TuneUp Utilities - 2006 User Manual
TuneUp Utilities 2006
User Manual
TuneUp Utilities 2006 was developed by:
Company: TuneUp Software GmbH
Address: Dolivostr. 9
64293 Darmstadt
Germany
Internet: www.tune-up.com
Support for this software can be obtained at the following addresses:
E-mail: tu2006-uk@tune-up.com
Internet: www.tune-up.com/support/uk
Table of Contents
Table of Contents .....................................................5
Preface ......................................................................9
Installation..............................................................11
System Requirements............................................ 11
Starting the Installation......................................... 11
Entering Your User Name and Serial Number........ 12
Selecting the Installation Location......................... 13
Introduction to TuneUp Utilities ............................14
Starting the Software............................................ 14
Structure and Use of the Software ........................ 14
The Five Categories ............................................... 15
Customize and Analyze ..................................... 15
Clean up and Repair .......................................... 15
Optimize and Improve....................................... 16
Administer and Control ..................................... 16
File recovery and Destruction ............................ 16
Table of Contents
Customize and Analyze ..........................................17
TuneUp SystemControl.......................................... 19
Usage ................................................................ 19
Display Æ Animations and Effects..................... 20
Display Æ File Types .......................................... 21
Display Æ Folder Options.................................. 22
Usage Æ Input Options..................................... 23
Usage Æ Start Menu ......................................... 24
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Usage Æ Taskbar............................................... 24
Communication Æ Network.............................. 25
Communication Æ Internet Explorer ................. 26
Communication Æ Mozilla Firefox .................... 27
Communication Æ E-Mail and Chat .................. 28
Communication Æ Privacy ................................ 29
Administration Æ User Logon ........................... 30
Administration Æ Drives ................................... 31
Administration Æ Memory and Cache............... 32
Administration Æ Start and Maintenance ......... 32
Administration Æ System.................................. 34
Wizards Æ Correct Problems............................. 34
Wizards Æ Copy Settings .................................. 35
TuneUp StartUp Manager ..................................... 36
Usage................................................................ 36
TuneUp System Information.................................. 38
Usage................................................................ 38
TuneUp Styler........................................................ 40
Usage................................................................ 41
System Elements ............................................... 41
File System ........................................................ 44
Appearance....................................................... 45
Repair................................................................ 46
Boot Screen....................................................... 46
Creating Boot Screens ....................................... 47
Logon Screen .................................................... 49
Visual Style........................................................ 50
Clean up and Repair ...............................................52
TuneUp RegistryCleaner ........................................ 53
Usage................................................................ 53
The Main Window............................................. 54
Clean-up............................................................ 56
TuneUp DiskCleaner .............................................. 58
Usage................................................................ 58
Analysis ............................................................. 59
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Clean-up............................................................ 61
Optimize and Improve............................................62
TuneUp MemOptimizer......................................... 64
Usage ................................................................ 64
Configuring AutoOptimize ................................ 65
Manual Optimization ........................................ 66
Program Options............................................... 66
TuneUp RegistryDefrag ......................................... 67
Registry Analysis................................................ 67
Defragmenting the Registry .............................. 68
TuneUp System Optimizer..................................... 69
1-Click Maintenance.......................................... 69
The System Advisor ........................................... 70
Optimize Internet Connection ........................... 71
System Optimization ......................................... 72
Administer and Control..........................................74
TuneUp Process Manager...................................... 75
Processes........................................................... 75
Open Files ......................................................... 76
Performance...................................................... 76
Menu Bar Functions .......................................... 77
TuneUp Registry Editor.......................................... 78
Usage ................................................................ 78
TuneUp Uninstall Manager.................................... 80
Usage ................................................................ 80
Table of Contents
File recovery and Destruction.................................81
TuneUp Shredder .................................................. 82
What does TuneUp Shredder do?...................... 82
Usage ................................................................ 82
Deleting Files..................................................... 82
Deleting a Folder............................................... 83
Deleting the Contents of the Recycle Bin........... 83
Selecting the Deletion Method.......................... 83
Shredding a File after deletion .......................... 84
TuneUp Undelete .................................................. 85
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Table of Contents
Global Modules ......................................................89
Glossary ..................................................................95
Index ..................................................................... 105
Usage................................................................ 85
Enter Search String............................................ 85
Search Results ................................................... 86
Recovering Files................................................. 87
Data Recovery 101 ............................................ 87
Deleting Sensitive Files the Right Way ............... 88
TuneUp RescueCenter ........................................... 90
Undoing Changes.............................................. 90
System Recovery................................................ 92
TuneUp UpdateWizard.......................................... 93
Usage................................................................ 93
Installing Updates ............................................. 94
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Preface
Preface
1
Windows XP or one of its predecessors are installed on most computers in use
around the world. Windows is an excellent operating system for standard tasks
such as working with applications and managing files. But things aren’t so
simple when a user wants to customize, optimize or streamline the system – ease
of use is quickly forgotten here, and many things cannot be done at all with the
tools that come with the operating system.
