Replacing WinUtilities 10.44

Discussion in 'other software & services' started by kyuzo, Mar 17, 2012.

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  1. kyuzo

    kyuzo Registered Member

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    The most recent update of WinUtilities has neutered many functions of the freeware utility. Now I must find a replacement. I have long admired the sensible postings on this site and I was wondering, do any of you use such utility programs, and if so what?

    Thanks for any replies.
     
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    TuneUp Utilities.
     
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    It uses windows task scheduler rather than run registry keys ;)
     
  6. treehouse786

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    no it does not, it might use task scheduler to carry out jobs but there are no processes running on windows startup hence no startup entries, i've been using it for a while

    please state the name of the process which starts on bootup?
     

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    Well if you want auslogics boostspeed to start at windows login (this option is ticked by default upon installation,though you can untick it if you wish ),so that you can see the icon in system tray and be able to open it from system tray ,then its a process and running from task scheduler rather than run registry key.Whether you would call that a job or not is debateable.
     
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    oh ok now i understand you. if you disable it from the option menu then it does not have any startup entries which was my biggest gripe with TuneUp Utilities, last time i checked TuneUp had 3 startup entries which is ridiculous.
     
  10. ellison64

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    Yes i agree ,though you can dig into tuneups settings and switch stuff off too.For those interested in purchasing auslogics boost speed ,i noticed that after downloading the trial ,installing and uninstalling it does offer you (or it did for me today) a 50% discount in the uninstallation process ,which is better than any discount codes i could find.The downside is its yearly licence but theres no need to upgrade if you didnt wish ,and the programs fully useable after.
     
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    i tried this but it did not work out too well, any tips? when i tried to set the services to manual mode the program would not open so i started 1 service which let the program open and most of the tweaks did not work either until i turned another back on.
     
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    You need to keep the service running but you can deactivate many of the auto functions from within tuneup settings like live optimisation (i prefer process lasso for this) ,auto maintainance etc.To get the tuneup icon to show a nice green tick and system optimised message ,just hide any recommendations that tuneup shows permanently .
     

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    so what your saying is that the service cant be disabled if you want to make some tweaks?
     
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    If you are on XP it may be a good thing to disable some services but Windows 7 doesn't need any kind of ''Tune-up'' thingy. :shifty:
     
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    Ive uninstalled it so not sure unless i install it again.I would imagine though that the service is more for the live optimisation side and auto updates ,auto login rather than for the tweaks.Iguess it might be possible to perform the tweaks and then shut off the service ,but i couldnt verify this unless i installed again
     
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    thanks for the update, but if i recall correctly the program would not even open with the services disabled hence why Auslogics is superior in my book.
     
  18. ellison64

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    I like auslogics stuff myself but prefer the standalone products rather than a suite,Same goes for tune up really.
     
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