The top of the interface allows you to do a basic checkup, cleanup and speedup. It has security tools and an app manager as well.

Beneath this toolbar, you will find a quick synopsis of your system’s performance with regard to CPU load, upload / download speeds, CPU temperature, memory usage and disk access speed.

Under this area you can pick from a predefined set of features such as Game Turbo Booster, Duplicate file finder, Password Manager, File Recovery, Startup Optimizer, and Process manager.

You will find an overlay running while you have this software up and running. It will show you at all times the current upload and download rates.

The left side window where most of the notifications of your system issues are located you will find a globe. This globe changes in color and level depending on the perceived issues within the system. During use, the program will indicate which file is currently being deleted, moved, copied or defragmented.

Many of the submenu items such as Startup Optimizer have elegant and simple 1 click options that allow you to quickly change many hidden power-user features within Windows.

There is a network monitor that will show you when a program is utilizing your network connection, what it is doing and if you should be concerned. It takes the benefits of a program such as Close the Door and places it within this elegant interface.

There is even an App Manager that resembles the Add or Remove Programs portion of the Windows Control Panel.

Basic tools include:

• File Shredder – DOD file delete
• Disk Wiper – High level formatter deletes the MBR and all files on that drive
• Disk Doctor – Checks the overall health of the drive (resembles the old Win 98 Disk Defrag screen).
• Duplicate file finder – Very handy if you have multiple instances of files hidden all over your drive
• File Recovery – Attempts to pull files from damaged media

Advanced tools include:

• Registry backup and restore
• Registry Defrag – This is very slick way to clean the registry
• Encryption and Decryption – You can encrypt and decrypt a file here and include a password and even a hint for the password.
• Password Generator
• Game Turbo Booster – This Defrags game specific folders and kills extraneous network usage. It turns off Windows Update, printer support, web proxy auto discover and other services.
• Running Drivers – Here you get a complete list of the current drivers, manufacturers and versions plus memory locations of the driver

Super Tools include:

• Internet explorer manager – Allows for under the hood editing of how IE works
• Context menu manager – Remove reorder and replace contextual menu items (a must have if you install many programs)
• Super Explorer – Analyze the file system outside of the window API
• Super Registry – Analyze the registry outside of the window API to find hijacked or hidden registry issues
• MBR Backup and restore – Keep a copy of your MBR on a thumb drive and restore it later if it becomes corrupt.

There are many other freeware programs out there that cover what this program does. None do it in an interface that is both simple and elegant at the same time. On the surface it appears simple, user friendly and kind of fun. If you dig deeper, you can unlock some very powerful features of this free software package. Have fun! You can download the latest version of Toolwiz Care from the developer website. The program is compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit editions of the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Please note that the Windows Utility Launcher software requires the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (SP1) on the system.

Download Windows Utility Launcher from this link. Double click the .exe file for Windows Utility Launcher and you will see the following window open.

In the Utilities Tab, all utilities shown are quickly accessed by a single click. You click the button below each of the listings to access them. The two buttons in the lower right corner allow you to exit the utilities or minimize them to the System Tray at will. Notice that the Status Bar at the bottom indicates the version of Windows being used. Be aware that this will only work for Windows 7 and Vista operating systems and is not functional in Windows XP or XP virtual mode.

The Settings Tab allows you to set this application for launch on startup and also to start minimized in the System Tray. As you move on to the third tab, the About Tab, you will find basic application information. There is also a way to contact the developer, should the need arise.

Access the right-click menu from the System Tray. You will find the main menu by holding the pointer over or clicking on “Windows Utilities”. You can also access the Notepad and Calculator utilities. The menu simply contains the same options as the primary window does. If the Windows Utility Launcher is minimized, as it probably will be, this is how to access the different utilities easily from the System Tray.

By clicking on Services, for example, from the main menu of Windows Utilities Launcher, The Services menu opened immediately. This gives quick access to stopping or starting services with a quick launch. This application is essentially a time saver for system administration by making utility access a breeze.

Minime bundles the minimized windows into one System Tray icon. If you are the type of user who usually has dozens of icons in the Windows System Tray then you might want to consider switching from your favorite Tray Minimizer application to Minime.

While running Minime in the background users can make use of the keyboard shortcut [CTRL Shift Z] to minimize the active window to the System Tray. Windows can be reactivated by either choosing a single window or by selecting the Show All option.

Users are reporting problems with 64-bit editions of Windows Vista. Other editions and Windows operating systems should run fine. Minime uses about 6 Megabytes of computer memory when running in the background.