But everything is possible. Windows controls the programs that are loaded when
it starts up. Windows specifies which commands can be seen in the Start menu.
Windows also controls how the icons on your desktop look. But how can a user
change these settings?
Nearly everything
can be changed – if
you know where and
how.
Your personal
Windows expert
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It’s all easy, says the expert. All of the parameters are hidden in the boot files
and the Windows registry. The registry is the central database for the operating
system and is used by your applications and hardware modules to save their
current configurations. With the help of suitable editors, you can open this
special database and manipulate all of the system’s parameters. The problem is
that only experienced experts know where to find the pertinent parameters
among the myriad cryptic entries in the database. Most users have no idea what
they are looking at when they open the registry.
This is where TuneUp Utilities 2006 comes in. This software helps normal users
and experts alike to better adapt Windows to their needs and tastes. All important
system options are explained clearly and can be enabled or disabled with a click
of your mouse in many different modules. TuneUp Utilities 2006 takes care of
changing the corresponding parameter in the registry or in the boot files.
TuneUp Utilities 2006 is not only about making Windows more attractive. It can
also be used to optimize or clean up the system with a single mouse click,
removing unneeded files from your hard drive and deleting superfluous entries
from your registry. And all configurations are optimized so that Windows runs
noticeably faster than before.
Preface
Automatic
adaptation to your
operating system
To make all of this possible, TuneUp Utilities 2006 delves deeply into the
Windows operating system. But Windows itself changes significantly from year
to year. For this reason, our software adapts automatically to all supported
Windows versions. As a user, you normally do not notice this and can simply use
the software and all of its features.
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Installation
Before you can use TuneUp Utilities 2006 on your computer, you must install it.
This copies the program files to your computer so that you can start and use the
program any time without inserting the CD.
System Requirements
Your system must fulfill certain minimum requirements in order to be able to
properly install and use TuneUp Utilities 2006. These requirements are not
demanding, and should be met by any fairly modern computer.
Installation
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Minimum system
configuration
Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows XP
800x600 screen resolution with 256
colors
25 MB free disk space 40 MB free disk space
133 MHz Intel Pentium or AMD K5
processor
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
Internet access
Recommended system
configuration
1024x786 screen resolution with
16.7 million colors
Intel Pentium II or AMD Athlon
processor
Starting the Installation
Insert the included CD in your CD-ROM drive. The installation should start
automatically as soon as Windows recognizes the CD.
If nothing happens when you insert the CD, the AutoPlay function has been
deactivated for your drive. In this case, open your Explorer and double click the
file Setup.exe in the root CD directory to start the installation.
The installation program now displays an introductory screen asking you to close
all other open programs. To do this, press Alt+Tab to switch to any open
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Installation
Please close all other
programs.
applications and close them by pressing Alt+F4. You must do this to ensure that
no problems occur during installation. This also makes it possible for the
installation program to update system files that may otherwise be locked because
they are in use.
Once you have closed all other programs, click Next to continue.
