systems are currently the most important piece of software on a computer. No computer can run without an operating

Glossary located in the folder “Windows”. This folder is located on the drive that is labeled with the letter “C”. The path of this file would be “C:\

Installation After you have entered all necessary information, click Next to continue. Selecting the Installation Location You’re almost done. Now, y

Glossary Refresh rate This indicates how many times per second the screen picture is recreated. The higher this rate, the less the screen flickers. As

Glossary appearance of the contents of the screen and the greater the area on the screen (“screen real estate”). In principle, the resolution of a gra

Glossary Task A step or program executed by the computer. Task Manager A system program in Windows that can be used to view the running programs, and

Glossary This is a mechanism to effectively increase the amount of available main memory. TuneUp Utilities 2004 125

Index Index 1-Click Maintenance ... 78 ActiveX and COM ... 61 animations ...

Index glossary... 113 help files...62 history lists ...

Index tour ... 33 TuneUp DiskCleaner ... 65 TuneUp MemOptimizer ...

Introduction to TuneUp Utilities Starting the Software There are a number of ways to open the TuneUp Utilities 2004 Start Center. The most important a

Introduction to TuneUp Utilities The five TuneUp Utilities 2004 categories can be seen on the left side of the window. Click one of these names to op

Introduction to TuneUp Utilities Æ Page 18 Clean up and Repair A large number of unneeded files and system errors gather as you work with your compute

Customize and Analyze The modules in the Customize and Analyze category help you adapt the operating system to your needs. TuneUp SystemControl is th

Customize and Analyze icons for your drives, folders and Favorites. Under Windows XP, you can even change the appearance of the logon screen and insta

Customize and Analyze TuneUp SystemControl TuneUp SystemControl is a kind of control center that allows you to quickly and easily adapt your Windows o

Customize and Analyze As soon as the program opens, the various categories that you can configure are shown on the left side of the window. These cate

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Customize and Analyze Animations You can specify which animations should be displayed when you work with windows and lists here. Click Best Performan

Customize and Analyze New Menu You can specify which file types are displayed in the New menu in the context menu for the desktop, the Explorer and t

Customize and Analyze and photos should automatically be opened with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer here. Appearance Æ Folder Options View You can sp

Customize and Analyze Do you want to hide a drive from prying eyes? No problem, a click on My Computer makes it possible. Usage Æ Input Options Mouse

Customize and Analyze Keyboard You can configure how Windows is controlled with the keyboard here, for example by configuring the behavior of the Wind

Customize and Analyze Programs Here, you can configure the Start menu settings that affect programs. One option is, for example, to customize the list

Customize and Analyze Minimized Windows Sometimes when a window is minimized, all that can be seen is the title bar that is moved to the lower edge o

Customize and Analyze Communication Æ Internet Explorer Explorer Bars Here, you can configure the behavior of the bars in Internet Explorer. For examp

Customize and Analyze Surf the Internet faster with this option! Communication Æ E-mail Programs Outlook Express Specify what should happen when you

Customize and Analyze Cover Tracks Here, you can configure settings to eliminate the traces of your work with documents and of web sites you’ve visit

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Customize and Analyze Advanced Here, you can configure Windows XP and Microsoft Office Error Reporting and go directly to other privacy options. Pre

Customize and Analyze Tour Here, you can activate or deactivate the Windows tour, which offers an introduction to basic Windows functions and features

Customize and Analyze Administration Æ Memory and Cache Memory Management Here, you can configure settings that affect the management of your physica

Customize and Analyze Programs What should Windows do when individual programs freeze, or when they cannot be closed? Under Idle time without feedback

Customize and Analyze Administration Æ System General Here, you can change the name of the company and name of the person to whom Windows is registere

Customize and Analyze Select the problems you wish to correct. The wizard then lists common Windows problems. Select the check boxes in front of the

Customize and Analyze The wizard welcomes you. The wizard starts with a short introduction. Click Next to continue. The wizard then presents a list o

Customize and Analyze TuneUp StartUp Manager Many applications start automatically together with Windows without asking for your permission. There is

Customize and Analyze you have never heard of the company or the product, then the entry is probably not needed. An overview of all automatic start c

Customize and Analyze If you wish to add a program to one of the startup folders yourself, select the desired folder in the list and then click Add.

