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The Secure Password and Credit Card Manager You Shouldn’t Be Without

The Secure Password and Credit Card Manager You Shouldn’t Be Without In recent years many of the world’s largest companies have leaked users' personal info, including Sony, Yahoo, Target, Home Depot, eBay, Facebook, WWE Network, Zappos, Everno...

Privacy Guardian Quick Start Guide

Thank You for Choosing Privacy Guardian™ Block access to your sensitive online data, device info and habits. Privacy Guardian thwarts online attempts to gain vast amounts of personal information based on your location, search histor...

Privacy Guardian FAQ

Privacy Guardian FAQ Frequently Asked Questions Getting Started Installation and activation (Privacy Guardian Quick Start Guide) Upgrading from the free to full version Installing the browser extension Accessing Privacy Guard...

What is digital fingerprinting

The Many Ways You’re Being Watched Why You Need Online Privacy Protection with Privacy Guardian In the age of constant connectivity, online privacy and secure browsing are no longer merely nice to have; they are mandatory. Anti-malware softwa...

About Privacy Guardian Browser Extensions

Why Must I Install the Privacy Guardian Browser Extension? Many web browsers—including Chrome, Firefox and Opera—require the use of extensions (aka “add-ons”) for certain types of software to be compatible. Browser extensions add features to...

Kill More Types of Bloatware with System Mechanic

Kill More Types of Bloatware with All-New Super Definitions™ Only in System Mechanic® 17 All-new file classification system empowers iolo’s revolutionary optimization tools As Windows® evolves, one area of increasing concern is that more...

Drive Performance

Optimize Your Hard Drive for a PC That Keeps Up with You iolo Labs recently sought to quantify performance improvements across several different Windows® computers after each had installed System Mechanic®. The full results, categorized by ma...

Privacy Guardian™ Online Privacy Protection

Privacy Guardian™ Online Privacy Protection In the age of constant connectivity, online privacy and secure browsing are no longer merely nice to have; they are mandatory. .article-list li { font-size: 12px !important; mar...

Unleash The Full Power of Your Processor

Unleash The Full Power of Your Processor This is part three in a series describing recent iolo Labs testing to quantify improvements to system performance after optimizing a PC with System Mechanic®. In previous articles, the results across...

Increase Your Internet Download Speed with System Mechanic

Increase Your Internet Download Speed with System Mechanic In this second article in the iolo Labs benchmark series, tests revealed that the internet optimization tool NetBooster® within System Mechanic® improved download speed on a vari...

Boot Faster and Kill Bloatware for Better PC Performance

Boot Faster and Kill Bloatware for Better PC Performance Recent benchmark tests performed by iolo Labs have shown that using the Startup Optimizer™ tool in System Mechanic® can significantly improve PC boot time performance. Over 40 common...

System Mechanic® Performance Benchmarking

System Mechanic® Performance Benchmarking Startup Internet CPU Graphics Drive 89% faster 39% faster downloads 17% improved ...

Get the Most Out of Your PC with the Full Version of System Mechanic

Get the Most Out of Your PC with the Full Version of System Mechanic The chart below compares the full version of System Mechanic® with the free products System Checkup™ and System Mechanic® Free. To fully unlock all of the key PC pe...

Don’t Fear Your PC’s Command Prompt

Don’t Fear Your PC’s Command Prompt Many people use their PCs for years without ever opening the Command Prompt. The Command Prompt, aka Command Line Interface or Command Language Interpreter, is used to type lines of text directly to your ope...

System Mechanic’s New Tune-up Definitions Eliminate the Latest Threats to PC Speed

System Mechanic’s New Tune-up Definitions Eliminate the Latest Threats to PC Speed As the creators of the world’s best-selling Windows® optimization software, System Mechanic®, the engineers at iolo maintain a body of ongoing research ...

How to Set Windows 10 to See Recent Apps

How to Set Windows 10 to See Recent Apps Since the launch of Windows® 10 many users have endured minor skirmishes with it to try and make it behave more like Windows 7. Among the frustrations are the changes to the Start menu, which, although ...

Screentime Overload? Avoid This Increasingly Common Medical Condition

Screentime Overload? Avoid This Increasingly Common Medical Condition We don’t always think to treat our eyes with the same care we might give other body parts, tending to take for granted that they will continue to function normally from day to...

Windows 10 Is No Longer Free—So What Now?

Windows 10 Is No Longer Free—So What Now? Microsoft® has officially ended its offer to upgrade Windows® users to Windows 10 for free. So what happens now? Windows 10 users are good to go If you’ve already upgraded your Windows O...

In Windows 10, What Happened to Multi-Monitor Wallpaper Settings?

In Windows 10, What Happened to Multi-Monitor Wallpaper Settings? Choosing a different wallpaper photo for each of your displays was easy not so long ago, as Windows® 8 allowed this with a simple right-click on images from the Personalization ...

Why You Should Agree to Google’s New Account Features

Why You Should Agree to Google’s New Account Features Recently, Google has introduced changes to Google Account that Chrome users may be reluctant to accept. If you’ve received a message from Google alerting you that “Some new features for y...

New System Mechanic 16 Scans and Repairs Many Times Faster Than Any Prior Version

Dozens of tools and features are now deployed simultaneously...

Avoid the Latest Trick to Get You to Upgrade to Windows 10 by Mistake

Avoid the Latest Trick to Get You to Upgrade to Windows 10 by Mistake Several months ago, Microsoft began presenting the upgrade to Windows® 10 as a “Recommended update.” For the vast majority of Windows users with system updates set to the d...

3 Things to Know How to Do Before a Windows 10 Upgrade

3 Things to Know How to Do Before a Windows 10 Upgrade Before beginning any major OS upgrade such as the move to Windows® 10, you should be prepared for things that could go wrong. Microsoft says that the majority of Windows 10 upgrades occur wit...

Why Does My Computer Boot So Slowly?

