DTweak Help Content
Introduction
1. Welcome
Daily
tools
2. Disk
Cleaner
Tools
1. System
Tools
System
1. Security
2. UAC
4. Mail
Tweaks
Optimizations
4. Hard
Drives
Customization
1. Start
menu
2. Desktop
3. Media
Player
File
2. Options
3. Save /
Exit
4. About
Introduction
Welcome
DTweak
is a complete arsenal of tools to enhance your computerÆs performance,
responsiveness and stability. It will also protect your privacy by cleaning your
computer and internet tracks and help you customize the look and feel of your
Windows.
DTweak
is very user friendly and requires no technical knowledge or special skills to
change Windows settings. Designed for beginners, it will also serve well for power
users who can tweak many advanced parameters, such as CPU cache or I/O Cache
Memory.
The
program supports Microsoft Windows Vista. However, it runs well on Microsoft
Windows XP, provided that you have Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 installed on
the computer.
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System
Requirements
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Intel Pentium or compatible processorá
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256 MB RAMá
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10 MB hard disk spaceá
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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License
Agreement
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Getting
started
DTweak
has a clear interface designed with Windows Explorer in mind. Therefore it will
be easy for Windows users to familiarize themselves with the program. All tools
and tweaks are organized into categories, which are shown in the left area of
the program as a menu. The categories are Daily Tools, Tools, System, Optimizations, Customizations, and File.
Clicking
on any of these categories opens a drop-down sub menu. For example, clicking on
Daily Tools opens a menu with frequently
used tools, such as Registry Cleaner, Disk
Cleaner, Disk
Defragmenter, etc.
Another click on Daily Tools closes this menu.
Clicking
on the item in the sub menu opens a window in the right area of the interface. It
contains the options you can tweak. The navigation is the same as in Windows
Explorer.
The
program has a special module named System Messenger. It is in the lower left
corner of the main window. The module shows you recommendations and
notifications.
For
example, in the screenshot above, System Messenger tells you about the time you
made the last system restore point and provides you with a tip on how often you
should do it along with a quick link to the tweak that lets you make a restore
point.
System
Messenger may contain more than one message. In this case, you can view them
all by clicking on Left and Right arrow icons. To hide messages
in System Messenger, you must click on the Down arrow icon. When all messages
are hidden, the program reminds you about this by showing ôSome messages are
hiddenö notification.
DTweak
main window has the following titlebar buttons: Minimize to Tray, Minimize to
Taskbar, and Close. When you minimize DTweak to
tray, the program keeps on running in the background and a small window of
System Messenger pops up to display reminder messages.
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Daily tools
Registry
Cleaner
Registry Cleaner scans Windows registry for
redundant entries and deletes them. This reduces the size of the registry and
speeds up your system. Registry Cleaner can also find and delete registry
entries that can compromise your privacy and security.
Prior
to registry scan, Registry Cleaner allows you to back up the registry in order
to restore it later in case your registry cleaning brings unwanted results.
To
make a backup file, click on Backup Registry.
To
restore registry from a backup file, click Restore Registry and select the backup file
you want to restore from the Open dialog window.
By
default, Registry Cleaner scans the registry for all types of redundant entries.
This includes ActiveX, DLL, COM objects, Add / Remove program entries, file
types and extensions, shared files and assemblies, applications and invalid
paths, font files and help files. But you can also select the entries you need
to scan and exclude those you donÆt need.
To
exclude the entries from scan, uncheck them
There
is one more parameter that can be customized. ItÆs called Scan in
parallel. If it
is checked, then DTweak scans all types of entries simultaneously. If it is
unchecked, the program scans the groups of entries one after another.
Once
the parameters of the scan are all set, you can scan the registry.
To
start registry scan, click Start Scan.
While
the scan is on, you can see the details of found entries by clicking on Details located against each group of
registry entries.
