If your PC is crashing frequently, running slowly or you're concerned about viruses and spyware - your best bet is to scan your entire machine using a quality PC repair or tuneup application. A good PC repair application will give you a free scan and diagnose where the problems are - and for a fee you can get the full version which will eradicate the problem on your machine, and in some cases, provide ongoing monitoring for future problems that crop up. We've reviewed some of the most popular PC repair and tuneup software here, and we'll be adding to this list regularly.
AVG PC Tuneup is a utility software which provides utlities that help in better functoning of your computer. It is amongst the best utlity softwares available on the market and it offers many features like:
System Scan: AVG PC Tuneup checks your system for any registry errors, fragmented disk errors, junk files and other disk errors. Once the system scan is complete it tells you all the problems and they can be repaired by just one touch.
Removing Duplicates: AVG PC Tuneup can be used to free some of your hard drive space by removing the duplicate files. It check the hard drive for any duplicate file using the criterion of file name. After the scan is complete the user can delete the dupli... — read more...
If someone told you there was a product that increased your PC speed by up to 1000%, raised your computer performance to beyond Windows file-level cache and dramatically improved read and write times, would you believe them? The good news is that you can indeed do all of the things just mentioned, thanks to Raxco’s programme ‘PerfectCache.’ By using patented block-level caching technology to improve system speed and performance, you’ll have a brand new PC at only a fraction of the cost.
This technology works by breaking the disk I/O bottleneck and storing the most frequently used data on your PC’s memory rather than the hard disk. This enables some PC’s ... — read more...
Whenever any computer is used it will quickly accumulate files and resources that are often used just once. These small support files and data entries are stored harmlessly on your hard drive. Images, thumbnails, shortcuts, library files and so forth.
Every time you install, use and even uninstall a program, residual files, folders and other resources are left behind. Installation files and entries such as shortcuts and restore points are abandoned, even upon uninstallation.
Most products that affect any change to your system creates data 'back-ups' of your settings as a security measure. These provide you with 'restore points' to revert to should your system encounter problems with y... — read more...
TuneAid is a programme that is a quick and simple way to transfer music and videos from your iPod to a computer. With many different features it has something for everyone.
Copy your iPod music
Copy your iPod movies
Compatible with all types of iPod
Recover music files
Import ratings, play count etc
Music player
User friendly
With no effort whatsoever, TuneAid allows you to transfer the entire content of you iPod in to a folder on your computer or in to iTunes itself. Without losing out on any powerful features, TuneAid remains ideal for the user to use, it really is very simple. — read more...
Computers slow down for a number of different reasons. PC system utilities can help you speed up or optimize your system performance.
PC system utilities can do everything from repair and optimize your registry to remove traces of your internet activity. They can also clear junk files from your hard drive, update your device drivers, optimize your memory, scan for viruses or spyware and help you backup and recovery your files. There are many other things PC system utilities can do. Each of these PC system utilities offers a different set of features and tools. You have to find which one of the PC system utilities has the right tools to meet the needs of your machine.
Let's see if 'Sot... — read more...
PC Pitstop offers free computer help and has a range of free PC scans and diagnostic tools to tune-up your computer before you buy any software for that purpose. They have a range of software designed to tune-up and repair your computer by improving the performance of your system and keeping your PC error free. Their website has a forums area where people can exchange knowledge.
PC Pitstop Erase protects your privacy, PC Pitstop Exterminate identifies the latest spyware threats, PC Pitstop Driver Alert 2.0 finds the latest drivers for your computers, and PC Pitstop Optimize 3.0 identifies many common problems to improve your computer's performance. PC Pitstop PC Matic is the mast... — read more...
Diskeeper is a software product designed to keep your PC running faster and prevent disk fragmentation. Some of the benefits of using Diskeeper are:
Improved PC performance
Faster boot times
Increased web browsing speeds
Increased software performance
The #1 Microsoft Certified defrag solution, Diskeeper has three levels of product:
Diskeeper 2010 Home
Diskeeper 2010 Professional
Diskeeper 2010 Pro Premier
The Diskeeper website offers free trials of all versions of the software. This makes it easy to try-before-you-buy. Diskeeper also offers a money-back guarantee on their software, as well as a current buy-one, get-one for $10 special on the software. — read more...
Most computers come with some kind of PC cleanup and security software or grim warnings to buy something brand specific or thugs will come and break your knees. Before buying anything you should make a thorough attempt to ascertain whether or not your computer is already able to do important upkeep, security and repairs. But if you do buy some kind of system overhaul software, you may want to give iolo's System Mechanic a day in court. System Mechanic is a very useful tool for non-expert computer users who don't want to dive into the depths of system details, ever. For $45.95 you get a registry cleaner, shortcut reconnecter, hard disk repairer, defragmenter, app. uninstaller, a file wiper, a... — read more...
TuneUp Utilities is the perfect way to tune your computer. After TuneUp Utilities is installed on a computer, it will automatically search for ways to tune it. At first startup, TuneUp Utilities will ask the user to insert their internet speed, performance vs. visual effects and related information. It will then suggest to change certain settings or to disable unnecessary applications that slow down the computer. TuneUp Utilities will also remind the user to remove programs, if they haven't been used for a certain number of days (the user can set the amount of days). TuneUp Utilities is a onetime investment that will have a big influence on any computer's performance. For... — read more...
