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TuneUp Utilities
	File:TuneUp Utilities 2011 - Start Center.png TuneUp Utilities 2011 Start Center
Developer(s)	TuneUp Software GmbH
Stable release	2011 (Version 10.0.2011.65) / 28 October 2010
Operating system	Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7
Platform	Intel x86 - 32bit and x64
Size	19.5 MB
Available in	English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Polish and Brazilian Portuguese
Type	Utility software
License	Proprietary commercial software
Website	www.tune-up.com

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TuneUp Utilities, developed by TuneUp Software GmbH, is a utility software suite for Microsoft Windows designed to help manage, maintain, optimize, configure and troubleshoot a computer system.

TuneUp Utilities is made and developed by TuneUp Software GmbH; this company is based in Darmstadt, Germany and was co-founded by Tibor Schiemann and Christoph Laumann in 1997.

Components

TuneUp Utilities Start Center: It is the main hub for accessing all TuneUp Utilties components in one place. In addition, it is runs four types of tests in the background to give an overview of system status. It is also able to activate or deactivate Turbo Mode, a mode in which TuneUp Utilities disables many of the background services so that most system resources can be allocated to a certain task. The words "Start Center" only appears on its button in Windows Taskbar area, in its Online help and in its software manual.

Routine maintenance

TuneUp 1-Click Maintenance: Runs all routine maintenance components successively without requiring any user interaction. Can be scheduled to be run once a week in the background.
TuneUp Gain Disk Space: Deletes temporary and/or unused files to cleanup hard disk and free more disk space.
TuneUp Registry Cleaner: Performs registry cleaning on Windows Registry.
TuneUp Registry Defrag: Re-composes Windows Registry, thus optimizing its structure and size.
TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner: Finds and deletes invalid computer shortcuts.
TuneUp Drive Defrag: Performs defragmentation on hard disk drive, optimizing its performance.
TuneUp StartUp Optimizer: Optimizes the startup and shutdown process of Microsoft Windows.

Repair

TuneUp Disk Doctor: Analyzes and repairs logical hard disk errors. It is similar to CHKDSK in function but has a graphical user interface.
TuneUp Repair Wizard: Fixes certain common Microsoft Windows problems.
TuneUp Undelete: Undeletes files and folders that (instead of being moved to a recycle bin,) are deleted. It works on hard disk drives, USB flash drives and memory cards.

Performance tuning

TuneUp Performance Optimizer: Scans and modifies system configuration to improve the overall system performance by improving Internet access time, disabling unnecessary system services, recommending uninstallation of long-unused software and fine-tuning visual effects. Does not have a shortcut in Start Menu, but can be invoked from TuneUp Utilities Start Center.
TuneUp Live Optimization: Aims to improve responsiveness of software applications by tweaking their running priorities.
TuneUp StartUp Manager: List applications/processes that start up with Windows and lets user to enable, disable or delete their entries.

Customization

TuneUp Styler: Modifies the visual appearance of Microsoft Windows, including the look of window borders, the look and feel of common Windows controls and the look Windows startup screen, logon screen and system icons.
TuneUp System Control: Exposes many of system settings that are found in obscure locations of Windows and allows users to change them.
TuneUp Uninstall Manager: An alternative to “Add or Remove Programs” (a Control Panel applet in Windows XP) or “Programs and Features” (a Control Panel applet in Windows Vista and later).

System utilities

TuneUp Disk Space Explorer: Analyzes disk space and shows disk space usage of files and folders on a chart, allowing system administrators to discover what requires more disk space. It sorts files and folders based on their size.
TuneUp Process Manager: An alternative to Windows Task Manager.
TuneUp Registry Editor: An alternative to Windows Registry Editor found in Microsoft Windows. It has additional features, such as bookmarking, better search and remembering last-accessed parts of Registry.
TuneUp Shredder: Irrecoverably deletes files, folders or the contents of Windows Recycle Bin. Apart from simply overwriting the file contents with zeros, it can optionally employ the more rigorous DoD 5220.22-M method or the exhaustive Gutmann method.
TuneUp System Information: Extracts and displays information on various aspects of the system such as hardware capabilities, memory and storage devices.

Miscellaneous

TuneUp Optimization Report: Keeps track of what is done by other components of TuneUp Utilities and shows an statistical overview of them.
TuneUp Rescue Center: Shows or undoes changes that most other components of TuneUp Utilties have made. (Changes made by certain components, such TuneUp Shredder, cannot be reversed.) It can also view checkpoint created by System Restore, create new checkpoint or restore system state to one of those checkpoints.
TuneUp Update Wizard: Checks Internet for TuneUp Utilities updates.

