Spring is finally here! With the warmer weather, however, comes the frenzy of throwing out old garbage, scrubbing our homes and reorganizing our belongings. Unfortunately, PCs rarely get the love they deserve during this all-inclusive scrub down – but they should. After all, even a PC or laptop that is just a few weeks old [...]
Don’t let the shiny new Metro interface of Windows 8 fool you—the new operating system (OS) has been improved not just with a spanking new outfit but also in the performance department. For instance, Microsoft’s future OS needs to work with both high-end PCs as well as small-factor devices like ARM and low-powered Intel tablets, [...]
Over the course of the past 2 years, we’ve shown you many ways to optimize your PC: from turning off autostart programs, to turning off entire programs and even tuning netbooks for best performance. Unfortunately, if your PC or laptop is still painfully slow, you might be dealing with “DPC latency” issues – and that [...]
Microsoft is not in the habit of supporting its operating systems (OSs) until the end of time. At some point, none of its current OS versions, from Windows XP Service Pack 3 to Windows 7 Service Pack 1, will be marketed, supported, or sold. In this week’s blog post, we’ll let you know how long [...]
So, you think you know Windows 7 inside and out? Think again! In this week’s blog post, I am going to show you five little known Windows 7 features you may have never even heard of. #1 Power efficiency report Here at TuneUp, we love power efficiency which is why this Windows feature is one [...]
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 [...]
Do you use one PC for several purposes, such as gaming, working, and watching movies? If so, you’re wasting performance. Despite the fact that modern PCs are supposed to have been built to support multiple activities, they just do an okay job at handling a variety of tasks. And it’s not just about performance being [...]
Eighteen months ago, I wrote a blog post in which I debunked the myth that SuperFetch is merely a memory hog and that it should be disabled. I even included some benchmarks that showed the potential performance loss after disabling the feature. The reaction to this blog post was overwhelming! Many of you reported experiencing [...]
Microsoft Windows remains one of the leading PC operating systems on the planet and with Windows 7, the company has taken the product line in an exciting new direction. However, as reliable and functional as Windows is, at times, the operating system can end up running slowly, leaving PC users frustrated. Fortunately, by following just [...]