The program now displays the license agreement. Read the entire text to learn
under what conditions you are allowed to use the program. Then select I accept
the license agreement and click Next.
You must accept the
license agreement to
continue.
Entering Your User Name and Serial Number
On the next screen, you must enter your User Information. Here, the installation
program requests your name and the name of your company or organization.
These boxes are normally already filled in with the correct information. If this is
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not the case, please enter the correct information. The Serial number can be
found on the front of this manual.
Personalize your
copy of TuneUp
Utilities
If you use Windows XP and 2000, you can specify whether the program should
be available for all users on the computer or only for you in the next step.
After you have entered all necessary information, click Next to continue.
Selecting the Installation Location
You’re almost done. Now, you have to specify the folder on your computer in
which TuneUp Utilities 2006 should be installed. The default location suggested
by the program is C:\Program Files\TuneUp Utilities 2006.
Installation
You can normally use this folder. But if you wish to install the program in a
different folder, click Browse.
Start the installation.
Then click Next to begin copying the files.
A progress bar shows you how far along the installation is. Wait until the
program displays the message “TuneUp Utilities 2006 was installed
successfully”.
Then click Finish to complete the installation.
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Introduction to TuneUp Utilities
Introduction to
TuneUp Utilities
Starting the Software
There are a number of ways to open the TuneUp Utilities 2006 Start Center. The
most important are explained below.
A new icon is added to your desktop when you install the software. Double click
this yellow icon with the name TuneUp Utilities 2006 to start the program
directly.
You can also start the software through the Windows Start menu. To do this,
open the Start menu and then the folder All Programs. This folder contains a
folder called TuneUp Utilities, which is created when you install the software.
Click the TuneUp Utilities icon in this folder to open the Start Center.
You can also start each of the TuneUp Utilities 2006 modules individually if you
are familiar with the software. To do this, open the subfolder Utilities in the Start
menu folder, which contains icons for each of the modules. Simply click one of
these icons to start the corresponding module.
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Structure and Use of the Software
TuneUp Utilities consists of a number of useful modules that can be accessed
through a common graphical Start Center. This center is divided into five
categories to make it easier to select the appropriate modules for what you want
to do.
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Introduction to TuneUp Utilities
The five TuneUp Utilities 2006 categories can be seen on the left side of the
window. Click one of these names to open the corresponding category.
The modules of the selected category are shown on the right side of the window
in the form of blue buttons. You can start a module by clicking the
corresponding button.
When you have finished working with a module, simply click the red X in the
upper right corner to close it and return to the Start Center. Here, you can either
select another module, or close TuneUp Utilities 2006.
The Five Categories
Customize and Analyze
These modules allow you to delve deeply into Windows and adapt the system to
your needs and wishes. You can, for example, change the appearance of the
interface and manage the programs that are automatically run when Windows
starts. This category also includes a powerful diagnostic module that displays
detailed and useful information on the hardware and software in your system.
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Clean up and Repair
A large number of unneeded files and system errors gather as you work with
your computer every day. This category provides you with the tools you need to
rid yourself of this unneeded ballast. One module cleans up the Windows
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Introduction to TuneUp Utilities
registry and corrects errors, while another deletes unneeded files from your hard
drive to free up space. This can noticeably speed up your system.
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Optimize and Improve
One module analyzes the configuration of your computer to identify settings that
could be slowing it down and corrects them if you wish. Another module repairs
and defragments the Windows registry. A memory manager also works in the
background to optimize memory usage in your system.
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Administer and Control
Three modules for expert users help you edit the registry, monitor running
processes and safely remove unneeded applications from your system.
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File recovery and Destruction
Safety and security at your fingertips: Shredder can delete sensitive information
in such a manner that it cannot be recovered. And if you ever accidentally delete
a file, the undelete module is ready to recover files that have even been deleted
from the Recycle Bin.
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Customize and
A
Customize and Analyze
nalyze
You can tweak
Windows to your
heart’s desire here.
4
The modules in the Customize and Analyze category help you adapt the
operating system to your needs.
TuneUp SystemControl is the most extensive module in TuneUp Utilities 2006
and lets you specify exactly how your Windows system should look and work.
