User's Manual

How to Increase the Performance of Your Computer
You can find out if you have any recommendations by going to the Status & recommendations category
in the Start Center and looking at the status fields of the Increase performance area. If you have hidden
some recommendations, these do not impact the status any more. Open the details window by clicking on
the Show details link.
When you open this window for the first time, you must answer the short questions from the profile wizard,
so that the optimization can be precisely tailored to your situation and needs (see Increase performance -
Profile, p. 19).
Overview
The details window opens on the Overview tab, where you can find out whether there is any potential for
increasing performance. In the areas Internet settings and Visual effects, you can perform all the opti-
mization recommendations found by clicking Optimize all. This will not restrict any of your important func-
tions.
The recommendations in the Hardware and software area on the other hand depend heavily on your usage
behavior. This is why you can only apply them one at a time.
Switching tabs
Click on a recommendation or on the Details button to move to the other tabs, where you can view the
details of each recommendation. Alternatively, you can click on the name of the tab you want.
Applying Recommendations
In the Internet settings and Visual effects tabs you can perform all the optimization recommendations
found by clicking Optimize all. Alternatively, you can click on a recommendation in the left column. In the
right-hand area of the window, a detailed description will appear and you can apply the recommendation
by clicking on the button on the bottom right.
In the Hardware and software tab you must answer a few simple questions on each recommendation in
order to receive suitable options to continue. If you can't answer a question or want to postpone the deci-
sion, you can hide the recommendation by clicking on Hide recommendation on the bottom right.
Please note that you cannot of course simply accept the recommendations concerning your hardware, but
can only hide them.
Hiding and Showing Recommendations
If you do not want to accept a recommendation, click Hide recommendation. Now you can select whether
you want to hide it permanently or only for 30 days. The number of hidden recommendations is always dis-
played in the taskbar on the right. By clicking on the number displayed, you can easily show these rec-
ommendations again.
Changing a profile
Selecting Change profile on the top right takes you to the profile, which shows the basis for your opti-
mization recommendations (see Increase performance - Profile, p. 19).
Increase performance - Profile
The first time you use TuneUp Utilities, you are prompted to complete a profile, so that it can provide you
with tailored recommendations for increasing performance. This profile contains the following questions:
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