TuneUp Answers the Question: Does Disabling Windows Search Index Increase PC Performance?

Online, September 29, 2010 (Newswire.com) - What: PC users are often told that disabling the Windows Search index will significantly increase performance and reduce hard disk activity. PC optiminization specialist TuneUp investigates whether this tip if fact or fiction at blog.tune-up.com.

The feature in question, Windows Search, creates an index of specific files, folders and other items, such as Outlook emails or Start Menu entries, that are stored on a user's hard disk. This index is loaded into the main memory (RAM) of a PC and allows for extremely fast searches. TuneUp conducted performance tests to find out whether shutting down this Windows 7 feature is actually worth the performance benefit.

Who: Any PC user with Windows 7, who is looking to increase PC performance. The benchmarks and tips are easily understood by anyone, regardless of technical background.

Where: TuneUp provides detailed performance tests, helpful screenshots and benchmark results at blog.tune-up.com. All of the information is free, and readers can post their own experiences directly on the blog to help fellow readers.

When: PC users can access the free benchmarks anytime by visiting blog.tune-up.com or by interacting with TuneUp's PC tuning experts on Twitter and Facebook.

Resources:
Tips: http://blog.tune-up.com/myth-buster/myth-busters-is-windows-search-a-true-performance-hog/
Twitter: @TuneUp4Windows
Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/TuneUp4Windows
Podcasts: http://www.youtube.com/user/TuneUp4Windows
Product: http://www.youtube.com/user/TuneUp4Windows

About TuneUp Corporation
Headquartered in Miami, Florida, TuneUp Corporation is a U.S. business and a wholly owned subsidiary of Germany-based TuneUp Software GmbH. The company was founded to serve the North American market, with a focus on supporting TuneUp Utilities sales to retailers, enterprises, SMBs and consumers.

TuneUp Utilities, the leading PC optimization software suite, was first developed in 1997 by Tibor Schiemann and Christoph Laumann, founders of TuneUp Software. The product is used by more than 13 million people worldwide, and is available in English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Polish and Portuguese. For more information, please visit www.tune-up.com, and for detailed PC tips and tricks, please visit http://blog.tune-up.com.

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