Why System Mechanic?

Why is System Mechanic more effective?

Here's what's new!

Details about new features

ActiveCare® 2.0 - Keep your PC running like new, forever… now even smarter, leaner and fully configurable

System Mechanic’s patent-pending ActiveCare® technology is the world’s first fully automatic and completely invisible PC tune-up process. Running silently in the background, ActiveCare fixes and speeds up your computer without you ever having to do anything. ActiveCare’s technology is light-years beyond conventional schedulers that interrupt at what always seems like the wrong time. And new ActiveCare 2.0 just got a lot leaner, smarter, and more effective at keeping your PC humming along at full speed.

Leaner

Using new ZeroRAM™ technology, ActiveCare 2.0 now takes up minimal system resources, so you have all the memory you need for high-performance gaming, movies and more.

Smarter

ActiveCare works silently in the background, only when your PC is not in use. ActiveCare 2.0’s smarter engine detects when your PC is truly active, even when you’re not typing or using the mouse. You get truly invisible and unobtrusive protection.

Fully customizable

You now have full control over when and how ActiveCare runs. You power users have been asking for this, and we delivered. Here’s what you can configure:

• Set the frequency of how often ActiveCare runs
• Set specific time frames for when ActiveCare can and cannot run
• Control ActiveCare's processing based on battery power, full screen mode (movie & gamer mode) and average CPU usage
• Control whether you see progress messages during ActiveCare's analysis and repair phases

• Show me how to use ActiveCare
  1. From the navigation bar on the left side of System Mechanic, click ActiveCare and then click Automated Tasks.
  2. Click the toggle button next to a task to Enable or Disable the automated repair. For instructions on how to control when automated tasks are run, refer to the configure ActiveCare text below.
• Show me how to configure ActiveCare
  1. From the menu bar on top of System Mechanic, click Options. The System Mechanic Options window opens.
  2. If it's not already selected, click on the ActiveCare tab. The tab displays settings related to ActiveCare reports.
  3. Click Edit Advanced Options. The new ActiveCare - Advanced Options window opens. Make any desired entries or selections. On-screen instructions and the help topic (click Help) provide details on each option.

Next-generation registry optimization - Complete approach to Windows registry fixes and speed-up

System Mechanic's unique approach runs all three of the critical tasks needed for full registry optimization.

Why is this important? Due to a design flaw, the Windows registry continually grows larger and becomes cluttered with obsolete data, bloated with unused blocks of space and disordered with scattered entries.

• The registry contains data about every application you've ever installed, every driver you've ever used and every printer, mouse, camera, music player, USB drive and any other gadget you've plugged in – even just once. Windows then tries to make sense of these many obsolete settings every time you start your PC, open a program, and connect to a peripheral. Due to the resulting linkage and compatibility issues, you can experience sluggish responses from programs, unusual error messages and frequent lock-ups or crashes.
• The registry only grows larger and larger – it can never shrink back down on its own, even after obsolete entries and errors are cleaned out. This dead space causes the registry to become unnecessarily large. And because the registry is loaded into RAM during startup, the bloat unnecessarily eats up vital system memory – your PC's startup processing is overburdened and the overall speed of your computer is slowed.

• Once the excess bloat is removed, the remaining registry hive files are often spread out in small fragments. This slows down Windows because the system must collect these fragments from various places before loading them into memory. Because the registry is a core system component that cannot be altered when Windows is running, a special technique is required for defragmenting the registry.

To regain maximum PC speed and stability, the registry should be kept clean, organized and at its minimum size.

• Fix errors and clean out obsolete entries Stabilize and speed up the PC by safely removing invalid, obsolete and space-wasting registry data. System Mechanic safely detects and remove registry errors and cleans out old and unused configuration data.

• Compact and remove unused bloat space Remove dead and wasted space in the registry to speed up your PC and free up vital RAM.

  System Mechanic can now perform a comprehensive analysis of your registry hives for unwanted bloat and show the wasted space in an easy-to-understand graphic. It then schedules an operation at the next PC startup to safely remove all registry bloat.

• Defragment the registry Organize all the scattered pieces of the Windows registry files spread and consolidates them for significantly faster startup. System Mechanic safely defragments the registry files at the next PC startup.

• Show me how to optimize my registry using System Mechanic
  1. From the navigation bar on the left side of System Mechanic, click Tools and then click Individual Tools.
  2. Click on the Repair Problems category.
  3. Next to Repair Registry Problems, click Start. The wizard will clean out invalid and obsolete data references from the registry. Continue to follow the on-screen instructions.
  4. When the wizard completes, click Exit. The Individual Tools pane re-displays.
  5. Click on the Increase Performance category.
  6. Next to Defragment and Compact Registry, click Start. The wizard will compact and defragment the registry. Continue to follow the on-screen instructions to analyze the registry and view the graphical results.
  7. To schedule the process, select the Defragment the registry the next time Windows starts check box. (Registry defragmentation and compaction must run prior to the computer booting, so you will need to restart your PC.) The registry will be defragmented/compacted the next time you start or restart your computer.

DriveSense™ - Real-time hard drive status

The new DriveSense™ provides real-time data about the status of your hard drive, including drive temperature and other indicators of drive reliability.

To retrieve diagnostic information from your hard drives, DriveSense uses SMART technology, an industry-accepted standard for detecting potential drive problems. While SMART hard drive sensors are installed by the drive's manufacturer, software is needed to display the data reported by the sensors.

System Mechanic's DriveSense retrieves all of the individual SMART attributes reported by your hard drive's sensors - up to 46 indicators - and uses an informative, color-coded gauge to display the status. DriveSense also calculates a summary of these attributes, to provide an overall, at-a-glance snapshot of drive status.

• Show me how to use DriveSense
  1. From the navigation bar on the left side of System Mechanic, click Tools and then click Individual Tools.
  2. Click on the Perform Diagnostics category.
  3. Next to Monitor Hard Drive Status, click Start. The window displays data about your hard drives, including the temperature and other drive attributes.