You will be surprised at how many options you can configure with TuneUp
SystemControl.
TuneUp Styler takes care of the appearance of Windows. You can use this
module to change the icons on your desktop and in your Start menu, and can also
change the icons for your drives, folders and Favorites. Under Windows XP, you
can even change the appearance of the logon screen and install new visual styles
that change the way the Windows interface looks entirely.
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Customize and Analyze
TuneUp StartUp Manager lets you finally put a stop to all of the irritating
programs that load themselves automatically when you start Windows, even if
you don’t want them to.
And TuneUp System Information provides you with a clear overview of your
hardware and software so that you know exactly what is installed in your system.
This provides you with all the information you need so that you can, for
example, tell a service technician which graphics card you have in your
computer, the manufacturer of your main board, how much RAM you have
installed, and much more.
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TuneUp SystemControl
TuneUp SystemControl is a kind of control center that allows you to quickly
and easily adapt your Windows operating environment to your needs and tastes.
Regardless of whether you want to change the visual effects, the desktop, the
way users log on, the security of your system or memory management, TuneUp
SystemControl lets you configure and optimize any setting, down to the
smallest detail.
And the program even protects your privacy if desired by deactivating Internet
functions that automatically contact Microsoft or that collect information on your
surfing habits without asking permission.
All changes are monitored by TuneUp RescueCenter and can be undone at any
time.
Usage
TuneUp SystemControl is a very powerful module. You can use it to easily and
safely configure hundreds of Windows settings.
Extensive but easy to
use: TuneUp
SystemControl
contains over 330
options, structured
and clearly explained
for easy use.
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 categories are Display, Usage,
Communication, Administration and Wizards. Each of these categories
contains multiple subcategories.
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Customize and Analyze
As soon as you click one of the subcategories with your left mouse button, the
available options are shown on the right side of the window. Take a look at all of
the settings that can be configured with the program, you will find many
interesting and useful options.
Note: TuneUp SystemControl adapts to the installed operating system
automatically and only offers the options that are supported by your system.
Don’t be surprised when you see different options under Windows 98 and
Windows XP, for example. If you need help with a particular setting in TuneUp
SystemControl, use the integrated context-sensitive help, which can be accessed
through the context menu for nearly every option.
Tip: Use the context-sensitive help!
Click any option in TuneUp SystemControl with your right mouse
button and select What’s This? to view detailed information for the
selected option.
Display Æ Animations and Effects
Effects
You can configure the appearance and behavior of the system interface elements
here.
Disabling various unneeded effects can lead to a significant increase in speed
depending on your system.
Click Best Appearance to enable the most impressive visual settings. If speed is
more important to you, click Best Performance. Click Restore Defaults to
restore the original Windows settings.
Animations
You can specify which animations should be displayed when you work with
windows and lists here.
Click Best Performance to disable all options that are only eye candy. Click
Restore Defaults to restore the original Windows settings.
Menu Appearance
You can configure the appearance and behavior of context menus and standard
application menus here.
Under Animation, you can specify whether menus should fade out when they
close. You can also select a display effect from a drop-down menu.
Under Effects, you can specify whether Windows should use flat 2D menus or
whether a small 3D shadow should be displayed beneath an open menu.
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Remove unneeded
entries from the
menu and add your
own!
Customize and Analyze
Font Smoothing
In order to improve the readability of text on your computer, you can select the
font smoothing method that looks best to you under this option.
The smoothing method ClearType is especially interesting. It is designed for
flat screen monitors (TFT and LCD) and makes use of their so-called subpixels
in order to effectively smooth the edges of small fonts. Click ClearType
Settings to adapt these settings to your individual monitor.
Display Æ File Types
Menu Operations
In this tab, you can specify which entries should be shown in the context menus
for drives and folders. This can let you open the command prompt directly under
My Computer by right clicking a folder, for example.
New Menu
You can specify which file types are displayed in the New menu in the context
menu for the desktop, the Explorer and the Save dialog here.
