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Great product

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2012

System Mechanic is a great way to check your computer for an possible problems that it could have that could cause you computer to run slowly or to stop working. It checks youe system and tells you the problems that it has found. It then ask you if you want to fix them. It is one of the easiest ways to check your computer.

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Herbert L. Anderson

System Mechanic

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2011

Apparently a very good program from what I am told but my computer had crashed and I ran it on my old computer (with XP pro) and it would not work at all. Then I tried it on my new computer that I bought 4 months ago and it crashed my computer -- took me 2 hours to get back up and running. A dangerous program, at least it has been for me.

I have found the problem, I think: So, I have looked and looked for an email address for Amazon.com so I can discuss my problem but I cannot find a way to contact them or the person that sold this item through them.
What I have done is; I looked on my orders on Amazon.com and it clearly says there that the program I ordered is for Windows 7, xp, etc. but when I look on the box that I received; the version that they sent me says for vista, xp, and 2000 only so they sent me the wrong thing. I am just putting this here in hope that someone at Amazon will read this and contact me to tell me how I can get the program that I ordered.

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Great product

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2012

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Herbert L. Anderson

System Mechanic

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2011

Verified Purchase

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Wilbur Sachs

Valuable product

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2014

Verified Purchase

I have used this product for over a year, and find it on the whole very valuable. I would recommend it, and am continuing to re-new my subscription. Amazon offers a very good price for the physical product.

Pros
*Easy to use on a basic level
*Corrects hard drive errors
*Re-aligns programs for faster bootup
*I am not aware of anything quite like this, although I gather there are competitors

Cons
*Annoying Taskbar popups which apparently can not be turned off
*Annoying upgrade and subscription promotions -- they're really annoying and continue even after you've actually upgraded the product and extended your subscription
*System Mechanic will consider a system in "poor" condition for small issues such as a large amount of deleted data in the trash bin or the failure to back up the Registry after an extended period; this is a silly assessment
*After a system correction, SM will frequently call for a re-boot, which is great if you have nothing to do but sit at your monitor and watch the screen while the computer reboots, and don't actually want to use the computer; in addition, after correcting errors on the hard drive a system re-boot involves an entire check of your hard drive. This can take a considerable time on a large hard drive and interrupts one's work flow, defeating the purpose of keeping your system in good working order.

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bbrewer

Two Stars

Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2014

Verified Purchase

Seems to work but sometimes I think it slows down my computer

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Chuck Pearson

A Very Dangerous Program

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2012

Verified Purchase

I used this to remove some of the startup items that it recommended and lost my wireless strength indicator, my Media Center volume controls, and my PSI status indicator. Restoring the registry only got back the Media Center controls. If you use this program make sure to back up your registry before making any changes, look at the changes it recommends, only choose the ones that are applicable and only make a few at a time. Do not let it "repair" your system automatically. My computer still crashes, freezes and takes a long time to boot, although it seems to operate a little faster between crashes. I will be making some more changes recommended by the program but very selectively. As somebody else noted, they want $30 every year I don't know if the program stops working after a year or it it just stops updating.

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Tim Minn

Did It!

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2014

Verified Purchase

My 4 year old computer was passing. The hard drive kept running and running and the browsers were taking coffee breaks between tasks. Media player was simply too hard to use. My computer told me I was low on memory so something was up. Before I installed Mechanic I did a system restore unfortunately in safe mode, I deleted files and neither worked. System Mechanic was a cheap alternative for me. I loaded it, it froze on the first load, rebooted it and it ran. It took almost 10 hours to fix the computer but now it runs like it did 2 years ago, fast! After installing it analyzed the computer and it told me my performance was poor, which I knew. If you were to call to have someone fix this over the internet you would be looking at $60-$140, give this a try!

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Older than dirt, MD

Keeps my systems running smoothly

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2014

Verified Purchase

System Mechanic keeps my computer running smoothly. I am very satisified with the software. It is not a very intrusive program and is not using up my memory or processor when I want to use the system. I have it on 3 computers and have had no problems.

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Ra H.

Beware windows 7 users!

Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2010

Verified Purchase

Installed fine on my xp computer but practically destroyed my windows 7 Dell computer. Had to contact Dell to find out how to get my system back (1 hour).
Like a fool I tryed reinstalling again thinking I might have made a mistake on installation.

Computer then promptly locked up after using System Mechanic and restarting to get rid of registry errors. Fortunately I remembered how the Dell service rep told me how to get my computer back to its original state and I had to reinstall all my old software again - BUT not System Mechanic.

If you enjoy the prospect of trying to get your damaged windows 7 computer back to working again then by all means buy this piece of crap.

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Arvel Rutledge

Amazon Verified Purchase for System Mechanic

Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2012

Verified Purchase

Unable to give a fair review at this time. Although I have used the program several times to analyze and make any repairs to my pc, each time the program would list the problems found and indicate the repairs made, I could still not detect any difference in my computer's performance. (slowness and crashes still occurred at times). This is not to say the software has failed. It may be doing the job the software is supposed to do. My occasional problems may not be compatible to the some of the programed functions of the software. Give it time to work and use it often. Also be aware that the low price you pay for this software is not the final cost. You will be asked to make another payment after a year.

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gothikmom

good cleanup program

Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2010

Verified Purchase

This program came recommended to me by my dad. I have a desktop that was not running properly and he told me this program would help clean up the garbage and keep my computer running more smoothly. I installed the program, and crashed it. After an hour, I was able to bring it back up and since then, I have been very please with System Mechanic. I like the gadget that sits on the desktop (running Windows Vista) and it lets me know the "health" of my computer. I analyze the system several times a week and the computer is running great! I would recommend this for everyone.

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