Table of Contents Appearance Æ Folder Options... 24 Usage Æ Input Options... 25 Usage Æ Star

Customize and Analyze TuneUp System Information TuneUp System Information asks the computer the question of all questions: what about the hardware? Th

Customize and Analyze time graphs show the current processor usage, physical memory status and how much of your paging file is currently being used.

Customize and Analyze System Devices Information is shown here for your processor and BIOS. Click Processor details to view detailed information on th

Customize and Analyze TuneUp WinStyler Windows would not be very useful without its graphical user interface. How important an attractive interface is

Customize and Analyze The customization options in TuneUp WinStyler are divided into six categories, each of which can be selected directly in the nav

Customize and Analyze TuneUp WinStyler lets you change the icons and names of many elements. Click Replace icon to open a dialog in which you can cho

Customize and Analyze Important: All of the changes that you make to system items are not applied immediately. The program records your changes for th

Customize and Analyze Managing and Installing Icon Packages Click Icon Packages to open a new window where you can install and manage icon packages.

Customize and Analyze Step Description 1.) Information on the author Here, you can add your name, e-mail address and Internet address to the icon pac

Customize and Analyze Here, you can assign a cool icon to the drive where all of your games are installed, and an icon with a serious appearance to th

Table of Contents TuneUp DiskCleaner ... 65 Usage ...

Customize and Analyze size and the icon spacing. Please note that changing the color depth and icon size here may affect the display of icons elsewher

Customize and Analyze your changes are not applied, or when Windows starts mixing up your icons altogether? In this case, click Repair in the navigati

Customize and Analyze With TuneUp WinStyler, you can completely change the appearance of the logon screen. Click Logon screen in the navigation bar to

Customize and Analyze any time. To do this, click Restore Defaults. The default screen is then shown in the list automatically. Click Install Logon Sc

Customize and Analyze You can also use the option Install Visual Style From File if you have other visual styles on your computer. This way, you can u

Clean up and Repair The modules in the Clean up and Repair category streamline your system by removing unneeded ballast and correcting problems in you

Clean up and Repair RegistryCleaner makes sure that there are no unneeded entries in your registry to slow your system down. The amount of unneeded d

Clean up and Repair TuneUp RegistryCleaner You can use TuneUp RegistryCleaner to quickly and thoroughly remove the unneeded data left over when you in

Clean up and Repair The option Complete scan analyzes the entire registry and all system files. If you select Choose tests, you can specify yourself

Clean up and Repair The Main Window The main TuneUp RegistryCleaner window is divided into two sections. The left side of the window contains a list o

Table of Contents Deleting Files... 97 Deleting a Folder...

Clean up and Repair Category Description File types Some file types refer to programs that are no longer available on your system. Shared files Th

Clean up and Repair A detailed description is available for each problem, a single mouse click is all you need. TuneUp RegistryCleaner is designed to

Clean up and Repair Here, you can watch while the module cleans up your system. Once the module is finished, a message is displayed to tell you that

Clean up and Repair TuneUp DiskCleaner TuneUp DiskCleaner removes unneeded files from your hard drive and frees up disk space. All drives are scanned

Clean up and Repair When all drives have been analyzed, the program displays the message “Analysis completed”. You can then click Next to view a list

Clean up and Repair Category Description Zero-byte files These files contain no data. Saved lost clusters Repair programs such as Chkdsk scan your

Clean up and Repair You also have a second option. Click a category with your mouse. Details on the selected category are then shown on the left side

Clean up and Repair Finished! All unneeded files have been deleted. When the files have been deleted, click Finish to close the module. TuneUp Utilit

Optimize and Improve The modules in the Optimize and Improve category speed up your system. Many of the default Windows settings actually slow the sy