Why Does My Computer Boot So Slowly? If it seems that your computer takes longer and longer to boot the older it gets, that's because it has likely accumulated bloatware over time that launches at start up whether you mean for it to or not. Many p...

How to speed up your hard drive

System Mechanic® Top Speed Tip #5: Speed Up Your Hard Drive Almost everything you do on your PC causes data to be written to the hard drive, and this data scatters into fragments that downgrade performance Here's how: Always be...

Fight Slowdown with These PC Performance Tools

Fight Slowdown with These PC Performance Tools Without regular maintenance, your Windows® computer will inevitably slow down over time. Though degradation is a naturally occurring fact with regular, everyday PC use, it is entirely preventable....

Useful PC Clean Out Tips

Useful PC Clean Out Tips Delete unused, old or duplicate files, emails, email addresses, bookmarks and favorites. With System Mechanic’s Junk File Finder, Privacy Cleaner and PC Cleanup tools, you can recover a lot o...

A Fresh Start to Your PC

Clean Out Your Computer Day Originally sponsored by Institute for Business Technology and in existence since at least 2000, Clean Out Your Computer Day falls on the second Monday in February. As increasing amounts of time are wasted in work pla...

The Bandwidth-Hogging Windows Feature You Need to Disable

The Bandwidth-Hogging Windows Feature You Need to Disable Just as Windows® 10 users have been surprised and alarmed by the aggressive data sharing covertly occurring between their PCs and Microsoft, cybersecurity and other tech sites across th...

How to Use Picture Passwords in Windows 10

How to Use Picture Passwords in Windows 10 If you’d rather not type or remember a complicated string of letters and numbers every time you want to log onto your PC or tablet, Windows® 10 lets you instead set up a simple pattern you can draw ...

How to use Startup Optimizer

System Mechanic® Top Speed Tip #3: Ask the Audience Power in Numbers: Harness the power of millions of System Mechanic users to rev up boot speed using iolo’s exclusive Guided Recommendations Here's how: Always begin by click...

How to use PC TotalCare

System Mechanic® Top Speed Tip #2: Wake up to a fresh PC Set up a deep computer optimization before you go to sleep, and have System Mechanic finish up by turning off your PC when it's done Here's how: Start System Mechanic and...

How to use Program Accelerator

System Mechanic® Top Speed Tip #1: Re-align for Reliability Go deep with System Mechanic's Program Accelerator for maximum responsiveness and long-lasting reliability. Here's how: Important: This ultra-deep optimization may take ...

Malware: What Happens After MY PC is Infected?

Malware: What Happens After MY PC is Infected? The top challenge to web security, according to the cybersecurity firm Cyren, is the use of multiple devices, which create numerous entry points for malware to enter your life. Our desktops, laptops, ...

It’s Time to Take Ransomware Seriously

It’s Time to Take Ransomware Seriously A recent internet security threat report has found that ransomware attacks have grown by 113 percent in the past two years. There are three main types of ransomware: Phony antivirus software that...

System Mechanic 15.5 Wins PC Magazine  Editors’ Choice Award

System Mechanic 15.5 Wins PC Magazine  Editors’ Choice Award Recent critical testing at PC Magazine Labs has found that the  best way to supercharge your PC is with System Mechanic: "If your PC isn't booting or loading applicatio...

PowerSense Boosts System Speed Automatically When You Need It

PowerSense Boosts System Speed Automatically When You Need It Today’s high-demand computing situations call for the right system resources to be there for the specific task at hand, whether that’s gaming, streaming, downloading, rendering, p...

3 Easy Ways to Fight PC Clutter and Slowdown

3 Easy Ways to Fight PC Clutter and Slowdown In Increase the Short Lifespan of the Average PC, we discussed what can go wrong with a PC, especially without regular system maintenance, even if you are running the newest version of Windows®. ...

Increase the Short Lifespan of the Average PC

Increase the Short Lifespan of the Average PC The statistics website Statista.com, which aggregates data from over 18,000 sources to provide accurate information on a variety of topics, has found that the average life of a desktop PC is just ove...

Turning Off Cortana

Turning Off Cortana Here’s how to keep the nosy Windows 10 assistant from sharing your info with Microsoft Legions of Windows® 10 users have already discovered the wide array of aggressive new telemetry services that Microsoft employs tha...

New System Mechanic 15.5 Offers Enhanced Privacy Protection

New System Mechanic 15.5 Offers Enhanced Privacy Protection Windows 10 users may now surrender far less personal data to Microsoft As we unpacked in detail here, the launch of Windows® 10 marks the introduction of several data collection an...

How to Disable the New Compulsory Upgrade to Windows 10

How to Disable the New Compulsory Upgrade to Windows 10 To the dismay of many Windows users who value great control over their computing experience—including that very personal matter of which operating system you champion—Microsoft has announ...

Three New Privacy Concerns with Windows 10

Three New Privacy Concerns with Windows 10 Six months in from its initial launch, there's little doubt that Windows® 10 offers many great features that cement its reputation as the OS upgrade users have been waiting for since Windows 7. ...

System Mechanic 15 Offers a New Look and Tools for Windows 10

System Mechanic 15 Offers a New Look and Tools for Windows 10 The easiest version to use ever, System Mechanic® 15 is the first version release in years that proudly features a major interface redesign, including a modernized appearance, l...

How to Keep Windows 10 Running Like New

How to Keep Windows 10 Running Like New According to Microsoft, as of January 2016, Windows® 10 has now been installed on over 200 million machines. With it’s enhanced, fully customizable Start menu, Cortana digital assistant, and new, comp...

Two Easy Ways to Take PC Productivity to the Next Level

Two Easy Ways to Take PC Productivity to the Next Level If you’re a PC user interested in maximizing efficiency and speed—whether tackling tasks at the office or taking on projects at home—consider adding two powerful technologies to your re...

PC Lag After Windows® 10 Upgrade? Try Adjusting Pagefile

PC Lag After Windows® 10 Upgrade? Try Adjusting Pagefile After upgrading an OS to Windows® 10, many PC users report noticeable system lag that had not been there previously. Hiccups, stutters, freezes and crashes can become more...

