Answers That Work - Tut

I have been trying to update my TUT (The ULtimate Troubleshooter) for weeks but cannot connect to the Answers That Work site. Then I found that even trying to go to the main website, answersthatwork.com doesn't work. It just times out.

I know they have been erratic about updates in the past, but you could always get to the main website. So does anyone know: have they finally gone belly up?

Thanks.

 

answersthatwork.com no longer exists.
The link for the TUT website on the MG download page leads to this site:
http://get.esellerate.net/get/ALP847258315/default.htm?skuid=SKU1986144800&affid=AFL161344876&at=
That offers the same version available here at MG which is version 4.92

 

Reading more widely about this program - it hasn't been updated for 7 years and the reviews of it are all awful. There are far better programs that are constantly updated, work on XP upwards and are not shareware (which this one is). CCleaner alone does everything TUT does but better.

 

Thasnks for the fast response. The esellerate website seems to be some sort of distribution service. Nothing there about the Answers That Work outfit or the status of TUT. I will assume they are dead.

Can you tell me what the better programs you mentioned are? I have used CCleaner and it is a cleaner mostly. TUT lists all running services, tasks, and startups, how much resources they use, and allows you to disable them if you wish. But mainly it provides information on what every obscure service is so you know what it is and if it is important. I did not know CCleaner did that. TUT is - or was - sort of a super Task Manager.

 

CCleaner Slim does a lot more than clean and includes all start ups, browser plugins and disk analyzer - so either have a look at its features on its website (piriform.com) or simply install it and explore.
Microsoft Autoruns is by far the best for in depth start ups and Microsoft Process Explorer for all processes - both have always been better than TUT.
If you are using Windows 7 or later they already included much of that information within the OS, normally Task Manager.

 

Thanks. I am not Geek enough to handle Microsoft Process Explorer. I need more hand-holding. It has (to me) a baffling interface with no information about what each task is and why it is running. I'll just keep looking.

 

Have a look at the free version of WinPatrol.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/winpatrol.html

 

Others may have other program ideas but, sadly, exploring processes and what they are is not for the average user at all. However if you search the exact process file name on a site like http://www.file.net/ or http://www.processlibrary.com/en/ you will get ideas.
If you have very specific issues with the exact Operating System you use you will get help here.

 

I suggest you spend time getting very familiar with the Resource Monitor within the Task Manager. There are several displays of the operating
dynamics. The links you to need to follow between the different displays are the PIDs. Getting familiar with this might make sense in using Process Explorer. Max and Eldon suggest great tools. Combined, you should have a good start to monitor what's happening. If you have more specific interests, tell us and please identify the operating system, you are using.