If you wish to remove a file type from the menu, click the check box in front of
the desired file type to remove the check mark. Click Remove to delete the file
type from the list entirely. New file types can be added by clicking Add.
You can also specify whether the New menu is displayed at all in the context
menu for the desktop and free areas of folder windows under Options.
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Customize and Analyze
Opening Files
Here, you can specify what Windows should do when you open files of an
unknown type. In the box Default application, you can specify that the dialog
"Open With" be shown, or that the file should be opened with a specific
program automatically (such as Notepad). Enter the path of the desired program
in the Open with box.
Advanced
Under New shortcut prefix, you can specify whether the prefix "Shortcut to"
should be added to the names of new shortcuts.
Under Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, you can specify whether pictures
should be shown automatically in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer when you
double click them. If this is the case, you can leave this option selected.
Display Æ Folder Options
View
You can specify how folder Windows and the objects contained in them should
appear here.
Navigation
Here, you can configure the settings for navigating in folder windows and special
sorting settings for numbered files.
Thumbnails
You can configure the settings used for the automatic display of preview images
for folders containing pictures here.
Colors
If you select the folder option “Single-click to open an item” in the Explorer,
files and folders are selected as soon as you position the mouse pointer over
them. You can select the color used to highlight selected files here. You can also
specify the color in which encrypted and compressed files are displayed in the
Explorer here (regardless of whether “Single-click to open an item” is selected or
not).
Advanced
Here, you can specify which special items should be shown on the desktop and
under My Computer. You can also easily hide entire drives and customize the
behavior of the address box in the Explorer, Internet Explorer and the Run
dialog.
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Do you want to hide
a drive from prying
eyes? No problem, a
click on My
Computer makes it
possible.
Customize and Analyze
Usage Æ Input Options
Mouse Functions
You can configure the functions of your mouse here by swapping the mouse
buttons and changing the behavior of the scroll wheel.
Mouse Sensitivity
You can configure how sensitively your mouse should react to click and drag
actions here. You can change how long the computer will wait between two
mouse clicks and still recognize a double click, for example.
Active Window Tracking
Here, you can activate a little-known Windows function that could entirely
change the way you work with windows, so-called Active Window Tracking.
When you select the Active Window Tracking function, all you have to do to
activate a window is move the mouse pointer over it.
The option in the Foreground section can also be selected if you wish to have
the activated window brought to the front automatically.
Keyboard
You can configure how Windows is controlled with the keyboard here, for
example by configuring the behavior of the Windows key.
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Customize and Analyze
Usage Æ Start Menu
Behavior
You can configure how the Start menu reacts to specific mouse actions here.
You can navigate
through menus
much more quickly if
you reduce the
opening delay here.
Submenus
Here, you can specify how many of your most recently used documents and files
should be shown in the Start menu, among other things.
You can also click Setting in the Special menus section to call up a window in
which you can specify the commands that should be shown in the Windows Start
menu.
Programs
Here, you can configure the Start menu settings that affect programs. One option
is, for example, to customize the list of Frequently Used Programs.
Advanced
You can configure the display of your user name in the Start menu and call up
other TuneUp Utilities modules that are relevant for the Start menu here.
Usage Æ Taskbar
Flashing Buttons
This function prevents other windows from “barging” their way to the front
while you are working on a document in a text editing program. Instead, the
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You can customize
or deactivate button
flashing here.
Customize and Analyze
button of the program on the taskbar will blink when the program needs your
attention.
Button Appearance
You can specify whether and how windows should be represented by buttons on
the taskbar.
Minimized Windows
Sometimes when a window is minimized, all that can be seen is the title bar that
is moved to the lower edge of the screen, just above the taskbar, automatically.
The behavior of windows that are minimized in this manner can be configured in
accordance with your wishes in this tab.
Advanced
You can customize general display and behavior options for the taskbar and the
notification area here.
Communication Æ Network
My Network Places
Here, you can configure a number of settings that affect the display of shares
under My Network Places. These include preventing your computer from being
shown under My Network Places on other computers.