This Trick Will Extend Your Laptop Battery Life

This Trick Will Extend Your Laptop Battery Life It is the bugbear of every laptop user sooner or later: dwindling battery life when you can’t get to a power outlet. But now there’s an easy way to increase your battery power by up to two hour...

Microsoft Ends Windows 8 Support—What This Means and How to Keep Your PC Secure

An upgrade to a newer version of Windows is strongly recommended.

Windows 10 Cortana Setup Made Easy

Windows® 10 Cortana Setup Made Easy Previously we looked at how voice activated commands have arrived fully into their own as a useful tool to increase productivity. Users who have upgraded their PCs to Windows 10 may still have questions abou...

Must-Know Windows Keyboard Shortcuts for Win 10, 8 and 7

Must-Know Windows Keyboard Shortcuts for Win 10, 8 and 7 When it comes to keyboard shortcuts within the Windows OS, the Windows key (represented as “Win” below) is the basic key that, combined with countless letter and other keys, can call up...

Three Easy Ways to Take PC Productivity to the Next Level

Three Easy Ways to Take PC Productivity to the Next Level If you’re a PC user interested in maximizing efficiency and speed—whether tackling tasks at the office or taking on projects at home—consider adding two powerful technologies to your ...

Microsoft Reduces Cloud Storage

Microsoft Reduces Cloud Storage Time to get rid of unwanted files Microsoft announced on 11/2 that it will reduce OneDrive storage, affecting both free subscribers and Office 365 users. Office 365 is the paid service for accessing Office apps ...

Put an End to PC Privacy Leaks

Put an End to PC Privacy Leaks It’s no secret that as much as we rely on the digital world to help us organize and navigate through our personal lives, these very activities leave digital footprints that can compromise the same data we wish to b...

Revisit Your Router to Boost Wi-Fi

Revisit Your Router to Boost Wi-Fi Is your router outdated? If your home broadband is sketchy—suffering stutters or dropped frames while streaming video or playing online games—the first place to look is your router. Technology has evol...

Almost 1 Million New Malware Threats Are Released Daily

Almost 1 Million New Malware Threats Are Released Daily Here’s how to help protect your computer from them The latest reports from cybersecurity teams at Verizon and Symantec reveal that an astonishing number of new malware threats are rele...

Beyond AVs, What YOU Can Do to Keep Your PC Safe

Beyond AVs, What YOU Can Do to Keep Your PC Safe “Defense in depth” is a concept in malware protection that enhances PC security by relying on many different strategies. A great deal of the defense is naturally embedded in your PC’s antiviru...

Is Your AV Relying On a Single Engine?

Is Your AV Relying On a Single Engine? Dual-Engine AVs Best Choice to Keep Out Malware As cyberattacks continue to become more sophisticated, it’s critical to ensure your antivirus/anti-malware solution provides your computer with the best fort...

Windows 10 is Coming Soon

System Mechanic 14.6 is coming with newly-enhanced tools to help you make the most of Windows 7, 8, and 10.

Adjust Windows Default Settings for a Faster Computer

Adjust Windows Default Settings for a Faster Computer Windows users may not be aware that their machines are configured by default to strike a balance between raw speed and power conservation. The result can lead to compromised system perfor...

Easily Install System Mechanic on Multiple PCs

Easily Install System Mechanic on Multiple PCs System Mechanic offers a free Whole Home License® which entitles you to use the same service account for as many PCs in your household as you wish. Now System Mechanic has made it easier than e...

AFK? PowerSense Helps Save Your Battery

AFK? PowerSense Helps Save Your Battery For times when your priority is a long-lasting laptop battery, PowerSense can trigger Windows Power saver automatically after your PC is idle for an interval of time that you specify. To enable this fu...

Create Your Own PowerSense Modes

Create Your Own PowerSense Modes Variations of PowerSense™ Ultra Performance and Endurance modes are built into LiveBoost, suited specifically to editing, gaming, graphic design and other activities that demand different degrees of system ...

Changing PowerSense Modes Manually

Changing PowerSense Modes Manually PowerSense modes trigger whenever you launch a trigger app such as a video editing program or gaming client. Occasionally you may wish to manually switch PowerSense modes without relying on a specific progr...

More Computer Speed Awaits with Windows Power Switching

More Computer Speed Awaits with Windows Power Switching How to Adjust Settings in Real Time for Maximum Performance Windows defaults your computer’s power plan to a “Balanced” setting. This means it tries to conserve power without c...

Enabling Sound FX When PowerSense Switches Modes

Enabling Sound FX When PowerSense Switches Modes LiveBoost can be set to play distinct sounds that let you know when your power settings have changed to one of the seven built-in modes, as well as any custom modes you create. To enable this ...

Disabling and Re-enabling the System Tray Icon

Disabling and Re-enabling the System Tray Icon There are three ways to hide the LiveBoost tray icon, though this will inhibit easy access to PowerSense modes and other functionality. This tip will also show you how to re-enable the icon once...

Using LiveBoost Desktop Controls

Using LiveBoost Desktop Controls This tip explores the functions available right from your desktop by clicking the LiveBoost system tray icon. On the lower right of the Windows system tray, click the colored box with a wh...

Finding Your Way Around in LiveBoost

Finding Your Way Around in LiveBoost LiveBoost has been fully integrated into System Mechanic. To better access the various settings to help maximize processor, RAM and hard disk performance, let’s explore the four main tabs within the Liv...

Saving and Recalling Custom NetBooster Profiles

Saving and Recalling Custom NetBooster Profiles NetBooster’s Advanced Internet Settings menu lets you easily take a “snapshot” of your current Internet configuration for recall at any time later. For example, you can toggle between netwo...

