User's Manual

Preface

TuneUp Utilities 2006 9

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?

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

Nearly everything

can be changed – if

you know where and

how.

Your personal

Windows expert