Advanced
Here, you can deactivate the Windows Universal Plug and Play service for
security reasons. You can also remove the Windows Messenger here.
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Customize and Analyze
Passwords
Saving your passwords means that you don’t have to enter your password every
time you dial into the Internet, access password protected shares, etc. However,
hackers may be able to access and misuse these passwords. You can deactivate
the automatic saving of passwords here.
Internet Time
You can specify whether and how Windows should synchronize your system
clock with an Internet time server here. You can also add additional time servers
to the list.
Internet
A variety of expert settings for your Internet connection can be configured here.
Communication Æ Internet Explorer
Explorer Bars
Here, you can configure the behavior of the bars in Internet Explorer. For
example, you can specify that the search bar always searches using Google.
View
Here, you can customize Internet Explorer to suit your tastes. You can for
example change the window title bar and specify a toolbar background
picture for the toolbars. You can also customize the behavior of the Image
toolbar here, or turn it off altogether.
Favorites
You can hide unwanted Favorites folders and their contents here. Please note that
the contents of your Favorites folders are not shown here, but only the existing
folders so that they can be hidden or displayed.
Menu
Here, you can customize the File menu of Internet Explorer, and under Settings,
you can add many useful commands to the context menu that is called up when
you click on a web page with your right mouse button.
Security
Make downloading files with Internet Explorer more secure and hide your
browser version from sites you visit.
Performance
You can accelerate the loading of websites here by adapting the number of
simultaneous connections to your connection.
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Surf the Internet
faster with this
option!
Customize and Analyze
Communication Æ Mozilla Firefox
General
Text animation: Many web sites try to attract your attention by using as many
visual effects as possible. These often include text effects such as blinking or
horizontally scrolling text (marquees). If these effects are a nuisance to you, you
can disable them by selecting the options Disable blinking text and Disable
scrolling text (marquees).
Error messages: Here, you can specify whether messages about failed attempts
to connect to a web server should be shown in a window (dialog) or as a web site
in the browser window.
Sidebar location: Here, you can specify whether the sidebar should be shown on
the left or right side of the browser window. The sidebar can contain your
bookmarks, history and downloads.
Usage
Autocomplete: When you enable autocomplete for the address bar, Internet
addresses that you have previously visited will be entered automatically in the
address bar when you type the first few characters of the address.
Menu speed: Here, you can specify how long Mozilla waits before it opens a
submenu when the mouse pointer is positioned over the submenu.
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Customize and Analyze
Popup Windows
Under Opening popup windows, you can specify that the contents of a popup
window must be shown in the current browser window instead of in a new
window.
Under Allowed window manipulation, you can specify what changes a web site
can make to popup windows. Some web sites try to hide the navigation bars in a
popup window so that it looks like a Windows message dialog. You can prevent
this here.
Performance
Here, you can enable the pipelining function of Mozilla Firefox. Pipelining is an
experimental function through which the web browser sends multiple download
requests to a web server over a single connection. This is not supported by all
web servers.
Communication Æ E-Mail and Chat
Outlook Express
If you use Outlook Express, you can change the text that is shown in the title bar
in this panel. You can also specify whether or not the splash screen should be
shown when Outlook Express is started.
You can also configure the security function in Outlook Express that blocks
executable e-mail attachments. If you do not wish to have such attachments
blocked, you can disable this function. Please note, however, that such
attachments may also contain malicious programs, such as a viruses, that are run
when you click them.
Office Outlook
Under Type a question for help box, you can specify whether this box is shown
in the toolbar of all Office applications.
If you want to have an Outlook icon in the notification area instead of a button
on the taskbar when the program is minimized, select Minimize Outlook to
notification area.
E-Mail Attachment Security subwindow
When Office Outlook downloads e-mails that contain attachments, it is best to
have certain attachment file types blocked automatically so that they cannot be
opened. If this is not done, you could easily activate a virus, for example, by
clicking an attachment. In some cases, however, it is sensible to disable the
blocking of individual file types.
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Cover the tracks you
leave while working
on your computer
and surfing the
Internet here.
