Do you have a PC or IT geek in your life? Mine is my husband. Complete. Geek. He starts to talk PC or anything beyond simple OS (operating system) and something unrelated to HTML, blogging, finance, etc….he might as well be speaking a dead or foreign language.
I could not have been happier when I got his feedback for gift ideas and I was provided a copy of iolo technologies System Mechanic to install on our computers for review. I was happy to not know what it was until the geek told me. Seriously. Had no idea what this program does. Okay, supposedly it cleans off mumbo jumbo. I can do that. Highlight. Delete. Empty Recycle.
Here is what System Mechanic will do for you:
- Cleans, defrags, and repairs registry
- Accelerates PC startup 19 ways
- Defrags & recovers orphaned RAM
- Boosts internet speed
- Complete low-level drive defrag
- Turns off unused background programs [Source: System Mechanic Site, 2009]
Perfect for bloggers, gamers (Yes you WoWHeads out there), and general PC users alike who want to maximize performance. Even better, the customer service is PHENOMENAL! My geek was having an issue with the registry, sent the info to our contact Michael (who is super nice), and guess what…..the problem is a BIG DEAL! Jinkies! So the awesome folks at iolo technologies are working on this issue that my geek found. Pretty dang cool….we are just hoping he is not that nerd like at the Cubs game that tried to catch the in-play-foul-ball deal, yeah we do not need geek hate for that foul. (Just kidding)
So if you are not the savviest, or maybe you are and you need to improve the performance of your computer…this is the way to go. Really no major install or directions required. In fact, you can win a ONE year copy of System Mechanic good for THREE PC’s. Here’s the skinny
MANDATORY ENTRY: Go visit the System Mechanic site and tell me what other products iolo offers and how they can help your PC.
EXTRA ENTRIES:
- Tell me too what else makes your computer slow or a pain for you
- Follow my blog or tell me you do
- Follow me on Twitter or tell me you do
- Tweet this giveaway “Get the Mechanic for your PC for ONE year from @KariewithaK http://tiny.cc/kIJk7″
- Fan The Fish on Facebook
- Enter one of my other giveaways
- Blog this giveaway with a track back to System Mechanic and my blog (worth 3 entries)
The offer search and recover that will find all your lost/deleted files
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cdziuba@aol.com They also offer iolo AntiVirusâ„¢ and that keeps my computers virus-free.
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cdziuba@aol.com I really hate the pop-ups I seem to get too often.
They have anti virus software as well.
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DriveScrubber sounds like a great product to get before getting rid of an old PC.
I have a MAC and my hubby has a PC….this sounds like a product he could use.
The drive scrubber looks great my computer is soooooo SLOW
DriveScrubber® is great for a computer we want to get rid of. Thanks! –Michelle, blogattoday[-at]gmaildotcom
Firefox makes my computer slow. I use Chrome! –Michelle, blogattoday[-at]gmaildotcom
OK, my computer is so clogged with what-nots, I need every product on that site!! Especially the Search and Recover 5, I am constantly losing things! I realize they are probably not 'lost' but they are to me! That's why I need help!
Thanks for the giveaway, your review rocked!
Totally true, a great read and kept my interest!!
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I know I have too many programs that open at start up, or in my nav…I dunno – I was just told that I have too many things open at once – all of the time. And that is one of the reasons mine is too slow.
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Search and Recover could be useful
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the system shield would be nice
Registry tuner sounds good, thanks.
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They have anti virus, system shield and registry tuner-very helpful to me.
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iolo AntiVirusâ„¢ is my favorite – obviously to protect my PC from intruders
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I also like the iolo AntiVirusâ„¢ and iolo Personal Firewallâ„¢. Please accept my entry. Thank you.
Iolo offers the Drivescubber which makes sure that your information is non-retrievable when you sell or donate your hard drive.
I like the System Shield Internet Security program. It helps block hackers, etc. I'm such a dork but I seriously have such a hard time entering any personal information on the computer because I'm afraid of somebody stealing it. DORK!!!!!!!!
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My laptop is old therefore, it's slow! And annoying as hell!
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I like the iolo Personal Firewall. I really like the ability to Block hackers and internet threats and making sure my machine is secure.
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It offers Iola personal firewall.
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I don't know what makes mine so slow but it's probably that I've had it over 3 years and I'm on it incessantly. It must be spyware and adware.
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I bet the Iolo AntiVirus would really help my PC and get rid of those pesky viruses that are going around.
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My computer has been so slow because I really need more memory on my pc! I do alot of genealogy and it's been taking up alot of space on the disk drive.
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omg you'd have to ask me – you know how well I do with techie stuff! Dominic would knowwhat other products we would use of theirs, but not a clue here.
I do know that from reading your review,he would really like and use the system mechanic.
The main thing that makes my computer a pain for me is that it's a desktop.
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I entered to win the Step2 kitchen 🙂
We are both computer dorks. Basically we turn on our computers and pray that they work. We need a very simple program.I have done a reg scan and I know it needs to be cleaned but keep getting Windows errors.
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They offer DriveScrubber which would have helped me since I disposed of an old computer today and to be safe I had to pull out the hard drive. Now what do I do with it to destroy the data?
the antivirus sounds good to me, i want to protect my comp from intruders!
before ditching the old pc, DriveScrubber looks like a great product
The also offer DriveScrubber® 3 which will scrub your hard drive to permanently remove stuff off your drive, so even the Department of Defense can't get it off. Which is good, because I always heard that you shouldn't recycle your hard drive because you never know what will happen, but this makes it so you can!
What makes my computer slow besides my wife surfing too much internet (I love you honey!) is too many old programs still trying to load. Some of them I am unsure if I should get rid of yet, and some I thought I did get rid of but would be nice to leave me alone and finally be removed from my computer.
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Love the fact that this will help recover lost files! Thanks for a great giveaway 🙂
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System Shield would be helpful for us because we can use it to protect all three of our ocmputers from viruses and other internet dangers!
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iolo offers other products like personal firewall, anti-virus and disk scrubber. goodwitchglinda at gmail dot com
My computer is terribly slow. From the time I turn it on to the time I can open any application–including a browser–is at least 15 minutes. I usually leave the room and let it "think." Something is clogging up the system, but I don't know enough about computers to figure out what. goodwitchglinda at gmail dot com
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DriveScrubber helps you get rid of unwanted files
they also have the System Shield Internet Security program, i could really use a new security program, my current one is only so so
I could certainly use iolo antivirus program!
One thing that slows my computer down is when I have too many programs running at once. Urggggggghhh
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They offer the iolo AntiVirus to protect your computer from viruses. They offer search and recover for any information you lose. garrettsambo@aol.com
System Shield Internet Security
Keep my PC safe on the Internet. NO MORE NASTY
I'd like to get System Shield 3 because it does everything, and we'd be allowed to install it on all our computers for one price.
DriveScrubber for those old junky computers.