Product Description

System Mechanic, the #1 best-selling and award-winning PC Tune-up software, automatically repairs errors and fragmentation, cleans out clutter, and tunes up your PC -- so that it runs smoothly, reliably, and up to 300% faster! Features: Say Goodbye to PC Headaches Forever with System Mechanic’s 40+ tools and over 200 critical tests and repairs: Repairs Problems - With normal use PCs accumulate problems that cause annoying errors, crashes and freezes. Cleans Up Clutter - Without regular cleaning PCs are plagued by gigabytes of junk that waste precious drive space and memory. Plugs Security Holes - Security flaws let hackers, viruses and ID thieves gain access to your PC, resulting in theft and data loss.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #299 in Software
• Brand: IOLO Technologies
• Model: 8010311
• Released on: 2007-12-03
• Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 2000, Windows XP
• Format: CD-ROM
• Dimensions: .40 pounds

Features

• Fix and Speed Up Your PC ...Automatically!
• Makes your PC run like new again
• Fixes Registry errors, crashes & freezes
• Cleans up system-clogging clutter
• Boosts PC start time & web speed up to 300%

Customer Reviews

Quick, Easy, and Efficient
I don't write a lot of reviews either, by the way, I find comments like that irrelavant to consumers so forgive me for even posting it. I have operated Iolo's System Mechanic for just over a year now. I had no problems loading it. I have no problems using it. I have no problems with the way it updates. I know just enough about my computer to know that if I start tinkering with it, in an attempt to make it run faster, I can potentially do more harm than good. I can honestly say my computer runs better because I use it. I recently renewed my subscription for two more years and was pleased with the ease of my renewal process. During the renewal process Iolo provided me with pertinent information regarding my account, on the screen, before I had to perform a deep search for it. Oh, I can still operate my previously installed firewall and virus protection with System Mechanic.

Not reliable enough and some "fixes" are dangerous
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.

It has worked well on all 3 of my computers
Reading some of the reviews I was hesitant to purchase. I did finally buy it when it was bundled with network magic from liksys
(Network magic is so-so.I have installed it on 2 laptops and one PC (1 old but beloved acer single core 2 gb, one new dual core Toshiba laptop, and one HP dual core hard working much abused by multiple teens and 2 parent deskstop). The install was fast and the navigation is intuitive. I'm certainly not a geek or expert but I've been futzing with computers since the dinosaurs roamed the earth and Dos command codes had to be memorized. The menus give me a sense of control and security I haven't experienced with a computer in a long time. All 3 of my computers have improved their performance dramatically (although I'm skeptical about it being the advertised 300% improvement). While running the drive defragmenter it estimated 30-40 minutes to defrag a 750 GB hard drive but took 2.5 hours--not so bad really as I usually put this on overnight.The registry cleaner and optimizer worked fast and efficiently. It has a 1 click fix it all option for a complete computer "fix" that avoids that "should I really be checking all these boxes when I'm not sure what they'll do" kinda feeling. I couldn't be happier with the products performance across my 3 platforms. I'm buying another license to cover my 2 college age sons computers.Hopefully this will help slow down the every 1-1 1/2 year cry for a new laptop from them. It sounds like performance can vary but isn't this always the case with cmputers. I think with this product that this whole computer fad may just have a future.