TuneUp Utilities - 2003 Manuel d'utilisateur

TuneUp Utilities 2003 The Manual

10 2. Software Installation Before you can use TuneUp Utilities on your computer, you have to install the software. During installation, program fil

free space option, Shredder will also overwrite the so-called "slack", the file's reserved free space. You can add files to the destruc

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 al

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 s

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

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

8. TuneUp RescueCenter TuneUp Utilities 2003 provides you with a number of tools that can edit and change your computer's settings. You might mod

106 Undo changes Click Undo changes in the Tasks section in the left part of your window. TuneUp RescueCenter displays a chronological listing of

The listed backups can be restored. System recovery From time to time Windows XP creates a system restore point. Should your computer begin to malfu

You can create your own system restore points. 108

9. TuneUp UpdateWizard TuneUp Utilities is being developed and updated by the programmers. Modules are being improved and bugs found in the software a

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

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 u

111 10. TuneUp RegistryDefrag The module TuneUp RegistryDefrag is only available for Windows 95/98/Me and can not be loaded under Windows 2000/XP. T

Launching the tool Choose Optimize & Improve from the main selection menu. You will see TuneUp RegistryDefrag as one of the listed modules. This m

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 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, sma

115 11. Glossary Access privileges A privilege to use computer information in some manner. For example, a user might be granted read access to a fil

116 Benchmark A tool to compare the speed of multiple entities. Benchmarks exist for hardware, software and services. BIOS Short for "Basic Inp

117 Disk caching works under the same principle as memory caching, but instead of using high-speed SRAM, a disk cache uses conventional main memory.

118 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

119 Defragmentation The process in which data that belongs together is gathered from different clusters and stored contiguously so that it can be ac

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

120 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

121 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 spe

122 Media Item on which you store data. Disks, CD-ROMS, hard disks, magnetic tapes are all media. Net / Network The interconnection of computers and

123 Permanent swap file A special swap file created by Windows that is always stored in the same position and contiguously. Since the file is contig

124 Resolution (Graphics Card / Monitor) For graphics monitors, the screen resolution signifies the number of dots (pixels) on the entire screen. Fo

125 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

126 Oebbeke, modified by Carsten Scheibe and translated by Patrick Wolowicz.

127 12. Index Activate active window tracking ...30 Alexa ...41 Autoplay...

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

14 Starting the Software There are two different ways of starting the program. During installation, the program creates a new icon on your Windows

3. Customize & Analyze The category Customize & Analyze helps you to get a grip on four different problems at the same time. In this section,

16 TuneUp Icon Engineer module is responsible for the icons. It exchanges existing symbols for new ones and simultaneously changes a number of syste

17 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 mo

the Best Performance button. With Restore Defaults, the original settings are reloaded. Enabling and disabling visual effects. • Tab Animation When

In the Animation of Elements section you can decide in which display and control elements both scrolling and opening will be animated. You can activat

2 TuneUp Utilities 2003 was developed by: TuneUp Software GmbH, Donnersbergring 22, 64295 Darmstadt, Germany Web: www.tune-up.com The software

20 In the Animation section you decide whether menu elements will be hidden after being called. In addition, you can select to Use the following dis

What form of Font Smoothing do you prefer? Viewing - File Types • Tab Menu Operations In the Drives and Folders section you chose which of the entri

And again: The Restore Defaults button will re-establish the original Windows settings. You can influence the context menus of both folders and files

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 wind

24 • Tab Advanced In the New Shortcut Prefix section you can choose whether the "Shortcut to" text will automatically precede each new li

25 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 windo

26 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 P

27 Usage - Input options • Tab Mouse Functions In the Swap Mouse Buttons section you can exchange the left and the right mouse button. You then ba

Changing mouse settings in TuneUp SystemControl. • Tab Mouse Sensitivity In the Mouse Sensitivity section you determine the mouse movement tolerate

29 • Tab Active Window Tracking In this section you can enable a function which some users value as very helpful and others deem particularly annoy

3 Table of Contents Table of Contents ____________________________________ 3 1. Dear Users ________________________________________ 6 System Require

Usage - Start menu • Tab Special Menu Items In the Special Elements section you can specifically determine which commands are to be shown in the Wind

31 • 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 secti

32 Usage - Taskbar • Tab Flashing Buttons During the input of texts and other content the activation of other windows is prevented. A flashing butt

taskbar buttons option. Matching this setting, also enable the Group any application with at least X windows option. By default grouping happens as so

34 In the Spacing section you specify how much pixel distance will be left between the individual bars. • Tab Advanced Windows XP often shows ballo

35 In the section Automatically Search for Scheduled Tasks you can activate or deactivate the option Search computers for scheduled tasks. When the

36 In the section Available Time Servers TuneUp SystemControl already mentions two well-known standard time servers. If you know more online address

You can influence the appearance of the Internet Explorer. • Tab Usage In the File Menu section you define what happens when you call the command &q

38 • Tab Security This tab deals with settings within the Internet Explorer that are relevant for security. In the section Internet Explorer User A

39 • 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

4 TuneUp Icon Engineer _________________________________ 52 System Icons _____________________________________________ 52 Drives and Folders________

40 Activate the option Empty Internet Explorer cache when exiting if you want the web browser to delete the cache when it is finished. This should

41 downloading them in the background without asking for your permission. • Tab Media Player The Windows Media Player also communicates a lot with

42 Administration - User Logon • Tab General At the start of Windows XP a welcome screen is loaded showing your user name, which you can click dire

