User's Manual

9. Rating Function for Programs
You can turn on the useful Rating function for programs in the TuneUp Program Deactivator™, TuneUp
StartUp Manager and TuneUp Uninstall Manager modules. It shows you how useful other users of TuneUp
Utilities found the programs that you have installed. You can use the rating function to help you decide which
programs you really need in your day-to-day work.
Often, you are faced with a decision about which of your installed programs you really need for your day-to-day
work: that is why the Rating function for programs was developed.
The experiences of numerous TuneUp Utilities users will help you to make your decisions in the TuneUp Pro-
gram Deactivator™, TuneUp StartUp Manager and TuneUp Uninstall Manager modules. The rating function
for programs shows you which programs have been classified as useful and helps you to decide which startup
programs you want to disable and which programs you want to disable or uninstall.
Please note: you need to have an active Internet connection to use the rating function.
Display of the Rating Function in the Modules
If you have switched on the rating function, it is integrated into the TuneUp Program Deactivator™, TuneUp
StartUp Manager and TuneUp Uninstall Manager modules as a separate column in the program list. You can
identify your ratings by the blue stars in the Usefulness column. If you have not yet given your own rating, the
column displays the average rating that other TuneUp Utilities users have given the program. If no ratings have
been given, the column is blank.
If you hover the mouse cursor over the column, a tooltip is displayed showing your rating and the rating of
other TuneUp Utilities users.
How to Turn On the Rating Function
Start either the TuneUp Program Deactivator™, TuneUp StartUp Manager or TuneUp Uninstall Manager mod-
ules. The Rating function for programs dialog is displayed. Click OK.
If you do not want to make a decision just now, you can click on Decide later. The module is started without the
rating function. You can enable the rating function at any time by clicking on Rating function in the toolbar,
then on Turn on and this time selecting OK in the dialog that appears.
How to Turn Off the Rating Function
Click on Rating function in the toolbar and select the option Turn off. In the dialog that opens, you can decide
whether you wish to archive your ratings for any subsequent use of the function. The ratings of other users are
deleted from the database on your PC and will have to be downloaded again from the server if you switch the
function back on.
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