Tuneup Utilities?

Ph4lanx

Ph4lanx

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Can anyone recommend any of the Tuning utilities for windows? I've got TuneUp Utilities 2009 on my machine and I feel it does a good job, but I'm wondering if perhaps I am missing something better, as it does take a while to do its job when I leave the machine running with it.

Is there perhaps a better company out there? Or should I just not bother and keep my PC maintained manually?
 
I use tune up utilities 2010 and it keeps my computer running nice and smooth. I haven't needed to use any other software since I got tune up 2010. Run it once a week or set it to run when your pc is idle if the time it takes bothers you.
 
Yeah I do that now mate. Was just wondering if I should stick with TuneUp or move to another program :) Glad to hear I was on the right track already!
 
They are completely unnecessary, in my opinion. You can maintain the integrity of your system without the need for all of these utility programs. Providing you practice smart usage habits and don't install every application you can get your hands on, they simply aren't need.

The maintenance I do on my own system, I try and keep short and sweet. The primary one is making sure Windows and the software which I have installed on my system is up to date. Other than that really, the system takes care of itself.
 
Fire Wizard said:
They are completely unnecessary, in my opinion. You can maintain the integrity of your system without the need for all of these utility programs. Providing you practice smart usage habits and don't install every application you can get your hands on, they simply aren't need.

The maintenance I do on my own system, I try and keep short and sweet. The primary one is making sure Windows and the software which I have installed on my system is up to date. Other than that really, the system takes care of itself.
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The tuneup defrag tool is better then the standard windows defrag tool imo. Its convenient to have all maintenance options available on a menu rather then doing it all manually, plus the new feature of live optimisation built into tuneup 2010 is very good. I feel that tuneup is good for people such as myself with average knowledge of how windows works and simply want a convenient solution to defrag, remove old shortcuts, shred files, recover drive space, remove old registry values, easily replace system icons, boot screens etc.

More advanced users probably won't need such a tool, but I like it.
 
Completely agree with Fire Wizard. Pointless family of tools for the same kind of people who believe they can get something for nothing.

Typically they make things worse, not better.

Far more efficient to just learn how to better use, administer, and maintain your own operating system and utilities.
 
I also don't like such tools at all and would never use them. Far better to reasearch and solve any problems that arise than rely on software doing it for you.

Once you've got a good collection of diagnostic tools and gained the experience then problems get a lot easier to solve and avoid the frequent OS re-installs that some people do.
 
Some tools do make things worse...registry cleaners are one of the worst culprits I have encountered (One deleted half of my registry..I phoned up OCUK support only to have the guy on the other end laughing at my foolishness, though he was very helpful afterwards). Tuneup is not like most of these programs because it actually works and helps. I understand where you guys are coming from about fixing problems yourself, but if you can't be bothered or don't have the know how, or simply want an automated program that can do the maintenance grind for you, surely its good that a program can offer this?

(no I don't work for tuneup...I just really like the program :P)
 
I swear by CCleaner, that and defraggler and you'll have a nice quick machine.

Agree with the points above, keeping with the latest driver/firmware updates and having Windows updated is the best way to keep a happy and fast machine
 
boxman2000 said:
I swear by CCleaner, that and defraggler and you'll have a nice quick machine.
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It's perfectly possible and straight forward to maintain a clean and fast system without tools such as CCleaner and a third-party defragmentation program.

Ph4lanx said:
CCleaner and defraggler, I'll have to give them a try and see how they get on.
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The Windows defragmention tool is absolutely fine. In fact, if you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7, you don't even need to worry about manually running a defrag since it's now all automated.

As far registry cleaners go like for example CCleaner, there was a fairly recent thread about them that can be found here which you may be interested in. Some people find value in them (for questionable reasons :p), I personally don't though and see no reason to use them. :)
 
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