User's Manual
Table of Contents
1. Welcome to TuneUp Utilities 2012! 5
New features in TuneUp Utilities 2012 6
System Requirements 7
Help & Support 7
2. The Start Center 8
Changing TuneUp Utilities Settings 11
Turbo Mode 16
Economy Mode 22
The Optimization Status 27
3. Status & Recommendations 29
1-Click Maintenance and Automatic Maintenance 31
Increasing Performance 34
Fixing Problems - Details 37
Undoing Changes 38
4. Optimizing the System 41
Disabling Programs 42
Disabling Startup Programs 46
Displaying and Uninstalling Programs 50
Configuring Live Optimization 53
Cleaning the Registry 56
Defragmenting the Registry 63
Remove Broken Shortcuts 66
Optimizing System Startup and Shutdown 68
Defragmenting the Hard Disk 71
5. Gaining Disk Space 75
Cleaning the Hard Disk 76
Finding and Deleting Large Amounts of Data 80
Securely Deleting Data 87
6. Fixing Problems 90
Fixing common problems 90