BOOSTSPEED 12

User Manual
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Welcome to Auslogics BoostSpeed 12

improve your computer’s performance clean and optimize your hard drive

prevent sudden glitches and crashes protect your online privacy and a lot more
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Installing BoostSpeed 12

Select the interface language from the

drop-down list at the top-right.
boost-speed-setup

Launch the installer by double-clicking To see or change additional installation

on the downloaded file. options, click on the ‘Custom install’ link.

Click the links to review the EULA and

Privacy Policy, then
click the ‘Agree and install’ button to
start installation.

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Installing BoostSpeed 12

Make sure the checkbox to launch

BoostSpeed is checked and click the
‘Finish’ button to complete installation.
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Free vs Pro FREE PRO
Essential PC cleanup & optimization
Advanced PC cleanup & optimization
BoostSpeed comes in two versions: Free and Manual Internet optimization
Pro. The Free version offers basic functionality
for cleaning your PC and improving its Automatic Internet optimization for an ultimate connection speed boost
performance. The Pro version provides a
multitude of advanced features that let you Basic privacy protection
take full control of your PC’s functioning. This Advanced privacy protection for all data stored on your PC
table should give you an idea of what you can
expect from each version. Browser Anti-Tracker to protect your online privacy
Context Menu Manager
Application Addons Manager
Basic registry cleanup
Full registry cleanup
Basic junk cleanup to free up disk space
When using the Free version, you will see all Advanced disk cleanup options to maximize available space
Pro features marked with the yellow PRO
tag. This should give you a good idea of what Disk defragmentation to speed up data access
you can get if you upgrade. The rest of this Intelligent Defrag to optimize file placement on drives for an even bigger speed boost
manual will talk about both Free and Pro
version features in more detail. Scheduled disk defragmentation to maintain drive health
Scheduler for effortless regular scans and maintenance
Ask a Question option for live expert answers at a click of a button (1 question in free version) 1 question 3 questions
Purchase BoostSpeed 12 Pro Unlimited use of all advanced PC tools
Customize notification settings
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Registering BoostSpeed Pro

To unlock and use all of the Pro features, you need to

upgrade your BoostSpeed Free to the Pro version.
Here is how to do that:
Hover your mouse over the ‘Activate Pro Version’ button at the bottom-right of
the program window (do not click). This will open a popup with two options for
you to click.

The ‘Activate Today’ button takes you to a web page where you can purchase a
license key. (You can also reach this page by simply clicking the ‘Activate Pro
Version’ button without bringing up the popup). Right below the ‘Activate Today’
button in the popup, you see the ‘Enter license key’ link – click it when you’ve
already purchased a license and received a license key via email. This will bring up
a small window with the field to enter your key in.

Copy the license key from the confirmation email. Then, go back to BoostSpeed,
paste the key into the registration field and click ‘Register’.

NOTE
When you place your order online and complete payment, a confirmation
message is sent to you via email to the address you provide during checkout. You
will be getting two messages: one containing your invoice and the other with your
license information. If you don’t see the message(s), please check your spam/junk
mail folder before contacting technical support. A common reason for not
receiving an order confirmation is typos made in the email address, so be sure to
double-check your contact info when placing order.
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Backing up with the Rescue Center
Auslogics BoostSpeed is equipped with the Rescue Center, which lets you create a backup prior to running optimization or any other
operations. This helps ensure that you can always roll back any changes made by Auslogics tools if you do not like the results.

We recommend getting familiar with the In the Settings window that opens, scroll
Rescue Center prior to using BoostSpeed down to the bottom of the left-side
for the first time. You can specify which navigation pane and click on ‘Rescue
parts of the BoostSpeed package should Center’. This will open the current Rescue
back up before each run, how long those Center settings and let you change any
backups should be stored and how much of them according to your preferences. If
disk space they may occupy. you’d like, you can have most tools
create backups as you first start using
BoostSpeed and then uncheck them as
you get more comfortable with the
program.

To access the Rescue Center settings,

click on the gear icon at the bottom-right
of the program window.

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Backing up with the Rescue Center

You can also view available system

restore points here by selecting ‘Restore
Points’ from the left-side menu. Use this
feature if you need to take your whole
To view backups created in the Rescue system back to a point in time before
Center, click on the diskette icon at the you applied specific changes or installed
bottom-right of the main program certain software, not just Auslogics.
window.