It has long been known that cleaning and repairing the Windows registry is a vital part of computer maintenance. RegZooka is a program that promises to perform registy cleanup and repair in a quick, effective, and safe way.
RegZooka's features and options look very attractive. For a start, it's algorithm ensures that the program can repair most registry errors, such DLL errors, ActiveX errors, and application errors. But that's not all. RegZooka can also perform advanced registry repair and fix access violation errors and BSODs.
But RegZooka is not just a simple registry cleaner. In addition to its registry cleanup and repair features, the program has a Windows Startup Manager to help user... — read more...
Computers always run their fastest when brand new. Over time, their speed can drop, and programs can crash more often. This is due to a number of factors, one of which is registry errors. Magix PC Check & Tuning is a program designed to find and fix these errors in order to return a computer to like-new operating speed.Magix PC Check & Tuning comes in two basic versions, a free version that can be downloaded at no charge, and a pay version that costs $39.99. Both free and pay versions of the software identify registry errors, junk files, unneeded browsing lists, and more, but the pay version fixes all of the uncovered errors, while the free version only fixes a fraction of them. — read more...
Everybody who uses email hates spam. Way too often we dread opening our email clients because we know that there will be dozens of nasty and sometimes even embarrassing spam messages. Sometimes people even create new email accounts just to get rid of spam. But there is no need for drastic measures like that.
SPAMfighter is a program designed to fight spam email messages. This little program can be integrated into the most popular email clients, such as Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird, and Windows Mail to protect the user from spam and phishing. The software uses a network of more than seven million spam fighters around the world to block even the most recent spam attacks. — read more...
There are dozens of registry cleaners on the market that promise the Earth. Unfortunately, such claims are not always true. RegCure PC Optimizer is a different story. Developed and published by ParetoLogic, a respectable software company, this tool is a good and reliable registry cleaner that does well when it comes to performing basic computer cleanup and maintenance.
The main goal of RegCure is to redeem the speed of slow computers by cleaning up the registry and deleting invalid registry keys. In addition to that, RegCure provides an option to manage Windows startup list and has good backup and restore options. RegCure's user interface is very simple and intuitive, which makes the softwa... — read more...
PC Health Advisor is a piece of software from ParetoLogic that thoroughly cleans hard drives, fixes errors and optimises hard discs making them run faster and more efficiently.
It does this by getting rid of malware and cached information, updating drivers and cleaning the Windows registry. These are all things that can slow down a nard drive, and by sorting and clearing these, a computer will run better, quicker and smoother, making work or play much easier and more effective.
PC Health Advisor will also organise your start up in such a way as to maximize performance, make your computer safer by cleaning your internet privacy files, along with technical support from ParetoLogic and a cust... — read more...
O&O Defrag is a Windows defragmentation utility sold by German Software company O&O Software that claims to be able to give you "faster start up times, program acceleration, and prevent further fragmentation". O&O Defrag is available as a "Professional" edition (29$), for one to use on one computer, "Family" edition (49$) which includes three product keys, for installation on up to three computers, and their "server" edition for 99$. This defragmentation utility has a great easy to use interface that even the least computer savvy people can use, and enough features to keep the geeks entertained.
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512MB RAM ( 1GB Recommended)
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Remo Repair make software to repair damage to many parts of your computer and files. This includes a Windows recovery, Mac recovery, photo recovery, email recovery and more recently a zip recovery.
With identity theft a worry for most people, disposing of, selling or even giving an old computer to another person can be a huge worry. Remo Repair make a hard disk eraser that removes all traces of your private files – permanently.
As Outlook Express is the most used stand alone email service this product will suit the majority of customers, and because it works on your own computer and operating system – every time you upgrade to a newer model, this means importing all your ... — read more...
WinZip has been around for many years as a way to compress files for storage or to send to over the net. Winzip is much more than this and make many useful products.
WinZip have become so famous for file compression that people do not think of them doing anything else – but they do:
WinZip – the original file compressor and also WinZip Mac Edition
WinZip System Utilities Suite is a PC performance optimizer
WinZip Registry Optimizer – keeps your registry clean and running well
WinZip Driver Updater swaps out of date drivers for new versions
WinZip Courier automatically zips and encrypts email attachments
WinZip Self-Extractor creates self-extracting Zip files
Then ... — read more...
CleanMyMac does exactly what the title says. It "cleans your mac". This product works very simply; just tell it to scan your mac, and it will immediately scan for unnecessary files, caches, plugins, etc. on your mac. This scan takes a little less than three minutes, and afterwards, it asks which files you want to delete. It sorts all files in different genres:
Caches
Logs
Language files
Universal Binaries
System Junk
Trashes & leftovers
Each one of these genres also has a tree hierarchy of files under them, for example: Trashes & leftovers is divided into Application leftovers, Trashes, Broken Preferences, iPhoto Trashes, Broken Startup Items, Widget leftovers and iOS... — read more...
Pareto Logic has long been delivering high quality software utility products for the PC. DriverCure is its latest entry into the extensive list of products by Pareto Logic.
ParetoLogic DriverCure is basically a driver update software. It can deeply scan the user's computer quickly and lets the user know which drivers are out of date. The ParetoLogic DriverCure driver update program can guide the user through the automatic driver update process using clear and easy to understand prompts. After updating a driver, Windows can show increased speed, performance, and stability.
Many drivers are updated several times a year. Regular scans with ParetoLogic DriverCure ensure that you have the lates... — read more...
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