TuneUp Utilities 2011 Released

[EchoX860]

Most people think it does more harm than good, but I haven't had any issues that I've noticed.

TuneUp Utilities 2011 from - Download - Techworld.com

EDIT: NEVERMIND Do not install this, Ran 1 Click Maintenance, had an OLE? issue with DivX.

I take everything good I said about it back.

 

[Francis93]

I wouldn't even bother installing this. CCleaner 3 for the win! Hands down.

 

[yowanvista]

I wouldn't even bother installing this. CCleaner 3 for the win! Hands down.

+1 Ccleaner is the best

 

[goguta]

I had some speed problems on internet with tune up utilities 2010

 

[EchoX860]

I have both on my PC

 

[SledgeDG]

Sorry but the term "Snake oil" comes to mind.
And as an addition the dead beat horse "Se7en is not XP

Under 98 and XP I really liked TU but I stopped using it when I switched to Vista.

-DG

 

[CarlTR6]

It is time for my sermon on tuneup utilities:

Windows 7 is a totally different operating system than XP. Win 7 is not an evolution from XP. It is a totally new OS and even changed from Vista. Thus the wisdom we learned about XP - tweaking, cleaning, modifying for speed, etc - do not apply at all to Win 7. Forget that knowledge.

Windows is a closed source system. Developers of tuneup utilities and registry cleaners do not have the core code of Win 7 and are not working on definitive information, but rather they are going on past knowledge and experience, most of which is not applicable to Win 7. Automatic cleaners will usually have to do some guesswork.

There is almost no tweaking that can be done to Win 7 to speed it up. The system is designed to diagnose itself and take care of itself which it does remarkably well. Win 7 maintains itself and that includes the registry.

Tuneup utilities are pure snake oil. At best they do nothing except use resources. At worst, they can mess your system up, slowing it down, and even crash it. There is no tuneup utility out there anywhere that can speed Win 7 up and improve its performance, at least not at this time.

This isn't to say that the system does not need to be maintained. Uninstall programs that you don't use, delete unneeded and unnecessary files. Defrag your hard drive. But don't screw with the registry unless you are an in depth expert in the Win 7 registry.

We have seen the adverse effects of tuneup utilities and registry cleaners and registry defraggers in the Crashes and Debugging Section. Most of the time, the cure is a clean install. Using a program such as Ccleaner is fine to get rid of old and unnecessary files. A tuneup utility is not only unneeded, it can actually harm your system. Don't use them.