Tuneup 2010

I have been trying this new version of Tuneup utilities b/c the previous one didn't support Windows 7.

So far...I am far from impressed as the user interface looks completely different and unfriendly. I don't know where to go to perform certain tasks anymore.

Moreover, it's among one of the few startup programs that I have and I can't find a way to remove it from loading on startup. Could someone help? Should I keep this?

Thanks a lot in advance.

 

Download CCleaner http://www.ccleaner.com and run the program. Go to -> Tools -> Startup and there you can delete or disable most non critical startup programs. The other option is using msconfig.

 

Exactly my thoughts... It was nowhere to be found. Guess I should either uninstall Tuneup or get WinPatrol to get this done.

 

Tuneup products are a huge waste of money. Windows 7 can do everything Tuneup 2010 can, plus more and do it better.

 

Use Revo uninstaller to remove programs. It also detects and removes registry entries left behind from uninstalling program so be careful with that.

http://www.revouninstaller.com/

 

Any "Tuning" programme has become pretty obsolete since Vista - there may be a few cases were you gain 1s or so - or maye even slow down your PC in the long run.

I sggest leaving the OS and using more "basic tools" like CCleaner only for temp files.

 

I loved tuneup utilities 2009. It had a lot of cool tweaks and customizations, and a very easy to use interface.... Tuneup 2010 is a flipping joke. It's expensive and is trash. Thank God I tried the trial first.

 

Gotcha. Windows 7 feels snappier than Home Premium after all.

Thank you to all for the input/advice.

 

I have tuneup utilities 2010... sounds like you gave up on it! its really a decent program, all the old tools are still there they just put them in expanding windows to make the GUI EASIER.. So just look for the expanders below each section, when you click it slides up and hello all your tools... just neatens it all up into 1 window. also you can disable that startup item... Its a service, so go to services, find tuneuputilities64app or w/e and just disable it tada!

 

You'll get used to it. The only thing that is missing that I have noticed so far is Space Explorer. Or what was it called.

 

I like Windows 7 Manager. All in one.

 

I just downloaded and tested TU2010. I found it can't really boost the performance on Windows 7(without affecting Visual) as much as it does on Windows Vista.
However, I found the Registry Cleaner of TU2010 still good as usual.

In conclude, TU2010/2009 is good and probably "Vital" if you're affordable for Vista and XP.
However, on Windows 7, it is just a very plain software which is not worthy to buy.

 

Seems like it's probably not worth it...

 

Eh, I like its defragger too - seems really thourough. Reg. cleaner is solid as ever, plus it has some other nice features that come in handy from time to time. Upgrade was only $20 so was worth it for me. Found several hundred reg. errors that CCleaner missed apparently too.

 

Question is... where they really errors?

Anybody could write an app that calls your holeregistry an error - if you get the gist.

 

No idea?!!!, but hey placebo's cure sometimes, so it works for me

 

True, Pacebos can work.

Its only when you find that somethign stopped working that you get annoyed.

And one of the problems with the registry is that most people don't know how it works.

 

I sure dont... although I do think that the Vista/Win7 registry is virtualized so technically "cleaning" it doesn't do anything anyway, or something of that nature... correct?

Anyway, total placebo effect for me which is fine

 

I think you better ask Gary that.

 

I agree that most tune-up software is pointless nowadays (and some are downright dangerous) but there are still a few areas that Windows 7 is lacking.

I discovered today, for example, that the Win7 defragger is not great when I tried to partition my hard drive on a completely fresh install. Windows would only give up about half the empty drive space, even after defragmenting three times. Had to use a third party defragger to knock things into shape so Windows would finally give up most of the empty space for a new partition.

 

Use MyDefrag for defragmenting. It's the best. And free.

 

I tried using TuneUP utilities 2010.
Honestly, I was disappointed.
Primarily because it took so much time to load up.
Everything else ... well, pretty much the same and adapted to work in Win7.
The only reason I wanted to use it is to have actual descriptions of the programs I was removing from the start-up on some computers that used one thing or the other to properly connect to the internet.
CCleaner doesn't have program descriptions, but it's mostly usable in that regard since you should know most of the programs that are useless at start-up of course.

I deleted TuneUP 2010 because at this point, it's just useless, and CCleaner is small, light, fast and does what I want it to.

 

Windows 7 has a solid built in defrag program which I prefer to use over the others. I run the W7 defrag program from the command prompt and it does a super nice job.

 

You can use spybot to disable start up programs and its free..
The option is under tools.

 

Or try autoruns - its part of the sysinternals suite.

 

I know, but try MyDefrag, ex-JKDefrag and you'll see.

 

after i try out 2010 in win7, i find it kind of more confuse.

in winxp, i'm stil using 2009..

 

TuneUP was good up until 2009 (although they slowed down the startup sequence of the program somewhat in that version for some reason).

In any event, 2010 while ok, is just ... ugh ... uncomfortably even more slower than the previous version for some reason.

CCLeaner can remove startup programs just as easily, but the difference is that it doesn't tell you the description of the program itself ... so sometimes, unless you can guess from the extension directory on what it is, you have to guess.
Aside from that, CC is small, light and fast ... so I think it's a far better option compared to TuneUP at this point because it does almost everything TuneUP does, and for free.