NOTE

when you use a restore point, you may

lose all changes made and all files saved
after the date to which you are rolling
In the window that opens you will see a back
list of available backups that have been
created by BoostSpeed. Select a backup
from the list and then choose the action
you would like to apply to it by clicking a
button above the list, such as ‘Restore’,
‘Details’ or ‘Delete’. Clicking ‘Refresh’ will
refresh the list of available backups. Click
‘OK’ when done.
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Where to Start?

When you launch BoostSpeed for the To the top-right of the Scan button you
first time, you will have no doubt as to see the mode switch that lets you easily
what to do first. Just click the big button switch to Advanced mode, if you feel
in the middle of the screen to run your that you want more control and more
first scan. options at hand. By default, BoostSpeed
launches in Basic mode for the first
time. You can also switch modes by
To the right of the Scan button, your see going to the File menu at the top-left. See
the ‘Customize scan’ link that lets you more information on the two modes
choose sections to scan or ignore, if further in this guide.
needed. Clicking it is optional.
Here you will also find 5 of the most
useful tools listed below the Scan button.

(More information about these tools is

provided further in this guide)

On the right, see the quick links to more

recommended features that will help
improve your PC even further.
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Top Menu
The main program menu is located at the very top of the program window and gives you four drop-down lists of shortcuts to almost
every BoostSpeed feature.

The File menu contains the main options that let you The Tools menu gives you quick access to all tools The Help menu lists the options you have for getting
quickly run any program or open a website by simply included in BoostSpeed, as well as some additional information about the program or assistance with it.
typing its name or address in a popup window, open the Auslogics software that you may install.
Control Panel, switch between Basic and Advanced modes,
run a scan, schedule maintenance, open the Rescue
Center, settings or check for updates.
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Program Modes: Basic Mode
BoostSpeed 12 comes with two modes that are meant to accommodate users of any IT experience level.

The Basic mode minimizes the amount of thought or effort required of the user to run While the scan is running, you can stop or pause it, see the progress right below the
maintenance: the screen has a big button in the center with just the essential tabs and tools button or click on ‘See scan details’ to see the categories and specific items being
along the window edges. All you need to do is click the Scan button to launch a comprehensive processed along with the number of actionable items found.
checkup of your Windows system.

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Program Modes: Basic Mode

When the scan completes, you can just click the Resolve All button on the Dashboard, or click On the My Scanner tab, review all detected items under each of the seven categories, and
on ‘See full report’ to switch to the My Scanner tab. decide if you want the cleanup to ignore any of them. You can click on the category names
on the left to switch between them, click the ‘See report and customize’ link next to each
category for a more detailed view, and uncheck any of the detected items or
subcategories, if you like. When done reviewing, click the Resolve All button at the bottom
to launch repair.
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Tabs in Basic Mode
In Basic mode, you see the most essential tabs at the top.

My Tasks, where you can see recommendations for what needs Ask a Question, where you can get expert answers to your All Tools, where you can see a full list of all tools included in
to be done at the moment. PC-related questions, as well as find other ways to get help. BoostSpeed split into categories, so you can easily find the tool
you need.
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Bottom panel
Below the main window is a collection of the most useful tools for everyday tasks.

Cat Mode.
Menu Manager.

This handy tool locks your PC’s keyboard New in BoostSpeed 12, this tool lets you
and mouse when you step away, so that customize the context menu (the
your pet can’t do damage to your system right-click menu) for many Windows
or data. When you return, you will need elements, including files, folders, drives,
to enter a pass code to unlock your PC. the Recycle Bin, etc. You can review the
You can set the pass code and activation menu’s current appearance, then choose
delay in mode settings. Click the toggle to add or remove options as you like.
to turn the tool on, or click on
‘Customize’ to go to Cat Mode settings.

Add-ons Manager.
Disk Defrag.
Multi Uninstall Manager.
Startup Manager.

