What's new in version 8.5
 ActiveCare® 2.0 keeps your
PC running like new — Now smarter, leaner and fully configurable
New ActiveCare 2.0 just got leaner, smarter, and even better at keeping your PC
humming along at full speed. And it does this silently in the background, only working
when your PC is on but not in use.
ActiveCare 2.0 has new options to give you full control over how and when it runs,
and ActiveCare's idle-time processing has been refined to detect battery power,
CPU activity, and more, so that it truly does operate without ever interfering.
 Defragment and Compact Registry
tool — Registry optimization with graphical feedback
Our next–generation Defragment and Compact Registry tool now performs a comprehensive
analysis of your registry, detects performance–draining bloat, and displays wasted
space with instructive, color–coded graphics.
It then removes the bloat and defragments your registry at the next system startup.
 DriveSense™
— Real-time hard drive status
For expert users, the new DriveSense™ provides real–time data about the
status of hard drives, including drive temperature and other indicators of drive
reliability.
More new features and enhancements
- New navigational links within the tools simplify moving throughout System Mechanic.
- iolo's library of programs and program components has been expanded to target
resource-robbing programs unnecessarily clogging your PC's startup process and to
detect potentially dangerous software.
- System Mechanic now inherits your Windows Vista Aero theme for an integrated look and
feel.
- Access to Windows Firewall is now integrated into System Mechanic for seamless
updates and configurations. And if no firewall protection is detected, System Mechanic
will alert and help you to turn on the Windows Firewall.
One click does it all with TotalCare™
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With one click System Mechanic lets you repair and speed up your PC.
PC TotalCare® performs a complete system tune-up by running all Power Tool
functions in one pass:
- PC Repair Wizard
- PC Accelerator Wizard
- PC Cleanup Wizard
- PC Security Wizard
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Power Tools - automated Wizards for custom tasks
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PC Repair Wizard
Fix hundreds of stubborn problems including hard drive crashes, system conflicts,
program errors and more.
- Repairs registry problems
- Repairs hard drive problems
- Removes invalid uninstallers
- Fixes or removes broken shortcuts
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PC Accelerator Wizard
Increase PC speeds up to 300% by eliminating performance bottlenecks and data fragmentation.
- High-speed, single-file, and low-level drive defrag
- Automatically accelerates PC startup 19 ways
- Boosts internet speeds up to 300%
- Defragments and recovers memory in real time
- Compacts and defragments Registry
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PC Cleanup Wizard
Safely sweep away gigabytes of system clutter that wastes space and produces errors.
- Cleans up over 40 different types of junk files
- Wipes internet history, clutter and cache
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PC Security Wizard
Automatically repair security flaws that leave you
open to attack from hackers, viruses and identity thieves.
- Repairs security vulnerabilities
- Backs up the system registry
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Patent-pending ActiveCare™
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Only System Mechanic has ActiveCare technology that repairs problems and speeds
up your PC automatically during idle time -- effortlessly keeping your system running
like new.
Key ActiveCare Features:
- Works silently in the background to keep your system always running at maximum
speed and stability
- Only runs when your PC is idle, never impacting performance or interrupting work
- Immediately releases control if you start using your PC during ActiveCare processing
- No annoying prompts or slowdowns normally caused by "calendar-based" schedulers
- Only performs the necessary tune-up actions required based on real-time system
analysis
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Complete Registry Repair and Optimization
The Windows registry is the single most important component of your operating system,
and it’s also where 90% of computer problems originate. System Mechanic’s powerful
Registry Repair tools clean, optimize, fix, defragment, back up, and compact your
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Netbooster®
Accelerate your internet speed up to 300%. With one click, NetBooster improves your
downloading, online gaming, and web surfing speeds beyond what you thought possible
by automatically configuring powerful hidden settings that allow faster data transfer
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Advanced Disk Defrag
System Mechanic gives you three powerful disk defrag tools:
- High-speed Disk Defrag to defragment hard drives up to 30 times faster
than other defragmentation tools; includes a low-level deep defragmentation option for maximum program performance and long-lasting data contiguity
- Boot-time Defrag to optimize key “locked” system files that can’t be defragged
while Windows is running
- Right-click Defragmentation for instant access to System Mechanic’s powerful
file defragmentation technology from anywhere within Windows.
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Drive Medic™
This emergency rescue CD restores and automatically repairs downed systems and drives,
partitions, boot records, and more. Simply insert your recovery disk (or let System
Mechanic create one for you), restart your PC, and Drive Medic™ will have you up and
running in no time.
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System Customizer™
Gives you immediate access to over one hundred powerful undocumented Windows settings,
so you can optimize the Windows Start Menu, speed up networking performance, log
in automatically, edit registration data, change multimedia behavior, improve pagefile
security, edit advanced administration options and much more.
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Incinerator®
Simply deleting a file, picture or document does not erase the data. This information
actually stays on your drive, where snoops and criminals can easily find and view
your private data. System Mechanic’s Incinerator provides instant desktop access
to military-strength data-wiping technology, allowing you to erase files so they
cannot be recovered even by the most advanced forensic techniques.
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SafetyNet™
With SafetyNet™, you can undo any action performed by System Mechanic and revert
your PC back its prior state. This powerful feature ensures that all repairs and
optimizations made to your PC by System Mechanic are safe and worry-free.
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IntelliStatus®
Easy access to the heartbeat of your PC. IntelliStatus provides important system
information visually and in real-time. It displays comprehensive system statistics
that allow you to track your computer’s performance and analyze potential threats
to PC health, locate performance bottlenecks, know if any unknown or unauthorized
programs are running, and much more.
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Customer Care
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For up to 3 PCs
iolo knows that in today's high-tech world most people have more than one PC in
their household. That's why we allow you to use our products on up to three PCs
for one low price. Use one for your laptop, one for your home-office system, and
one for your children's computer.
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Unlimited technical support
In an age where paid-instance or time-limited product support has become the norm,
iolo breaks the mold with free, unlimited technical support and customer service
for life. We get many of our ideas from our customers anyway, so why would we want
to limit such important communication?
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See why System Mechanic gives you more PC tune-up power
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System Mechanic 9® |
Norton Utilities 14 |
Norton
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Fix-It
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Defender Pro 5 in 1™ |
TuneUp Utilities 2009 |
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Repairs hard drive corruption
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Emergency CD revives downed systems
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Tune-up Definition updates identify latest problem types and performance threats |
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Automatically maintains PC with patent-pending ActiveCare® technology |
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High-speed, single-file, and low-level & drive defragmentation |
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Automatically accelerates PC startup 19 ways
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Boosts internet speeds up to 300%
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Defragments and recovers memory in real time |
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Cleans over 50 different types of junk files |
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Removes invalid uninstallers and programs
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Wipes internet history, clutter & cache with military-strength methods
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Security & Privacy |
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Fixes dangerous settings to prevent intruders and attacks
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10 pass Military-strength file wiping
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Automatically blocks dangerous or unwanted programs & configuration changes |
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Customization & Reports |
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Customize hundreds of hidden Windows settings |
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Windows Vista/7 gadget provides instant PC health status and one-click tool access
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Detailed system configuration reports
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Full undo capability with historical logs
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Real-time data on hard drive health status
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Analysis believed accurate based on research performed June 30, 2009. List of
features is not exhaustive. All trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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