Four Ways to Restore Previous NetBooster Settings

Four Ways to Restore Previous NetBooster Settings On occasion you may experiment with NetBooster’s many Advanced Internet Settings, only to find you want to revert to prior settings. To reset your Internet configuration by selecting from...

Adjust Underperforming TCP/IP settings with NetBooster’s Manual Features

Adjust Underperforming TCP/IP settings with NetBooster’s Manual Features Advanced users, easily edit over a dozen Windows Internet settings to fine tune specifically for gaming, large file transfer, and just about everything in between. ...

5 Ways to Improve Internet Speed on a Windows Computer

5 Ways to Improve Internet Speed on a Windows Computer System Mechanic’s NetBooster Optimizes Hidden Settings Maximizing your Internet speed is a crucial step in the quest for a faster computing experience, and one of ever increasing imp...

Computer System Cleaner Secrets You Should Know

Computer System Cleaner Secrets You Should Know The technology inside your desktop or laptop computer is far more powerful than those cutting edge room-sized computers of 30 years ago that were run by serious-looking men in white smocks. A system ...

3 Common System Repair Mistakes Most Pros Avoid

3 Common System Repair Mistakes Most Pros Avoid Mistake #1: Assuming system repair involves reinstalling or upgrading the operating system Urk! Your PC is crashing or slowing down or downright...glitchy, and you've just hurled a few choice words...

ActiveCare: A Pit Crew in Every PC

ActiveCare: A Pit Crew in Every PC Automated, Easy and Effective PC Optimization System Mechanic’s first level of performance optimization is ActiveCare®, a series of processes that run whenever your PC is idle. ActiveCare repa...

System Mechanic: The Automatic Approach to PC Health and Speed

System Mechanic Delivers a PC Customized to Your Needs Discover the Two-Tiered Approach to PC Health and Speed A performance solution that’s ever-vigilant Only the automated technology within System Mechanic® keeps your PC error-free ...

Open the Door to the Full Potential of System Mechanic

Open the Door to the Full Potential of System Mechanic© Discover hundreds of features the Help Files can put at your fingertips One of System Mechanic’s most sophisticated and industry-respected features is something customer...

Clearing the cache is not enough: Erase the trail of personal and confidential activities for good

Leave no stone unturned to maintain privacy. Erase the trail of your sensitive PC activities with Privacy Cleaner.

Cluttered PC? Optimize with PC Cleanup

PC clutter can waste drive space and impact performance - clean it up with iolo technologies' System Mechanic.

What are "device drivers" and how do they affect the performance of PCs?

Outdated device drivers can impact PC performance – and the overall stability of the entire operating system.

Identifying and eliminating redundant and unnecessary programs

Redundant and unnecessary files can create a number of performance problems, not only causing the computer to carry out needless functions multiple times, but dragging down the speed and operability of the machine as a result of it working harder to support these redundant files.

3 Key Steps You Can Take to Prevent a Malware Attack

In the realm of cybersecurity, you can never be too prepared.

PC Health Made Easy

Get the most out of the patented technology designed to deliver optimal stability and responsiveness to your PC.

Spring Cleaning for Your PC

Your hardware, apps and hard drive could do with some spring cleaning.

3 Ways to Help Keep Your Data Secure

Using three key features within System Mechanic Pro to their full advantage can help you keep your data secure.

5 Musts to Help Secure Your Windows OS

Making sure existing security patches and driver updates are current is the first step toward adequately protecting your PC.

You can’t do the “impossible” without breaking a few myths

Experience a new level of PC responsiveness that keeps up with your needs, even during heavy multitasking efforts.

Survive the XPocalypse with System Mechanic

Microsoft® support for the Windows® XP operating system is ending. Get tips to help keep your PC secure and reliable.

A First Timer's Manual for Setting Up Windows 8.1

Here's a quick rundown of the first steps you should take to optimize Windows 8.1 performance.

Configuring Your Child's First PC

Here is how to outfit a PC to be kid- and teen-friendly.

Making the Jump From Mac to Windows

It isn't hard to switch from a Mac to a Windows PC with the right tools.

Adaptive System Protection the Only Way to Evade Malware

Advanced persistent threats are everywhere, and many override many traditional means of preventing them.

Free RAM and Disk Space for Maximum PC Speed

Users may wonder how to get the most out of things like a computer's memory.

4 Simple Tips for a Safer PC Experience

A protected PC is possible if you follow some basic computing practices.

6 Useful Windows Apps You Should Download

We have compiled some of the most useful downloadable applications for Windows PCs

PC Viruses Present Risks to Variety of Businesses

Managers can plan for any situation and incorporate software that will protect their machines from threats.

What’s new in System Mechanic PC Total Care

What’s new in System Mechanic PC Total Care System Mechanic PC Total Care continues to push the boundaries of what your PC can do for you. Exceptional improvements to LiveBoost™ real-time responsiveness technology deliver a more agile machine ...

What's new in System Mechanic Pro

What's new in System Mechanic Pro System Mechanic Pro continues to push the boundaries of what your PC can do for you. Exceptional improvements to LiveBoost™ real-time responsiveness technology deliver a more agile machine that’s tuned even be...

What's new in System Mechanic

System Mechanic continues to push the boundaries of what your PC can do for you.

3 Easy Ways to Speed up Computer Processes

There are easy ways to clean your computer and ensure that it always runs optimally.

Bad Habits to Avoid On PCs

Computer viruses are a fact of life, but user behavior makes a big difference.

PC Users Should Lock Down Email Accounts

One of the most common ways hackers get into a PC is through email.

Creating Data Backups Smart for PC Owners

Computer owners should always back up any important data.

Most People Unaware of Public Wi-Fi Dangers

Wi-Fi hot spots are often far less secure than many realize.

PC users wasting more than 5 days a year on slow computers

Nothing can be more frustrating that than having a slow computer for days on end.

Upgraded software, computer parts boost PC performance

Owners must ensure their hardware is able to function and keep up with computing demands.

iolo News Articles

iolo News Articles What's new in System Mechanic 12.7 System Mechanic 12.7 continues to push the boundaries of what your PC can do for you. Read more... Wi-Fi Security an Issue with Travelers, Holiday Shoppers Public Wi-Fi hotspots are...