This new tool in BoostSpeed 12 lets you sort Winner of multiple industry awards, Auslogics Another new tool in BoostSpeed 12, it lets you go This tool handles the common cause of slow PC
through and disable browser extensions and Disk Defrag is an essential tool that lets you through all software installed on your PC, select bootup. It lets you review the apps set to run on
add-ons. Clicking on this tile will open Add-ons defragment hard drives, optimize SSDs and unneeded programs and uninstall them all in one Windows startup, and cut the list down to the
Manager in a new tab and display a list of all offers a number of other features to help ensure click instead of manually going through them one bare minimum, which can effectively speed up
installed add-ons. You can review each add-on’s top data access speed. by one. Multi Uninstall Manager will queue the system loading. The tool opens in a new tab.
trust rating, info about the maker and other apps for removal and safely remove them one at
details. Click the toggle in front of each add-on’s a time
name to turn it on or off.
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Right-Side Panel
The right-side panel in Basic mode provides easy access to BoostSpeed sections recommended as a must for anyone

My PC.

My Scheduler lets you set up automatic maintenance so you can This is your quick link to detailed information about your system,
forget about it and let BoostSpeed monitor your system and take including hardware specs, OS and major software. Click it whenever
action. you need the specs, such as when talking to tech support or looking
to upgrade hardware parts.

My Tasks takes you to a tab that houses recommended actions you

may want to take to improve your PC’s state. This tool is especially My Tools.

useful to those who like to find new ways to boost their computers, This link takes you to the All Tools tab where you can find the full list
as it will give you ideas on what to do next every time you open of all tools included in BoostSpeed. Click it whenever you need to
BoostSpeed. quickly find and open a specific tool.

My Questions.
My Store.

This link takes you to the Ask a Question tab, which will be described The link to the Auslogics Store lets you access more useful software
further in this guide. from Auslogics and its partners, review information on each program
and download installers. Full versions of the recommended
programs may require license purchase.
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Program Modes: Advanced Mode

When in Advanced mode, you get a lot

more options listed on your Dashboard.

Get brief info about your PC and

software at the top with a link to detailed
system information.

To the upper-right of the main Scan

button in Basic mode, you will find the
switch that will take you to Advanced
mode. Another way to get there is by
going to File -> Switch to Advanced
Mode in the main program menu. See a quick overview of your questions
and answers status, or click to access the
Ask a Question feature (described
further in this guide).

After reviewing all the information

presented on this screen, you can move
Some of the options here are the same
on to the full system scan right from
as in Basic mode (see detailed
here by clicking the ‘Start a System
information earlier in this guide).
Scan’ button (this will open the My
Scanner tab and let you choose the
categories to check before launching the
scan).

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Program Modes: Advanced Mode

In Advanced Mode, you can customize To remove a tab, simply click the X sign
the tabs that you see at the top by on it, just like you would in a web
adding or removing them as you like. To browser. This way you can set up the
add tabs, click on the + sign and select Dashboard just the way you want with
the pages or tools you want added from the tools you’ll use most often.
the drop-down list.
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BoostSpeed Tabs
Let’s look at the Pages that can be set as tabs. Pages are screens that have multiple tools and options listed on them by categories, so
you can have all related tools at hand when you need to accomplish a specific task

My Dashboard My Tasks
Comes in 2 versions: Basic and This tab contains recommendations for
Advanced, as described earlier in this actions that you may want to take right
guide. now to improve your PC’s performance,
speed and security.Select what you want
...
to do on the left, then look through the
recommended actions and tweaks in the
...
main part of the window.

My Scanner Click the button next to any

...
recommendation you decide to proceed
This is the tab you switch to when you with.
...
need to customize the scan categories
and review scan results. You can also
launch the scan or repair from here by
clicking the Scan All or Resolve All
button at the bottom of the page. (See
more information on the My Scanner tab
earlier in this guide).
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Ask a Question
The ‘Ask a question’ tool lets you ask online experts your questions related to using

Auslogics software or to getting your PC Once logged in, click on a category name
optimized. You can also browse through for your question, which will open a form
other questions and answers there and that will let you fill in your question
see if what you need has already been details.
posted before. To use the feature, you
To access the forum, click the ‘My
need to get registered by providing your
account’ button or use the link that was
email address and a display name. To do
emailed to you with your password.
that, click on the ‘Sign up’ button.
On the right, find the latest questions
Click the link, then enter your name or a
posted by users through the Ask a
nickname you’d like to be identified by
Question tool. Clicking on the ‘Read now’
on forum pages, and hit the ‘Register’
link will take you to the question on the
button.
Auslogics forum, where you can read the
Once you click the ‘Register’ button, go to answers and browse other questions.
your Inbox at the address you specified
In the lower part of this screen, you see
in the form and look for a confirmation
links to the most common help topics.
message with your automatically
generated password. You will need to
use that password to log in when you go
to ask your question. Return to
BoostSpeed and click the ‘Sign in’ button
to continue.

