$34.95 (1-year subscription) when so many excellent and free alternatives exist : CCleaner, Eusing Free Registry Cleaner, Glary Utilities, IOBit Advanced SystemCare, WinUtilities, Auslogics Registry Cleaner, Auslogics BoostSpeed, Wise Registry Cleaner, Comodo System Cleaner, RegSeeker.
Madness! Thumbs down.

Harrym  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+253)

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Complete suite of tools. Much to investigate. At first glance, it appears to be a TuneUp Utilities replacement.

Here it goes...

Program starts with a choice in templates. Nobody likes templates, but these actually are nice and stable / fast responding.

Support for multiple languages? No problem.

* Scan & Clean *
- Registry cleaner. What you would expect.
- Evidence Cleaner for "Windows Cache and History". VERY complete list of things to remove from Windows.
-> Internet Browsing History for IE/Netscape Navigator 9.x/Opera 9.x/Mozilla Firefox 3.x (NO Chrome!)
-> Instant Messaging ICQ 6.5/Yahoo Messenger (typo! messager in GUI)/MSN Messager & Living Messager :) Developers in China maybe? ;p
-> Microsoft Office. No explanation what actually is being removed here.
-> Multimedia (Media Player/Winamp/Real Player/DivX Player/Quick Time/ACDSee 5.0
-> File Sharing Azureus/BitTorrent/uTorrent/LimeWire/BitComet
-> Mail (Thunderbird/Eudora/PocoMail/IncrediMail
-> Others (Adobe Acrobat/Macromedia Flash Player/Google Desktop Search)
- Junk: scans drive or folder for a list of extensions that should be save to remove.
TIP: I just love Cleanup! by Steven Gould - make simple command line cmd script to always run it at user logon. Big advantage over others? It scans ALL Users, not just the current one AND it comes with a disk scanner too.
- File Shredder (1x/3x/7x pass): securely remove files.
- Patch & Update. After a rather loooong scan: I cancelled the scan to write this article (more to do!). Still no idea what this would do... Anyone? :)

* Optimize PC *
- Startup Manager
- Uninstall Manager
- System Optimizer (Network/Disk Cache: 2 steps!/Desktop/File System). More technical info for what you are actually doing here is really needed. I do NOT feel comfortable changing most settings here.
Try Wise Registry Cleaner: it quickly sets your systems options too!
- Service Optimizer. Again, only general profile names. Manually tuning services isn't as comfortable as with default services.msc...
Missed chance! Try http://www.smartpcutilities.com/servicesoptimizer.html.
- Memory Optimizer: Fast or Deep Defrag. No auto-tuning (which probably is for the best)

* Backup & Restore *

* IE Tools *
- BHO Manager (Browser 'Helper' Objects)
- Internet Options (IE screen itself)
- IE Recover: chose to reset several IE settings
- IE Favorites: backup your fav's (use Chrome? :P)
- CONVENIENT! IE Problems: help you resolve IE problems. So you don't have to look for Microsoft Fix-It's right away? Appreciated anyways :)

* Windows *
Links to:
- Computer
Computer Management / Windows Update / System Properties / Control Panel / Disk Defragmenter (shows default MS defrag: I should test if it shows default other programs too...) / Disk Cleanup (remark: by default, ignores files younger than 2 days...).
- Security
Local Security Settings/Local Users and Groups/Group Policy Editor/Security Center. Might be dependent on your Windows distribution...?
- System
Device Manager/Event Viewer/Disk Management/Performance Monitor/Startup Manager (=msconfig)/Add|Remove Manager (try IOBit Uninstaller!)

* Options *
General Settings / Scheduler / Ignore Errors Lists / Result Reports / Update / Register (which shows the program actually is activated and THAT IT WILL EXPIRE ON 2013-05-24...).

FOUND BUG(s):
- Living Messager instead of Live Messenger :)
- scrollbar stopped responding twice in Evidence Cleaner list
- more information is needed in some cases. E.g. memory optimization: what would this mean technically? Just general names/setting does not compute for me ;p
- opening Defrag automatically ads two items to windows scheduler :(

REGISTRATION: Install the program and is should be activated. Still, a reminder comes up: http://www.registrywinner.com/register/order.php. After my initial approval, I now get annoyed: would this giveaway only work for one year?? Copy-paste: "Extend the license to 3 (three!) years. The default license period is 1 year, you must purchase again when it expires.". JUST THIS makes this a Thumbs Down. I don't like tools that expire. Not when there's no online database supporting this!

