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iolo System Mechanic 7 Professional - 3 PCs Review

iolo System Mechanic 7 Professional - 3 PCs
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It's good at finding bugs in the registry, spyware, and other nasties.
The trouble is, cleaning seems to rip out other applications' settings (such as PhotoImpact 11) and requiring a reinstall (or repair install) of those applications.
I also did a disk scan and it claimed there were problems requiring a chkdsk (I use WinXP w/SP2). A full disk scan revealed NO problems at all. Reassuring as I've been getting freaked out, but annoying because I can't find any other causes. AND this is on a newly formatted PC as well.
As v7 is a new release, wait for a product update or bug fix. Once the wrinkles are ironed out, I think this will be a good product. Right now it's overzealous and also has a tendency to find menace behind every shadow.
02/09/07 update: They have released a patch since my original review. Having installed it, it's been working MUCH better; and no applications (esp. PhotoImpact 11!) have had to be repaired or re-installed on a daily basis. And it fully recognized Trend Micro PC-Cillin firewall/antivirus. If anything, running the detection wizard keeps finding ONE security vulnerability, which it claims it fixes, but an immediate re-scan still shows the vulnerability. It doesn't say any detail information, so I can't manually repair it. However, all the other programs are gone and it does a competent job at cleaning up garbage and compressing the registry, and I've put my system through the paces (reluctantly, reformatting is a nightmare...)

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Five award-winning products in one authoritative solution including System Mechanic 7, iolo AntiVirus, iolo Personal Firewall, Search and Recover 4, and DriveScrubber 3.everything you need to keep your PC safe, fast, and error-free.Fix problems, boost performance, eliminate crashes, defend against spyware, viruses, and hacker threats, and much more.Use one centralized system dashboard to automatically perform all vital PC maintenance.Protects and repairs up to 3 PCs for one year!

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Fix-It Utilities 10 Professional Review

Fix-It Utilities 10 Professional
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I've been using Fix-It for many years, upgrading every year or so. Version 10 installed normally on my Dell XPS600 running Windows XP with Service Pack 3. The online update installed without problems. The utilities all functioned as expected, though every year they add a few more features, making it more complicated to use. When I tried to download the latest anti-virus tables I got a "Your serial number is no longer valid" error message.
The product was brand new disk version from Amazon, installed the day it was received. I embarked on the all-too-familiar time wasting tech support journey. After four rounds of emails and responses that failed to remedy the problem over the course of a week, I phoned tech support. After 45 minutes of "help" on the phone, they handed me off to Tier 3. They said to uninstall Version 10, remove all related hard disk entries manually, and reinstall it. That didn't work either.
Good for you if yours is working, but mine is going back to Amazon.

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Keep your PC running like new with Fix-It Utilities PC tune-up and repair software. Fix-It Utilities finds and fixes Windows problems, eliminates PC crashes, slowdowns and freezes, and removes viruses and spyware.

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System Suite 9 Professional Review

System Suite 9 Professional
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I am a fan of SystemSuite, have used Version 7 and Version 8, and have found them both to be better than either McAffee's or Symantech's comparable products. But my recent attempt to upgrade to Version 9 was an unmitigated disaster. My system (running Windows 2000) froze up and would not shut down after installing the upgrade. When I removed Version 9 everything ran fine again. I contacted customer support who had me download Version 9 again, claiming the file was probably corrupted. This time my computer did not hang up at shutdown, but instead ran glacially slow. When I tried to remove Version 9 again I could not. Avanquest had me use the Window Uninstaller utility, but it did not work either. I had to manually delete all the files, except 5 .dll files that I could not remove. I tried downloading Version 9 again and ran into the same problems. I eventually reinstalled Version 8 (which I thankfully still had hanging around with the serial number) and used it to clean up all the junk created by Version 9. Avanquest has not come up with any explanation for me yet, but I'm guessing there is a problem running it with Windows 2000. My recommendation would be that if you have Version 8 and are satisfied with it, renew your antivirus subscription, but do not upgrade to Version 9.
Update: Although not originally remarked upon by the Avanquest support staff, I recently learned from them that SystemSuite 9 is not compatible with Windows 2000. The Amazon listing indicating that it is for Windows 2000/XP/Vista is in error.

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System Suite runs over 100 tests to uncover the problems that slow down your computer and then fixes the problems so your computer runs like new again. Some programs fix just a handful of PC problems but don't find the problems that are plaguing your PC. System Suite is the most comprehensive product of its kind. With System Suite anyone can maintain, repair and protect their PC themselves.

Tired of your PC's slow performance? Sick of programs freezing and not working?
Identify and remove viruses and spyware
Stop hackers and intruders
Diagnose and fix Windows problems
Recover lost data
Protect against spam and email viruses
And much, much more!

