iolo System Mechanic 6

by IOLO Technologies

Product Features

• Utility software for fixing, accelerating, securing, and maintaining your PC
• Diagnose and fix hundreds of stubborn problems using PC repair wizard
• Find and repair Windows security flaws with PC security optimizer
• Remove all forms of PC and Internet junk using the new cleanup wizard
• Increase performance by up to 300 percent with PC acceleration wizard

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009JQRVS
• Item model number: SM6
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,595 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #15 in Software > Utilities > Memory Management
  • #25 in Software > Utilities > File Conversion
  • #26 in Software > Utilities > File Compression & Decompression

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Quickly and easily repair stubborn PC problems, enforce system and Internet security, optimize systems for peak performance, and automatically maintain Microsoft Windows to prevent problems from reoccurring.

Features:

• Solve stubborn problems using PC repair wizard: use the System Mechanic 6 new PC repair wizard to automatically diagnose and fix hundreds of problems with hard drives, system components, installed software, hardware, and more.
• Instantly lock-down your system with PC security optimizer: automatically find and repair Windows security flaws that leave you open to attack from computer enemies such as spyware, adware, viruses, hackers, and identity thieves.
• Keep your system spotless with PC cleanup wizard: Let’s face it--computers become increasingly cluttered, disorganized, and sluggish if not cleaned regularly. Automatically remove all forms of PC and Internet junk using the new cleanup wizard, keeping Windows fresh, fast, and sparkling clean.
• Increase PC and Internet performance by up to 300 percent: using the new PC acceleration wizard, you can automatically optimize system settings and eliminate velocity bottlenecks for maximum gains in overall performance.
• One-click does it all with PC TotalCare: The only tool you’ll need to keep your PC running fast, smooth, and error-free. New PC TotalCare combines System Mechanics power into a single one-button interface for the perfect blend of absolute power and effortless simplicity.

New Features:

• Faster disk defrag: defragment drives up to 300-percent faster than previous versions of System Mechanic, and up to ten times faster than Windows built-in defragmenter.
• Fix Windows security holes: new security optimizer wizard finds dangerous security flaws in Windows and repairs them automatically.
• One-click power tools: Easily perform important system maintenance with just one click. Repair, accelerate, clean, and secure your PC with one click using the System Mechanic comprehensive new Power Tools.
• Full service in one pass with PC TotalCare: Repair, accelerate, clean, and secure your PC with one click with the System Mechanic PC TotalCare tool.
• Repair hard-drive problems: New Drive Medic finds and fixes hard drive problems before they can cause data loss or system failure.
• Full disaster recovery: Recover from even the worst system crashes with Drive Medic Disaster Recovery. Rescue PCs that won’t start and revive hard drives that were reformatted, repartitioned, or worse.
• PC accelerator wizard: the proprietary System Mechanic PC optimization techniques increase system responsiveness, decrease boot times, and speed up Internet and download rates by up to 300 percent.
• Advanced process manager: Take a look under the hood with the new advanced process manager and see what’s running--visibly or otherwise. Automatically block dangerous items from starting again. Great for troubleshooting stubborn problems.
• Advanced startup manager: Review thorough information about the more than 20 different places where programs may hide to automatically startup with Windows. Automatically find and eliminate dangerous and unnecessary programs. Even permanently block programs from starting again through integration with System Mechanic Startup Guard technology.
• Decrease boot time with startup optimizer: find dangerous and unnecessary startup items and remove or delay them so that Windows starts up faster, making you more productive instead of waiting for unnecessary programs to load.
• Enhanced registry optimization: newly augmented optimization technology finds and fixes even more registry problems that would cripple your system.
• Improved spyware protection: Spython integrates new proactive "always on" protection from dangerous spyware, malware, adware, and unauthorized surveillance software.
• New comprehensive system-inspector tool: Get an ultra-detailed report of everything in your PC, from installed software, to attached peripherals, to core system hardware, and everything in between.

Product Description

Fix, accelerate, secure, and maintain your PC Quickly and easily repair stubborn PC problems, enforce system and Internet security, optimize systems for peak performance, and automatically maintain Microsoft Windows to prevent problems from reoccurring.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very bad and dangerous software, December 25, 2005

By 

Brenda A. Vouers (Wisconsin Rapids, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iolo System Mechanic 6 (CD-ROM)

I have been trying to use this product for a week to no avail. I can't get any help throught IOLO's 24/7 email help and the program is very non profesional. It will give a list of fixes it will make but doesn;t give exact nature of fix( like what key or program) and will not let you individually select what to keep.
After running the fix none of my roxio software would work and I had to restore my hard drive to get everything back to the way it was. It would find spyware yet wouldn't clean the spyware and after using numerous othe spyware programs came to the conclusion there wasn't any to find. Also the biggest reason NOT to buy this software is of their refund policy. The give you a 30 day limping trial so therefor no refunds!! Stay away from this one

31 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A terrible program, January 18, 2006

By 

SLP (Elk Grove, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: iolo System Mechanic 6 (CD-ROM)

After this product caused chkdsk to run so many times at reboot, I was glad to get this thing off my PC. Also, it does not perform according to options selected, removing items as it sees fit, and it does not propose individual actions before performing them, even though it claims it will. It does not log what changes it does make, and it seems to make no difference at all in my PC's performance. It did free up memory, but it took so long to do it, it wasn't practical anyway. If I could give 5 stars for junk, this product would earn them, rating first in lack of utility; first in destructive performance; first in lack of user control, first in lack of documentation; and first in cost-uselessness.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars ioLo, how the mighty have fallen, December 22, 2005

By 

Murray Delph (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: iolo System Mechanic 6 (CD-ROM)

I had installed System Mechanic 5 Pro as an alternative to Norton, which could not handle multi-threaded systems. It was great. When version 6 came out, I installed it. Version 6 has been nothing but trouble.
1. I had to restore my OS from a backup because the system would begin their "Boot time defragmenter", which I cancelled after 27 hours (by rebooting, the "Hit any key to cancel doesn't work not matter when you hit it).
2. I had to disable the automatic update notification, because it would constantly nag me to install the same update I had just finished installing.
3. I tried getting some assistance from their proported 24/7 support team, and the only answer I would get is to install the update. When I called them on their non-anwser, they told me to wait a week for the new update. It still, after two weeks wants me to re-install itself.
4. As others have noted, the "problems" that it "finds and fixes" will be found to need fixing the next time you run the program again.
5. And, to add insult to injury, the company that handles their rebates, apparently lost my UPC code, and is refusing to process the rebate until I mail the original UPC to them. As there is only one of these, and it has been mailed to them, I am screwed.

In conclusion, if you have Version 5, stay with it. If you don't have any version, get the Version 5. If you get Version 6, have a good backup of the boot partition.