User manual UNIBLUE POWERSUITE 2010 V1

[. . . ] We recommend you choose the default location unless you have a specific reason not to. You will also be prompted to enter your serial number to activate your product. This can be found in the order details email that was sent to you shortly after purchasing the product. This number should start with the letters PS and be in the following format, where X represents a character: PS-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX. 4 I PowerSuite 2010 Help Manual www. uniblue. com 2. Program overview This section will describe some features within the PowerSuite interface. [. . . ] The last registry backups will be listed one beneath the other, most recent first. Select the backup version you want to resort to then click the Restore button at the bottom right of the screen. Registry changes will be implemented upon restarting your computer. 3. 2 DriverScanner DriverScanner scans your computer to provide a list of drivers that need to be updated. With single click convenience, DriverScanner will then install each driver update on your PC. 3. 2. 1 Downloading new drivers To update a driver, DriverScanner must be guided through a three part process: 1. Driver installation After scanning through PowerSuite, click on the DriverScanner Launch Application button and the program will launch straight in the Scan results page within the Driver scan tab. To start the download process, click on the Download all button at the bottom right of the screen. During this process, DriverScanner will contact the Uniblue database and download the necessary data. A progress barwillapproximatedownloadcompletionuntilthewords"Downloadcomplete"appearwitha`verygood' tick. Clicking on the Installbuttonwillstartadriver's installation process. Note:Asingledrivercancaterformorethanonedevice. Forexample, DriverScannermayidentifyfive outdated devices but offer only three drivers. This is normal and technically sound. 3. 2. 2 How to install new drivers To install a downloaded driver, click on the word Install displayed in the middle column of the Update driverspage. Notethatdriversneedtobeinstalledonebyone. Beforeclicking, checkforthedriver'ssafetyrating, displayedtotherightoftheinstallbutton. Systemdrivers are labeled risky as their installation is particularly delicate. We recommend that you do not install risky drivers unless you are an advanced user taking a considered decision. Once you click on Install, DriverScanner launches an automatic restore point which will allow you to roll back to previous drivers on demand. DriverScanner will then install the new driver automatically and silently. Apop-upwillconfirmadriver'ssuccessfulinstallation. 7 I PowerSuite 2010 Help Manual www. uniblue. com 3. 2. 3 Ignoring drivers If you decide not to install a driver for safety reasons, you might want to omit this driver from subsequent scan results. To omit a driver from the next search results, click on the Ignore option from the right hand side. To unignore a driver, select the Manage tab from the navigation panel and then Ignored drivers from the left hand side menu. Select the appropriate driver by clicking the tickbox on the left hand side. Click on the Unignore selected button and the driver will be offered once again in subsequent scan results. 3. 2. 4 Rolling back to a previous driver Everytimeyouinstallanewdriver, DriverScannerkeepsarestorepoint. Thisisasnapshotofyoursystem that you can resort to in case of system problems. To roll back to a restore point, click on the Manage tab from the navigation panel. Any restore points will be listed together with the date and time that they were set. To rollback to your computer at a previous state, select the appropriate restore point by clicking on the left hand side tickbox. [. . . ] Click on the Relaunch now button and PowerSuite will launch in the new language. 4. 2 Remove auto launch By default, PowerSuite will launch automatically with Windows start up. We recommend you preserve this setting to ensure you have up to date information on the performance of your PC. Furthermore, SpeedUpMyPC'sspeedtoolswillonlyoperatewhentheprogramisrunning. Toremovethissetting, select Settings from the navigation panel. Unticktheboxtothelefthandsideofthe`LaunchPowerSuitewhenWindowsstarts'optiontoremoveauto launch. 4. 3 Using a Proxy To run PowerSuite through a proxy, go to the Settings tab from the navigation panel. [. . . ]