System Mechanic 7 Professional

[someone]

My local paper has a column today concerning System Mechanic 7 Professional,
praising it very highly. It diagnoses the PC, backs up the registry, gets
rid of clutter, fixes security problems and defrags the hard drive. The
anti-virus program checks for the latest protection every hour, has a
firewall, and a Search and Recover. It works in the background to monitor
the PC without slowing it down. The cost is $39 plus $6 shipping. It did
not state whether that is a one-time charge or an annual charge, but it did
state that you get free anti-virus updates for a year, indicating possibly
that it is an annual charge. Does anyone have any comment concerning this?

 

[Jeanette]

someone wrote:
> My local paper has a column today concerning System Mechanic 7
> Professional, praising it very highly. It diagnoses the PC, backs up
> the registry, gets rid of clutter, fixes security problems and defrags
> the hard drive. The anti-virus program checks for the latest protection
> every hour, has a firewall, and a Search and Recover. It works in the
> background to monitor the PC without slowing it down. The cost is $39
> plus $6 shipping. It did not state whether that is a one-time charge or
> an annual charge, but it did state that you get free anti-virus updates
> for a year, indicating possibly that it is an annual charge. Does
> anyone have any comment concerning this?

I don't know about System Mechanic 7 but I have System Mechanic 6
and its excellent.

It does not have a firewall so I can't speak to that I use commodo
firewall.

But it has a very nice defrag that does the registry, mft and swap
files which I really like and it cleans pretty well.

I don't let it run in the background all the time as I try to run as
little in the background as possible.

 

[someone]

Is the $45. charge an annual charge?

"Jeanette" <jrusso2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ODVS89lbIHA.4684@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> someone wrote:
>> My local paper has a column today concerning System Mechanic 7
>> Professional, praising it very highly. It diagnoses the PC, backs up the
>> registry, gets rid of clutter, fixes security problems and defrags the
>> hard drive. The anti-virus program checks for the latest protection
>> every hour, has a firewall, and a Search and Recover. It works in the
>> background to monitor the PC without slowing it down. The cost is $39
>> plus $6 shipping. It did not state whether that is a one-time charge or
>> an annual charge, but it did state that you get free anti-virus updates
>> for a year, indicating possibly that it is an annual charge. Does anyone
>> have any comment concerning this?
>
> I don't know about System Mechanic 7 but I have System Mechanic 6 and its
> excellent.
>
> It does not have a firewall so I can't speak to that I use commodo
> firewall.
>
> But it has a very nice defrag that does the registry, mft and swap files
> which I really like and it cleans pretty well.
>
> I don't let it run in the background all the time as I try to run as
> little in the background as possible.

 

[RJK]

I just set a restore point, and downloaded | installed | and quickly
evaluated this.

....As soon as it "seemed" to be suggesting that all web addresses in IE's
Trusted Sites zone could be dangerous, and that maybe I should delete them,
it had to go !!!

It also erroneously "found" lots of problems with my system, that could have
caused lots of problems, ....as most system optimizers and registry cleaners
usually do

.....just as well I set a restore point, "it" didn't !

regards, Richard

"someone" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:C5035378-EF02-4741-B3C1-BC840773ED58@microsoft.com...
> My local paper has a column today concerning System Mechanic 7
> Professional, praising it very highly. It diagnoses the PC, backs up the
> registry, gets rid of clutter, fixes security problems and defrags the
> hard drive. The anti-virus program checks for the latest protection every
> hour, has a firewall, and a Search and Recover. It works in the
> background to monitor the PC without slowing it down. The cost is $39
> plus $6 shipping. It did not state whether that is a one-time charge or
> an annual charge, but it did state that you get free anti-virus updates
> for a year, indicating possibly that it is an annual charge. Does anyone
> have any comment concerning this?

 

[C.B.]

"someone" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:C5035378-EF02-4741-B3C1-BC840773ED58@microsoft.com...
> My local paper has a column today concerning System Mechanic 7
> Professional, praising it very highly. It diagnoses the PC, backs up the
> registry, gets rid of clutter, fixes security problems and defrags the
> hard drive. The anti-virus program checks for the latest protection every
> hour, has a firewall, and a Search and Recover. It works in the
> background to monitor the PC without slowing it down. The cost is $39
> plus $6 shipping. It did not state whether that is a one-time charge or
> an annual charge, but it did state that you get free anti-virus updates
> for a year, indicating possibly that it is an annual charge. Does anyone
> have any comment concerning this?

