Tuneup Utilities

PC maintenance utilities are the secret ingredient in every experienced user's computer performance recipe. A good tuneup utility is the all-in-one solution to a completely optimized computer.

Every computer requires maintenance on a regular basis. People will usually confuse performance loss with outdated hardware and because of that proceed with unnecessary acquisitions. Buying a good tuneup utility is far more economic. If it turns out that a new computer should be bought after all, the money is well spent since the user can still use the previously acquired tuneup utility on the new one as well.

The best thing about PC maintenance utilities is that they can not only help with optimizing the computer's core performance, but also with various other tasks such as backing up and recovering important data, restoring the computer to an earlier state in case of an emergency, fix security issues and more.

Finding the Right One

Top rated maintenance utilities are different from others primarily because of their capabilities but also because of their ease of use, learning curve and support provided by the company. A top rated utility should be able to:

Remove errors and defragment hard drives

Cleanup the drives by automatically deleting unnecessary files

Recover and backup data

Manage startup programs

Terminate processes that affect computer performance in a negative way

Free up computer's memory

Optimize and manage other critical system processes

Restore the computer to it's previous state on demand

Completely maintain the registry

Tweak system settings to greatly reduce security vulnerabilities

Provide various diagnostic reports and suggest recommended actions

Schedule and automate maintenance tasks

Automatically update itself

Offer 24/7 or even real time support

Provide a clean user interface

CCleaner (free)

Piriform is known for providing high quality solutions absolutely free of charge. One of their best tools is CCleaner. This tool is very fast and reliable, with capabilities such as registry repair, file cleanup, system restore and secure free space formatting.

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TuneUp Utilities ($49.95)

Since 1997, TuneUp Corporation based in Miami Florida has been working on the possibly best PC maintenance utility available today. With more than 30 tools in it's arsenal, TuneUp Utilities is guaranteed to help your computer stay in tip-top shape. Some of the features include managing system startup, disk defragmentation and maintenance, registry optimization, data restoration and the ability to automatically analyze and troubleshoot the PC.

Trial version supported. You must have at least Windows XP with Service Pack 2 installed in order to run the newest version of this application.

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Auslogics BoostSpeed ($49.95 - 3 PCs, 1 year)

BoostSpeed is a trusted quality one-stop optimization utility. Although the yearly license might seem like a turn off for some people, it is money well spent and the experienced ones know it. Auslogics BoostSpeed can recover files, check for errors, cleanup and defrag your registry as well as hard drives, change system settings for better performance, find duplicate files, optimize startup and system service management, perform detailed system analysis etc.

Trial available.

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Advanced System Optimizer ($39.95 per year)

Developed by Systweak Inc. based in Jaipur India, Advanced System Optimizer is currently recognized as one of the most complete maintenance utilities on the market. Advanced System Optimizer is capable of both protecting, optimizing and maintaining your computer in every way. It can clean and defrag the registry, optimize system startup, maintain hard drives, scan for duplicate files, backup and recover data, update your operating system drivers, and much more.

Trial version is available.

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