Does TuneUp Utilities 2011 slow down PCs?

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Optimization tools have long moved from executing maintenance tasks on-demand to having components managing the resource usage in real-time. Turbo Mode, Live Optimization, Live Tuner - almost every optimization software now has the real-time tools to keep our system in optimal condition. TuneUp 2011 went as far as introducing Program Deactivator, which utilizes Programs-on-Demand technology to start "deactivated" programs on demand.

Just as is the case with the security software, what sort of impact, if any, does a maintenance software have on PC performance? Interesting article on the performance impact of TuneUp Utilities 2011.

TuneUp Tests on TuneUp Utilities 2011

I know it's been posted a while ago, but it was an interesting read for me, especially after suspecting TUU 2011 of having some negative impact on a netbook's performance [although in my case Turbo Mode, Live Optimization and Program Deactivator were all activated].

Note: the only TuneUp functionality enabled during this test was the Live Optimization [TuneUp Utilities Service].
 
BoXX28 said:
I did felt that TuneUp 2011 does have a noticeable system impact back when I was using XP, Haven't tried it on 7 yet,
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It definitely feels heavier than TUU 2010, which felt a tad heavier than TUU 2009... Haven't used it on XP, but feels sluggish and more unresponsive than its predecessors on Vista and 7.
It is understandable that they want to have clear points of distinction from their competitors, but introducing real-time system monitoring and live optimization is bound to have some negative impact...
 
Yes TuneUp keeps getting more heavier on my system, the 2009 was much lighter than 2010 and 2011 versions.

I turn off all Automatic Maintenance, disable Live Optimization and set "TuneUp Utilities Service" and "TuneUp Theme Extension" services to manual because it slows down my system. On default settings Auto Maintenance and Live Optimization is enabled. I also never use 1-Click Maintenance, since I rather do everything manually.

I only use TuneUp when I need it and manually close its services with Task Manager that way it doesn't slow down my system.

I have tried TuneUp Utilities 2011 on three different systems and it made them all noticeably slower.

Thanks.:D
 
IMO, anything extra installed on your computer that requires to run on boot, will make your computer slower.

I haven't used TUU, since I don't see the need to run these types of software.
 
umbrapolaris said:
it install a service, so i dont like it.

Thanks :D
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So how do you suppose it to run and optimise your system in the background?:sleepy:
 
I am so sensitive to slowdowns that I only have an AV running in the background. I do not even use a firewall, not even XP's joke of a firewall. I am not saying this is a good idea for other users. I simply like my system as light as possible.
 
an old IT Pro jedi master said: unused RAM is wasted RAM.

Thanks :D
 
Even though it uses 13 MB of RAM, What makes it heavy is the CPU usage and the I/O Writes, RAM usage doesn't matter as long as you're using a huge amount of RAM.
 
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