THINGS MISSED: change countdown timer boot time check disk...

General Impression? Convenient program for people whom like a specialized privacy cleaner. I do not care about privacy (I LOVE to keep my information saved!). I do care about system maintenance; for that there are better / free tools around. I mentioned a few above...

All in all: thanx, but due to expiration date: no thanx.

Peace!


Devvie


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devnullius  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+242)

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So far so good, despite its current low and (once again) misleading GAOTD users rating!!

THUMBS UP from me!!

Does this mean that I would be willing to pay 35 bucks for 1-year subscription??

Of course NOT....LOL!!

Why??

Well....


* Toolwiz System Care
http://www.toolwiz.com/products/toolwiz-care

* Kingsoft PC Doctor
http://www.kingsoftsecurity.com/

* Cloud System Booster
Clean & Optimize Your PC with a Cloud-based Approach

http://www.anvisoft.com/product/cloudsystembooster.html

* (Portable) SLIM CLEANER - SlimWare Utilities

This free gem is a sort of worldwide social networking software which uses featuring innovative crowd-sourcing technology to optimize your PC performance. In short it analyzes your system, software, and browser settings, compares them with the cloud's knowledge base, and offers customized recommendations for cleaning, optimizing, and securing your computer

http://www.slimcleaner.com/features.php

Full review:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388692,00.asp

* JET CLEAN
http://www.bluesprig.com/jetclean.html

* EasyPC Cleaner Free 1.28
http://www.easypctool.com/pccleaner.html

* Vit Registry Fix Free Edition 9.5.8
http://www.vitsoft.org.ua/en/index.html

* (Portable) Wise Registry Cleaner
http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTWARE/System/System-Enhancements/Portable-Wise-Registry-Cleaner.shtml

* (Portable) Eusing Free Registry Cleaner 2.8.1
http://www.eusing.com/free_registry_cleaner/Reg_Cleaner_Features.htm

* (Portable) Free Window Registry Repair 2.7
http://www.regsofts.com/free_registry_repair/registry_repair.htm

* AML Registry Cleaner 4.23
http://www.amltools.com/



Enjoy!!

Giovanni (King of Freebies)  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+96)

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Messing with your registry can break your machine :)

Now that I got that out of the way, it is nice to clean up those pesky orphan registry entries. If you do wipe away something that's needed - it's a problem. I've had to reinstall software after doing a careless "registry cleaning" with Glary Utilities. I suppose I was lucky since I just let it do it's thing all on it's own. Participate in selectively cleaning things up, and if you have no idea, then leave it alone.

This is probably the first time I found a working "Award" link in an unfamiliar utility on GAoTD.

Clicked on the CNET link. They gave it a "VERY GOOD" rating back in the day (December 2009) and a CLEAR WARNING FOR ANY PROGRAM LIKE THIS:

"They generally offer a free download and/or system scan, which identifies "problems" in the Windows Registry that they will fix, if you buy the full version, which is usually around $30. If you pay up and just let it do its thing on your registry, there's a darn good chance you'll boot back up to a sick machine, or your programs will have stopped working; the registry cleaner depends on you to distinguish vital entries from rubbish, and if you aren't careful it will delete system files or some such vital organ, leaving you with a forensic investigation. Hope you made a backup!

Well, here's another one. Registry Winner--not a bad pun--that promises to scan your system and free it from the old, dangerous junk that slows it down and compromises your security. Like the others, it has a slick, colorful interface with lots of impressive custom icons, a free scan that digs up some scary-looking stuff, and lots of fix-your-system extras. Like the others, it can either clean your system or crash it, depending on how you use it."


Read more: Registry Winner - CNET Download.com http://download.cnet.com/Registry-Winner/3000-2086_4-10904873.html

Rob  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+53)

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Can not go to their website. Problem loading page.

I like to check before downloading ..... maybe later

Richard  –  11 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+51)

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