Wi-Fi Security an Issue with Travelers, Holiday Shoppers

Wi-Fi hotspots make it easy to connect on the go, but also for hackers to steak info…

What’s new in System Mechanic PC Total Care 12.5

What’s new in System Mechanic PC Total Care 12.5 System Mechanic PC Total Care 12.5 represents a new direction in computer performance that begins where optimization leaves off. Just imagine what you could accomplish if your PC responded at the ...

What's new in System Mechanic 12.5 Pro

What's new in System Mechanic 12.5 Pro System Mechanic 12.5 Pro represents a new direction in computer performance that begins where optimization leaves off. Just imagine what you could accomplish if your PC responded at the speed of your thoughts...

What's new in System Mechanic 12.5

New System Mechanic 12.5 represents a new direction in computer performance.

Why Small Businesses Often Need Outside Security Help

Small businesses can utilize protective tools in order to safeguard their data.

Making Secure Passwords Essential for a Clean PC

Hacking is an everyday phenomenon that can affect PC users as much as big businesses.

How to Keep Your PC Fast and Healthy

PCs require intelligent automated solutions to ensure performance runs at optimal capacity.

4 Things Most People Don't Know About Their PCs

Here are a few simple, proactive steps you can take that may significantly extend the life of your PC.

4 Quick and Easy Ways to Customize Your PC to Your Needs

As user needs change and develop, there are many ways to maintain optimal PC performance.

The evolution of PC performance

The Evolution of PC Performance As computers got more powerful and personal, their use expanded beyond enthusiasts to the many people who simply wanted to access the amazing productivity and entertainment computers offered. System Mechanic was b...

iolo: 15 Years of Defining the Possible by Doing the Impossible

iolo founder assures us as modern computing evolves, so will iolo’s proven technologies.

Inside iolo Labs: Tests, Trials and Technology

iolo's lead researcher gives you a peek at some of the current projects at iolo Labs.

6 Quick Tips for Better Digital Privacy

Digital privacy can be tricky, but there are a ways users can reduce online vulnerability.

How to Improve Cybersecurity Efforts

Many companies need to institute organizational changes in order to better fortify themselves in the face of today's cybersecurity challenges.

Viruses, Malware and Spyware: Comparisons and Contrasts

Knowing the differences between malware, viruses and spyware can help users better understand the ways they could be at risk from each of these malicious elements.

The Problem Your Clogged PC

The Problem: Your "Clogged" PC As a rule, the more programs you’ve installed, the more work your PC has to do—and installing multiple programs that run the same functions needlessly adds to this burden. But with certain redundant programs, the p...

Why You Need Daily Computer Maintenance

Daily maintenance is the only way to optimize PC performance and health in the long term.

How to Keep Solid State Drives Healthy and Functional

Solid state drives can offer substantial benefits to PC performance, but users must understand the potential pitfalls of these storage devices.

The Case of the Disappearing IT Department

As IT departments' roles change or evolve due to new technology trends, businesses may find themselves with reduced security or PC performance.

Does Your Operating System Manage Itself?

The operating system is able to do many tasks on its own, but there are some instances in which intervention may be necessary to clean up the computer and optimize its functionality.

Tips to Really Power Up Your PC with System Mechanic's PowerTools

In addition to 50+ tools, System Mechanic comes equipped with all-in-one PowerTools.

How Cloud Computing Improves IT Asset Management and Security

The cloud can help lower the costs and requirements of IT asset management.

Why Does My PC Start Up Slowly?

What does it mean when a computer is slow during startup?

Why Your Company Needs Network Level Disk Defragmentation

As data storage and sharing needs get increasingly complex, an organization's network can suffer from the same sorts of fragmentation problems that plague individual PCs.

What IT Pros Fear Most After a Data Breach

IT professionals cited the increased workload brought on by mitigating information exposure and repairing compromised systems as their main concern following a data breach.

Malicious Insiders Threaten More Than PC Performance

While many businesses occupy themselves with stopping external cyberthreats, they could be leaving themselves open to internal data leaks.

Solve PC Problems with Surgical Precision

Solve PC Problems with Surgical Precision A breakthrough visual approach to resolving stubborn glitches Ever been plagued by bizarre PC errors that seem to originate from nowhere? Many computer users expect the most from their PCs but are of...

Tips to Optimize Your PC’s Internet Connection Settings

Tips to Optimize Your PC’s Internet Settings Give your internet connection settings a fine tune for a speed boost Ever notice slow movie downloads or spottiness when surfing the net? That’s because the internet connection you have may not be ...

Whats Going On in Your PCs Control Tower

Weird Glitches, Mysterious Hiccups and Bizzare Messages: What's Going On in Your PC's "Control Tower"? Imagine an air traffic controller trying to be efficient with inaccurate data. Because airport reliability is utterly dependent upon tightly s...

Preventive Care Tips for Keeping Your PC Healthy

Preventive Care Tips for Keeping Your PC Healthy An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but keeping your PC healthy can be a little more complicated. These days most of us try to be proactive about our health: We take vitamins, brush our teeth, ...

Rising IT Asset Costs and What They Mean to Your Small Business

IT asset management has become much more difficult in the digital age as IT pros struggle to balance next-level technological innovation with cost-effectiveness.

The Paperless Office: Problem or Paradise?

Many IT pros and tech savvy businesses are championing the paperless office, but there are implicit risks that must be accounted for when phasing out paper.

Hackers Attack Email with More Sophisticated Techniques

Hackers are utilizing nuanced spam techniques to gain access to user credentials and make their illicit activity much harder to detect.

4 Ways to Prevent Disk Errors

A disk error can strike at any time and have potentially calamitous effects on your PC, but there are some ways that you can arm yourself against them.

