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system mechanic. Good or Bad?

Dec 29, 2006 2:21AM PST

I've seen this many times from the emails I get from zonealarm and I wanted to know if it was good or bad? Is it just another one of those apps that supposedly boosts your computer speed but really just makes it worse? It is made by zonelabs and I love their firewall work, but I just wanted to know from some experts if it works well and its helpful.

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Speed? Where?
Dec 29, 2006 2:54AM PST
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depends on what you're looking for
Dec 29, 2006 8:42AM PST

Iolo System Mechanic does boost your system's speed a little, but not significantly unless you do some manual tweaking. I don't like messing with this stuff because it's a sacrifice of functionality for speed.

When I use SM, I only run the Total Care with quick (default) settings. It cleans up temp files, repairs broken shortcuts, defrags the HDD, and basic optimizations. Running the comprehensive care tends to cause problems with most machines, and this is common with just about all "booster" programs.

If you want to speed up booting, try a powerful defragger like Perfect Disk 8. It can do a pre-boot defragmentation and push all the needed files to the front. It usually works, but there are always exceptions among machines and software. As with any agressive maintenance procedure, you should back up your data first.

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any ideas
Sep 3, 2012 1:05AM PDT

my yearly registration finishes 0n the 09.2012
and I was quite ready to take out for another year ,but I really don't know what it does ,flashes on the screen putting this and that right ,at least it say so ,until yesterday when it told me me ahead as time the it doesn't work anymore updates are impossible and I have to pay for another year ,so it stopped working a week before the 9th ,this is more than enough for me ,if this program makes a mistakes like this "so what mistakes is making with my computer "thats more than enough for me to abandon it for something better ,and there even more not checking in to their site often ,I asked them for my old password 24hours later still haven't received it , to big for their shoes I believe ,
but what should I turn to now ,any ideas regard aLEX