Iolo System Mechanic 12.7 review: nice utilities, real-time drag

May 19, 2014

Since back in the day, when Norton’s CrashGuard consistently crashed it itself rather than made Windows more stable, I’ve been skeptical about programs that promise to “improve” Windows in real time. Iolo’s System Mechanic 12.7 does nothing to change my mind. In fact, while it offers a nice set of Windows housecleaning utilities, enabling its touted real-time optimization features actually proved a significant drag on overall Windows 8.1 performance. Before getting to the damning test numbers, some of the stuff that System Mechanic does well: There’s an excellent registry cleaner and an equally nice registry defragger; good disk cleanup, wipe, and defrag utilities; a start-up editor and a driver updater; a duplicate file finder; a private information eraser; and a thorough system information reporter.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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