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process, go to the Speed scan tab and select Speed scan from the left hand side menu. From this screen you can
deselect one or more categories from speed tools, system tweaks and junk files. Note that SpeedUpMyPC cannot
offer fixes for categories excluded from the scan process.
To deselect individual fixes from the scan results, select the Speed scan tab from the navigation panel and choose
Scan results from the left hand side menu. If you click on the issue category link, shown in blue and underlined, an
itemized list of fixes recommended for your PC will be revealed.
To omit a particular fix, untick the corresponding selection box on the left hand side. Once you click the Speed up
now button, unticked fixes will not be implemented.
3.3.3 Managing optimizations
Once set, some optimizations can be deactivated or undone. To manage optimizations in this manner, select the
Manage tab from the navigation panel and choose between Speed tools or System Tweaks from the left hand
side menu. This brings up a list of optimizations together with the option to activate or deactivate.
3.3.4 System optimization explained
SpeedUpMyPC increases your computer’s speed through optimizations grouped into three categories:
. Speed tools
. System tweaks
. Junk file deletion
3.3.5 What are speed tools?
Speed tools are optimizations that remain actively available for deployment as long as SpeedUpMyPC is left
running. Each speed tool has a specific purpose.
CPU manager
A process may cause problems by manipulating an unreasonably large chunk of system resources. The CPU
manager guards against the possibility of such an event by adjusting the priority of a process before it spirals out
of control.
Proactive thumbnail generator
Under some settings, every time you open a picture folder, Windows generates the picture thumbnails that
are used for preview. This is a system resource intensive task that can slow down your PC. With the Proactive
thumbnail generator on, upon folder access, your PC will conduct a one-time thumbnail generation process
and save the relevant data to a Windows system folder. From then onwards thumbnails will be quickly retrieved
instead of generated.
Software quick starter
The software quick starter increases program launch speed by anticipating the user and pre-loading data into
the memory.
3.3.6 What are system tweaks?
System tweaks are one-time changes that take place upon clicking the Speed up now button. Although
there are many different types of system tweaks, we group them under three categories: