System Mechanic 4

by IOLO Technologies

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000AZVVO
• Item model number: 5060051660009
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 28, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,383 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The best way to fix, maintain, optimize, and protect your PC.

Keep your PC running faster, cleaner, and error-free with new System Mechanic’s award-winning arsenal of powerful system tools. Find and fix stubborn errors, clean up space-wasting junk and debris, optimize Internet and download speeds, ensure personal privacy and security, and maintain your computer for peak performance and reliability. Version 4 contains a multitude of new and improved tools such as a high-speed disk defragmentation tool; SpyHunter, a utility that protects your PC from dangerous and annoying spyware and malware parasites; a popup ad blocker; an automatic memory defragmentation and recovery tool; registry backup and compression; and countless other improvements!

Features:

• Rapidly defragment drives for optimal performance
• Find and remove dangerous Spyware and Malware parasites
• Prevent annoying popup ads while browsing the Internet
• Recover, defragment, and optimize PC memory
• Safely clean, optimize, defragment, compact, and backup the Windows Registry
• Increase Internet and download speeds up to 300%
• Find and remove error-producing junk and duplicate files and drivers
• Ensure privacy by cleaning up Internet debris and clutter
• Securely delete sensitive files and folders using military-strength techniques
• Manage the programs that start when Windows does
• Tweak and customize almost 100 undocumented Windows settings
• Find, fix, or remove broken Windows shortcuts
• Find and remove invalid uninstaller information
• Consolidate critical system maintenance into one easy step with Maintenance Wizard
• Take system snapshots and create valuable reports of integral changes
• Schedule system maintenance to take place unattended

New and improved features include:

• Disk defrag: high-speed disk defragmentation with patent-pending Caterpillar Technology increases performance and eliminates slow-downs by eliminating file and disk fragmentation and optimizing drives for peak performance.
• Memory defrag: Memory Mechanic prevents crashes and increases system speed by recovering, defragmenting, and optimizing your PC's memory.
• Registry defrag, compression, and backup: ensure system vitality by defragmenting, compressing, and backing up one of Windows’ most crucial components: the System Registry.
• Spyware and parasite protection: SpyHunter hunts down and destroys dangerous and annoying Spyware and Malware parasites with pinpoint accuracy!
• Prevent annoying popups: wipe out annoying popup windows that automatically appear while surfing the web. Never again drown in a flood of reappearing advertisements.
• Keep sensitive information secure: clean up the tracks left behind by sloppy programs, eliminate Internet cookies, clutter, and other debris. Enforce personal privacy while working, playing, and shopping online.
• Increase Internet and download speeds: NetBooster turbocharges your Internet connection for up to 300% for faster surfing and download speeds by tweaking hidden network settings in Windows to achieve peak velocity.
• Better all-around cleaning power: integration of hundreds of feature requests and other important additions that have been suggested by System Mechanic’s loyal customer base.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars BE AWARE, BE VERY AWARE!!, April 17, 2004

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Conan the Barbarian "Conan" (Ca, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: System Mechanic 4 (CD-ROM)

I have used SystemSuite from both Ontrack and V-Com for many years and have enjoyed both, for their basic use and excellent tools. I decided to try System Mechanic 4, with a coupon, and WHAT a mistake I made. The suite does clear out misc files out of the computer, but be aware, be VERY aware of what is being eliminated. The Suite will eliminate needed OS files if you are not aware and before you know it, your system is down and out. I tried to be as careful as I could be, but I had to use my GOBACK from Roxio to restore to a prior working condition. The big thing about System Mechanic is that it does not redflag any needed files prior to deletion. It just throws all the deleted files together and it is up to you to decide which one's will go. After approx 2 weeks of use, I uninstalled and round filed this useless software, since I spent more time looking at everything that was going to be cleaned from my computer than just allowing this software to do its job. DO not trust this software, unless you have System Restore software installed.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Probably not worth the upgrade, January 13, 2004

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D. Couse "darkman1969" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: System Mechanic 4 (CD-ROM)

Before you spend your hard earned cash on the upgrade or outright purchase, read this and the other reviews.

I have been a loyal user of Iolo products for quite some time (SM3 and MacroMagic). So, when my web update told me about a new release, I had no problem shelling out the $30 upgrade price. Now I'm kind of wishing I had come here first to check out other reviews, because guess what, Defrag problems.

Just like another reviewer here, SM4 told me my drive was 37% fragmented, when the XP tool said don't worry about it. My HD is a 40Gig and was about 50% full. I started the process at 3:00 p.m and by morning the process was still running, after 36 HOURS it was still running. Finally, I stopped it out of sheer fear that a HD constantly working for 36 would kill my computer for sure. So I waited a couple of days and tried the Quick defragment (instead of the Optimized). Same result. Took forever, however, this time the program popped up an error box indicating to run Scandisk because their program can't defrag my HD! Well, I ran scandisk and NO ERRORS found (physical or logical). And their Spyware removal tool is a joke. Stick with Ad-Aware and Spybot for that.

I did like the RAM recovery and defrag feature in this version though.

The interface/GUI is much nicer than the previous versions, but I'm kind of feeling that I paid for a prettier looking program, other than a more functional one.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware, December 27, 2003

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WTL (Detroit, Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: System Mechanic 4 (CD-ROM)

As a long time user of System Mechanic 3 (SM3), I am quite disappointed in the quality and integrity of IOLO's System Mechanic 4 (SM4). I upgraded to SM4 based on the good will and trust I developed using SM3. SM4 is a flawed product from a company that prides itself on support. In my opinion, the promoting of excellent support should begin with putting out a product that does what its advertising says it should do, before you have to wait for a fix. After numerous complaints from other users (including myself), IOLO still hasn't got its Disk Degfragging tool that is packaged with SM4 to work efficiently and safely for the all users. When I have asked directly for a refund on this product from the company, I was told all sales are final and I should wait until they fix the product.

Very Disappointed
WTL