TuneUp
Utilities 2009 can quickly make your Windows operating system faster,
easier to use, and more secure. And all operations performed on the
operating system are completely safe, because all changes are monitored
by TuneUp Rescue Center and can be undone at any time. All TuneUp
Utilities modules can be accessed through a common interface that is
divided into six categories. In addition, the main window also has
three general buttons in a dark gray bar to the right at the top of the
window. Pressing the first button starts the TuneUp Rescue Center
module. The second button starts the TuneUp Update Wizard, which can be
used to update TuneUp Utilities 2009 to the latest version over the
Internet. The last button provides help and settings that you can use
to customize the software package to meet your needs.
That's
where TuneUp Utilities 2009 comes in. The software helps both beginners
and experts to make Windows meet their needs in a way that is better,
easier and safer. All important system options are explained in an easy
way and can be turned on or off at the click of your mouse. TuneUp
Utilities 2009 will then make the necessary changes in the registry or
boot files automatically. We place a high value on system stability, so
that Windows won't stop working reliably. And most changes that you
make can be undone in TuneUp Rescue Center - easily and safely.
The
program also gives you many more options. In addition to helping you
make Windows "better looking", you can also clean up and optimize your
system at the click of a mouse. TuneUp Utilities 2009 will clean up
unnecessary data from your hard disk and remove unnecessary entries
from your registry. It can defragment your hard disk and registry and
optimize your system settings to make Windows run substantially faster.
Much of this maintenance is performed automatically for you every week
by 1-Click Maintenance. TuneUp Utilities 2009 has many great new
features and enhancements compared to the previous version. Once again,
our goal for the update was to implement the requests of our users in a
simple and easy way. The most important changes are listed below.
The new Start page TuneUp
Utilities 2009 welcomes you with a completely redesigned Start page,
which tells you about the status of your computer. If problems or
nonoptimal settings are found, you are only a mouse-click away from
resolving them. The Start page also tells you when new tips for
increasing computer performance are available and warns you if
maintenance tasks are not being taken care of automatically. The Start
page also shows you whether new automatic startup programs have been
added to Windows since the last time you ran TuneUp Utilities. You can
decide whether these programs that start up automatically are really
necessary.
TuneUp Speed Optimizer Which settings slow
your computer down? Which unnecessary services or programs are running
in the background? Is your Internet connection optimally configured?
TuneUp Speed Optimizer knows the answers to all these questions. It
examines your entire system for bottlenecks, superfluous background
programs, and incorrect settings. Great: with just one click you can
carry out most optimizations very quickly. In addition, TuneUp Speed
Optimizer provides suggestions for speeding up your system.
TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner Cleaning
up your working environment is tedious: removing invalid shortcuts from
the Start menu, the Desktop, and the Quick Launch bar is very
time-consuming. TuneUp ShortCut Cleaner now does the work for you. It
checks whether all shortcuts are valid and removes the orphaned ones
with just a click of a button. At the same time, empty folders are
removed from the Start menu. TuneUp ShortCut Cleaner also checks
frequently used programs and cleans up the list of recently opened
files.
Support for the Opera browser After hard disk
defragmentation, which we introduced in TuneUp Utilities 2008, the
feature most requested by customers was support for the Opera browser.
TuneUp Utilities 2009 now also includes full support for Opera. Via
several special Opera settings, TuneUp System Control now allows you to
change the number of Speed Dial entries, conveniently choose your
default search engine, and reenable fast backward and forward
navigation. Internet optimization lets you optimize Opera's performance
for your Internet connection. Free up disk space lets you delete the
Opera cache.
TuneUp Styler Now you can also change the
Vista logo animation which appears just before logon. You can download
a whole series of great animations from the TuneUp website. Or, if you
prefer, you can choose your own personal image to display while Vista
starts up. With Vista, you can also add your own images to Vista's
logon screen: With just a few mouse clicks you can create a truly
personal logon experience.
TuneUp Uninstall Manager Redesigned
from the ground up, TuneUp Install Manager now runs much faster and has
a new, even more intuitive interface so that it is even easier to
uninstall unnecessary programs. Unnecessary programs often are
forgotten because they were installed a long time ago and then not
used. TuneUp Utilities 2009 shows you a list of programs not used for a
long time so that you can target for uninstallation those applications
that use valuable disk space and in certain circumstances even slow
your system down.
TuneUp StartUp Manager A
smooth-running system results when there are no unnecessary autostart
applications. The improved TuneUp Startup Manager organizes your
programs into groups and provides clear explanations to make it easier
for you to identify those programs that are not needed.New automatic
startup programs are now highlighted so that you can disable unwanted
entries more easily. System start tasks are now also listed in TuneUp
StartUp Manager In Vista, in particular, scheduled tasks are used in
place of autostart entries.
Free up disk space The
already rapid display of disk space to be freed up is now even faster
on NTFS drives. And now it is so easy to delete even more unnecessary
files, like the backup files for the first Windows Vista service pack
and the Opera and Safari caches. The second "Free up disk space" module
that helps you turn off Windows functions that use excessive disk space
has also been enhanced. The Windows Search index can now be disabled
and deleted with a single click. This makes particular sense if you are
already using a different search engine. In addition, TuneUp Disk Space
Explorer now runs faster and no longer requires that an entire drive be
analyzed. You can now specify that only those folders be analyzed that
you are really interested in.
Lots more improvements Along
with the totally new features, there are a series of improvements that
are not immediately visible. There are small improvements like Tooltips
in the main window, a substantial increase in the number of problems
that can be found byTuneUp Registry Cleaner, and better progress
feedback from TuneUp Drive Defrag. But there are also big improvements
"under the hood". Two good examples are a completely reworked
installation program and significant improvements in our update
technology.
