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Posted by someone on March 4, 2008, 2:32 pm
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> wrote:
>
>>My local paper has a column today concerning System Mechanic 7
>>Professional,
>>praising it very highly. It diagnoses the PC, backs up the registry, gets
>>rid of clutter, fixes security problems and defrags the hard drive. The
>>anti-virus program checks for the latest protection every hour, has a
>>firewall, and a Search and Recover. It works in the background to monitor
>>the PC without slowing it down. The cost is $39 plus $6 shipping. It did
>>not state whether that is a one-time charge or an annual charge, but it
>>did
>>state that you get free anti-virus updates for a year, indicating possibly
>>that it is an annual charge. Does anyone have any comment concerning
>>this?
>
> I worked on a client's comptuer where System Mechanic 6 messed up the
> registry and made the computer unbootable.
>
> I fixed the problem by restoring the registry as decribed in Microsoft
> KB article 307545. I then un-installed System Mechanic 6, but it left
> bits of itself behind, including a program that runs as a service at
> system startup: ioloDMVSvc.exe. That problem apparently exists in
> System Mechanic 7, too, as described here:
>
> http://www.wrensoft.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1451
>
> I wouldn't buy the product, and I wouldn't use any automated registry
> cleaner.
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
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> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
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