Temp Files - How do those temp files get there in the first place, and what do you gain by deleting them? As applications process and manipulate data, many create temporary files. Often these are used as emergency backups and sometimes for temporary storage while the program does some other type of processing. This is especially true of applications that handle large files: word processors, image-manipulation programs, desktop publishing applications, or video-editing tools. The result is that the head of the hard drive, the part that seeks out the data, has to travel all over the drive to find what it's looking for. That's more work for the drive and, perhaps more important, more time it spends looking for data than actually reading it in.
Because some of those files, the temp files for instance, don't even need to be there, that slows down the system even more. To make things even worse, having these extra files around can contribute to a secondary problem that also results in a slower system. No matter how much memory you have, it's a finite resource. Sooner or later, some processing-related activity will use up all of your available memory. The less memory you have, the sooner and more often that will occur. And when it does occur, Windows has a clever way to deal with the memory shortage: it starts using chunks of hard-drive space as virtual memory. The system creates a swap file that it uses as if it were additional (but slow) memory; instead of holding data in real memory, it sends information to, and reads it back from, the hard drive instead of to and from memory. System Tune-up will remove all current *.tmp files.
Slow or Windows Startup Errors - Another important thing to help improve Windows performance is to disable all the unnecessary "start-up shortcuts" found in the System Tray. The icons seen near the digital clock in the Windows Taskbar are "shortcuts" which have told various programs to start running when your computer is booted (on the theory that you'll be able to get into them more quickly when you need them).
But what if you don't need them? Should they be running in the background and using system resources? Why not turn them off and just launch them when you need them (except for your AV program, as mentioned above)? System Tune-up will safely remove unnecessary programs from your startup programs.
Removing all *.dll Files - DLL (Dynamically Link Library) is an executable file that permits programs to share code to perform one or more predefined functions. A DLL file can be used by several programs at the same time. The benefit of having DLL files is that they don't get loaded into random access memory (RAM) along with the main program, which saves up space in RAM. So instead of all the coding being built into the program, it uses a particular DLL file that, with a simple call, can execute the operation for it. Virtually all Windows applications use a variety of control and configuration files. One of the most common types is DLL files, typically installed in the WindowsSystem subdirectory.
Few people are familiar with DLLs and their corresponding applications. And it's unlikely anyone could know them all. As you make changes to your software, especially by uninstalling or removing applications, DLL files are sometimes left behind. These are space hogging artifacts you no longer want or need. Want to clean out some of those pesky DLL files that get left over throughout your system when you uninstall programs? Aren't sure which ones are safe to delete and which ones need to be there? System Tune-up will safely remove all unneeded *.dll files from your computer.
Avast Install and Boot-Up Run Time Scan - Avast! v4.8 represents a multi-award winning solution to virus protection, with anti-spy ware and anti-root kit protection software built in for added security. Root kit can be defined as a collection of one or more tools designed to covertly maintain control of a computer. Root kits have more commonly been associated with tools used for hiding programs or processes from the users. Root kit uses functions in the operating system to hide itself, so as not to be detected, and is often used to hide other malicious programs such as keystroke loggers. The use of root kits is not necessarily malicious, but they have come to be increasingly associated with undesirable behavior and malicious software.
Spy ware attacks can collect various types of personal information, such as Internet surfing habit, sites that have been visited, but can also interfere with user control of the computer in other ways, such as installing additional software, redirecting Web browser activity, accessing websites blindly that will cause more harmful viruses, or diverting advertising revenue to a third party. Spy ware can even change computer settings, resulting in slow connection speeds, different home pages, and loss of Internet or other programs. System Tune-up recommends Avast for your virus, anti-spy ware and anti-rookit for your online protection. It FREE and I used it on all my systems. Avast is available free for non-commercial, home use and with its fast, automatic updates Avast! Antivirus is already being used by more than 50 million users worldwide to provide continuous protection against all forms of malicious software (malware).
Advantages of turning off System Restore - System Restore uses a lot of hard drive space. It similar to using the undo feature in Microsoft Word. System Restore is not a truly complete and foolproof form of backup. At best, System Restore can and will get the core operating system running again after a bad crash, but it doesn't return all files to the pre-trouble state, and it can't remove all traces of a program that went bad. As a result, System Restore's usefulness is limited. Turning System Restore off increase your hard drive space and will improve your Windows XP system performance. System Tune-up will safely turn off System Restore.
Defrag Files - Defragging is process done to a hard disk in order to improve performance and recover some lost disk space. Defragging is an essential part of a PC's upkeep as it keeps all the data on your hard disk in an easily readable order. If a hard disk is left without defragging, then over time the disk will begin to lose performance and also slowly reduce the available capacity to data. As you will be aware if your hard disk is running slowly then this will affect the rest of the system performance, in all applications and especially in games, where frame rate is important. How does Defragging improve performance?
When you defrag your hard disk you re-arrange the order in which the data is stored on the drive. The PC will arrange the data so that data that belongs together and needs to be read together is actually put in the same place on the drive. The obvious question here is why doesn't the PC store the data in the correct way in the first place? In an ideal situation (such as a blank disk) the PC would do these as a first option. However with the amount of data being deleted and wrote to the disk every second the PC is on it is no wonder that the data cannot be stored together. System Tune-up will defrag all hard drives.
Once System Tune Steps are complete it is recommend that you back up your vital files are a complete backup is done for your protection.
