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Discussions on WindowsForum.com about tuneup utilities reveal mixed experiences. Some users report that tuneup utilities like TuneUp Utilities by AVG can cause system sluggishness, disk space loss, or installation errors, while others use them for maintenance. Several threads advise against such software on Windows 10, claiming the OS manages itself. Topics include performance issues, registry cleaning, and uninstallation difficulties. The tag covers user concerns about the effectiveness and safety of tuneup utilities on various Windows versions.
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    Windows 10 No need for tuneup software

    I have been running windows10 for almost a year. Im an old retired coder with 45 years under my belt. Until windows 10 came along ( this latest build) I had little love for windows. That has changed. Windows 10 is awesome, Microsoft finally got it right. Uninstall all your tuneup software and...
    • Bernard Stin
    • Thread
    • automatic updates battery life driver update ethernet expert advice firewall hardware refresh home network laptop maintenance paranoia registry cleaner retired coder storage third-party tools tuneup utilities usb windows 10 windows defender windows update
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows XP Outlook Express has suddenly become intolerably sluggish

    It began late last week. Outlook Express takes a very long time to show its GUI at all, a long time after that to become responsive, and when it does become responsive it is intolerably slow. Prior to this Outlook Express has functioned very well for me. I greatly prefer it to Windows Live Mail...
    • conceptualclarity
    • Thread
    • avg dell desktop support email program graphics driver hardware configuration installation issues memory issues outlook pc maintenance pentium performance sluggish software conflict system restore troubleshooting tuneup utilities user experience windows xp
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  3. V

    Windows 7 Troubleshooting Windows 7: System Instability, Slow Performance, and Installation Issues

    Ok, I recently did a fresh install of win 7 because I corrupted my own registry playing about. Anyways, I got everything done & all looked fine & completed normally & then I got a BSOD. First one ever, continued & it looked normal & everything. Then after about a week I noticed some programs...
    • VsUK
    • Thread
    • browser bsod defrag diagnostics error hdd installation issues memory performance process registry resource monitor slow startup system tuneup utilities unstable windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Tuneup Utilities: Disk Space Gone after using TuneUp Shredder!

    Hi, I have been using the Tuneup Shredder feature of Tuneup Utilities for quite a time. When it showed the option of "Delete the free allocated Space", I enquired about it but the answer was quite misleading on the website. So I ended up "Selecting" that option. I have used it for a number of...
    • acad123
    • Thread
    • data recovery disk cleanup disk space file shredder lost space software issues storage tuneup utilities user experience windows tools
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Tutorials
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    Windows 7 Help! My windows 7 is sluggish!

    its a fresh install, its the 64bit 7 ultimate. The laptop its running on is: HP G60-445DX notebook pc with the AMD Turion X2 Dual Core 64bit processor, 3GB RAM, 256MB NVIDIA GeFore 8200M G, 320GB HDD. I know the laptop meets the specs, what could be causing it to be sluggish? one example is...
    • HondaLuv3r4Life
    • Thread
    • 3gb ram amd processor clean install computer help freezing hdd hp laptop laptop issues nvidia performance sluggish tech support troubleshooting tuneup utilities windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Refuses to shut down

    I've use ccleaner & have TuneUp Utilities which all keep my system in tip, top condition. However from about a week ago my system just hangs on shutting down. It refuses to shut down & power off itself & just sticks on the Shutting Down screen with the little motion class at the side. I've all...
    • VsUK
    • Thread
    • ccleaner driver issues error performance power off shutdown system hang troubleshooting tuneup utilities windows
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Windows live essential download error 0*80040155 , could not install program

    Windows live essential install error?i can not install windows live essential 2012 . i uninstalled previous version of windows essentials. When i run the windows live essential setup the download terminated and it display an error, " Could not install programs Please try installing windows...
    • ddbbdd
    • Thread
    • application error catalog error ccleaner download issues error error resolution installation live essentials registry cleaner setup error software installation troubleshooting tuneup utilities windows 12 windows essentials windows live
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Maintance of Windows 7 Home Premium(Must Do?)

    Hi I have purchased my share of utilities,tune up and maintance software since i got my windows 7 home premium 64bit.And i must be a slow learner,because every single time,i has ended very suddenly with:re-install windows because of errors in OS.I forgot to mention one type of software:Driver...
    • casi
    • Thread
    • backup boot time ccleaner clean install computer safety driver update error expert advice installation maintenance performance performance tuning registry cleaner software recommendations system stability tuneup utilities user experience utility windows 7
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Can not uncheck startup/ edit startup entries

    Trying to disable some of the bloatware that came with my HP G62, as well as disable unneeded auto-updates, and have been blocked from doing so. Ran msconfig, startup entries... Unchecked, hit "apply" and they just become checked again. ??? (Ran as administrator on admin account) Tried...
    • JoFoS
    • Thread
    • automatic updates bloatware hp g62 msconfig startup system settings task manager tuneup utilities windows administration yahoo messenger
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Persistent LAN Connection Issues After Windows Update: Seeking Help