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Ask a Question

Select the subcategory for your question

topic, type in a descriptive subject and
write your question in the big blank field.
You can also use the ‘Add file’ option to
add screenshots or other files to provide
more information on the issue you are
having. When done, click the ‘Send’
button. Your question will be reviewed
and posted on the web forum, and you
will be able to log in and view answers to
your question there
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All Tools

The All Tools tab lists all of the apps that To find out what a tool does or how it
are included in BoostSpeed, dividing works, hover your mouse over it to bring
them into performance categories: up a hint. Click on a tool to launch it, and
it will open as a new tab in BoostSpeed.
System tools let you run maintenance
and optimization on your Windows You can also access the tools listed here
system. through the Tools menu at the top of the
main program window.
Disk tools provide multiple ways to
clean your PC, defragment and maintain You have seen many of these tools
your disk drives. recommended under other relevant tabs
throughout the program, but they are all
Internet and Browser tools help
listed here in one place to make it
improve connection speed and get
convenient for you to find the tool you
online content to load faster.
need when you are looking to complete
Security tools help protect your a specific job.
personal information and secure your PC
from threats. Info tools allow you to get
and review information about your
system and different aspects of its
operation
Info tools allow you to get and review
information about your system and
different aspects of its operation.
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Most popular tools
Out of the 20+ tools in BoostSpeed, the following are user favorites
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Disk Defrag
This is the Auslogics Disk Defrag that has been loved by users worldwide for over 12 years

This defragmenter is one of the fastest You may also click the arrow on the
on the market, with exclusive algorithms Defrag button and select the operation
that are safe for your drives. you want to run: just Analyze the drives
to see the fragmentation percentage, run
a regular defrag, optimize your SSD drive
When you click on Disk Defrag under All using a special SSD-safe algorithm, run
Tools, it will open in a new tab and the Defrag & Optimize feature to help
display the list of all drives in your prevent fragmentation, or run a quick
computer system. defrag without analyzing the drives.

Check the boxes next to the drives you’d In the center, you see the cluster map
like to scan and defragment. Clicking the which you can use to get information
Defrag button will first run a scan of the about the location of files and file pieces
selected drives, then defragment them, if on your drives. When defragmentation is
defragmentation is needed. running, you can watch the clusters
being moved and files being put together
on this map.

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Disk Defrag

Below the cluster map you can review

detailed information on the selected
drive, including information on files, the
drive’s S.M.A.R.T. status and other
details.
This is where you can get alerted to hard
drive problems and prevent data loss
that may occur due to drive failure.
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Startup Manager
This tool lets you review the applications set to run on system bootup and disable any that don’t necessarily need to be on the Startup
list. This can significantly speed up Windows loading.

When you click on Startup Manager Click the ‘Google it’ link above the list to
under All Tools, it will open as a new tab search the web for information on the
and display a list of all applications that selected startup item.
have been added to the Startup list.

You can select an app and see its trust

To disable an app, just click the toggle in rating, publisher name and some other
front of the app’s name. details below.
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Uninstall Manager

With this tool, you can review all Using the tool is quite intuitive – just
software installed on your computer, check the boxes next to the apps you
select the apps you’d like uninstalled and want removed and click ‘Uninstall’, or
remove them one at a time or in ‘Multiple uninstall’ if removing several
batches. apps.
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File Recovery
This powerful undelete tool lets you bring back files you may have deleted by accident, or files that disappeared in a virus attack. It
uses a smart algorithm to scan your drives for previously deleted data and get the files you need restored.

To run a search, set the search

location(s) and criteria first (go through 4
steps in setting the filters).

When done with the search setup, click

the Search button to look through the
“free” space on your drive(s).

Note that the sooner you act after

discovering the file loss, the better your
chances of getting all the data you need
recovered. Your deleted files are only
recoverable until they get overwritten
with new data.

When the search completes, you can

look through the results, preview certain
file types (like pictures or documents)
and select the specific files you’d like
restored. Use the filter at the top to
narrow down the results, check the files
you want and click ‘Recover Selected’
above the list.
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Add-ons Manager NEW

New in BoostSpeed 12, this tool lets you review information on installed browser extensions, plugins and add-ons, and turn them on
or off.