Once
the scan is over, you can view the details of each group of found entries and uncheck
those entries you donÆt want to erase. Then, you can erase each group of
invalid entries selectively or all together by clicking on Clean all
invalid entries.
Windows
Registry is optimized for faster running.
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Disk
Cleaner
Disk Cleaner scans the computer drive(s)
and deletes redundant files. This frees up valuable disk space. By default,
Disk Cleaner will scan all drives and search for all types of redundant files,
including invalid shortcuts, invalid Start Menu entries, temporary files and
folders, invalid Program Files directories and empty files. However you can
customize scan parameters and select the drive to scan and the files to search
for.
To
unselect the drive, click on the drive to uncheck it.
To
customize search parameters, click Options and in the popup window,
check those files you want to search for.
Once
the parameters of the search are set, click Start Scan.
Disk
Cleaner displays the results of the search in real time while the scan is on.
Once the scan is over, you can view the details of found files and select those
files you want to delete.
To
view the details of found files, click Details displayed against each drive
and uncheck those files you donÆt want to delete.
To
delete all invalid items, click Clean all invalid items.
Now
your computer drives have more free space.
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Disk
Defragmenter
Disk Defragmenter defragments the computer
drive(s) safely in order to speed up computer performance and erase errors. By
default, Disk Defragmenter defrags all drives it detects in your machine.
However you can unselect the drive you donÆt want to defragment.
To
unselect the drive, uncheck the disk icon in Disk Defragmenter.
To
start defragmentation, click on Defragment.
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Registry
Defragmenter
Registry Defragmenter defragments Windows registry
for optimal performance. By default, Registry Defragmenter defragments all
sections of the registry. However you can select the sections you want to scan
on your own.
To
unselect sections, uncheck the sections you want to keep as they are.
To
start defragmentation, click on Start Scan.
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Hard
Drives Monitor
Hard Drives Monitor shows you the detailed
information about the health, performance, total work time, and drive
temperature of your computer. This will help you be notified about developing
problems before they cause any damage to the hard drive and you lose its data.
The information is based on the SMART properties of the drives.
The
program provides you with an opportunity to customize some options.
For
example, you can set the program to show temperature in Fahrenheit, rather than
Celsius. You can set your own refresh interval for the displayed data in
seconds, set the critical health mark in percents, set the critical performance
mark when the program shows critical performance alerts and specify critical
temperature when the program displays its critical temperature alert. The
default settings are fine, and itÆs recommended that you do not change them
unless you are an experienced user and know what you are doing.
To
set your own hard drive monitor preferences, click Options and set your own data.
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Tools
System
Tools
System Tools provides you with a one-click
way to different Windows tools without having to step out of the DTweak
environment. With only one click, you can, for example, go to:
- Command Prompt
- Device Manager
- Ease of
- Reliability and Performance Monitor
- System Configuration Editor
- Task Manager
- Computer Management
- DirectX Diagnostic Tool
- Registry Editor
- Services
- System Info
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Startup
Items
Startup Items allows you to control which
program to start automatically on Windows start and which not. The module lets
you see ALL auto-launch programs, even those which are running in the
background and are not visible to you.
Startup
Items shows the list of all applications that are loaded automatically. You can
easily select those you want to disable or even remove from Windows startup
list. Before removal, you can click on the item to view its details and make
your decision.
To view
the details of the application, click on its name in the list.
To
disable the application, click on Enabled option against the
application name.
To
remove the application from the Startup list, click on Remove against the application name.
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Virtual
Drives
Virtual Drives allows you to create or
remove a virtual drive.
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System
Security
Security allows you to configure the
settings for your firewall, Internet Explorer, Windows Update and set other
tweaks. All this can be done in one click without stepping out of DTweak.
Firewall settings allow you to enable
or disable firewall, firewall exceptions, and firewall notifications.
Internet Explorer settings allow you to enable
or disable Autocomplete option, Save password option,
Suggest Form Items, and Suggest Form Password. You can also clear passwords
cash from here.
