User manual GRISOFT PC TUNEUP 2011 REVISION 2011.03

[. . . ] AVG PC Tuneup 2011 User Manual Document revision 2011. 03 (20. 9. 2010) C opyright AVG Technologies C Z, s. r. o. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. A V G P C T uneup 2 0 1 1 © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. A ll rights res erved. 1 Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] The program will scan the registry to see how much fragmentation there is and if the registry needs to be defragmented. When the analysis is over, click Next to defragment the registry. A V G P C T uneup 2 0 1 1 © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. Disk Maintenance Any hard disk becomes fragmented and cluttered with junk files over time. AVG PC Tuneup has all the tools needed to get the most out of your hard drive performance. 7. 1. Clean Up Your Hard Disk With Disk Cleaner tool you can clean up your disks from useless files that waste space and slow down your computer. These may be temporary files, web browsers cache, junk files left by online chat programs like MSN or Yahoo Messenger and other debris. To launch the Disk Cleaner tool, click on the Cleanup link of the Disk Maintenance section. Specify where the program should look for junk files and then click on the Scan Now button. After a short scan you will see the junk files and their location on disk. This tool can defragment files, consolidate free space and move system files to the faster part of the disk. This greatly improves applications response time, system boot speed and overall computer performance. A V G P C T uneup 2 0 1 1 © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. A ll rights res erved. 11 Click on the Defragment link of the Disk Maintenance section. Select the disks you want to defragment and click on: · Analyze to determine disks fragmentation level · Defrag to defragment files · Defrag & Optimize to defragment files and consolidate free space 7. 3. Check for Errors Disk Doctor is also included, allowing you to check disk drives for problems related to bad sectors, lost clusters and directory errors. With Disk Doctor you will be able to recover data from unreadable sectors and monitor your hard drive health. Please note: We recommend running the Disk Doctor tool once a month to check the health of the disk drives on your computer. If you start seeing a lot of bad sectors, backup and replace the faulty disk to prevent data loss. A V G P C T uneup 2 0 1 1 © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. You will then be able to see which files and folders take up the most of the disk space, as well as some useful statistics. Click on the Show button to choose between several views. A V G P C T uneup 2 0 1 1 © 2 0 1 0 C opyright A V G T ec hnologies C Z, s . r. o. System Speed Up AVG PC Tuneup offers over hundreds of settings to tune your system for maximum performance and speed up Internet connection. 9. 1. Optimize Your Internet Connection With Internet Optimizer tool you can speed up Internet connection by optimizing numerous settings like Max MTU and RWIN specifically for the type of Internet connection you use. If you want the program to optimize your Internet connection automatically, click on the Automatic entry of the Speed Up Internet section and follow the program's instructions. In the right-hand column you will find detailed description of each setting. 9. 2. Tweak Windows to its Peak Performance Tweak Manager tool includes lots of undocumented Windows settings that can be customized to speed up your system. [. . . ] After the scan is finished, select the history tracks and files you want to remove and click on the Erase button to remove them. 11. 2. Delete Files beyond Restoration Did you know that by simply deleting files or folders in Windows you just remove references to them but not the actual data?Files you think were deleted in fact remain intact on the disk for some time and can be easily restored with data recovery software. File Shredder was designed to permanently delete files, folders and the Recycle Bin contents, so your sensitive data cannot be restored. [. . . ]