    Ok, everything was running perfectly fine till a few days ago when i had windows updates to install & after the reboot it said updates had failed & it continued to fail & revert the changes made which took forever to do & i managed to get the updates to install 1 by 1 in the end. But ever since...
    • VsUK
    • Thread
    • bios connectivity device manager drivers ethernet hardware issues lan mobo network network sharing performance reboot router slow connection system issues taskbar troubleshooting tuneup utilities windows 7 windows update
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 7 Leftovers from uninstalled programs

    I have two seemingly leftovers from previous programs that stop new installation of say Tuneup which crashed I removed it with Revo using advanced, and Microsoft essentials which crashed also on an update I used microsoft help and the calcs method for permission etc. I have used just about all...
    • artinusa
    • Thread
    • leftovers permissions registry revo uninstaller software cleanup troubleshooting tuneup utilities uninstall windows essentials windows installation
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  12. eyeland

    Windows 7 Unable to acces certain control panels from my admin user account

    I am not sure when this issue occurred, but I noticed it today Problem: I am unable to acces certain CP from the admin account. These CP include "advanced system settings" and "remote setings". When clicked, nothing happens. So far all the unresponsive CP I have identified are "admin CP"...
    • eyeland
    • Thread
    • control panel device manager fonts malware permissions registry reinstall remote settings safe boot security service tweaks settings system settings troubleshooting tuneup utilities uac virus scan windows 7
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  13. SlyCooperFan1

    Windows 7 TuneUp Utilities Change - Internet Alert Boxes fade effect

    I installed TuneUp Utilities a while ago, and one optimization option it gave me was to remove the fade effect that popup alert boxes give. You know, this: <script type="text/javascript">alert('This is an alert.');</script> Unfortunately, I want that back now (since I didn't understand what it...
    • SlyCooperFan1
    • Thread
    • alert boxes fade effect internet javascript optimization popup restore tuneup utilities uninstall user experience
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Programs missing from "Programs and Features" in Control Panel - PLEASE HELP!

    Hi, I've been running Windows 7 for the past 3 months and it's been amazing, I love, it, then last week I went to just uninstall a program, went to "Progs and feats" in control panel, and only 2 programs are listed as installed!? The two programs listed are Google Chrome and ManyCam, but i have...
    • VirtualParadise
    • Thread
    • control panel malware programs registry security software issues tuneup utilities uninstall windows 7 windows update
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Problem displaying particular icon

    Okay I only have a problem with one type of icon and that is the folder icon in my pictures. Here I'll show you: It's the only icon not displaying properly and as you can see it is a couple icons piled on top of each other making a weird looking icon. I have TuneUp Utilities installed and it...
    • tinywolves
    • Thread
    • custom icons display issues file explorer folder icons icon cache icon issues icon packager pictures folder system restore tuneup utilities
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Windows Tutorials
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    Windows 7 External USB hard drive freezes or says it's empty

    I'm using: OS - Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit CPU - AMD Athalon XP 2400+ 1.99GHz RAM - Kingston 2.00 Gb MOBO - VIA VT 8366a Apollo KT266a the problem I have is an 1Tb Western Digital external USB drive. It will work fine, but every now and then I can't access anything on it. I can browse...
    • YakooMarkTwo
    • Thread
    • amd processor combofix data access external drive file access freezes hard drive movies music pictures reboot registry cleaner storage issues system performance task manager tuneup utilities usb drives via motherboard western digital windows 7
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  17. reghakr

    Windows 7 Free TuneUp Utilities 2009!

    This has been a very busy week for dotTech's free talking about free Movie Editor Pro 15 Silver, and many other software. So, lets continue the trend and talk about another awesome freebie: TuneUp Utilities 2009! Seeing as we have already discussed how to get TuneUp Utilities 2007and TuneUp...
    • reghakr
    • Thread
    • dottech free software freebies pc optimization software enhancement software features software update tuneup utilities user request utility
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Software
  18. reghakr

    Windows 7 Free jv16 PowerTools 2009!

    Everyone knows about Tuneup Utilities, WinUtilities, Glary Utilities, WinOptimizer, and Advanced SystemCare. However, only a handful, lucky few know about jv16 PowerTools 2009. That is a relative shame because jv16 PowerTools is a powerful, reliable, and feature filled system utility/optimizer...
    • reghakr
    • Thread
    • advanced system care free software glary utilities jv16 powertools optimize performance system utilities tuneup utilities winoptimizer winutil
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Software
  19. EdiblePlastique

    Windows 7 Minor Failage (Security and Bootskin)

    Today, I upgraded from Windows Vista Ultimate x64 to Windows 7 Ultimate x64. The upgrade itself was a flawless procedure, but in the end, a couple of things screwed up. For some reason, AVG 8.5 still isn't 'turned on' even after rebooting and 'turning it on' multiple times. I click the...
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    Windows 7 Are this software works on Windows 7?

    Are this software works on Windows 7? tuneup utilities 2009 frostwire
    • kupalski
    • Thread
    • compatibility frostwire software tuneup utilities windows 7
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Software
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