Are PC Tune-up Utilities software good?
Sep 2, 2015 16:44:27 #
kenArchi
Loc: Seal Beach, CA
I have Avast Free Antivirus and they always email me to up grade to clean-up my PC. They send the following list;
57 useless programs can be deactivated.
14 system settings can be tweaked.
838 MB can be free up on your hard drive.
I just now analized and they say there are also
and 71 issues on my computer.
So to optimize my PC They want a $1.89 per month.
Or I can buy a software program for about $30.00 and do my own fixes.
Are these ok programs?
57 useless programs can be deactivated.
14 system settings can be tweaked.
838 MB can be free up on your hard drive.
I just now analized and they say there are also
and 71 issues on my computer.
So to optimize my PC They want a $1.89 per month.
Or I can buy a software program for about $30.00 and do my own fixes.
Are these ok programs?
Sep 2, 2015 17:03:49 #
$1.89 doesn't seem like an awful lot for a better-running system and PC of mind (sorry). Sounds like Avast was making helpful suggestions.
Sep 2, 2015 17:03:50 #
Good question. Hope to see some viable answers. So much software is just marketing hype.
Sep 2, 2015 17:05:33 #
You cab get FREE programs to do most of that stuff. Try something like SlimCleaner and SlimDrivers (Note that there is no space in their names). They have both free and purchase versions. The free ones will do a nice job.
There are many for cost programs out there. Most are just trying to make a buck off of you. I am not saying they are junk, but why spend money when you can do it for free. BTW.... make sure you read the installs as you do them. Sometimes the free ones have tagalong programs that you do not have to accept.
There are many for cost programs out there. Most are just trying to make a buck off of you. I am not saying they are junk, but why spend money when you can do it for free. BTW.... make sure you read the installs as you do them. Sometimes the free ones have tagalong programs that you do not have to accept.
Sep 2, 2015 17:06:58 #
PC Magazine recommend iolo currently. It comes in several flavors. All the way from a cleanup utility to a full suite with 4 different programs.
Sep 2, 2015 17:15:33 #
kenArchi
Loc: Seal Beach, CA
Good ideas you all. The free one sounds interesting and And I have seen the iolo on pcmag also.
Sep 2, 2015 17:18:01 #
kenArchi
Loc: Seal Beach, CA
SlimCleaner free has bad reviews.
But SlimWare Utilities SlimCleaner Plus ($29.97) is rated second by PCMag.
Anything that sounds good for free is Too-Good-To-Be-True.
But SlimWare Utilities SlimCleaner Plus ($29.97) is rated second by PCMag.
Anything that sounds good for free is Too-Good-To-Be-True.
Sep 2, 2015 17:40:47 #
kenArchi wrote:
Good ideas you all. The free one sounds interesting and And I have seen the iolo on pcmag also.
I sprang for the $19.99 bottom of the line for my wife's 10 year old Dell desktop. It is 32bit and running Win 10 Pro on only 2 GB of RAM. It needs all the help it can get. Esp since my wife some times browses to some strange sites when she is shopping.
Now while going through everything and checking all the settings I found that the Pentium 4 and its motherboard are 64 bit capable. It is one of Dell's Optiplex business models and I guess it was set up as 32 bit because most of the business software was 32 bit 10 years ago. I need to find how much trouble ($) it would be to take it to 64 bit and add RAM.
Sep 2, 2015 18:02:16 #
kenArchi wrote:
SlimCleaner free has bad reviews.
But SlimWare Utilities SlimCleaner Plus ($29.97) is rated second by PCMag.
Anything that sounds good for free is Too-Good-To-Be-True.
But SlimWare Utilities SlimCleaner Plus ($29.97) is rated second by PCMag.
Anything that sounds good for free is Too-Good-To-Be-True.
I don't know where you got that bad review rating because it is PCMAG.COM Editors' Choice. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388692,00.asp
Sep 2, 2015 18:09:31 #
Sep 2, 2015 18:10:18 #
Sep 2, 2015 18:17:18 #
kenArchi wrote:
SlimCleaner Free has bad reviews.
Not the ED Choice at PCMag
Not the ED Choice at PCMag
kenArchi, please be so kind and supply me with a link to substantiate your statement.
Anyone in doubt of what I stated can go to PCMAG.COM and read their review. I supplied the link for convenience.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388692,00.asp
I don't know where you got that bad review rating because it is PCMAG.COM Editors' Choice. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388692,00.asp
Here is a copy of their review:
By Jeffrey L. Wilson
Traditionally, PC tune-up utilities have performed a basic, straightforward function—improve your computer's overall system performance via a number of behind-the-scenes tweaks that ditch unused files. You ran it and moved on—it was a solitary experience. That has changed with SlimWare Utilities SlimCleaner Free, a tune-up utility that uses aggregated data collected from its user base to recommend the optimal settings for your PC. It even rewards you with badges for contributing accurate information back to the community. In short, SlimCleaner is a mashup of social network and utility that does a fine job of cleaning gunked-up PCs. It's our Editors' Choice for free tune-up utilities.
Sep 2, 2015 19:26:08 #
I used to use TuneUp Utilities, now owned by AVG, during Vista days and into Win 7 for a year or two. Didn't renew and my computer hasn't run any slower. Recently there was a class action suit against it for not really doing what it said it did. One reason I did like it was it did some things I didn't want to learn to do myself.
There was a test done couple years back of the major utilities whose results showed very minimal improvement if any at all and some even slowed computers down. CC Cleaner was one.
If you have Win 8 or 10 they are not necessary.
I still use Wise Disk Cleaner and Registry Cleaner (free) to clean up junk files once in a blue moon out of habit. Have been using them for years. Even less often I do a disk check and than a defrag. Maybe once a year if needed or not.
Personally our Win 7 and especially Win 8 computers haven't bogged down like Vista and XP used to.
There was a test done couple years back of the major utilities whose results showed very minimal improvement if any at all and some even slowed computers down. CC Cleaner was one.
If you have Win 8 or 10 they are not necessary.
I still use Wise Disk Cleaner and Registry Cleaner (free) to clean up junk files once in a blue moon out of habit. Have been using them for years. Even less often I do a disk check and than a defrag. Maybe once a year if needed or not.
Personally our Win 7 and especially Win 8 computers haven't bogged down like Vista and XP used to.
Sep 2, 2015 21:04:26 #
robertjerl wrote:
I sprang for the $19.99 bottom of the line for my ... (show quote)
Some of the optiplex systems have 4 slots, which is good since if its ddr2 modules 4gb modules are an insane price , 2gb modules are relatively reasonable.
More on subject, split your hard drive into a windows partition 50 GB maybe enough and just install the programs you use. Back up the partition when its clean, restore as needed, (there is a built in backup and restore tool) The restore should take around 15 minutes. Most of this third party stuff is snakeoil and generally they tend to slow systems down, you want as much cpu time going to your applications.
Consider that 3rd parties do not have access to windows source code so they have to reverse engineer and
Sep 2, 2015 22:39:56 #
I was just on the Dell site looking up something.
They now offer a download of iolo and a free scan on their support site.
They now offer a download of iolo and a free scan on their support site.
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