Select an add-on to view information Use the ‘Google it’ link above the list to
about it below the list. search the web for information about
the selected add-on, if its rating is
unknown or you aren’t sure if it’s
Click the toggle in front of the add-on needed.
name to enable or disable it.
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Menu Manager NEW

This is another new tool in BoostSpeed 12 that is meant to help you customize your Windows experience

With Menu Manager you can add or

remove options from the context menu
(right-click menu) for objects like files, Hover your mouse cursor over the ‘i’
folders, drives, the Recycle Bin, etc. symbol to preview the menu for each
object type.

Click the toggle in front of each option to

add it to the right-click menu or remove
it.
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Windows Slimmer
If you are running a heavy Windows version on your computer, like Windows 10, then Windows Slimmer is the tool you may want to
use before others. It lets you get rid of the “filler” the operating system comes with, as well as the unneeded system-related items that
may accumulate over time

The tool deletes demo content, old Choose a category (select one cleanup
WinSxS libraries, disabled Windows category at a time for best results) and
components, unneeded Windows update click on ‘Start Scan’.
files, old system restore points, etc.

When you click on Windows Slimmer

under All Tools, the tool will open with
the One-Time Maintenance tab active
by default.

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Windows Slimmer

After the scan completes, you will be

able to review the results and take action
as needed. BoostSpeed will not delete
anything without you clicking the ‘Start
Cleanup’ button.
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Windows Slimmer

When done with the One-Time You can have Windows Slimmer scan
Maintenance, click on Regular and clean up memory dumps, CD/DVD
Maintenance in the left- side menu and burning cache, the Recycle Bin,
choose the sections that may be cleaned temporary folders and application logs.
up on a regular basis. Just check the categories and click on
‘Start Scan’.

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Windows Slimmer

The third feature in Windows Slimmer’s If your system drive has plenty of space
left-side menu is ‘Compact OS’, new in available, we recommend having the
BoostSpeed 12 as well. This tool lets you Compact OS feature disabled to help
pack up system files to reduce the your system access those files faster.
amount of space they take up on your
drive. The feature is especially useful
when your OS is installed on a smaller
SSD drive which tends to run out of
space.
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Registry Cleaner
Auslogics Registry Cleaner is one of the safest tools of this type available today. Instead of trying to locate as many problematic
entries as possible, the tool finds the items that can be tweaked or removed with no risk of damage to the system.

Open the tool from under the All Tools

tab, select the entry types you’d like to
scan (or keep the default sections
checked) and click on ‘Scan Now’

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Registry Cleaner

When the scan completes, you will see a Uncheck any items you don’t want
list of categories with the number of removed (if there are such items) and
issues found in each. click on ‘Resolve’.

You may click on the category name to

see more details on what’s been
detected in it.
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Duplicate File Finder
This is another tool that can help free up gigabytes of disk space. File duplicates can accumulate over time, so cleaning them out
should be part of the maintenance routine.

Open Duplicate File Finder by going to When done, click the Search button.
All Tools -> Disk Tools.

Select the drives you want to search, the

duplicate types and set other search
criteria by clicking ‘Next’ to go through
the available options.

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Duplicate File Finder

However, the easier alternative is to click

on ‘Options & Settings’ in the left-side
When the search completes, you will see menu and choose an option that will let
a list of all detected file duplicates you select duplicates in batches.
divided into groups (each group
highlighted with color).

You can look through the duplicates and

check the copies you want deleted one
by one.

Or you can click the arrow on the ‘Select’

button below the list and choose an
option from the drop-down menu that
appears.

When done selecting, click the ‘Delete

Selected Files’ button below the list, or
click the arrow on this button and
choose how you want the duplicates
deleted.
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Advanced Mode Tabs
When you are in Advanced mode, you see more tabs available at the top of your BoostSpeed window. Those extra tabs, displayed in
Advanced mode only, include:

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Advanced Mode Tabs
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Clean up

The Clean Up tab gives you quick access Free up even more space using the third
to all BoostSpeed features related to column: here you can uninstall unused
system cleanup. Let’s take a look at your software, including apps that are hard to
options displayed on this screen left to remove or may leave files behind.
right:

The fourth column lists BoostSpeed

In the first column, you can select the tools that can help clear disk space. Most
drives you’d like to clean, then choose of these are already linked to from the
the tool you want to use for cleanup. previous columns, but they are still listed
Selected drives are highlighted in green here for your convenience.
with the green checkmark at the
top-right.

