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Effectiveness or otherwise of Windows 7 background maintenance programs (e.g. Tuneup Utilities)
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Effectiveness or otherwise of Windows 7 background maintenance programs (e.g. Tuneup Utilities)

figurefigure Member

What are your views on Windows 7 maintenance programs that run in the background (e.g. Tuneup Utilities)? I have a friend who's laptop has Tuneup Utilities running at around 45% cpu constantly. Is the benefit worth the overhead?

Comments

  • wychwych Member

    No.

  • Crap

  • mikhomikho Member, Host Rep

    The amount of time that you put in to "optimize" the installation is less worth then what you would "pay" for a reinstall or even a new computer.

    Basicly, not worth it.

  • sinsin Member

    I never use tools like that on my Windows install, the only "tuneup" I do is run Bleachbit every now and then but I keeps my installs pretty clean.

  • No. CCleaner is much better performance wise and CPU usage.

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  • NyrNyr Community Contributor, Veteran

    TheKiller said: No. CCleaner is much better performance wise and CPU usage.

    Caches are there for a reason, usually is not needed or even useful to wipe them.

  • 4n0nx4n0nx Member

    All the tuning programs are pretty much useless in my humble opinion. I use CCleaner twice a year and that's it.

  • @sin said:
    I never use tools like that on my Windows install,

    me too!

  • Rob92Rob92 Member

    Probably not worth it.

  • Wired, I use tune up for 2 years, it only maintain when I leave the computer.

  • sc754sc754 Member

    No they are rubbish. If there was a way to optimise windows then I think microsoft would have done it already

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