Windows® is so complicated that normally only experts can keep their systems properly configured and tweaked for the best performance and user experience. This hasn't gotten any better with Windows Vista™ - many settings have been moved or renamed and are now even harder to find.
Ashampoo PowerUp 3 is the solution if you don't want to waste endless hours learning how to configure and maintain Windows®, including Windows® Vista. It's a single control center for all your Windows® settings and explains everything in simple language. And the new version adds more protection against incorrect settings, more control, more configuration options and makes the whole process easier than ever before. And it comes with a beautiful new graphical design for Windows® Vista!

Configure fast with professional profiles and new tools:
Ashampoo PowerUp 3 comes with a package of professionally-tuned "profiles" for a variety of purposes. Just select the profile and PowerUp automatically configures your entire system in seconds for office work, games, video and photo editing or just maximum all-round performance.

The new Profile Assistant and Profile Manager help you to tweak the standard profiles for your own needs and manage the profiles you create and store. And the new QuickStart Bar gives you instant access to your favorite tweaks and adjustments.

Configure with confidence with the new safety tools and assistants:
The new Risk Level Monitor warns you reliably about potentially dangerous settings. The new Rescue Center automatically records all the changes you make and can return you your original settings at any time. And the Automatic System Scan and System Diagnostics make it easier than ever to find and choose the relevant settings.

Work easier with powerful additional modules:
In addition to hundreds of Windows® configuration options Ashampoo PowerUp 3 also comes with a whole package of additional tools and modules that make your life with Windows® easier.

You can generate detailed reports containing everything support staff need to know about your system when you have problems. You can manage programs that start automatically and switch off the ones you don't need. And so much more¡­

Ashampoo PowerUp 3 New Features:
Fully compatible with Windows Vista™
Profile Assistant: Helps you to customize your system by modifying existing profiles
Profile Manager: Create, delete, modify and export your own configuration profiles that you can use to change all your system settings in seconds
Ready-to-use profiles: A set of professionally tuned profiles for super-fast optimization of your system
Profile export: Save profiles on external media and apply them independently
QuickStart Bar: Direct access to tweaks and settings for fast customization of your system
Automatic System Scan: Adjusts the presentation of all options to match your individual system requirements
Risk Level Monitor: Warns you about potentially risky settings
Rescue Center: Records all configuration changes you make and enables you to return to your original settings at any time
Processes: A management console provides detailed information on active processes and enables you to kill them if necessary
Services: Recommendations and configuration options for many Windows® services ¨C improve performance by disabling unnecessary services
Benchmarking: Check your system performance with a detailed analysis and report
Profile Manager: Helps you to optimize system performance and behavior
System Diagnostics: Generates a detailed report on your computer's components
Icon Manager: Saves the layout of the icons on your desktop so that you can restore it if it gets "messed up"
Skins: Three new skins to change the appearance and style of the program
Improved setting help: Context-sensitive pop-up descriptions of all settings provide all the information you need on every option
Improved Windows® optimization: For all system areas in Windows® 2000, XP and Windows Vista™
Many new settings: A wealth of new options for customizing and the Windows® user interface and enhancing performance
Online Update: Add new tuning options and solve issues and problems quickly

Ashampoo PowerUp 3 Existing Features and Improvements:
System Information: Analyses your hardware and software and displays a detailed report
Autostart: Configuration options for how Windows® starts
Windows® tuning: Direct access to hundreds of Windows® settings and configuration options with detailed information ¨C many new options
Configuration profiles: Save your own Windows® configurations as "profiles" that you can load to reconfigure your entire system in seconds
Hidden Windows® options: Access many "secret" Windows® settings that are normally difficult or impossible to change
MS Office®: Configure hard-to-find Office settings quickly and easily (incl. support for the latest Office versions)
MS Outlook®: Configure permitted mail attachments for Microsoft Outlook® (incl. support for the latest Outlook versions)
Privacy: View, understand and configure Windows® functions and settings that can be critical for protecting your privacy
Hard disk acceleration: Display and adjust settings that control the performance of your hard disks
Registry clean-up: Quickly identify and eliminate old or invalid entries that are clogging up your Windows® Registry database
Wipe files: Delete sensitive files permanently so that even data recovery labs can never access their contents
IP spam blocker: Disable the Windows® messaging service that spammers often use to display annoying advertising on your desktop
Tuning Assistant: Comprehensive and safe system tune-up with just a few clicks, with automatic backups as a safety net
AntiSpy Assistant: Prevents unauthorized access to your personal data in Windows® and Windows Vista™
Uninstall Windows® components: Get rid of faulty Windows® components which cannot be uninstalled through the usual way anymore
Language Editor: Edit or translate all texts and menus displayed in the program