▷ Is it worth tuneup windows 10? 【2018】

Today we are going to see if it is really worth installing TuneUp Windows 10 in its latest version. An AVG proprietary program that will allow you to optimize the performance of your PC in a lot of aspects that we will be seeing during this article.

Currently it is fashionable to use programs that allow us in some way to optimize the performance of our team. Thanks to them we can clean junk files, speed up the startup of our computer or even "clean" the Windows registry. We have set out to test TuneUp Utilities to see first hand, what this program is capable of doing for our team, and how it will be able to improve it, if it can.

To do this, we have used a portable computer from some years ago where in some way we can notice the odd improvement in the optimization aspects that the software promises.

Index of contents

First thing: where can I download TuneUp

TuneUp Utilities is a PC optimization program that is capable of providing you with a wide range of up to 35 optimization functions for your equipment. It is property of the AVG company and we can download it with an EVALUATION license from its official website.

What does this mean? Well, after 35 days of downloading the trial version will end and to continue enjoying it we will have to buy one of its licenses for the modest price of 45 euros. At least on the date we are writing this.

After installing the program, it does not make this clear.

It is up to everyone to find this program as, and where they want.

• Has a trial version

• It is a paid software

Enter now fully what we can do with it.

Optimization using TuneUp Windows 10

We will test the most relevant aspects of this software to see if we can really improve our PC

Main interface and automatic maintenance

The interface at first sight is very friendly and clean, with large buttons that allow us to perform each of the actions separately or together.

If we click on the “ go to Zen ” button, it will allow us to fully analyze our team from time to time:

• Registration issues Useless shortcuts System cache memory Browser data and startup and shutdown

This type of maintenance can be done automatically. By default it is programmed to do it every three days. We can configure this aspect from the "Maintenance" button

From the main interface we will have five buttons for each function.

• Very simple and intuitive interface and automatic maintenance

Background program consumption

Let's see when it consumes the program once installed and working in the background.

We see that in total it is consuming around 50 MB of RAM and no CPU, so we can say that it is a relatively light program for the system.

• Consume few resources

Option to speed up PC

If we click on the “ Accelerate ” option, we will have the possibility of eliminating the programs that start on our computer during startup. This can be done directly from Windows without the need for any external program, although it is true that we will have it very easy here. In addition, all these programs detect us very well.

We will also have other options such as access to configure the visual performance of the system or the internet connection, something that on the one hand we also have in Windows.

We have tested the Windows startup and boot optimization mode and have not received any recommendations to improve it.

• Being able to disable startup programs quickly

• Few interesting and really useful options here

Clean junk files with TuneUp Windows 10

Let's look at the following optimization aspect. This is to be able to clean the junk files on our computer. we will access this option through the button "Free space"

With the first option we can delete duplicate files from our system and even shared folders like Dropbox. Before deleting them we can check if we really want to do this by showing us a list of files.

Now we are going to compare how many files TuneUp is able to eliminate against Windows 10 cleaner in the next option in this section

We see that Windows has detected 338 MB compared to 5 GB of TuneUp. So in this sense the difference is overwhelming. What we do not know is whether it will be advisable to delete all these files, for example, restore points or Windows backups.

If we delete the restore points we could not recover the system from serious errors that could occur using this method.

We are simply going to remove everything. After this, we have verified that the equipment has continued to function normally, only that we no longer have old restore points available.

In addition, we can also delete data and cache from the browser, although be careful, because if we select everything, our passwords will also be deleted.

• Ability to delete more files than Windows 10

• We could lose important files if we don't realize it

Uninstall programs with TuneUp

In the previous section we can also uninstall programs by clicking on the corresponding button. This tool is exactly the same as that of Windows, since we do not see that we can uninstall, for example, applications from the Microsoft Store

• Uninstaller is the same as Windows

TuneUp troubleshooter

We now go to the next button called " Troubleshoot"

If we access its interior, the program will detect several problems that really are not much less problems, since it detects having problems sharing folders and having activated the use of shared files.

Another negative action is that it encourages us to install other brand programs such as AVG Driver Updater or AVG antivirus. Something that seems inappropriate for an optimizer program.

The positive aspect of this section is that we can solve common problems such as the task bar, start menu or certain icons not appearing.

• Possibility of solving typical system failures Restore files from the trash Check if the hard disk has errors

• List of problems that are not problems

TuneUp Feature Summary

In the last button we can list all the functions that we have available for the test version. Among the most significant we have seen are.

• Defragmenter of hard disk, although we must use it for mechanical drives and never for SSD. Option to activate the saving mode Checker to update for installed programs Modify Windows performance options

Conclusion and final verdict on TuneUp Windows 10

With practically all the main aspects seen, we have carried out a shutdown and startup test to compare the time carried out before starting this tutorial and now after finishing it.

The results we have obtained are worse after the installation of TuneUp even having disabled a few programs from Windows startup.

Regarding the operation of the system, we have not noticed anything different, except that a good amount of storage has been freed from our hard drive. Honestly, for current computers with good hardware components, this type of program is not necessary at all.

In addition, we have seen that practically all the functionalities that we have in the program will be available in our own operating system in different places. The only advantage we get is that in the program we will have it all unified at a single click, paying 40 euros.

Summary of advantages and disadvantages:

• Very simple and intuitive interface and automatic maintenance Consume few resources All Windows functions unified in the same program Free up a lot of space on your hard disk

• It is a paid software It provides functionalities that in almost all aspects already has Windows integrated It considers persistent problems and suggests us to install more AVGA programs Increases the system boot time

In our opinion, TuneUp is an unnecessary program in our operating system, since all the functions are already available in the system itself and in a more secure way.

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What do you think about TuneUp? Have you ever tried it? Tell us all about this in the comments. Also, if you want us to study more aspects of this program, give us suggestions.