External links

TuneUp Official Site

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 ==Components==
+;TuneUp Utilities Start Center: It is the main hub for accessing all TuneUp Utilties components in one place. In addition, it is runs four types of tests in the background to give an overview of system status. It is also able to activate or deactivate Turbo Mode, a mode in which TuneUp Utilities disables many of the background services so that most system resources can be allocated to a certain task. The words "Start Center" only appears on its button in [[Taskbar#Microsoft Windows|Windows Taskbar area]], in its [[Online help]] and in its software manual.
-The software is organized into modules that address common system tasks. For routine maintenance, the software can be used to free up disk space, optimize the system registry, and defragment hard drives. Repair functions allow for the repair of hard disk and other system errors, as well as the restoration of deleted files. Performance tuning options include adjusting system configuration, modifying system start-up, and adjusting running priorities for applications. System utilities include replacements for [[Windows Task Manager]], [[Windows_Registry#Editing|Windows Registry Editor]], a [[disk space analyzer]], and [[data erasure]] compliant with [[National Industrial Security Program|DoD 5220.22-M]] Users can also modify and customize the appearance of their Windows installations,along with centralized access to many system settings.
+===Routine maintenance===
+;TuneUp 1-Click Maintenance: Runs all routine maintenance components successively without requiring any user interaction. Can be scheduled to be run once a week in the background.
+;TuneUp Gain Disk Space: Deletes temporary and/or unused files to cleanup hard disk and free more disk space.
+;TuneUp Registry Cleaner: Performs [[Registry cleaner|registry cleaning]] on [[Windows Registry]].
+;TuneUp Registry Defrag: Re-composes Windows Registry, thus optimizing its structure and size.
+;TuneUp Shortcut Cleaner: Finds and deletes invalid [[computer shortcut]]s.
+;TuneUp Drive Defrag: Performs [[defragmentation]] on [[hard disk drive]], optimizing its performance.
+;TuneUp StartUp Optimizer: Optimizes the startup and shutdown process of Microsoft Windows.
+===Repair===
+;TuneUp Disk Doctor: Analyzes and repairs logical hard disk errors. It is similar to [[CHKDSK]] in function but has a [[graphical user interface]].
+;TuneUp Repair Wizard: Fixes certain common Microsoft Windows problems.
+;TuneUp Undelete: [[Undeletion|Undeletes]] files and folders that (instead of being moved to a [[recycle bin (computing)|recycle bin]],) are [[File deletion|deleted]]. It works on [[hard disk drive]]s, [[USB flash drive]]s and [[memory cards]].
+===Performance tuning===
+;TuneUp Performance Optimizer: Scans and modifies system configuration to improve the overall system performance by improving Internet access time, disabling unnecessary system services, recommending [[uninstall]]ation of long-unused software and fine-tuning visual effects. Does not have a shortcut in Start Menu, but can be invoked from TuneUp Utilities Start Center.
+;TuneUp Live Optimization: Aims to improve responsiveness of software applications by tweaking their running priorities.
+;TuneUp StartUp Manager: List applications/processes that start up with Windows and lets user to enable, disable or delete their entries.
+===Customization===
+;TuneUp Styler: Modifies the visual appearance of Microsoft Windows, including the look of window borders, the look and feel of common Windows controls and the look Windows startup screen, logon screen and system [[computer icon|icon]]s.
+;TuneUp System Control: Exposes many of system settings that are found in obscure locations of Windows and allows users to change them.
+;TuneUp Uninstall Manager: An alternative to “Add or Remove Programs” (a [[Control Panel (Windows)|Control Panel]] applet in Windows XP) or “Programs and Features” (a Control Panel applet in Windows Vista and later).
+===System utilities===
+;TuneUp Disk Space Explorer: [[Disk space analyzer|Analyzes disk space]] and shows disk space usage of files and folders on a chart, allowing system administrators to discover what requires more disk space. It sorts files and folders based on their size.
+;TuneUp Process Manager: An alternative to [[Windows Task Manager]].
+;TuneUp Registry Editor: An alternative to [[Windows_Registry#Editing|Windows Registry Editor]] found in [[Microsoft Windows]]. It has additional features, such as bookmarking, better search and remembering last-accessed parts of Registry.
+;TuneUp Shredder: [[Data erasure|Irrecoverably deletes]] files, folders or the contents of Windows Recycle Bin. Apart from simply overwriting the file contents with zeros, it can optionally employ the more rigorous [[National Industrial Security Program|DoD 5220.22-M]] method or the exhaustive [[Gutmann method]].
+;TuneUp System Information: Extracts and displays information on various aspects of the system such as hardware capabilities, memory and storage devices.
+===Miscellaneous===
+;TuneUp Optimization Report: Keeps track of what is done by other components of TuneUp Utilities and shows an statistical overview of them.
+;TuneUp Rescue Center: Shows or undoes changes that most other components of TuneUp Utilties have made. (Changes made by certain components, such TuneUp Shredder, cannot be reversed.) It can also view checkpoint created by [[System Restore]], create new checkpoint or restore system state to one of those checkpoints.
+;TuneUp Update Wizard: Checks Internet for TuneUp Utilities updates.
 ==Further reading==