System TuneUp is a downloaded software application that scans your system and reports back on a set of recommended optimizations. You will be given the choice of accepting each recommendation, and your Solutions Engineer will be there to advise you on what each optimization will do.

Operating System Status

Keeping your operating system current with the latest software patches and updates from Microsoft is an important component of both performance and security. System TuneUp will review the last time your computer was updated and enable you to schedule periodic updates automatically.

Startup Programs and Services

When your computer starts up, many programs and services can be configured start up automatically as well. These services start whether you use the application that installed them or not, and they require your computer to devote memory and overhead to monitor them. These services are often 'helper' services that enable the applications themselves to start up more quickly, notify you of updates, or enable other features; turning them off should have little effect on running the applications themselves. System TuneUp will show what services your computer starts automatically and give you the option of turning them off.

Browser Helper Objects

Browser Helper Objects are just like startup services; they're activated whenever you start your browser, and consume memory and other system resources of your computer and browser whether you access sites or features that use them. As with startup services, System TuneUp identifies what features are installed into your browser and gives you the ability to turn them on or off.

Disk fragmentation

The hard disk on your computer tries to store its data in blocks; when you copy, add, move, and delete files or applications, you can create 'fragments' of files. On a badly fragmented disk, a single document can be broken up into many separate pieces. Just as it would be much harder for you to remember where each key was if you didn't have them all together on a keyring, it's harder and slower for a computer to manage a hard disk with lots of fragmented files. System TuneUp can analyze how fragmented your hard disk is and start a program that consolidates your data, if necessary.

Unused applications

You (or unnamed others with access to your computer) may have applications installed you never use. They can take up lots of hard disk space; System TuneUp helps you identify applications you rarely remove them.