PC Pitstop Optimize scans and identifies many common problems that plague most computers get a better performing computer without the expense or difficulty of adding new hardware.
General Information
CA has teamed up with PCPitstop.com, a leading online computing diagnostic and optimization destination, to offer a very exciting product to CA customers. Since PC Pitstop opened in March 2000, it has tested and optimized more than a million computers. During that time, it has taken the experience from the services offered on its website and created an application that makes your PC run faster, allows it to be more stable, and cleans up hard drive space. PC Pitstop has designed the Optimize program to be easy to use and resolve many common computing issues that you may be currently experiencing. PC Pitstop Optimize can improve the performance and stability of just about any PC running Windows XP, 2000, ME, or 98.
Why Choose PC Pitstop Optimize?
There are many reasons to choose PC Pitstop Optimize, such as:
- It's developed by a trusted company Since PC Pitstop opened in March 2000, it has tested and optimized more than a million computers.
- It's backed by CA Given that CA, which provides software to 98% of the Fortune 500 companies, teamed with PC Pitstop shows an extreme level of confidence.
- It's powerful technology PC Pitstop developed its technology to be flexible yet powerful, which can be used to improve many of today's common web and computing experiences.
The following are several features of PC Pitstop Optimize:
- Energize Internet Speeds Improve your Internet connection up to 200% by adjusting your Windows Internet settings, based on your connection type.
- Recoup System Resources Eliminate unnecessary background processes and get back memory and processor cycles stolen by rogue applications.
- Maximize Hard Drive Space Quickly and easily find and remove unnecessary files, making your drive run even faster.
- Eliminate Registry Errors Remove erroneous and leftover registry entries created by viruses, spyware, and incorrect program removal.
- Revitalize System Performance Increase your system performance by tweaking Windows settings.
The new version of PC Pitstop Optimize, which is included with this article, doubles the performance tweak from the previous versions by adding things such as:
- Fresh new look
- Scheduling options
- Automatic updates
- More registry tweaks
- Enhanced Internet optimization
- Internet download and ping tests
- Removal of unneeded programs running in background
- Clean up of broken add/remove program entries
- Deleting unnecessary files across multiple users
Frequently Asked Questions This section contains a few common questions and answers relating to PC Pitstop Optimize. Can I Undo the Changes It Makes? The hard disk clean-up permanently removes unnecessary files and cannot be undone. However, all of the other utilities in Optimize can be completely reversed. The very first action Optimize does before making any registry setting changes is to make a backup of these settings. When you run Optimize it will give you the option to restore the registry settings back to any point before the application was run. What Files Does It Delete? Windows often forgets to clean up many files that are no longer needed by the system. The space taken up by these files can clog your disk and cause slower disk access. These files are in three major categories:
- Recycle Bin Files are not actually removed from the drive when you initially delete them. Instead, the files are moved to the Recycle Bin where you can retrieve them if you later decide that you should not have deleted them. Optimize empties your Recycle Bin to reclaim this disk space.
- Internet Cache Internet Explorer (IE) creates temporary files that are not needed after you finish surfing. These files can take up large amounts of space and should be removed periodically. Although you can clear the cache in IE, Optimize uses a more thorough method that deletes files left behind by IE.
- Temporary Files Windows and applications create various temporary files that are not needed after the application exits or Windows is shut down. In many cases, however, the applications do not always clean up after themselves. After scanning your system, Optimize gives you the option to review the files that it found and to select which files should be deleted. What System Settings Does It Change? Optimize has three parts that change your system settings: Internet optimization, registry cleaning, and system performance optimization. The settings changed in the Internet optimization part of the application, such as those listed here, are set according to your connection type:
- Maximum Transfer Unit (MTU)
- Fast Retransmission and Recovery
- Number of Allowed Simultaneous HTTP Connections Invalid keys that are removed by the registry cleaning part of the application are entries in the registry containing information about COM and ActiveX objects. These objects are parts of programs, and when you remove the programs these keys sometimes still exist. Optimize safely removes these keys if the COM object no longer exists. Areas of the registry where we look for the invalid keys are:
- Invalid Class IDs (CLSID)
- Invalid Program Identifiers (ProgID)
- Invalid Type Libraries (TypeLib)
- Invalid Interfaces The performance section of the application changes some registry settings that help get the most out of your PC, such as:
- LargeSystemCache
- DisablePagingExecutive
- ContigFileAllocSize
- NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate
- DisableScreenSaver
- AlwaysUnloadDll
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