User's Manual

Disabling Programs
In the following chapters, you will find out how you can use the TuneUp Program Deactivator™ module to dis-
able programs that place a load on your system at various times (at system startup, during operation and at shut-
down) and why it is useful to do so.
All modifications to your system will be monitored by TuneUp Rescue Center and can be undone if
necessary.
Introduction
Until now, users only had two options for dealing with unnecessary programs: They could either remove them
from the system completely or accept that their background programs would continue to slow it down. After a
program is uninstalled, there is always the risk that files that were dependent on it will no longer be able to be
started. If the program is left on the computer, it is always available if it is needed, but continues to impair sys-
tem performance.
TuneUp Program Deactivator™ not only reduces the load of programs at system startup, but also during nor-
mal operation and at shutdown, where the load is a result of services and tasks belonging to one program.
TuneUp Programs-on-Demand Technology™
Thanks to the TuneUp Programs-on-Demand Technology™ there is now a third option: Disable programs that
are no longer required first and see if you can continue to work without them. If you notice that you need a pro-
gram again, it is no longer a problem. You can start the program as usual - the TuneUp Programs-on-Demand
Technology™ reactivates the program in the background, as if you had never disabled it. With the improved
TuneUp Programs-on-Demand Technology™, programs are even disabled automatically after they are used, so
that the load on your system is always kept as low as possible.
Design of TuneUp Program Deactivator™
TuneUp Program Deactivator™ is divided into three areas: the All installed programs area, the Load from
installed programs area and the Details area. You will now find the additional Introduction button in the menu
bar, which allows you to open the introduction to TuneUp Program Deactivator™ at any time.
All installed programs
In the All installed programs area, you can see an overview list of all the programs installed on your system
together with their load status. In the Name column, the programs are sorted according to their load: high,
medium or low. Programs that do not place any load on the system have the status "none" and are not listed by
name. The value for the load is always the highest value for startup, operation or shutdown. In the Status col-
umn, you can see the current status of the programs.
Load from installed programs
In the Load from installed programs area, you will find three graphs that are designed to give you a visual over-
view of the load on your system: The left-hand graph shows you the load on system startup, the centre one the
load during normal operation of your PC and the right-hand one the load when shutting down. A legend with
explanations is provided underneath the graphs. If a program is selected in the list, this is shown by a program
icon next to the graph.
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