3 Myths That Can Bring Down Your PC

3 Myths That Can Bring Down Your PC PCs today are amazingly easy to use and practically run themselves. However, there are some persistent myths about PC operation and you shouldn’t let them fool you. Myth 1: “A PC is at its fastest and mos...

Small Business Productivity & Security Compromised by PC Problems

Small business owners that want to eliminate slow computer problems and protect their systems against cyberattacks should employ programs such as System Mechanic Business that provide comprehensive system protection from a range of problems.

Maintaining PC Security and Performance on Public Wi-Fi

Public Wi-Fi hotspots are convenient, but they can also be harmful to future PC performance unless users are proactive about their computer security

Many Companies Lack Data Breach Awareness

Data breach awareness is a blind spot for many organizations even though leaked information can lead to many problems.

What You Need to Know About Memory

Memory management is essential to a healthy computer ecosystem, but over time, memory leaks can cause a host of negative effects for computer performance and security.

What's new in System Mechanic PC Total Care 12

What's new in System Mechanic PC Total Care 12 iolo is continually developing breakthrough technology to keep your computer running at its full potential. System Mechanic PC Total Care 12 propels PC performance and stability to new heights with a ...

What's new in System Mechanic 12 Pro

What's new in System Mechanic 12 Pro iolo is continually developing breakthrough technology to keep your computer running at its full potential. System Mechanic 12 propels PC performance and stability to new heights with a combination of patented ...

What's new in System Mechanic 12

What's new in System Mechanic 12 iolo is continually developing breakthrough technology to keep your computer running at its full potential. System Mechanic 12 propels PC performance and stability to new heights with a combination of patented tech...

Data Mismanagement Can Leave SMBs Vulnerable

Mismanaged data can present many potential issues for information security and functionality at small- and medium-sized businesses.

5 Ways to Extend Battery Life

User habits can contribute to the accelerated decline of battery life and reduced PC performance.

6 Tips for Taking Care of Your Files

Tips for Taking Care of Your Files Keep your files in check, and your PC will thank you The files within your PC are a lot like the appliances in your house: the more you use them, the more they need attention–-such as cleaning, wiping, and org...

Human Error Leading Source of Data Breaches

Preventable human and system errors were responsible for two-thirds of data breaches in 2012. User ignorance was the reason for most of these errors.

5 Tips for Reviving Your Drives

5 Tips for Reviving Your Drives How you can keep your drives healthy and always ready for action The thing about your hard drive is, it works hard but it's not always forthcoming when it has problems. In fact, your hard drive may start acting up ...

Call Off The Tow Trucks - AcceleWrite is Here

Real-time performance enhancer works deep to prevent fragmentation and allows optimized file organization on your drive.

4 Tips to Keep Your PC Security and Privacy in Check

4 Tips to Keep Your PC Security and Privacy in Check PC protection is just a few clicks away with System Mechanic Here's something you might not want to hear: most PCs are vulnerable to security attacks. Even PCs kitted out with serious anti-malw...

Is Program Misalignment on Your PC’s Menu?

Is Program Misalignment on Your PC's Menu? The Elephant in the Kitchen Imagine you are the head chef of a big kitchen in a popular restaurant. During the dinnertime crunch, the line cooks get hammered as the demand for meals increases. Po...

Maintenance Behind-the-scenes & IT Help Desk Issues

Automatically keep your PC running like new Are you stuck in the “I’ll fix it when it breaks” PC maintenance and help desk cycle? With our patented ActiveCare® technology, System Mechanic Business can fully automate over 50 maintenance ta...

Avoid the Cost of Replacing PCs- System Mechanic Business

Are You Replacing PCs Prematurely? Many businesses mistakenly replace or upgrade PCs too early: When installing new software that runs too slowly After an arbitrary “lifecycle” period When staff rationalize about the impact on productivi...

Network Install - System Mechanic Business

Deploy Network-Wide Repairs Can you use System Mechanic Business to fix and repair all of your company's computers at once? The Network Deployment Tool in System Mechanic Business allows you to configure ActiveCare® to run automatic repairs on eac...

System Mechanic Business Screenshots

Screenshots - System Mechanic Business Overview IntelliStatus Automated Tasks All-in-one Tools Individual Tools History ...

System Requirements for System Mechanic Business

System Requirements for System Mechanic Business File Size: PC running Approx...

5 Tips for Keeping Your PC at Peak Performance

5 Tips for Keeping Your PC at Peak Performance Life with your PC is optimized with System Mechanic It might not always be at the top of your list of things to do, but keeping your PC running smoothly and at peak performance is something we should...

Restoring Your PC to “Like New” Performance

Restoring Your PC to “Like New” Performance When you first start up a new computer, performance can certainly seem dazzling, especially compared to your old PC. But over time you may notice everything getting a bit slower. Actually, perform...

The Vital Importance of a Fast, Healthy Hard Drive

The Vital Importance of a Fast, Healthy Hard Drive To some, the hard drive, while important, is just another element of a computer along with memory, processors and peripherals. But factually, hard drive health and performance affects every elemen...

10 Speed Tips for Maximizing Your PC Experience

10 Speed Tips for Maximizing Your PC Experience Life with your PC made easy with System Mechanic The mysterious and sometimes complicated PC—unless you’re an expert on each and every component under the hood, it’s easy to get stuck with slo...

5 Myths to Avoid When Purchasing and Maintaining Your New PC

5 Myths to Avoid When Purchasing and Maintaining Your New PC Buying a new PC can be an exhilarating experience and the beginning a great relationship. But it can be easy to get misled by “everyone knows” opinions -- ones that don't bear out in...

What's new in System Mechanic PC Total Care 11.7

iolo is continually developing and innovating tools necessary to keep your computer running at its full potential. System Mechanic PC Total Care 11.7 breaks new ground with a combination of patented technology, expanded controls and enhanced intelligence that can advance your computer’s operation beyond even the toughest performance barriers.

