System Mechanic - Up to 3 PCs

by IOLO Technologies

Product Features

• Fix and Speed Up Your PC ...Automatically!
• Makes your PC run like new again
• Fixes Registry errors, crashes & freezes
• Cleans up system-clogging clutter
• Boosts PC start time & web speed up to 300%

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00111DJQ4
• Item model number: 8010311
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 10, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (108 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,302 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #18 in Software > Utilities > PC Maintenance
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

System Mechanic, the #1 best-selling and award-winning PC Tune-up software, automatically repairs errors and fragmentation, cleans out clutter, and tunes up your PC -- so that it runs smoothly, reliably, and up to 300% faster! Features: Say Goodbye to PC Headaches Forever with System Mechanic’s 40+ tools and over 200 critical tests and repairs: Repairs Problems - With normal use PCs accumulate problems that cause annoying errors, crashes and freezes. Cleans Up Clutter - Without regular cleaning PCs are plagued by gigabytes of junk that waste precious drive space and memory. Plugs Security Holes - Security flaws let hackers, viruses and ID thieves gain access to your PC, resulting in theft and data loss.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

84 of 91 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beware- You can only use it for 1 year. Iolo has become very deceptive, March 19, 2010

By 

W. Hall - See all my reviews
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This review is from: System Mechanic - Up to 3 PCs (CD-ROM)

I used to love this product and always recommended it to other. But Iolo has become a very deceptive company and product has seriously degraded.

The most upsetting recent addition is Iolos silent change in product licensing. YOU CAN NO LONGER USE THE PRODUCT AFTER 1 YEAR. Really, once you buy the software, you'll notice a box in SM that tells you how many more days before you have to repurchase a license. Really Iolo, you're doing this to your customer. That's too bad.

Now on to my experience (keep in mind, I'm and IT support guy):
- I've spent over 8 hours trying to fix what SM did to my system. I'm not saying it caused serious damage, but it's definitely not very friendly to Windows 7.
- I've spent a couple hours on the phone with Iolo's support and they have me editing my Registry and other really nasty stuff the average person should not be doing.
- After all this, I've learned there is stuff that Iolo is doing in the background that is crashing my computer and the only way around this is to completely remove System Mechanic.

C'mon Iolo, I just wanna run this thing once in awhile to clean up my system. You've totally over complicated it and turned a great product into a nasty one.

Finally, its really hard to find, but by default, Iolo is sending information about your computer to themselves. Its on by default and really hard to find out how to turn it off.

So, my recommendation is look elsewhere. This used to be a great company and great product but they've really turned pretty evil and the product has degraded.

33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quick, Easy, and Efficient, December 7, 2008

By 

R. Sams - See all my reviews
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This review is from: System Mechanic - Up to 3 PCs (CD-ROM)

I don't write a lot of reviews either, by the way, I find comments like that irrelavant to consumers so forgive me for even posting it. I have operated Iolo's System Mechanic for just over a year now. I had no problems loading it. I have no problems using it. I have no problems with the way it updates. I know just enough about my computer to know that if I start tinkering with it, in an attempt to make it run faster, I can potentially do more harm than good. I can honestly say my computer runs better because I use it. I recently renewed my subscription for two more years and was pleased with the ease of my renewal process. During the renewal process Iolo provided me with pertinent information regarding my account, on the screen, before I had to perform a deep search for it. Oh, I can still operate my previously installed firewall and virus protection with System Mechanic.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It has worked well on all 3 of my computers, December 22, 2009

By 

Richard Murray "Emergency Doc" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: System Mechanic - Up to 3 PCs (CD-ROM)

Reading some of the reviews I was hesitant to purchase. I did finally buy it when it was bundled with network magic from liksys
(Network magic is so-so.I have installed it on 2 laptops and one PC (1 old but beloved acer single core 2 gb, one new dual core Toshiba laptop, and one HP dual core hard working much abused by multiple teens and 2 parent deskstop). The install was fast and the navigation is intuitive. I'm certainly not a geek or expert but I've been futzing with computers since the dinosaurs roamed the earth and Dos command codes had to be memorized. The menus give me a sense of control and security I haven't experienced with a computer in a long time. All 3 of my computers have improved their performance dramatically (although I'm skeptical about it being the advertised 300% improvement). While running the drive defragmenter it estimated 30-40 minutes to defrag a 750 GB hard drive but took 2.5 hours--not so bad really as I usually put this on overnight.The registry cleaner and optimizer worked fast and efficiently. It has a 1 click fix it all option for a complete computer "fix" that avoids that "should I really be checking all these boxes when I'm not sure what they'll do" kinda feeling. I couldn't be happier with the products performance across my 3 platforms. I'm buying another license to cover my 2 college age sons computers.Hopefully this will help slow down the every 1-1 1/2 year cry for a new laptop from them. It sounds like performance can vary but isn't this always the case with cmputers. I think with this product that this whole computer fad may just have a future.