Windows Update settings allows you to enable
or disable access to Windows Update features, automatic Windows Vista updates,
device driver search, and display ôInstall Updates on ShutDownö.
Other
configurable tweaks let you enable or disable Registry Tools, System Restore,
Windows Hotkeys, and Popup Blocker. You can also re-set MS Word Settings.
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UAK
UAK
or User Account Control allows you to enable or disable UAK, protected mode for
installations, and per-user virtual file and registry store.
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Recent
Items Cleaner
Recent Items Cleaner allows you to clean the items
that you have recently accessed. This includes files from Recycle Bin, Run
menu, Recent Documents list, files from Temporary folders, all web addresses
typed in the browser, and recent files associated with popular programs,
including RealPlayer, WinZip, WordPad, and Media Player.
Cleaning
recent items will help you free up your disk space and protect you computer and
internet tracks from prying eyes.
To
clean all items, click on Clean All
To
clean a particular type of items, click on its entry in the list
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Mail
Tweaks
Mail Tweaks allow you to configure some
settings of two popular mail clients: Microsoft Outlook and Windows Outlook
Express.
For
Outlook, you can enable or disable minimization of Outlook XP/2003/2007 to
system tray, Outlook Today page and change its location.
For
Windows Outlook Express, you can enable or disable account changes in Windows
Mail, HTTP tags in Windows Mail, Block Executable Attachments, and Windows Mail
splash screen.
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Control
Panel
Control Panel allows you to disable or hide
many items in Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs dialog, Display dialog,
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Optimizations
Memory
and Cache
Memory and Cache is intended for power users
who know what they are doing. The module lets you customize CPU Second Level
Cache. The available options include 128 KB, 256 KB, 512 KB, 1 MB, 2 MB, 3 MB, 4 MB. Additionally, Memory and Cache lets you set your Input/Output
Cache Memory. The available option for this parameter include less than 512 MB,
512 MB-1GB, More than 1 GB.
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Startup/Shutdown
Startup/Shutdown allows you to disable some
Startup and Shutdown options. For example, you can disable CD-ROM autorun at
Windows startup or set the time in milliseconds for services to end before
killing.
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Visual
Effects
Visual
Effects lets you disable some options of Windows Desktop Management. You can
disable Desktop Windows Management, Flip3D windows switcher, glass effects on
windows and start menu, animation on windows minimize and maximize. Besides,
the module lets you set the number of visual effects by choosing between None,
Few, Medium, Many or All.
Configuring
visual effects may help you improve the performance of the computer as memory
consuming effects can be reduced to the necessary minimum.
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Hard
Drives
Hard Drives allows you to enable or
disable such options as 8.3 file name creation on NTFS, Windows File
Protection, Clear pagefile on shutdown, NTFS last access time stamp, boot
defrag for faster booting, and optimize hard drives behavior on idle.
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Customization
Start menu
Start
menu lets you customize common options of Start Menu, Search Options, and set
the Start Menu speed. For example, you can hide menu items such as ôPrinter and
Faxö or ôRunö.
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Desktop
Desktop allows you to customize
desktop items, create shortcuts, and set some other options. For example, you
can deactivate desktop Quick Info Tips.
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Media
Player
Media Player lets you customize some
common options of Media Player, Media Backup and Restore options, and Explorer
integration settings.
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Error
reporting
Error reporting lets you customize the
options associated with error reporting. For example, you can disable error
reporting or auto-close non-responding applications.
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Internet
Explorer
Internet Explorer allows you to customize
common options of Internet Explorer, its menu items, phishing filter, and
various restrictions.
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File
Restore
Point Creation
Restore Point Creation allows you to create
a System-Restore Point.
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Options
Options allow you to disable the check
for new version at program start.
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Save /
Exit
Save
/ Exit allows you to specify Save and Exit behaviors of DTweak. For example,
you can save a close DTweak or discard changes and close DTweak.
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About
About provides you with product
information, contacts for support requests and bug reports.
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