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Tarfumes.com - System Mechanic 3-User
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List Price: $49.95
Our Price: $44.99
Your Save: $ 4.96 ( 10% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: IOLO Technologies
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Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: IOLO Technologies
EAN: 0813279005689
Feature: Can be installed on up to three PCs
Format: CD-ROM
Label: IOLO Technologies
Manufacturer: IOLO Technologies
Model: SM08D
Platform: Windows Vista
Publisher: IOLO Technologies
Release Date: 2007-12-03
Studio: IOLO Technologies
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Features
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Can be installed on up to three PCs
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Editorial Reviews:
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Fix computer problems, increase speed, boost performance, eliminate crashes, defend against spyware threats and much more, all with one program! This award-winning utility suite is trusted by millions worldwide to secure, optimize, repair, and tune-up their systems. System Mechanic 8 provides a wealth of tools to keep PCs running in peak condition. This versatile and easy-to-use product allows you to run system analyses to stay informed about your PC's condition, view any system problems detected by System Mechanic and decide which ones you want to repair, enable ActiveCare to perform the automated housekeeping tasks that you specify and select the exact repair and optimization tools that suit your needs, and run them when you want and how you want.
Intellistatus feature provides real-time system information for performance tracking and troubleshooting. System Mechanic interface is redesigned to allow for quicker access and more intuitive use. Improved SafetyNet feature makes it easier for users to revert system changes. System Mechanic Odometer shows statistics of all the repairs and optimizations made by System Mechanic. Licensed for use on up to 3 PCs
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Gets the job done
Comment: System Mechanic helped speed up my system. Fair enough- it does what it's supposed to.
One of the issues I had with this product is that it would not let me run the program without first registering it. I understand the logic behind this, but disagree with it. I bought this because one of my pc's was running very slow. It took about 20-25 minutes to start up and forget about installing programs! So, here I am trying to to install a program that will not work on my darn pc because it's not registered. But I could not register it because my PC kept crashing. It was very frustrating. They should allow a clean install and repair once before they make you register or look for updates.
If you have problems connecting to the internet or your system is really, really slow or has intermitten crashes, this may not be the program for you. It does what it is supposed to do, but if you can't load it, what's the point?
So finally got it installed after a headache or two (started PC in safe mode, worked some kinks out myself, etc) and I was able to start appreciating the software (I'll pretend the two drinks it drove me to drink had nothing to do with it).
It had to run system analyse three times, but it did clean up my registry entries, found a spyware program that ad-aware and even symantec missed, and fixed some memory problems I was having . My system is much better than before. Startup is faster and I no longer crash. I had that four year old computer sitting in a corner for about 6 months gathering dust. System mechanic helped get it working again.
One of the things it does not do is prevent problems from happening in the first place. It promises ActiveCare technology that 'detects and repairs problems in the background without any interference or drain on resources'. Not true- at least not for me. If it does, I haven't figure that part out yet. I could be running the pc and get no warning messages all day, but if I run a 'system analyze', it will always find a few problems to fix.
I would recommend this product because it does help get your system in better shape. It works. I've had it for about three weeks and doing a few system sweeps here and there, my system has been a lot more stable. I'm hoping a memory upgrade will help out too. I just wish the makers of this product were a little more efficient with the initial install and that it had (better) real time system 'repair prevention'.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Best All-Around System Maintenance
Comment: I have been using System Mechanic products since version 5. They are the best for a multi-utility Windows maintenance program. Version 6 was a little quirky, but version 8 is the best yet. The only other program I have used that comes close is Iobit's Advanced Windows Care - but it is a light-weight compared to what you can do with SM8. And each version just keeps getting better. I have it installed on all my computers and receive emails from each one with status and repairs made!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not reliable enough and some "fixes" are dangerous
Comment: System Mechanic uses an unsigned disk access device driver (elrawdsk.sys) for its maintenance, and I wonder if that was one of the causes for a system breakdown that subsequently required a complete restore of my hard drive. The disk defragmentation is suspiciously fast, although my PC did seem faster. Internet Optimization appears to apply the same adjustments whether under XP or Vista, even though Vista has a completely rewritten TCP/IP stack. Spyware detection on my system led to a false positive. The Iolo website has no technical information about how it works nor an online support forum, which makes it difficult to know if it's actions are safe. ActiveCare will run only after 5 minutes of idle (minimum), where it would be better to run in the background at low priority (especially in Vista with its improved I/O prioritization), if automatic maintenance was the key.
There are plenty of free alternatives which are safer: Wise Registry Cleaner, NTRegOpt, JkDefrag, ScanDefrag, FosiX Lite, File Shredder, Belarc Advisor, Tweak UI (XP) or WinBubbles (Vista), Seconfig (XP), SpeedGuide.net TCP/IP Optimizer (XP), and CCleaner.
Customer Rating:
Summary: DO NOT BUY THIS! YOU WILL REGRET IT!
Comment: This software slowed my machine to a crawl. Caused it to take twice as long to boot. Slowed down my internet connection, etc. Horrible software!
I emailed customer support for a refund but they didn't even bother to contact me. Bottom line--Don't buy or put this software on your computer. You will be throwing away your money because you CAN NOT get a refund and you will screw up your machine!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great product!!!
Comment: I came into contact with a trojan horse virus and my antivirus quaratined and removed it from my system but not before it had installed some unauthorized components on my computer. I still had annoying popups bugging me every few minutes and my existing tools could not find where these were coming from. So I went to download.com and downloaded a 30-day trial version of this program. This program is very thorough and helped me find where that malicious software was installed. Turns out it was installed in my startup menu so I removed that and my computer has run like new since I ran this. This program can do things to maintain and clean a computer that I never new existed but it can. So, if you have a computer or if you just purchased a new one buy this program you won't regret it!!
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