Selasa, 09 September 2008

Display > Animations and Effects > Font Smoothing

Font Smoothing

In order to improve the readability of text on your computer, you can select the font smoothing method that looks best to you under this option.


The smoothing method ClearType is especially interesting. It is designed for flat screen monitors (TFT and LCD) and makes use of their so-called subpixels in order to effectively smooth the edges of small fonts.

Click ClearType Settings to adapt these settings to your individual monitor.
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Senin, 08 September 2008

Display > Animations and Effects > Menu Appearance

Menu Appearance

You can configure the appearance and behavior of context menus and standard application menus here.

Under Animation, you can specify whether menus should fade out when they close. You can also select a display effect from a drop-down menu.

Under Effects, you can specify whether Windows should use flat 2D menus or whether a small 3D shadow should be displayed beneath an open window.

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Minggu, 07 September 2008

Display > Animations and Effects > Animations 2

Animations

You can specify which animations should be displayed when you work with windows and lists here.

Specify whether windows and tooltips should be animated under Window and message animation. You can specify exactly how you wish to


Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing. When the option Use the following animation with tooltips is enabled, you can choose between the Roll-up and Fade effect in the drop-down menu Effect, for example.

Under Animation of elements, you can specify for which display and control elements scrolling and opening should be animated. You can select the three options list and tree views, combo boxes and list boxes.

Click Best Performance to disable all options that are only special effects. Click Restore Defaults to restore the original Windows settings.


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Sabtu, 06 September 2008

Display > Animations and Effects > Effects 1

Effects

Here, you can modify the settings for the display and operation of the Windows interface. The section Settings contains a number of options that are broken down into the categories Visual effects and Behavior.

The options with a check mark in front of them are enabled. If you wish to disable an option, simply click the corresponding check box to remove the check mark. Depending on your system, disabling unneeded effects can lead to a significant increase in speed.

If you wish to view more information about an option, simply select it with your mouse. A detailed description is then displayed in the Description box.

Click Best Appearance to enable the most impressive visual settings. If speed is more important to you, click Best Performance. Click Restore Defaults to restore the original Windows settings.

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Jumat, 05 September 2008

Using TuneUp SystemControl

TuneUp SystemControl is the most powerful module of TuneUp Utilities 2006. You can use it to easily and safely configure hundred of Windows settings.

As soon as the program opens, the various Categories that you can configure are shown on the left side of the window. These categories are Appearance, Usage, Communication, Administration and Wizards. Each of these categories contains multiple subcategories.

As soon as you click one of the subcategories with your left mouse button, the available options are shown on the right side of the window. Take a look at all of the settings that can be configured with the program, you will find many interesting and useful options.

Note: TuneUp SystemControl adapts to the installed operating system automatically and only offers the options that are supported by your system. Don't be surprised when you see different options under Windows 98 and Windows XP, for example. If you need help with a particular setting in TuneUp SystemControl, use the integrated context-sensitive help, which can be accessed through the context menu for nearly every option.


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Kamis, 04 September 2008

Support and Service TuneUp Utilities 2006

What do I do when I have questions about TuneUp Utilities?

TuneUp Utilities 2006 has been designed to be as user friendly as possible and informs you of possible problems in advance in many places, or prevents these mistakes entirely.

This page can help you if you should run into problems with the program that you cannot solve in spite of this.


Solutions to potential problems

Problem: I changed something in my system with TuneUp Utilities, but want to undo this change.
Solution: Start TuneUp RescueCenter.
Click on the backup for the module that you used to make the change. If you don't know which module you used to make the change, select a backup from the latest date on which everything worked as desired.
Click Restore.
If you have selected the backup by the date (see step 2), select Restore all backups since the date of the backup.
Click OK to undo the changes.

Problem: A TuneUp Utilities module crashes repeatedly or does not work correctly.
Solution: First check that you have the latest version of TuneUp Utilities with TuneUp UpdateWizard. If you do not, update to the latest version and see if the problem persists.
If this does not correct the problem, please note the exact error message and contact our technical support.

Problem: I am looking for a specific setting in TuneUp Utilities but cannot find it (again).
Solution: Click the Search tab on the left side of this help window.
Enter one or more words that describe the setting your are looking for, for example welcome screen if you want to customize the Windows XP Welcome screen.
Click Show Topics or press Enter to display a list with all help items containing the words you entered in the search box.
Double click the desired entry in the list to call up the corresponding help page.
The blue bar at the top of the help page shows where you can find the setting in TuneUp Utilities. In the case of our example welcome screen, the location is "TuneUp SystemControl", "Administration > User Logon > General".


Important technical support information

If the solutions suggested above do not help you and you wish to contact our technical support, you should be at your computer, and should have the following information ready:

The version number of TuneUp Utilities (you can find this number by clicking the small gears in the Start Center and selecting Info).
Your Windows version and information on any updates that you have installed.
The hardware and software you are using.
The exact wording of any error messages.
A description of the problem and the steps that caused the problem.
Technical support

You have a number of options for obtaining support for TuneUp Utilities 2006. Please follow the instructions in the following list so that we can help you solve your problem as quickly as possible.

If you have access to the Internet, visit our online support site. There, you can find information on current problems and a list of frequently asked questions with detailed answers.
If you cannot find an answer to your question on this site, please send us an e-mail to our support team at: tu2006@tune-up.com

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Rabu, 03 September 2008

TuneUp Utilities 2006 System Requirements

System Requirements

TuneUp Utilities automatically adapts to most versions of the Windows operating system. Windows 98, Me, 2000 and XP are supported. Windows NT and the 64-bit versions of Windows XP are not supported.


Minimum system configuration

Microsoft Windows 98
800x600 screen resolution with 256 colors
30 MB free disk space
133 MHz Intel Pentium or AMD K5 processor
64 MB RAM
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
Recommended system configuration

Microsoft Windows XP
1024x768 screen resolution with 16.7 million colors
50 MB free disk space
128 MB RAM
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
Internet access

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