Oil Change has several useful features that allow you to monitor update activity and reverse any automatically installed updates that do not perform as expected. You can access features from the main Oil Change window and the Supported Applications and Drivers dialog box. To start the update process, click Start on the main window. To access online help, click Help. By default, Oil Change displays the following feature buttons at the bottom of the main window. If these buttons are hidden, click More to display them.
The graphic at the end of this help topic shows the feature buttons on the Oil Change main window. To get information about a particular feature, move your cursor over the button and click.
See Also
About the Supported Applications and Drivers dialog box
Create an auto update product list
Use Home to connect to Oil Change home page
Use Options to configure Oil Change
You can connect directly to the Oil Change home page on the CyberMedia Web site. The Home page contains the latest news about Oil Change and other important support information.
Oil Change keeps track of how you use Oil Change and displays a record of your activities in History.
Oil Change saves a backup copy of the files that were changed when an update was automatically installed. When you Undo an update, Oil uses this backup information to return your computer to its original condition before the update was installed.
Oil Change will run and check the CyberMedia ActiveHelp server for updates to the products installed on your computer when you click Start.
You can determine which version of Oil Change is installed on your computer by clicking About.
You can control how Oil Change works using Options. You choices include:
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User Profile: You can change your personal information on the User Profile tab. It is very important that you keep your e-mail address update. |
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Cleanup: You can remove various types of files from your hard drive when you no longer need them using the features on the Cleanup tab. |
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Connection: Oil Change must know how you connect to the Internet and will ask you to choose which type of connection you are using during installation. If you change Internet connections, you can update Oil Change with the new information using the Connection tab. |
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Scan: You can schedule when Oil Change scans your computer for installed product and available updates using the Scan tab. |
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Undo: You control whether or not Oil Change saves a backup copy of any files that are changes when it installs an update using the features on the Undo tab. |
If you don't want to see the list of Oil Change features at the bottom of the Oil Change main window click the Less button. The features disappear and the button becomes More. Use More/Less to switch the feature list off and on.
If you have questions about any of the features and capabilities of Oil Change, help is available. Just click the Help button on the main Oil Change window or press F1 on your keyboard.
The type of information displayed in the status bar varies. Before you start the update process, you can receive information about a particular button or box by placing your cursor over the item and looking in the Status Bar. As Oil Change hunts for, or downloads updates, the status bar contains progress information.
The Exit button allows you to close the Oil Change program.