The second column provides quick

access to tools designed for cleaning and
tweaking your Windows registry and
system folder
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Optimize

The Optimize tab gives you the tools

and options you need to ensure the
most efficient and productive Windows The third column lets you review
operation. current resource statistics and enable
real-time speedup tools: Memory and
Processor Optimization, Auto Defrag,
In the first column, you can select Disk Priority Manager and Desktop
drives to defragment and click the Protection. Each of these tools optimizes
button to launch defragmentation. If resource consumption and ensures the
using Windows 10, you can also run best speed for the applications that are
version-specific optimization by clicking active at the moment. We recommend
the Windows 10 Protector link here keeping these tools enabled at all times
to help things run faster on your PC.

The second column gives you quick

access to task-specific modes you can Right below the mode switcher, you will
enable to boost your Windows for find additional tools for optimizing your
whatever you are doing at the moment. OS. You can run additional Windows
You can turn on Game Mode when you tune-up using the Maintain Windows
want to play computer games, Office feature, optimize system tasks or sort
Mode for working with documents and through and disable auto-startup items.
productivity apps, Economy Mode to
save battery power, or a Custom Mode
that you set up yourself. Click the gear
icon next to the column header to
customize modes.
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Protect

The Protect tab helps you secure

personal data and activity history saved
on your computer. Traces of your credit
On the right, you get to control your web
card and other financial info, passwords

browser and protect it from
stored openly in files, history of website
unauthorized changes using the Browser
visits, video views and other data you
Protection tool. Just enable the tool by
may want to keep private is actually
flipping the switch here.
quite easy to retrieve from your PC, if it
ever gets in the wrong hands. We
recommend running a scan for privacy
traces and cleaning them up on a regular
basis (from once a week to once a day,
depending on how heavily

you use your PC).

Right below this feature, you see some

On the left side, you see the four areas
recommended tools that help protect
that can be checked for privacy

your confidential files and guard your
traces. If you’d like to have one or more
Windows system from hackers.
of them ignored during

scans, you can uncheck the ‘Include
category’ box next to it to disable it.

Сlick the ‘Scan now’ button below the


category list to launch a quick scan for
privacy traces.

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Protect

When the scan completes, review the NOTE

results by clicking the ‘Check Details’ link The tools you see recommended under
next to each category, and remove all the Clean Up, Optimize and Protect tabs
traces to protect your privacy. If needed, can also be found under the All Tools
you will be able to exclude some of the tab: that’s where you can quickly access
detected items from the cleanup by any tool you need without having to look
simply unchecking the boxes next to for it under different tabs.
them.

When done, just click the ‘Resolve all

items’ button to get all of those privacy
traces removed and your personal data
protected.
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Maintain
In addition to the more common optimization features we have looked at earlier in this Guide, BoostSpeed gives you even more
control over your Windows system by checking every corner of it for potential tweaks that could be applied to improve security,
stability and speed.

The Maintain tab lets you run a check

for such potential tweaks, review the
suggestions and apply any you want
your PC to benefit from. BoostSpeed will Cat Mode (see next page for info)
look for tweaks under Performance, Right below Cat Mode, you get shortcuts
Stability, Security and Internet to some useful system maintenance
categories. Once a scan completes, you tools.

will most likely get a long list of Further down is a feature that will come
personalized recommendations, which in handy if you need to boost your other
may include hardware tweaks or other computers without having to install
similar tweaks that need to be applied BoostSpeed on them. You can simply
manually, as well as a number of tweaks create a portable version of BoostSpeed,
you can have BoostSpeed apply save it on a flash drive and use on other
automatically on your behalf. Review PCs in your household. This is especially
each tweak and uncheck any that you useful when you want to run
aren’t sure about, then click the ‘Apply all maintenance on a computer that is
selected tweaks’ button to have running out of disk space and has no
BoostSpeed go through the tweaks one room for installing other software. Now
by one. you can get every PC in your home to
run great and help your family enjoy
their computers too. Keep in mind that if
you want to use BoostSpeed Portable for
commercial purposes, you will need to
purchase a license.

