Lab 7-4 Using a Utility to Optimize Your Computer

1. Open Super Utilities and list ten of the built-in utilities you can use for optimizing your computer.

Option

Component it Effects

Description of Utility

Which utility would you use to:

1. Set up a time for the computer to automatically be turned off.

2. Identify what program is used to handle a specific file type (such as M3U).

3. Make a copy of all installed drivers.

4. Add or remove toolbars from Internet Explorer.

5. Start or stop services.

6. Scan for and remove spyware.

7. Change startup options (programs that are loaded at startup).

Use Super Utilities

1. Choose one of the utilities in the suite and run it.
2. Which utility did you choose?

3. What is the intended purpose of the utility?

4. What did it do when you ran it?

Review Questions

1. Out of the utilities you’ve used in this class, which one do you find to be the most useful?

2. Why did you choose that one?

3. If you were to add some features to this program, what are three features you would add?

1. ________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________

4. Super Utilities combines some built in features of the Windows operating system into an easy to use interface. True or False
5. Super Utilities can allow you to see how much space each of the folders on your hard drive is taking up. True or False.