Utilities

**Utilities** (also known as **Programs** or **Applications**) are applications that can be considered as power-ups in *Progressbar95*.

* Defragmentation
* Firewall
* Processes
* Slow time
* ScanProgress
* Decompiler Gun
* Idle Network

## Defragmentation

### Availability

Progressbar NOT 3.60, 95 to 10
Progressbar NOT 4.0 Server to Server 2081, Server 2021

**Defragmentation** is an application that can be used to fix orange segments in the progressbar. It was added in 0.26 and redesigned in 0.9830. It is available in Progressbar NOT 3.60, from 95 to 10, from NOT 4.0 Server to Server 2081 and in Server 2021. There is a timer of 180 seconds before it can be used.

After pressing the Defragment button, Clippy will appear saying "Tap the green fragments", telling you to do this to fix the orange segments. When finished, a "Ready" button will appear which will close the window.

If you tap the Defragmentation icon but there are no errors in your progressbar, the Defragment button will be hidden. The window will show the message: "You don't need the defragmentation right now. You have no any errors in your progressbar".

This tool is called Optimization in Progressbar 81 onwards, in Server 2081 and Server 2021.

If you press About in the File menu, a window will appear showing the version of the program (2.[system version]).

After completing a level without a 100% blue or 100% yellow progressbar and Defragmentation is available, you will be offered to use it. When the process of defragmentation is complete, then the progress chart screen reloads with the new progressbar.

### Icons

Icons for Progressbar 1 to Progressbar 3.14, 1X to 11.22 and Server 2023 are not used.

## Firewall

* Firewall
* Firewall+

### Availability

Progressbar NOT 3.60, 95 plus to 10
Progressbar NOT 4.0 Server to Server 2081, Server 2021

**Firewall** is a program that can protect you from red, pink and gray segments and allow others to pass through. It is available in Progressbar NOT 3.60, from 95 plus to 10, from NOT 4.0 Server to Server 2081 and in Server 2021. There is a timer of 300 seconds before it can be used.

On some systems, a more advanced version of the Firewall is available, i.e. in Progressbar NOT 4.0, from 2000 to 10, from NOT 4.0 Server to Server 2081 and in Server 2021. This firewall allows the player to pass pink, gray or red fragments and is called **Firewall+**.

This tool also appears in Progress Defender game mode, where it serves other purposes. It is a widget with a lot of HP that protects the progressbar from red segments and stalls pop-ups.

### Icons

Icons for Progressbar 1 to Progressbar 3.14, 1X to 11.22 and Server 2023 are not used.

## Processes

### Availability

Progressbar 98 to 10
Progressbar 2000 Server to Server 2011, Server 2021

**Processes** is a program that lets the player see and close different 'processes' that are running in the system. It is available from Progressbar 98 to 10, from 2000 Server to Server 2011 and in Server 2021.

To unlock this tool, you have to click the Ctrl, Alt and Del keys that will appear on the screen from time to time. They need to be clicked in the correct order (Ctrl-Alt-Del), otherwise you will have to start the unlocking process from the beginning.

### Programs in Close Task utility

There are various processes that can show in the list.

 Segment
 Bin
 Suspicious
 Processes
 ProgressbarPanel
 ProgressGUI
 Progressbar95

Sometimes, some processes may be unresponsive. Attempting to close one of them will show a message saying "The process does not response. Try again?".

### Icons

Icons for Progressbar 1 to Progressbar 3.14, 1X to 11.22, Server 201X and Server 2023 are not used.

## Slow time

* Idle
* Ready

### Availability

Progressbar Largehorn to 1X
Progressbar Server 2005 to Server 2021

**Slow time** is a widget that, as the name suggests, significantly slows down the game for a few seconds and blurs the background. It is available from Progressbar Largehorn to 1X and from Server 2005 to Server 2021. It is first unlocked in Progressbar Wista.

This is the only program that is available in the Hardcore game mode.

## ScanProgress

* Icon (ScanProgress)
* Icon (Progress Ambulance)

* ScanProgress
* Progress Ambulance

### Availability

All Progressbar systems (excluding Progressbar Chitown,B OS (PC kernel)
All server systems
All BarOS systems (excluding B OS (BC kernel)

**ScanProgress** (called **CHKPROGRESS** in Progressbar NOT 4.0, in Progressbar 2000 onwards and in all server systems and **Progress Ambulance** in BarOS) is a utility for bypassing a Blue Screen of Death and continuing the game from there. In ProgressbarOS, it is available in all systems but Progressbar Chitown and B OS (PC kernel), while in BarOS, it is available in all systems but B OS (BC kernel).

To use ScanProgress, you have to quickly press the "Scan" button to advance and fill your progressbar before the Errors do it. If you complete said task successfully, you can continue the game. However, in Progress Ambulance, you have to press the "Scan" button to get the Progress Ambulance to the end of the "road" before the timer runs out.

You can't use ScanProgress when:

* Losing a round of ProgressTrix, Progress Commander or Progressball;
* Getting a BSOD in Progressbar Chitown (because ScanProgress didn't exist in 0.21) or B OS;
* Getting a BSOD in ProgressDOS, Filer or Terminus (for example: getting unlucky with unknown.exe, typing HCF in ProgressDOS, deleting crucial system files);
* Getting a BSOD that causes the system to restart.

For the first time, this tool has a timer of 300 seconds. After using it once it refills after 500 seconds. However, you can bypass the cooldown by "unblocking" the timer, which knocks out an ordinal thirty-second of your max  back. In BarOS, you have to spend 1.

Currently, this is the only utility that is available in BarOS.

## Decompiler Gun

*Main article: Decompiler Gun*

**Decompiler Gun** is a tool that that lets the player shoot down pop-ups.

## Idle Network

*Main article: Idle Network*

**Idle Network** is a tool that grinds points automatically for the player.
## Trivia

* In the custom game mode, one of the options is to disable the Utilities for more points.
* ScanProgress is based on Microsoft ScanDisk, while CHKPROGRESS is based on CHKDSK. Both are Windows programs that fix disk problems.
	+ Progress Ambulance is based on Macintosh Disk First Aid; however, it is worth mentioning that there is a paradox surrounding the idea that Progress Ambulance is available on all BarOS systems, but Disk First Aid can only run on every macOS system from System Software 5.0 onwards.
* Slow time is based off of the Clock accessory in Windows Vista and 7.
* Processes is most probably based on Task Manager.
* Slow time can be considered the rarest utility in the game, as it is only available in 13 systems and has a long cooldown.
* Weirdly, despite all Progressbar Server systems not allowing the use of Processes in the Hardcore game mode, Progressbar Server 2021 is the only one to use it in said game mode.
* The process **ProgressGUI** is based on **explorer.exe**.