User's Manual

What is Used to Calculate the Tuning Status?
TuneUp Utilities performs an analysis to see which optimizations it can perform on your system. This poten-
tial is displayed in a graph showing you how close your system is to having 100% optimization. You will
achieve 100% – the perfect Tuning Status and therefore a fully filled out graph – when you implement the
recommended optimization potential for your system as much as possible.
The graph is made of different sections. The sections on the left-hand side represent optimizations com-
pleted and the sections on the right-hand side show optimization potential still remaining. The Tuning
Status is calculated based on the analysis results of the following sections:
Automatic Maintenance, 1-Click Maintenance and Manual Maintenance
For this section to be considered as optimized, one of the following conditions must be fulfilled:
l Automatic Maintenance must be activated with all the necessary maintenance tasks enabled or
l TuneUp 1-Click Maintenance is carried out within 14 days of use with all the necessary maintenance
tasks or
l TuneUp Registry Cleaner and TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner are run within 14 days and Temporary files
are deleted within 14 days of use.
To delete Temporary files, open the Gain disk space category in the Start Center. Click on Unnecessary files
under Clean hard disk and check the Temporary files box.
Live Optimization
For this section to be considered as optimized, the two Live Optimization options should be enabled. These
two options have the same weighting.
Increasing Performance - Details
Please note that you must answer the questions on your profile in order to receive appropriate rec-
ommendations for your system.
For this section to be considered as optimized, the following condition must be fulfilled:
l You have either accepted or hidden all recommendations.
Recommendations that you have hidden for 30 days will cause the status to be reclassified when this period
expires and the recommendation will be displayed again.
Fixing Problems - Details
For this section to be considered as optimized, the following condition must be fulfilled:
l You have either fixed or hidden all problems.
Problems that you have hidden for 30 days will cause the status to be reclassified when this period expires
and the problem will be displayed again.
Program Deactivator and StartUp Manager
The Tuning Status analyzes how many of your existing programs are using up your system's resources and
recommends that you optimize these through TuneUp Program Deactivator or TuneUp StartUp Manager.
In doing so, the Tuning Status takes into account the fact that you have classified some of your programs
as important despite their system load and that they should remain active. Therefore this section of the
graph is considered as optimized after a certain number of programs have been disabled.
Temporary Performance Boost from Turbo Mode
The Turbo Mode is not considered when the current Tuning Status is calculated. The Turbo Mode segment
to the right of the graph shows you the current status of Turbo Mode. When Turbo Mode is on, the seg-
ment is green.
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