Customize and Analyze
Under Blocked file types, you can see a list of all file types that cannot be
opened in Outlook. You can disable the blocking of individual file types, or
disable the blocking of all file types by clicking Block None.
Windows Messenger
Under Run, you can now specify if and at what events Windows Messenger is
loaded automatically. If you want to prevent Windows Messenger from running
entirely, select Do not allow Windows Messenger to run (disable).
If you do not use Windows Messenger at all, you can also remove it from your
system entirely. To do this, use the Remove section.
Communication Æ Privacy
General
Here, you can configure settings that affect your privacy and security when
working on the computer.
Cover Tracks
Here, you can configure settings to eliminate the traces of your work with
documents and of the sites you visit on the Internet.
Activate Delete history lists at logoff to have the lists of most recently used
documents and programs emptied when you shut your system down. This
prevents other persons from using these lists to find out what you have done on
the computer.
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Customize and Analyze
Select Empty Internet Explorer cache when exiting to have the browser cache
deleted as soon as you close the program. You should only select this option
when maximum security is important to you and you do not wish others to be
able to find out which sites you visited on the Internet by viewing the cache.
Internet Explorer
Here, you can configure security settings that affect your privacy when working
with Internet Explorer.
Media Player
You can configure all of the Windows Media Player settings that affect your
privacy here.
Advanced
Here, you can configure Windows XP and Microsoft Office Error Reporting
and go directly to other privacy options.
Prevent your product
ID from being
transmitted to
Microsoft!
Administration Æ User Logon
General
Here, you can switch between the Welcome screen and classic logon prompt, and
can customize both by clicking Customize.
Automatic Logon
In order to save yourself the trouble of logging on to your computer every time
you use your system, you can have yourself logged on automatically.
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Customize and Analyze
Messages
Here, you can specify whether all users should be shown a message before they
log on.
View
Specify here which screensaver should be shown when no user is logged onto the
system.
Tour
Here, you can activate or deactivate the Windows tour, which offers an
introduction to basic Windows functions and features. When this is activated, it
will be shown each time you log on.
Administration Æ Drives
General
A number of settings that affect your drives can be configured here. You can
enable UDMA66 support to accelerate access to your drives, for example.
Disk Space
Windows displays a warning automatically when too little free space is available
on a drive. If this warning bothers you, clear the check box in front of Show low
disk space warning.
AutoPlay
Under Media change monitoring, you can select or deselect Monitor CD
drives for media change depending on whether you want Windows to
automatically detect when you insert a disc into your CD and DVD drives.
Under AutoPlay, click Advanced to configure the automatic playing settings for
different media types such as music CDs.
Advanced
Under My Computer, click Settings to specify which drives should be shown
under My Computer. You can use this setting to effectively hide drives from
prying eyes.
The button TuneUp Styler opens the TuneUp module that you can use to
customize the icons for individual drives.
If you wish to defragment all of your drives and optimize the locations of all of
your files on your drives so that they can be accessed more quickly, click
Defragment.
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Customize and Analyze
Administration Æ Memory and Cache
Memory Management
Under Virtual memory, you can configure settings for systems with more than
256 MB RAM. On such systems, deactivating the swapping of drivers and the
system core can increase the performance of the system. You can specify
whether the Windows system core and drivers are always kept in the physical
memory or if they can be moved to the paging file if necessary.
Under Paging file, you can configure settings that affect the management of your
physical and virtual memory. If you wish, you can have the entire paging file
overwritten with zeros when you shut your computer down to protect your
privacy. Please note however that enabling this setting will drastically increase
the time your system needs to shut down.
Memory Usage
Here, you can adapt how Windows makes use of your physical memory to meet
your needs.
Do you have 512 MB
RAM or more? Then
try the option
system cache
Prefer
!
Advanced
This tab contains links to other TuneUp Utilities modules that you can use to
optimize your memory usage. All of these modules are described in their own
sections in this manual.
Administration Æ Start and Maintenance
System Start
This tab contains a number of settings that affect how your computer starts.
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