Date: 03/19/2024| By: Steve Gosset| Categories: System Mechanic
ActiveCare lets you see the most current activity that System Mechanic has ran. To review the history, select Settings from the navigation pane > General Settings > and then History . Select Details , to the right of a listed item, to review the event further.
Date: 03/11/2024| By: Steve Gosset| Categories: Install and Activate Products, System Mechanic
Welcome and we thank you for your interest in System Mechanic Ultimate Defense! To install the most current version of System Mechanic Ultimate Defense, please click here or in your browser, navigate to https://smu.iolo.com . When the file has finished downloading, please navigate to your Downloads folder and double-click on the SystemMechanicUltimateDefense_DM.exe file The download […]
Date: 03/11/2024| By: Steve Gosset| Categories: Install and Activate Products, System Mechanic
Welcome and we thank you for your interest in System Mechanic Professional! To install the most current version of System Mechanic please click here , or in your browser navigate to https://smpro.iolo.com . When the file has finished downloading, please navigate to your Downloads folder and double-click on the SystemMechanicPro_DM.exe file. The download manager will […]
Date: 03/11/2024| By: Steve Gosset| Categories: Install and Activate Products, System Mechanic
Welcome and we thank you for your interest in System Mechanic! To install the most current version of System Mechanic please click here , or in your browser navigate to https://sm.iolo.com . When the file has finished downloading, please navigate to your Downloads folder and double-click on the SystemMechanicStd_DM.exe file. The download manager will begin […]
Date: 03/13/2024| By: Steve Gosset| Categories: System Mechanic
Disable Checking For Updates To disable automatic checking of System Mechanic updates, select the Settings menu icon at the top of System Mechanic. Expand General Settings , expand Scheduled Task options and uncheck the box labeled Automatically check for iolo software updates . When finished click Exit .
Date: 03/13/2024| By: Steve Gosset| Categories: Install and Activate Products, System Mechanic
As of April 8th, 2014 Microsoft has discontinued support and updates for Windows XP and as of April 11, 2017 Microsoft has discontinued support and updates for Windows Vista . As System Mechanic® advances its core technology to keep pace with the major changes to Windows® beginning with Windows 7, the new software architecture in […]
Date: 03/13/2024| By: Steve Gosset| Categories: System Mechanic
We have found two issues that occur within Microsoft Windows that affect our family of System Mechanic products from properly starting. Primary, is a Windows Update that has corrupted Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), via Windows .Net Framework. Second, a WMI namespace gets unregistered during a Windows Update and needs to be reregistered. STEP 1: Verify […]
Date: 03/13/2024| By: Steve Gosset| Categories: System Mechanic
We have found that Windows Update can sometimes corrupt Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), via Windows .Net Framework, as well as a WMI namespace getting unregistered during and needing to be reregistered. STEP 1: Verify Windows WMI Related The best way to start out verifying if this is WMI related is by simply going to the […]
Date: 03/13/2024| By: Steve Gosset| Categories: System Mechanic
Background processes are necessary for System Mechanic to properly optimize and protect your PC, as well as for keeping your product up to date. To properly disable running tasks, it is highly recommended that they be disabled from within the main product Settings in System Mechanic. Alternatively, System Mechanic tasks can be disabled in Windows […]
Date: 03/13/2024| By: Steve Gosset| Categories: System Mechanic
Windows 10 Fall Creators Update introduced a new security feature named Controlled Folder Access as part of Windows Defender, which helps to protect valuable data. However, in some situations, to allow software to install, it may be necessary to manually whitelist an application or temporarily disable Controlled Folder Access. Temporarily Disable Controlled Folder Access Using […]
Date: 03/19/2024| By: Steve Gosset| Categories: System Mechanic
Many programs written for Windows create temporary files on your hard drive while they are running. These temporary files are supposed to be removed from your hard drive when the program is done, but sometimes programs are sloppy or end unexpectedly and these files are not removed. System Mechanic targets these files and more while […]
Date: 03/18/2024| By: Steve Gosset| Categories: System Mechanic
When activating iolo products, please make sure that you are using the correct product that they Activation Key is meant for and that you are typing the characters correctly, such as 0 (zero) versus O (oh) and the letter I (eye) versus l (L). It is best to use all upper-case so that there is […]
Date: 04/29/2024| By: Steve Gosset| Categories: System Mechanic
Manage your storage with ease by scanning your device, identifying duplicates, and deleting unnecessary files. Note: File De-Duplicator is available with System Mechanic Pro and Ultimate Defense. It is only compatible with 64-bit versions of Windows Open System Mechanic Professional or System Mechanic Ultimate Defense and navigate to Performance and then Toolbox. Select the File […]
Date: 06/27/2024| By: Steve Gosset| Categories: System Mechanic
System Mechanic, System Mechanic Professional, System Mechanic Ultimate Defense, and System Mechanic Business, are only compatible with Windows® x64-based (64-bit) PC’s, and not ARM-based PC's . System Mechanic PC running Windows® 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7 At least 512 MB RAM (optimal 2GB) Approximately 30 MB free hard drive space Internet Explorer 9 or later […]
Date: 03/13/2024| By: Steve Gosset| Categories: System Mechanic
In order to better assist in diagnosing specific product issues, it may be necessary for customer care to request log reports which contain information about your installed product and its behavior on your computer. Please follow the instructions outlined below to send application logging information about your installed product. Windows 7 and newer The log […]
Date: 03/13/2024| By: Steve Gosset| Categories: System Mechanic
In some cases, to better assist in diagnosing specific Windows or software issues, more information about your system is required, such as a system snapshot or product log files. Please follow the steps outlined below to generate, or collect, the necessary information or files for Customer Care to review. Customer Care only requires this data […]
