Showing posts with label Diagnostics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diagnostics. Show all posts

Friday, November 09, 2007

Free PC Tune Up

Give your computer a full free tune-up at PC Pitstop.

Its basic aim is to fine-tune the performance of your PC, and this is done automatically for you over the internet. PC Pitstop runs a series of diagnostic checks on your PC to identify things that might help improve performance.

The process is fully automated, private and safe. After the diagnostics have done their job, you get a list of suggested improvement tips for your computer. As well as checking out your machine, PC Pitstop can also test your internet connection and can even check your computer to make sure you haven’t picked up any nasty viruses.

When you open the page, just click on New Members and you have the option of creating an account or running the tests anonymously.

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If you wish to run this anonymously just click the New Members key and you will be presented with the following:

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After reading the page click on Let’s Go and you will see the following pop up on which you must click Yes to run the utility.

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After the tests have run you will get a summary which will show a serious problem, a minor problem or a winner! Here you will see a minor problem I created by increasing my cache size.

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Simply click on the flag and you are taken to a suggestion page where the Tip is in blue with a yellow dot preceding it:

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Click on the blue text and you will be taken to a page with information regarding your settings and recommendations to follow:

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So if you are tired of seeing your PC slow down like it’s an old beat up car, run the diagnostics and turn your PC into a high flying machine again.Take the PC Tune-Up, not only will it make your computer worker better and faster, but it’s also FREE!No personal information is recorded and this is a very safe utility to use.

Click here to test your PC.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

AVG Anti-Spyware

AVG Anti-Spyware (previously ewido anti-spyware) can be used as a supplement for existing protection systems under Windows 2000 and XP to help protect you against the latest threats. That’s why AVG Anti-Spyware also works with all current anti-virus programs and firewalls. It protects you against spyware, adware and identity-theft.

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AVG Anti-Spyware offers a high protection level, with many useful features. After 30 days, some of the features get disabled, ie: Resident Shield, but you’re still able to search for and remove malware, and update definitions manually.

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Using AVG Anti-Spyware you can perform a complete system scan, a fast system scan, but also registry scans, memory scans and custom scans, and a shredder that offers Fast, Secure, and Paranoid levels of deletion.

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The diagnostic tools are spread through different tabs, from running processes to start-up entries to connections. Analysis offers in-depth essential information not only on system processes but Internet connections, programs running from startup, browser plug-ins, and LSPs.

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System requirements: Windows 2000/XP/2003

Download File Size: 11.84MB

Download your copy here

There is also a pdf user manual available here