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Disabling Programs

In the following chapters, you will find out how you can use the TuneUp Program Deactivator module to

disable programs that place a load on your system at various times (at system startup, during operation and

at shutdown) and why it is useful to do so.

All modifications to your system will be monitored by TuneUp Rescue Center and can be undone if

necessary.

Introduction

Until now, users only had two options for dealing with unnecessary programs: They could either remove

them from the system completely or accept that their background programs would continue to slow it

down. After a program is uninstalled, there is always the risk that files that were dependent on it will no

longer be able to be started. If the program is left on the computer, it is always available if it is needed, but

continues to impair system performance.

TuneUp Program Deactivator not only reduces the load of programs at system startup, but also during nor-

mal operation and at shutdown, where the load is a result of services and tasks belonging to one program.

TuneUp Programs-on-Demand Technology™

Thanks to the TuneUp Programs-on-Demand Technology™ there is now a third option: Disable programs

that are no longer required first and see if you can continue to work without them. If you notice that you

need a program again, it is no longer a problem. You can start the program as usual - the TuneUp Pro-

grams-on-Demand Technology™ reactivates the program in the background, as if you had never disabled

it.

Design of TuneUp Program Deactivator

TuneUp Program Deactivator is divided into three areas: the All installed programs area, the Load from

installed programs area and the Details area.

All installed programs

In the All installed programs area, you can see an overview list of all the programs installed on your system

together with their load status. In the Name column, the programs are sorted according to their load: high,

medium or low. Programs that do not place any load on the system have the status "none" and are not

listed by name. The value for the load is always the highest value for startup, operation or shutdown. In the

Status column, you can see the current status of the programs.

Load from installed programs

In the Load from installed programs area, you will find three graphs that are designed to give you a visual

overview of the load on your system: The left-hand graph shows you the load on system startup, the centre

one the load during normal operation of your PC and the right-hand one the load when shutting down. A

legend with explanations is provided underneath the graphs. If a program is selected in the list, this is

shown by a program icon next to the graph.

Details

In the Details area, you can see the name of the selected program, its current status and the load on the sys-

tem from that program. You can use the switch to enable or disable the program. If no program is selected,

you will see an overview here showing how many programs are enabled/disabled or relevant to the system.

If several programs are selected, the details area shows the number of programs with the various statuses.

The status shown next to the switch is the predominant status.

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