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WHAT S HOULD I D OWNLOAD?
We tell you w hat software t o u se
Wha t can I u se t o tune up

m y PC?

Q I w for A VG TuneUp Utilities. I i nstalled this on a
a r eplacement
ould appreciate your advice o n
laptop running X P s ome y ears ago a nd then
updated i t t o T uneUp U tilities 2014 on a W indows 8 l aptop.
This l aptop n ow runs Windows 1 0 a nd TuneUp Utilities
2014 seems t o b e s uffering f rom t he odd h iccup o f l ate,
even though it tells m e I ’m running t he ‘current version’.
SCREEN TOOL Peter B N unn
CareUEy e s 1 .1 Those hiccups m ay become m ore f requent b ecause

https://care-eyes.com A TuneUp Utilities 2014 was d iscontinued l ast y ear.
What you n eed: Windows 7, 8/8.1 or 10 A V G s ays i t w ill still work, b ut won’t r eceive any
security fixes or new f eatures. A V G’s r ecommendation is to
Microsoft added a u seful N ight L ight f eature to Windows 1 0 i n “upgrade to A V G T uneUp t o e njoy full product support a nd
the C reators Update (released i n A pril), but if you r eally v alue to use s everal additional features”. However, the l atest
your well-being, y ou may w ant t o g ive C areUEyes a s pin. Like version of A V G T uneUp ( www.snipca.com/26331) r equires
Night L ight, it has a n a utomatic blue-light filter t hat c an make a s ubscription, w hich c osts £34.99 p er year.
your PC screen warmer (orangey red) and m ore c omfortable f or There are f ree a lternatives t o m ost o f A VG TuneUp’s
your eyes, e specially after dark. The tool also includes a s creen features. I f y ou have the W indows 10 Fall Creators Update
dimmer, which l ets you a djust b oth t he colour t emperature and installed, you c an set i t t o a utomatically d elete junk files by
the b rightness t ogether t o a chieve the b est p ossible combination. clicking Start, Settings, S ystem, S torage, t hen ‘ Change how
There are a lso a n umber o f h andy presets available from the we free up space’, clicking
Display m enu, including b rightness a nd colour-temperature the ‘ Storage s ense’ s lider
settings for e veryday s ituations, s uch a s p laying a g ame, (see screenshot). Y o u c an
watching a m ovie, w orking under o ffice l ighting and s o o n. then choose w hich t ypes of
The Reading s etting switches your screen to black a nd white t o temporary files are d eleted
simulate E I nk. U se the b uilt-in Rest Timer t o r emind y ou when in the o ptions below . Y o u
its time to take a s creen b reak. could also install G lary
Utilities (www.glarysoft.
com), which i ncludes a
Startup M anager for
speeding up boot t imes, a
software updater, an
uninstaller a nd more.

Do you n eed our a dvice on what software to use?
TEXT E DITING Just e mail us at letters@computeractive.co.uk
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