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Maintain

Do you have any pets in your home who might like hanging out Here is how the tool works.
next to or on your desk? Then you will love the Cat Mode feature
Click on the ‘Options and details’ link to set the time that should
designed to protect your computer from pet-caused accidents.
pass without any activity on your PC, after which the mode gets
When active, the mode gets your keyboard (and your mouse,
enabled. You can also choose whether you want your mouse
optionally) locked when you are away from your PC, which lets
buttons to be locked in addition to the keyboard; choose the
your cat safely rest on your keyboard, play with your mouse or try
combination of keys that must be pressed to turn the mode off
to type any messages without risking that you’ll get upset at the
and set other options. When done, click the ‘OK’ button.
result. The accidents this helps prevent can be real disasters, as
reported by many pet owners who have lost important data or Now, you can hit the ‘Activate Cat Mode’ switch whenever you
lost access to their computers because of something their pets are about to step away from your PC, or have it active at all times,
did. so it will get turned on once your PC has been idle for the amount
of time you specified.
NOTE

If you set the idle time to 1 minute, you may see Cat Mode get To disable the mode when you return to your PC, just click the
enabled when you are reading a large article on screen or looking combination of keys you have set for Cat Mode to require. If you
through some other info without touching your keyboard or have forgotten it, don’t worry: your screen will show you a prompt
mouse for over a minute. However, setting it to 5 minutes or whenever your PC gets locked by BoostSpeed.
longer may result in your cat jumping on your PC’s keyboard
before the mode gets a chance to protect it. A good solution
would be to set the time to 1 minute, but have the mode enabled
every time right before you step away from your PC instead of
keeping it on all the time.
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Reports

When running maintenance or

optimization on your computer, it is
important to be able to see the results On the right side you see a table that
you are getting. The Reports tab gives lists reports created after every
you just that, as well as lets you see operation. You see the report name, the
when maintenance may be needed. name of the tool that created it and the
date when the operation ran. Filters
On the left side of the screen you can above the table let you search for
monitor current resource use specific reports by creation time and tool
statistics. This provides a great overview name. Click on a report in the table to
of how your system is handling all the select it, then click the ‘View report’
tasks and applications that are currently button below the table to view it. Use the
running on it. If you see extremely high ‘Delete’ button to delete all reports ever
CPU, disk, network or memory loads, you created or just the reports listed above
will know that something might be (the ones that match your search filters):
wrong and will be able to take action by you can select the option you want from
using the Clean Up and Optimize tabs. the drop-down menu that opens when
you click on the ‘Delete’ button arrow.
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Automatic Defragmentation
BoostSpeed lets you schedule regular maintenance for hands-off cleanups and tune-ups. This helps keep your PC running fast and
smooth for you continually.

Choose how often you would like to run

defragmentation and which drives you’d
To schedule tasks, click on the clock icon like BoostSpeed to defragment
at the bottom-right of the main program automatically.
window.
You can also enable other options here
A window will open on the ‘Disk Defrag’ to prevent defrags from interfering with
tab, where you can set up a schedule for your PC use. Set BoostSpeed to create a
automatic defragmentation of your report after every automatic defrag, if
computer drives. you’d like. You will be able to see brief
statistics on previous defrags right here
below all options.
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My Scanner

The ‘My Scanner’ option in scheduler Select the categories you want included
settings lets you set up automatic scans in the regular scan and repair (you can
for actionable items under Disk Space, click the arrow next to category name
Stability, Performance, Disk Defrag, and select specific subcategories only, if
Privacy, Internet Speed and Windows 10 you like).
Tweaks – the functionality that you run
manually using the My Scanner tab in
BoostSpeed’s main window. Having Now specify the time that’s convenient
BoostSpeed run these tasks for running maintenance. It’s best to set
automatically on a regular basis frees up a time when your PC is usually on, but
your time and helps ensure smooth PC you are not using it very heavily. Click OK
performance without requiring you to do when done.
anything manually.
NOTE

The My Scanner schedule includes

options for running Disk Defrag and
Privacy scans, which can also be set up
separately from the respective tabs in
To access My Scanner schedule settings, the Scheduler’s left-side menu.
click on the clock icon at the
bottom-right of the main program
window.
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Privacy

In addition to junk file cleanup and Just like you did when scheduling My
performance optimization, you can have Scanner, here you can click on the arrow
BoostSpeed run regular cleanups of next to the word ‘Privacy’ to expand the
privacy traces using the ‘Protect’ option list of subcategories, and check or
in scheduler settings. uncheck them as needed. Then choose
the frequency and convenient time for
your regular cleanups and click OK when
done.