System Suite's comprehensive feature set and one-click tune-up wizards enable you to repair any existing problem and defend against real-time security threats.
Eliminate PC Slowdowns, Crashes & Freezes
One-Step Tune-Up WizardsOne-Click PC performance, clean up and security wizard solutions maintain, fix and repair your PC automatically.
Diagnose & Fix Windows Problems System Suite runs over 100 tests to uncover problems that slow down your computer and fixes all of them so that your computer runs like new again.
Registry Repair & MaintenanceSpeed your PC performance by defragmenting, cleaning, fixing and optimizing your Windows registry.
Internet Speed Optimizer--NEW The new Internet Speed tool accelerates browser, download and surfing speeds up to 80% for Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox browsers.
Windows Optimizer Tool--NEWThis new tool improves security settings for Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer, addresses registry vulnerabilities, and cleans the printer queue. Microsoft Office and Internet browsers have security flaws through which hackers can send viruses and spyware. System Suite fixes those security flaws, protecting you against attacks.Also, files that you want to print can get stuck in the printer queue.When this happens often the only way to get the file out is to restart your computer. System Suite removes the file(s) that are causing the printing problem, without having to restart your computer.
Memory Optimizer Tool--NEWSystem Suite optimizes the way Windows uses memory to improve system performance.
System OptimizerSystem Suite optimizes your PC for gaming, security, multimedia and office tasks. One-click control optimizes the PC for your specific needs.
Windows Startup ManagerLets you monitor and remove startup programs that slow down and potentially harm your system! Startup Commander lets you view and control which programs start within Windows.
Real-Time System MonitoringAutomatically monitors the health, performance and security of your PC, ensuring you are always protected.
Award-Winning, Real-Time Security ProtectionSystem Suite removes existing viruses, malware and spyware from your PC and prevents future infections by monitoring your computer for any malicious behavior. Get real-time protection from viruses and spyware in email messages, attachments and Internet downloads.
Virus, spyware & malware detection & removal
NEW! Prevents rootkits and keyloggers from stealing personal data
NEW! Real-time protection against any malicious behavior
NEW! Hourly updates to protect you against the latest threats

Credit Card Transaction Security--New System Suite stores and encrypts your sensitive personal and financial information, password and numbers. System Suite enables users to securely paste the data directly into Internet Explorer & Firefox web browsers, preventing spyware from stealing your personal information. With System Suite you can log on to bank websites and email accounts or make a purchase online without having to keystroke your personal information.
Securely encrypt and store:
Credit card information
User names
Passwords
Social security numbers
And more!

Two-way Personal Firewall Defend your PC from hackers and malicious intruders.System Suite two-way advanced firewall proactively monitors and defends your PC with multi-layered security protection.
Anti-Spam ControlStop spam, viruses and phishing emails so they never get to your inbox. Works with all major email programs including Outlook, Notes, Eudora, AOL, Hotmail/MSN and more.
Fraud & Phishing Scam PreventionSystem Suite's Web Defense technology integrates with major search engines to identify and block malicious web sites before you click, protecting you from hacked pages, phishing and fraud scams.
Expands your threat protection
Prevents attacks as you search and browse
Checks search results and gives advance warning of dangerous sites before you visit them

Internet CleanupSystem Suite helps prevent identity theft by wiping away your Internet tracks to improve performance and protect your privacy.
Active Intelligence--IMPROVEDSystem Suite "Active Intelligence" engine now monitors hard drive status, available disk space, hard drive fragmentation, registry errors, excess temp files and startup applications. System Suite enables users to reduce start up times by 25%, improve read-write performance by 20% and prevents data loss by identifying hard drive problems before they happen.
Windows Rescue ToolsIs Windows not booting up?System Suite's built-in Windows rescue tool restores your non-booting system back to normal.System Suite includes the ability to save and restore Windows XP and Vista checkpoints.Advanced features include the ability to see a selected checkpoint differences with the current system, and select specific items to restore. Restore checkpoints from within Windows or from our bootable rescue Disk.
PC Diagnostics - IMPROVEDSystem Suite PC diagnostics have been improved to full support testing of hardware of Vista computers.
Temp File Cleaners--IMPROVEDThe temp file cleaners now feature an option to permanently shred the selected temp files. This improves the security of your PC by protecting you against any potentially malicious temp files.

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SystemTech XP Review

SystemTech XP
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The System Tech Xp software is a total trash. I am not sure who wrote the previous review? The software does not work. After reaching technical support I was told to download a new version. That new version was frozen and it never worked except for defragmentation of the hard disk, which can be done for free from Accessories ---> System tools. Companies like that should not exist. I send them since four e-mails and no response.

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Keep Your PC Protected & Running Like New SystemTech XP gives you 18 targeted utilities to keep any PC running Windows XP running like new. SystemTech XP's complete system manager runs from one central dashboard to help you Optimize system performance, Fix & Repair computer problems, Clean your PC of wasteful and security sensitive clutter, Control & Secure files and folders, and manage other utilities that help make your work go faster. If you are not quite ready to make the leap to Windows Vista, then you need to take care of what you have. Without regular system maintenance, any computer will eventually slow down as more programs, files and folders are added to the hard drive. This can lead to serious system instability, and even cause a crash that corrupts your valuable work and slows you down. SystemTech XP not only keeps your PC strong, but also secures your activity to give you complete online privacy and secure government standard file erasing that cannot be recovered.

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