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How to Get Pictures Off A Broken Phone or PC

Knowing how to get pictures off a broken phone or PC is a lot easier than you might think! Discover the top ways to recover files from your device!

How To Clean Registry in Windows 10 and 11 Safely

Learn how to clean Registry in Windows 10 safely. From built-in Windows tools to third-party PC Cleaning software, safely fix Registry-related issues.

How to Boot Windows 10 in Safe Mode

When Windows® appears to be malfunctioning, you may need to use a diagnostic technique known as Safe Mode. Starting the computer up in Safe Mode can give a user different options to troubleshoot an issue, but getting there in the first place is not exactly straightforward. The good news is that the process has been simplified so that the majority of users can do it without any assistance whatsoever.

How Does Privacy Guardian Differ from Free Plug-ins?

Since iolo launched its online privacy software Privacy Guardian—available as both a standalone and within the total security and performance suite Phoenix 360—some users have asked: How is Privacy Guardian different from browser plug-ins such as Ghostery, AdGuard and CanvasDefender?

What is a PC Health Check & How Helpful are They?

As computers age, it is more and more important to pay attention to overall health. They might not seem like that big of a deal at first, but a computer becomes bogged down by a variety of issues as time goes on. When it looks like it is really starting to lose functionality to a certain degree, a PC health check is a way to figure out the next steps.

How To Recover Files and Data From Hard Drive

Do you need to know how to recover files from a hard drive? Discover the top 5 ways from iolo to recover lost files from old or damaged hard drives.

How to Check if Your Password Has Been Leaked

The System Mechanic® NetBooster® internet optimization feature offers several new ways to help users achieve the fastest internet speeds. For example, iolo engineers have discovered no less than eight unnecessary Windows® 10 services that needlessly burden broadband speed. In addition, new changes to a dozen TCP settings are now recommended to ensure better streaming, gaming, downloads and more.

Give Your PC a Complete Tune-up with System Mechanic

One of the most powerful features in System Mechanic is its set of all-in-one PowerTools™, which combine multiple functions into easy to use, one-click wizards. PowerTools include PC Cleanup, PC Accelerator, PC Repair, and PC Security.

Get To Know System Mechanic Ultimate Defense

System Mechanic® Ultimate Defense™ delivers seven powerful products to speed up, secure and simplify your digital life—all at your fingertips in one convenient interface. Here is an overview to help you navigate around in this latest evolution of System Mechanic, which offers protection from a wide array of modern threats to PC health and security, including password hacks, credit card theft, spying on your online habits, personal data selling, reputation compromise, ad-trackers, accidental file deletion, sensitive data theft, malware invasions, Windows® security holes, bloatware and startup bottlenecks, and PC slowdown induced by needlessly running background apps.

Thwart Data-Mining with Essential Privacy Product

Facebook owes the world an apology, and yet its having been exposed tracking, collecting, and sharing far more personal data on its users than previously thought has shed light on the broader, thorny problem facing modern internet users

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What is iolo's Whole Home License?

The Whole Home License® is iolo’s licensing policy that allows you to install and keep your software running on all of your compatible devices within the same home. Previously, users were allowed to install and license their iolo software simultaneously on a maximum of three PCs. Under the Whole Home License, a single activation key allows you to use your iolo software on all of your PCs, other than any PCs you use for business purposes. What you need to know about Whole Home Licensing

  • You, your spouse, and your relatives living within the same household may use the same license on any number of PCs that you own which are not used for business.
  • For full legal terms and conditions, see https://www.iolo.com/company/legal/eula/

To install your iolo product on additional PCs:

  1. On the additional computer, download the latest version of your iolo product. Choose from the list of downloads offered here.
  2. Follow the steps in the installation wizard, and enter the same Activation Key that you used to install on your original computer.

You can view the Activation Key on the original computer from within System Mechanic > red menu bar > key icon > Activation Key.