Having traces of your private data,

including credit card and banking info,
To access privacy cleanup scheduling cleared from various locations on your
options, click on the clock icon at the PC helps ensure that this information will
bottom-right of the main program never get in the wrong hands.
window.
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General
Although BoostSpeed works great on default settings, it also offers extensive customization options, so you can enjoy a program that
looks and works exactly as you want it.

Here you can set the program to launch

on PC startup to ensure that it monitors
performance and runs optimization in
the background as needed. You can also
To access BoostSpeed Settings, click on choose which notifications BoostSpeed
the gear icon at the bottom-right of the displays and switch BoostSpeed
main program window. scanners into advanced mode by
enabling system-critical categories here.
This is also where you tell BoostSpeed
This will open the Settings window on whether you want browser cookies
the General tab. deleted on every cleanup. Keep this box
unchecked if you want to keep the
cookies and prevent various sites from
requiring you to re-log in every time you
visit them.
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View
The View menu lets you customize the program’s appearance.

Computer screens may have different

resolution, and BoostSpeed allows
adjusting the size of interface text and
elements to better fit the resolution on
your PC.
The other options in the General view
settings let you choose how CPU
temperature should be displayed and
To access the View settings, click the gear whether heavy resource consumers
icon at the bottom-right of the main should be marked in red.
program window. Then select the ‘View’
tab from the left-side pane.

There are 3 sub-sections under View,

which let you customize the program’s
general appearance, as well as the
appearance of the Duplicate File Finder
and File Recovery tools.

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View

In the View settings for Duplicate File

Finder you can set whether and how you
want to preview detected duplicates, and
if you’d like to include hidden folders in
the search.

The View settings for File Recovery let

you set whether removable drives and
SSDs should be displayed and available
to the tool. You can also choose if you
want to preview recoverable files and
which files should not be previewed.
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Integration

BoostSpeed lets you integrate some of For instance, if you choose to integrate
its features and options into various Disk Defrag into context menus, you will
system menus. This allows you to then be able to right-click on a folder in
right-click on items and run BoostSpeed File Explorer and defragment that folder.
operations on them without having to You can also set Disk Defrag as your
actually open BoostSpeed. Go to the default defragmenter, add the “Unlock
‘Integration’ tab to do that. File”, “Recover Files” and “Shred Files”
options to drive and Recycle Bin menus.
The integration is seamless, but is easy
to undo anytime you want.

To open Settings, click on the gear icon

at the bottom-right of the main program
window.
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Notifications

When running tasks or monitoring The Notifications section in program

system status, BoostSpeed shows settings is where you can choose which
notifications in your system tray notifications you want to see in the tray.
(bottom-right corner of your computer
screen).

You can disable notifications by checking

the ‘Don’t show this again’ box on the
popup message, or do it in the settings.
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Ignore Lists

BoostSpeed’s scanners and some tools Under Ignore Lists you see the
have Ignore Lists you can add objects to sub-sections for Scanners (the features
when you want them excluded from you use under the My Scanner tab in
scans and cleanups. BoostSpeed’s main window), Disk Defrag,
Duplicate File Finder and File Recovery.
When working with each of these tools, Click through them and follow the
you have the option to add items to on-screen instructions to add or remove
exclusions as you go. However, you may items.
find it convenient to handle the Ignore
Lists from the program’s main Settings
window, as it lets you see all of the
exclusions you have set or can set.
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Other

Additionally, BoostSpeed lets you Scroll down to the bottom of the left-side
customize the way it handles files and pane to see the settings for Cat Mode
set additional options for various tools and Rescue Center (covered earlier in
and features. this Guide).

You can have the program wipe junk files

The last option is ‘Language’, which lets
being deleted to prevent their recovery.
you choose the interface language for
You can also specify regular folders that
BoostSpeed.
you want cleared during cleanups (just
make sure none of their contents are
important, as they will be permanently When done adjusting settings, be sure to
deleted). click the OK button to apply the changes.

Some tools use algorithms that can be

further customized and fine-tuned to fit
your individual needs: just click the tool
in the left-side pane and make your
selections.
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