Optimize and Improve One of the most important modules in this category is TuneUp System Optimizer. This module analyzes your system for settings that

Preface Windows XP or one of its predecessors are installed on most computers in use around the world. Windows is an excellent operating system for st

Optimize and Improve TuneUp MemOptimizer TuneUp MemOptimizer monitors your system in the background and frees up memory whenever needed to increase th

Optimize and Improve Beneath the graph, you will find a small box that informs you whether AutoOptimize is activated. This TuneUp MemOptimizer funct

Optimize and Improve If you find the default setting too conservative, you can select Use manual settings to specify the desired processor load in pe

Optimize and Improve Program Options Under Program Options, you can select Load automatically on Windows startup so that TuneUp MemOptimizer can ensur

Optimize and Improve TuneUp RegistryDefrag Every new program and every new hardware component enters itself in the registry, creating keys and values.

Optimize and Improve Before the analysis starts, you will be informed that all other applications must be closed. Please follow these instructions and

Optimize and Improve TuneUp System Optimizer TuneUp System Optimizer helps you to find and correct misconfigured settings and settings that are slowin

Optimize and Improve 1-Click Maintenance does justice to its name. As soon as you start the program, it scans your registry and your hard drive automa

Optimize and Improve The advisor helps you to eliminate weaknesses in your system. In a few seconds, the results of the analysis are shown in the win

Optimize and Improve You may be able to optimize your Internet settings. Under Wizards, select Internet Optimization. A wizard will then guide you th

Preface explained clearly and can be enabled or disabled with a click of your mouse in many different modules. TuneUp Utilities 2004 takes care of cha

Optimize and Improve System Optimization Use this wizard to adapt Windows to your specific needs. Here, you can adapt the most important settings to

Optimize and Improve configuration. Note the message Restart required. Windows may have to be restarted for all of the changes in the registry to take

Administer and Control The TuneUp Utilities 2004 category Administer and Control offers three modules that help you get more control over your operati

Administer and Control and easily find keys and values, and to make any necessary changes. TuneUp Uninstall Manager shows you all programs that are cu

Administer and Control TuneUp Process Manager With TuneUp Process Manager, you have control over the applications that are running on your system at a

Administer and Control a somewhat drastic measure, but is sometimes necessary to close a program that has hung, or if you want to stop an unwanted dia

Administer and Control what process is using the file and terminate it. This will let you delete the file. Performance The Performance tab provides d

Administer and Control Click File Æ Exit Windows to shut down or restart the computer so that new settings can take effect. If you have selected a p

Administer and Control TuneUp Registry Editor The Windows registry is nothing more than a large central database. Every hardware component and program

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Installation Before you can use TuneUp Utilities 2004 on your computer, you must install it. This copies the program files to your computer so that yo

Administer and Control TuneUp Uninstall Manager Every program that you install under Windows adds an uninstall entry to the system registry. This entr

Administer and Control associated desktop icons, Start menu entries and keys in the registry. Follow the instructions in the program to finish the pro

File recovery and Destruction The modules in the File recovery and Destruction category help to protect your data and your privacy. These two TuneUp U

File recovery and Destruction The module TuneUp Shredder lets you safely remove sensitive data from your computer. And thanks to the secure deletion m

File recovery and Destruction TuneUp Shredder When you delete a file in Windows, it will probably be moved to the Recycle Bin. Anybody can get a file

File recovery and Destruction Recycle Bin: Select this option when you want to shred the contents of your Recycle Bin. You can review the contents of

File recovery and Destruction Click Next to confirm your selection. Deleting the Contents of the Recycle Bin In this step, you can view the contents o

File recovery and Destruction Under Repeat the delete operation, specify how many times you wish to have the selected deletion method repeated. The s

File recovery and Destruction TuneUp Undelete It has happened to everyone. You delete a file accidentally, and you can’t find it in the Recycle Bin. A

File recovery and Destruction Enter Search String On the next screen, the module allows you to narrow the search to make sure that you don’t oversee y