Someone,

Stay away from any "cleaner" software or "optimization" software. It's
only a matter of time before this type of software hoses your registry.
If you decide to purchase this software or similar software you can
start another thread here and ask for help in reinstalling your OS.

C.B.


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It is the responsibility and duty of everyone to help the underprivileged
and unfortunate among us.

 

[Steve Winograd]

On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:56:01 -0500, "someone" <someone@somewhere.com>
wrote:

>My local paper has a column today concerning System Mechanic 7 Professional,
>praising it very highly. It diagnoses the PC, backs up the registry, gets
>rid of clutter, fixes security problems and defrags the hard drive. The
>anti-virus program checks for the latest protection every hour, has a
>firewall, and a Search and Recover. It works in the background to monitor
>the PC without slowing it down. The cost is $39 plus $6 shipping. It did
>not state whether that is a one-time charge or an annual charge, but it did
>state that you get free anti-virus updates for a year, indicating possibly
>that it is an annual charge. Does anyone have any comment concerning this?

I worked on a client's comptuer where System Mechanic 6 messed up the
registry and made the computer unbootable.

I fixed the problem by restoring the registry as decribed in Microsoft
KB article 307545. I then un-installed System Mechanic 6, but it left
bits of itself behind, including a program that runs as a service at
system startup: ioloDMVSvc.exe. That problem apparently exists in
System Mechanic 7, too, as described here:

http://www.wrensoft.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1451

I wouldn't buy the product, and I wouldn't use any automated registry
cleaner.
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[someone]

Thanks.

"Steve Winograd" <bc070521m@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:fqfns354g28hc3ee6kj09f653snmnjkjdg@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:56:01 -0500, "someone" <someone@somewhere.com>
> wrote:
>
>>My local paper has a column today concerning System Mechanic 7
>>Professional,
>>praising it very highly. It diagnoses the PC, backs up the registry, gets
>>rid of clutter, fixes security problems and defrags the hard drive. The
>>anti-virus program checks for the latest protection every hour, has a
>>firewall, and a Search and Recover. It works in the background to monitor
>>the PC without slowing it down. The cost is $39 plus $6 shipping. It did
>>not state whether that is a one-time charge or an annual charge, but it
>>did
>>state that you get free anti-virus updates for a year, indicating possibly
>>that it is an annual charge. Does anyone have any comment concerning
>>this?
>
> I worked on a client's comptuer where System Mechanic 6 messed up the
> registry and made the computer unbootable.
>
> I fixed the problem by restoring the registry as decribed in Microsoft
> KB article 307545. I then un-installed System Mechanic 6, but it left
> bits of itself behind, including a program that runs as a service at
> system startup: ioloDMVSvc.exe. That problem apparently exists in
> System Mechanic 7, too, as described here:
>
> http://www.wrensoft.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1451
>
> I wouldn't buy the product, and I wouldn't use any automated registry
> cleaner.
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

 

[bark360]

It is an annual charge if you wish to update to the new version released
every year.

"someone" wrote:

> Is the $45. charge an annual charge?
>
> "Jeanette" <jrusso2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ODVS89lbIHA.4684@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> > someone wrote:
> >> My local paper has a column today concerning System Mechanic 7
> >> Professional, praising it very highly. It diagnoses the PC, backs up the
> >> registry, gets rid of clutter, fixes security problems and defrags the
> >> hard drive. The anti-virus program checks for the latest protection
> >> every hour, has a firewall, and a Search and Recover. It works in the
> >> background to monitor the PC without slowing it down. The cost is $39
> >> plus $6 shipping. It did not state whether that is a one-time charge or
> >> an annual charge, but it did state that you get free anti-virus updates
> >> for a year, indicating possibly that it is an annual charge. Does anyone
> >> have any comment concerning this?
> >
> > I don't know about System Mechanic 7 but I have System Mechanic 6 and its
> > excellent.
> >
> > It does not have a firewall so I can't speak to that I use commodo
> > firewall.
> >
> > But it has a very nice defrag that does the registry, mft and swap files
> > which I really like and it cleans pretty well.
> >
> > I don't let it run in the background all the time as I try to run as
> > little in the background as possible.
>