You can see evidence of this in late night television. Just pay attention to the number of late night infomercials for miracle software that will make your PC faster. In fact, one such piece of infomercial junkware is actually called My Faster PC! Other variations on this theme usually revolve around changing the order of the keywords or substituting similar terms... MyCleanPC or CleanMyPC etc.. you get the idea.
Those are nothing more than junk, sold to unsuspecting users in their moment of frustration and weakness.
A better solution to your slow PC problems is TuneUp Utilities 2011
Their motto is:
"Deactivation instead of installation"
Features
- Fixes software problems and speeds up you PC.
- Provides the tools to properly maintain up to 3 PCs.
- New program deactivator with programs-on-demand technology.
- Selectively turn off 70+ windows features that are not used on a daily basis.
- Turbo Mode helps you get your PC to maximum speed.
- User-friendly Start Center makes it easy to see your optimization status at a glance.
- Includes over 30 intuitive optimization tools.
Description
TuneUp Utilities 2011 is a comprehensive suite of tools designed to automatically optimize Windows and make your PC run like new again. TuneUp can help you free up disk space and increase performance by up to 60%. It will also help you clean up Windows and solve numerous problems or the many annoyances common with Windows.
TuneUp features an easy to follow Optimization Report which outlines the maintenance that should be performed as well as the problems it will fix.
All of this can be set to run when your PC is idle. That means TuneUp will be busy working on your system only when you're not - no interruption in your schedule!
System Requirements
- Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or higher), Windows Vista or Windows 7 (32- and 64-Bit)
- Processor with at least 300 MHz, 256 MB RAM
- Screen resolution at least 1024 x 600 pixels
- Online version: min. 80 MB free hard disk space
- CD version: min. 300 MB free hard disk space (and CD or DVD drive)
- Internet Explorer 6 or higher
Why I love this product.
There are dozens of utilities on the market and hundreds of freeware and shareware utilities on the web that do a lot of what TuneUp does, but TuneUp packages all those disparate features into one easy to use program.
But that's just a nice thing to have. What really sets TuneUp Utilities 2011 apart from this crowd is its ability to deactivate, or disable other programs instead of uninstalling them.
This is the first utility I've seen that enables the user to selectively choose which programs run and which do not without uninstalling them. This means that you can try out different scenarios before you commit to removing the applications.
All too often people uninstall programs in the hope of improving performance or fixing some sort of crash only to find that it didn't help and they would have continued to use that program if they knew it wasn't contributing to the problem.
Also, TuneUp lets you put your PC into Turbo Mode to maximize performance. This is unlikely to be a long term solution for most users, as it disables many windows features and applications that the user might actually use, but it provides a way to test out the PC in a stripped-down, lean and mean sort of setting. If your PC is slow in Turbo Mode, then it's likely you need to upgrade your hardware and simple software tweaks aren't going to be enough.
On the other hard, you may discover that your PC is much faster, and that you can adjust your style to use less of what you have installed. You may have a new computer without having to actually buy one, and how nice would that be?
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