Review: Uniblue Speed Up My PC 2009 system utility

There are countless tools available from within Windows to help you keep your PC optimised and running smoothly. However, these aren’t always particularly accessible, so an all-in-one package such as Speed Up My PC may well come in handy.

The 2009 edition doesn’t offer any major changes over previous versions, with the majority of improvements coming in the form of refined tools to tweak and optimise your CPU, memory, network and internet connection.

There is a now a recovery console which offers the ability to undo changes that may have had a negative effect and a quarantine manager for temporarily storing suspect processes, but the majority of operation remains the same.

This is no bad thing, though, since previous versions were easy to get to grips with, offering a quick way to scan your PC and then providing you with the ability to customise the various settings with ease.

You get a good deal more information on exactly what your PC is up to compared to what Windows offers up, which makes it far easier to decide whether individual processes can be disposed of.

A startup manager and uninstall wizard offer alternatives to Windows’ default tools, while the CPU Booster tool allows you to change the priority of running processes as well as set up custom profiles, so you can quickly change how your PC behaves in various environments.

Many of the tools available within Speed Up My PC 2009 are simply shortcuts or refinements to the traditional way of doing things from within Windows. However, we did see a noticeable improvement in performance after running the automatic scan and there’s no doubt that it makes optimisation and performance of a home PC far easier to manage.