A few week’s ago we had a blog post, in which we explained the reasoning behind developing our power-saving feature, TuneUp Economy Mode (part of our TuneUp Utilities 2012), and how it works. But in the end, it all boils down to one question: How much battery life can I really save? Today, we’ll put [...]
If there’s one thing that’s really important for PC users on-the-go, it’s battery life. Thanks to the massive performance enhancements in laptops such as the second-generation Core i7 and AMD FX CPUs, many users tend to look out for energy efficiency and battery life instead of just raw processing power. To prevent your laptop from [...]
It’s hard to believe that it’s already December and the time has come for everyone to begin baking, holiday shopping and brainstorming resolutions for the New Year. It seems like just yesterday that the TuneUp team was showing readers how to transform their PCs into Windows Phone 7 and optimize their SSDs. Looking back, 2011 [...]
In Part 1 of my SuperFetch Q&A, I began to respond to common complaints about Windows Vista’s and Windows 7′s SuperFetch feature. In Part 2, I’ve compiled yet another round of questions and answers for users who are having severe problems with SuperFetch. Let’s dive right in… Question #5: Does SuperFetch decrease battery life ? [...]
In this radio interview with “Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline“, Sandro Villinger details the key functions and new features and enhancements that come with TuneUp Utilities 2012. Listen to this clip to hear our blog editor-in-chief explain how TuneUp’s software can give PCs a complete performance “makeover” with its ability to deactivate background processes that [...]
It’s ready for prime time: Today, after months and months of research on our part, I’m very happy to announce the release of our brand-new TuneUp Utilities 2012 on friday! This year’s version upgrades your PC not just with an enhanced feature for peak performance, but also with a brand-new power management system that delivers [...]
Microsoft recently caught my attention with the release of a performance-related hotfix. Blog readers should pay attention to KB2555428. It fixes an issue which can cause Windows 7 to boot extremely slowly. The culprit is System Restore with the slowdown occuring when many restore points have been created. To quote Microsoft Support on the symptoms [...]
No matter how fast your PC is, there’s one thing slowing it down and that is low disk space. It’s probably the no. 1 cause of a sluggish machine and even one that IT pros tend to overlook. In this blog post, I’ll explain why low disk space can make every program slow down to [...]
TuneUp recently released an update for TuneUp Utilities™ 2011, so I wanted to give you a quick run-down of some of the important changes. Update v10.0.4100 brings the following to the table: The enhanced TuneUp StartUp Manager detects and disables more programs than before and provides more information about them. The current System Health and [...]
Windows Update is an important part of Microsoft’s operating systems. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the more fragile Windows components—update issues are among the most common problems that plague users. And this can be dangerous—without some updates, you may be open to security vulnerabilities! Windows Update just can’t be ignored, so in this week’s blog [...]