What's new in System Mechanic 11.7 Pro

iolo is continually developing and innovating tools necessary to keep your computer running at its full potential. System Mechanic 11.7 Pro breaks new ground with a combination of patented technology, expanded controls and enhanced intelligence that can advance your computer’s operation beyond even the toughest performance barriers.

What's new in System Mechanic 11.7

iolo is continually developing and innovating tools necessary to keep your computer running at its full potential.

Android slowdown? Here’s iolo’s new app to speed things up.

Android slowdown? Here's iolo's new app to speed things up. Smart phones and tablets are one of the most rapidly growing markets in consumer technology. Their compact size and powerful efficiencies encompass many of our lifestyle activities. It's ha...

Mastering Windows 8: Where'd My Gadgets Go?

Mastering Windows 8: Where'd My Gadgets Go? How to deal with the shift from desktop gadgets to Windows 8 Apps If you're a user of Windows 7 or Vista, you may have been in for a surprise when you first started new Windows 8. Instead of traditional...

Mastering Windows 8: Ten Must-Use Keyboard Shortcuts

How using the right keyboard shortcuts can make your Windows 8 experience smoother and faster.

Mastering Windows 8: Eight Simple Ways to Make it Work Your Way

For more than a quarter of a century, Microsoft's Windows operating system has defined the PC user's computing experience. Windows 8 continues this tradition with an amphibious approach designed to seamlessly bridge the worlds of type and touch that spans everything from desktops and laptops to tablets and smartphones.

Collective Intelligence: What it is, why it matters, and how iolo revolutionized it.

iolo is continually developing and innovating tools necessary to keep your computer running at its full potential.

What's new in System Mechanic PC Total Care 11.5

iolo is continually developing and innovating tools necessary to keep your computer running at its full potential. System Mechanic PC Total Care 11.5 breaks new ground with a combination of patented technology, expanded controls and enhanced intelligence that can advance your computer’s operation beyond even the toughest performance barriers.

What's new in System Mechanic 11.5 Pro

iolo is continually developing and innovating tools necessary to keep your computer running at its full potential. System Mechanic 11.5 Pro breaks new ground with a combination of patented technology, expanded controls and enhanced intelligence that can advance your computer’s operation beyond even the toughest performance barriers.

What's new in System Mechanic 11.5

iolo is continually developing and innovating tools necessary to keep your computer running at its full potential.

Mastering Windows 8: The System Mechanic® Advantage

How System Mechanic works with Win 8 to take PC optimization to a whole new level.

Mastering Windows 8: Where’s My Start Button?

How to cope with "start button panic".

Protect personal data and confidential activity with military-grade security

Virtually everything you do on a PC is stored in activity logs or leaves a trail, even long after it's been "cleared."

Fix errors, crashes and freezes

System Mechanic safely repairs errors and fragmentation, cleans out clutter, and tunes up your PC, so it runs smoothly, reliably, and up to 300% faster.

Clean out system-clogging clutter with PC Cleanup

System Mechanic cleans up Windows

Boost speed with System Mechanic ...and enjoy that new PC feeling again!

You don't have to be an expert - it's easy to let System Mechanic automatically performs a 229-point diagnostic computer inspection in just a few minutes using over 50 tools to uncover why your PC is running so slowly. Here's a quick look at the dashboard:

More than 50 performance features at your service

System Mechanic comes with more than 50 tools and functions, each designed to restore speed for all major root causes of PC slowdown.

System Mechanic - Frequently Asked Questions

Q. What is the difference between System Mechanic and System Mechanic Professional?

Thanks for being a part of the System Mechanic family

We realize you have choices in the software you use, and we appreciate your support.

IntelliStatus®: Easy access to the heartbeat of your PC

Understand and manage aspects of your PC that affect performance.

System Mechanic® gives you more PC performance

Repairs registry problems...

System Mechanic PC TotalCare Screenshots

System Mechanic Pro Screenshots

Get 4 award-winning products in a complete suite

Fix and speed up your PC

System Mechanic Screenshots

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Watch PC TotalCare in action

Learn how to clean and optimize Windows startup processing. Remove unneeded bottlenecks and accelerate PC speed and more...

Watch System Mechanic Professional in action

Learn how to clean and optimize Windows startup processing. Remove unneeded bottlenecks and accelerate PC speed and more...

Watch System Mechanic in action

Learn how to clean and optimize Windows startup processing and more...

What's new in System Mechanic 11 Pro

iolo is continually developing and innovating tools necessary to keep your computer running at its full potential. System Mechanic 11 Pro breaks new ground with a combination of patented technology, expanded controls and enhanced intelligence that can advance your computer’s operation beyond even the toughest performance barriers.

What's new in System Mechanic 11

iolo is continually developing and innovating tools necessary to keep your computer running at its full potential. System Mechanic 11 breaks new ground with a combination of patented technology, expanded controls and enhanced intelligence that can advance your computer’s operation beyond even the toughest performance barriers.

Can Your PC Start Up Faster?

Age related slow down is a myth.

System Mechanic Tips for Novices and Experts

As so many iolo customers have confirmed, it doesn't matter if you're a whiz or know very little about what goes on inside a computer, System Mechanic provides major performance benefits you couldn't get any other way.

Is your PC prepared for disaster?

Keep your computer safe, secure, and sustainable.

Making the world a greener place, one PC at a time

You might think that one person can't make a difference in the world, but it's important to know that making even small changes to your everyday habits—like not using any electricity for just one hour—can have a big impact.

DIY Computer Tips: Rev Up Your RAM

Instantly improve PC speed with an easy memory upgrade

System Mechanic and Windows 8

An iolo Labs™ sneak preview

Fall in love with your PC all over again

8 ways System Mechanic® will rekindle your romance.

8 ways to unleash the gaming rig inside your PC

Your home computer may be used for many things, but nothing reveals its performance deficiencies like modern 3D games.

Faster than a new PC

Even new computers need performance optimization. Here's why.

