Simple Computer Tune-up: Speed Up Your PC- P7

Simple Computer Tune-up: Speed Up Your PC- P7: As more and more software becomes available and computersincrease in complexity, problems with performance are cer-tain to arise. If your PC is misbehaving, don’t let it ruin yourday.This book explains how to make the best out of your PC byusing PC Pitstop Optimize, which cures many PC “sicknesses” with-out the need for upgrading or replacing your existing PC.
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Simple Computer Tune-up: Speed Up Your PC- P712 Part I • Understand the Issues and Solutions is shut down. In many cases, however, the applications do not always clean up after themselves. After scanning your system, Optimize gives you the option to review the files that it found and to select which files should be deleted.What System Settings Does It Change?Optimize has three parts that change your system settings: Internetoptimization, registry cleaning, and system performance optimization.The settings changed in the Internet optimization part of the appli-cation, such as those listed here, are set according to your connec-tion type: • Maximum Transfer Unit (MTU) • Fast Retransmission and Recovery • Number of Allowed Simultaneous HTTP ConnectionsInvalid keys that are removed by the registry cleaning part of theapplication are entries in the registry containing information aboutCOM and ActiveX objects. These objects are parts of programs,and when you remove the programs these keys sometimes still exist.Optimize safely removes these keys if the COM object no longerexists. Areas of the registry where we look for the invalid keys are: • Invalid Class IDs (CLSID) • Invalid Program Identifiers (ProgID) • Invalid Type Libraries (TypeLib) • Invalid InterfacesThe performance section of the application changes some registrysettings that help get the most out of your PC, such as: • LargeSystemCache • DisablePagingExecutive • ContigFileAllocSize • NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate • DisableScreenSaver • AlwaysUnloadDll Part 2 OPTIMIZING YOUR PCIn This PartChapter 3: Installing PC Pitstop OptimizeChapter 4: Performing a ScanChapter 5: The OptimizationChapter 6: Other Ways to Optimize Your PCChapter 7: Updating PC Pitstop OptimizeChapter 8: Troubleshooting PC Pitstop OptimizeThis part of the book shows step-by-step how to optimize your PC toensure your computer operates at its full potential. We walk youthrough the installation of the included software, PC Pitstop Optimize.This software addresses the many issues of poor and degraded PCperformance, such as those discussed in Part 1 of this book. This soft-ware will show how to clean up and speed up your computer. In addi-tion, you’ll learn many other tasks you can perform to ensure that youget the most out of your PC. 3 INSTALLING PC PITSTOP OPTIMIZEI nstalling PC Pitstop Optimize is the first step toward quickly and easily resolving many common computing issues that your PC may be currentlyexperiencing in order to improve the performanceand stability of your computer.System RequirementsThe following requirements must be met, or exceeded,for the installation of PC Pitstop Optimize 1.5: • 100 MHz processor or greater • Microsoft Windows XP, 2000, ME, 98 • 64MB or greater of RAM • 10MB or more of free disk space • Super VGA Video, 15-inch monitor, 800x600 min. resolutionInstalling PC PitstopOptimizeTo install PC Pitstop Optimize 1.5, which is includedwith this book, follow these steps.Step 1Insert the PC Pitstop Optimize installation CD intothe drive on your PC. The installation will beginautomatically.16 Part II • Optimizing Your PCIf your installation fails to start automatically, you can launch it bybrowsing to the drive containing the CD and double-clicking thesetup.exe file.Step 2You will now see the Welcome dialog box, as shown in Figure 3-1. Figure 3-1: The Welcome dialog boxTo continue, click Next.Step 3You will be prompted to accept the license agreement, as seen inFigure 3-2. Figure 3-2: PC Pitstop Optimize license agreementIf you agree with the terms of the license agreement, click the IAccept the Agreement option, and click Next to continue.