System Mechanic 6 Professional

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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: 9.6 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009JQRW2
• Item model number: SM6P
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (67 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,664 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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Product Description

From the Manufacturer
The only system optimization and security software you’ll ever need: six award-winning products contained in one complete solution. Fix stubborn errors, accelerate performance, maintain peak PC health, protect against viruses, hackers, spyware, adware, and more using the System Mechanic 6 Professional robust arsenal of powerful tools.

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.
• World-class antivirus and firewall protection: The System Mechanic antivirus technology repeatedly places first in independent tests. Work and play without fear of infection from viruses, worms, Trojans, and other nasty enemies that can wreak unnecessary havoc.
• Advanced defense against spyware, adware, and malware: the System Mechanic Professional Spython tool effectively eliminates spyware infection and uses proprietary methods to stop parasites before they start.
• Prevent identity theft with System Shield: System Shield Professional protects your PC from unwanted attempts at uncovering private or confidential data. Shield yourself against identity theft or personal misrepresentation.
• Securely wipe all data from any hard drive: Formatting your hard drive does not remove or erase your data. Many programs can recover data from a formatted drive. With DriveScrubber, you can securely overwrite and remove all data to ensure 100-percent security.

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
Total PC Optimization and Internet Security in One Integrated Package! The only system optimization and security software you’ll ever need: six award-winning products contained in one complete solution. Fix stubborn errors, accelerate performance, maintain peak PC health, protect against viruses, hackers, spyware, adware, and more using the System Mechanic 6 Professional robust arsenal of powerful tools.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

74 of 77 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Jack of all trades, master of none, November 15, 2005

By	T. Briggs - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have used System Mechanic 4 for many years and like it. It cleans my registry, finds old shortcuts. Most importantly, it tells me what it is going to do before it does it.

System Mechanic 6 will do tons of stuff to your computer, but won't tell you ahead of time what it's going to do. It fixed 99 "security vulnerabilities" on my pc, without telling me what it was doing, or letting me choose which of them to actually fix. I have a firewall and virus protection that are updated, so I seriously doubt there were 99 things to fix. The program just bulldogs it's way through whatever it thinks needs to be done. After various programs stopped working, I had to undo all the System Mechanic 6 changes, reinstall some software, and finally get rid of System Mechanic 6. I think System Mechanic 6 is trying to make itself easier to use by sheltering the user from the intricacies of the program, but the result is a bloated program that tries to do too much, interacts with the user too little, doesn't do anything well, and will most likely break your pc.

48 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Here is the secret to getting the best system utility, May 4, 2006

By	William M. Gibson (Washington DC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Read the reviews of the 4 or 5 major system utilities (Systemworks, System Mechanic, Systemsuite, etc). Guess what? Depending on which review you read, they are all outstanding products, or they are all trash. Not a single product gets glowing reviews from everyone, and each product has lots of people who had major problems. What to do? Do what I did. Just try one until it works.

I have used Systemworks and System Mechanic on various computers over the years with pretty decent results. For the last couple of years I've used System Mechanic with absolutely no problem. I just bought a new computer, and one of the first things I did was slap a copy of System Mechanic 6 Pro on it. The results? Completely trashed my brand new computer. Not really a big deal since the computer is new and I didn't have much (any) time invested in new software installation. All my documents are on my old computer, so I lost nothing. I just did a complete disaster recovery and got back to normal.

The next thing I did was install the Systemworks 2006/Personal Firewall bundle. Guess what? Flawless installation. Have run all the diagnostics and checks. Absolutely no problems.

So what does this mean? If you try one of the system utilities and it trashes your system, just uninstall it, try to get your money back, then move on to another one. I am absolutely convinced that it is a total crapshoot as to which utility will work on your system. If you think about it, they all have about the same features, so the issue is not what they can do, but whether they are stable and will work on your system. System Mechanic didn't work for me. Systemworks does. Just the way of the world. If you tried to read too much into all of the reviews, you would never buy any software for your computer, because there are always horror stories from people who had their systems crashed.

Off topic, but as an aside, it's the same thing with other programs. I am into video editing, and trying to decide between Pinnacle and Roxio Easy Media Creator. Absolute horror stories from users of both products about how unstable these products are. So....I tried the Roxio product, it works, and its stable. Good enough for me!

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buggy upgrade., November 19, 2005

By	Craig Esq "craig1000" (NYC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

l've used versions 4 and 5 for years. I was extremely disappointed with version 6. It is buggy and caused blg problems.

The startup function disables startup files inaccurately and automatically. Tech support was unable to help me reverse the damage because the reverse function doesn't work, according to tech support.

The security function prevented me from accessing my computer because it closed ports. Tech support could not tell me how to reopen the ports. Another reason the lack of a reverse function is a serious problem.

Tech support was unable to help me. Theyare obviously overwhelmed bc the program is so bad.

After getting nowhere with tech support, I solved most of my problems by uninstalling version 6. My private tech guy will solve the rest, I hope, next week.

This is a below a beta version program. Version 5 is great. Version 6 IS NOT READY for public consumption.

This program should come with a warning and a letter of apology. Do not use it if they give it to you for free.