How would you like to log on to Windows in the future? • Tab Automatic Logon You can work around this logon into your system by logging on a certain

44 • Tab Messages In the section Notification Before Logon, a gimmick can be activated that shows all users a predefined notification before logon,

45 Administration - Drives • Tab General The Enable UDMA66 Support section deals with IDE hard disks with UDMA support. If you as an owner of such

46 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

47 • Tab Advanced This tab allows you a fast point-and-click access to the three tools TuneUp StartUp Manager, TuneUp Process Manager and TuneUp Sy

The boot defragmentation accelerates the system start. • Tab Terminate program What is Windows supposed to do when single applications "freeze&

49 • Tab Desktop and Taskbar The section Desktop and Taskbar in Separate Processes deals with an important question of stability. By default, the d

5 6. Administer & Control ______________________________ 90 TuneUp Process Manager _______________________________91 TuneUp Registry Editor_____

50 Administration - System • Tab General In the General section, you can change the name and the company of the user, who has registered the presen

51 • Tab Search The options on this screen have influence on the optics and the performance of the search dialog. The Disable Indexing Service opt

52 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

You can exchange all of these icons. 53

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 De

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 Eng

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 ca

57 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

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 w

59 TuneUp StartUp Manager Many programs start automatically with the Windows system without further enquiry. That often happens on purpose when res

6 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 start

The overview of all detected startup commands. All startup programs are usually checked and therefore activated. If you remove the pre-selection by c

You can add an Startup entry of your own. TuneUp System Information TuneUp System Information takes a deep look into your computer and gathers numer

The overview page shows the most important components of your PC. In the other tabs you get acquainted to following information: Windows: The program

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 y

4. Clean & Repair The category Clean up & Repair is responsible for slenderizing your system. The two tools in the category Clean up & Re

65 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 program

It is recommended that you choose "Complete" to run all tests on the registry. The Scan RegistryCleaner will now scan your System. In the p

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

68 ActiveX and COM: ActiveX/COM objects were found that use libraries that are not installed on your computer. Shared files: The registry contains l

RegistryCleaner has found many errors and allows you to remove them safely and easily. If you click on one of the Categories in the list, the main wi

7 However, TuneUp Utilities does not only meet the claim to "prettify our Windows". It is also possible to clean up and optimize the syste

So many errors on my system? TuneUp RegistryCleaner can explain every single error to you point-and-click. Cleaning Press the Start Cleaning button t

The next screen shows an animated bar displaying the progress of RegistryCleaner. Please wait until RegistryCleaner completes and displays its "c

72 TuneUp DiskCleaner To clean up your hard disk, select TuneUp DiskCleaner from the main selection list. After the module loads, it displays a wel

Choose the drives that DiskCleaner should analyze and clean. DiskCleaner will now begin analyzing your drive. Please wait until it completes its anal

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 o

75 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 del

So how can you choose which files DiskCleaner will delete? Your first option is to exclude whole categories such as "Backup files" or "

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

5. Optimize & Improve The category Optimize & Improve is responsible for improving your system. Many default settings in windows reduce the pe

79 TuneUp MemOptimizer Select TuneUp MemOptimizer from the menu to launch the tool. The program consists of three tabs. The overview tab displays a

8 The RescueCenter is available to revert changes and restore files deleted by the Utilities. The UpdateWizard helps with keeping the software up t

80 memory available drops below a certain value. To change the module's settings click on Change settings. In the configuration window the opti

AutoOptimize monitors your system and optimizes its memory. If you don't want to use the AutoOptimize features, you can still optimize your memo

Manual memory optimization point-and-click. The Program Options tab allows you to set up a few other options of the program. By activating the Load a

83 TuneUp System Optimizer You can start TuneUp System Optimizer from the main selection menu. This tool allows you to find discrepancies in your s

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 sid

System Advisor The System Advisor analyzes your hardware and software settings and suggests changes that you could make to your system to improve perf

86 module that will help you is displayed. The solution to other configuration problems may require your manual intervention. Internet Optimization

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

Workstation without network or Internet connection). Click Next when you have selected all appropriate items. System Optimizer has found items that c

In most cases you will have to restart your computer after TuneUp System Optimizer completes. TuneUp will inform you of this when necessary by display

9 Recommended system configuration: ♦ Microsoft Windows Me/2000/XP ♦ Graphics mode 1024x768 with 16.7 m colors ♦ 50 MB free hard disk space ♦ I

6. Administer & Control The category Administer & Control provides three modules which allow you to acquire more control over Windows. Take c

91 TuneUp Process Manager Choose TuneUp Process Manager in the Administer & Control section to start the module. The module displays all curre

The list of currently running processes. The Performance tab provides a lot of useful information about the current load on your computer. The grap

Find out what your system does at the moment. TuneUp Process Manager also offers a menu with which you can shut down Windows and change the priority

94 TuneUp Registry Editor The registry contains information about all hardware and software installed on your computer. As you add hardware and sof

The TuneUp Registry Editor window. TuneUp Uninstall Manager Any software you install on your computer stores an uninstall entry in your registry. Th

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

97 Some users manually delete programs from their computers. This unfortunately does not remove keys in the registry and leaves the uninstallation e

7. File recovery & Destruction TuneUp Utilities provides two modules to allow you to recover deleted files and to safely remove files from your co

99 previously been deleted from your computer. Files deleted by TuneUp Shredder are of course unrecoverable. TuneUp Shredder When you delete a file