Many people are not aware of Tuneup Utilities , so I decided to write a small Review of this great software. At first its not very BIG in size, its a very small file of a few MBs. You can download a Trial version from the following link:
Download Tuneup Utilities
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You have to enter your e-mail address and click on the "Download Now" button and when you have downloaded it and installed it, you can run it from desktop or from Programs menu or by right-clicking on My computer icon and select "TuneUp Utilities".
Now let me introduce its features:
It has following 5 categories:
1.) Customize & Analyze
2.) Clean up & Repair
3.) Optimize & Improve
4.) Administer & Control
5.) File Recovery & Destruction
Now we'll look upon all the categories one by one:
1.) Customize & Analyze
As you can see in the above image, It has 4 options:
a.) TuneUp SystemControl
b.) TuneUp StartUp Manager
c.) TuneUp System Information
d.) TuneUp Styler2
a.) TuneUp SystemControl allows you to tweak many system settings to increase the speed and performance of windows and many other components and software.
b.) TuneUp Startup Manager lets you add/remove entries from the windows startup list (similar to the msconfig).
c.) TuneUp System Information provides complete information about which windows are you using, which hardware are you using, like motherboard, processor, RAM, Display card, I/O devices, etc.
d.) TuneUp Styler2 lets you change the look-n-feel of windows. ( This is my favorite one.)
You can change system icons, icon size, boot screen, login screen, visual styles and can also repair icon display problems.
2.) Clean Up & Repair
It contains following 2 options:
a.) TuneUp DiskCleaner
b.) TuneUp RegistryCleaner
a.) TuneUp DiskCleaner allows you to cleanup your HDD by deleting temporary files, log files and many other files, that can be deleted safely to increase the disk space. You can select the drive and file types which you want to clean.
b.) TuneUp RegistryCleaner removes invalid registry entries, which might remain in registry after uninstalling a software, to improve the system performance.
3.) Optimize & Improve
It contains following 3 items:
a.) TuneUp MemOptimizer
b.) TuneUp RegistryDefrag
c.) TuneUp System Optimizer
a.) TuneUp MemOptimizer optimizes system RAM and you can also free up desired amount of RAM.
b.) TuneUp RegistryDefrag defragments system registry to make the system more faster.
c.) TuneUp System Optimizer:
You can tweak Internet Explorer and firefox and also some system settings for better performance using this tool.
4.) Administer & Control
It contains following 3 items, which are alternatives to windows default components:
a.) TuneUp Process Manager
b.) TuneUp Registry Editor
c.) TuneUp Uninstall Manager
a.) TuneUp Process Manager is an alternative for Windows default Task Manager. You can also replace windows task manager to TuneUp Process Manager by going to: File -> Replace Task Manager.
b.) TuneUp Registry Editor is an alternative to Windows default Registry Editor.
c.) TuenUp Uninstall Manager is an alternative to windows default Add/Remove Programs. You can also remove desired entry from the list without uninstalling it from the system.
5.) File Recovery & Destruction
It has following 2 items:
a.) TuneUp Shredder
b.) TuneUp Undelete
a.) TuneUp Shredder deletes files securely so that they can't be recovered later.
b.) TuneUp Undelete recovers files that have been deleted permanently from the system.
TuneUp Utilities also has one great tool, which is called 1-Click Maintenance:
It automatically searches for invalid registry entries, missing files needed by various programs, registry structure and temporary files and lets u to repair those errors.
You can also change the default TuneUp Utilities settings by clicking on the little arrow under the Close button and then click on Settings:
You can set here whether TuneUp Utilities should start automatically, when the system starts. You can password protect the software and many other settings.
So finally, I can only say that its a must have software for everyone.