Healthy habits to boost PC speed and performance

Check your PC regularly for unseen errors and clutter to keep it in peak condition.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle...Computers

Whether you're giving away (or receiving) a used computer, System Mechanic Pro will help you securely recycle and refurbish any PC.

9 Tips for Safe Online Shopping

Protect yourself from identity thieves and other online retail scams.

The Top 5 Myths About PC Slowdown

One of the most common and perplexing issues that confront PC users of all types is why their computers seem to slow down noticeably after only a few years of use.

The Alluring New Solid State Drives (SSDs)

Will this lightning-fast storage make your hard drive obsolete?

What's new in System Mechanic 10.8 Pro®

Latest version update includes Windows 8 compatible upgrades and enhancements.

What's new in System Mechanic® 10.8

Latest version update includes Windows 8 compatible upgrades and enhancements.

Dig Deeper Into Your PC: Understanding Device Drivers

Learn about the critical files that keep your PC components playing nicely together.

Tips and Tricks for your Favorite Apps

Often, the programs and apps that we use and rely on every day have handy features, fast shortcuts, and hidden tricks that we don't even know about.

4 Easy Ways to Keep Your Data at Your Fingertips

Now it's more convenient than ever to get your most important files whenever you need them

6 Tips for Cleaning Up and Organizing Your PC

Find files faster and start working more efficiently with a well-ordered PC

No Computer Left Behind

iolo's breakthrough Whole Home License® allows product use on all of your home PCs.

How To Avoid Dinner-Table Tech Support

Are you the go-to-geek when it comes to solving all your friends' and relatives' PC woes? Save yourself some time with System Mechanic.

Introducing System Mechanic® 10

iolo technologies is proud to introduce the most powerful and effective version of System Mechanic ever created.

Welcome to System Mechanic®

In System Mechanic, more than 50 components work together to boost your PC's performance: you can diagnose and fix errors, clean out clutter, adjust settings to accelerate speeds, remove dangerous files, and more—all from one easy-to-use interface.

Introducing System Mechanic® 10 Professional

The Most Advanced Approach to Maximum PC Performance

The Root Causes of PC Slowdowns

Most of us have noticed that the longer we use our computers, the slower they get. In fact, the problem is so common that people assume it's unavoidable and just part of a natural "aging process" of PCs.

Security Spotlight: A Closer Look at Spyware

Part of iolo's ongoing series exposing malicious software

10 ways to energize your laptop

For many of us, laptops are an indispensable part of our lives. They travel with us to school, to work, and even on vacation, giving us immediate access to the internet and our files wherever we are.

Stopping Spam

Spam—the electronic "junk mail" that finds its way into our email inboxes every day—needs little introduction.

Make the most of high-speed internet

Optimize internet speed and performance with these 10 steps

Letting go of computer clutter

Over time, we have a tendency to build up a lot of digital clutter—all of those programs, documents, photos, and music files that we've installed and saved on our computers over the years.

Eco-friendly Tips for Your Computer

These days, many of us are looking for ways to conserve energy, both to help the environment and to save some cash: buying energy-efficient light bulbs and appliances, adjusting the thermostat, and trying to "reduce, reuse and recycle" where we can.

Security Spotlight: A Closer Look at Malicious Keyloggers

With iolo's Security Spotlight series, you can read about the various malicious programs that infect computers, destroy data and steal personal information, and get some valuable pointers on how to protect yourself.

Security Spotlight: A Closer Look at Malicious Trojans

With iolo's Security Spotlight series, you can read about the various malicious programs that infect computers, destroy data, and steal personal information, and get some valuable pointers on how to protect yourself.

Don't Fall for the Latest Online Scams

The internet is a big part of our everyday lives—and the con artists know it. Cyber crooks are coming up with more and more ways to use the web to run their scams and cheat unsuspecting people out of their money.

Your PC's Health at Your Fingertips

Use System Mechanic’s PC Health Status Gadget for instant access to computer health and security, as well as critical maintenance tools.

System Mechanic works with Windows 8

Many of our customers have contacted us with questions about compatibility, re-installation, and the need for tune-up and optimization with Windows 8, Microsoft's latest operating system.

Improve Windows Startup Performance

One of the most common complaints heard from PC users is that it takes forever to start their computers up.

Fix Stubborn PC Problems with Registry Tuner

If you're one of the millions of people who suffer from chronic computer errors, restarts, freezes, and other frustrations, System Mechanic's reengineered Registry Tuner may be your simple cure.

Clean out System-Clogging Clutter with PC Cleanup™

Remove dangerous computer clutter with just one click using System Mechanic's greatly enhanced all-in-one PC Cleanup tool.

The Science Behind System Mechanic: Tune-up Definitions™

What makes System Mechanic the safest and most effective PC performance product on the market?

Registry Cleaners: Snake Oil or PC Panacea?

Learn why your PC may actually run dramatically slower if you only clean the registry.

Defend your right to privacy with System Mechanic's military-strength Privacy Cleaner™

The improved Privacy Cleaner tool uses US Department of Defense techniques to securely wipe away the tracks left behind as you use your PC

Liberate Memory Held Captive by Greedy Programs

Computer memory can become just as fragmented as a hard drive, but much faster and with more immediate effects.

Get in the game with EnergyBooster™

Now you can, with EnergyBooster™, a revolutionary tool in System Mechanic that puts your PC in overdrive.

Securely Delete Files with the Incinerator®

Computers are convenient tools for storing all sorts of personal pictures, documents, and files. Gone are the days when entire rooms of our home or office were relegated to physical file storage.

Computer Stress: Coping with Technology

You know that feeling when you need to send an email, but your online service locks up? Or you’re putting the final touches on a document you’ve slaved over and the computer mysteriously crashes?

Wireless Surfing 101

Here we'll present an overview of the most common wireless options used today.

Eliminate Computer Stress

You know that feeling when you're finishing up a document you slaved over for hours and then your computer crashes...

Difference Between Software and "Scareware"

Websites that offer to scan your computer for free are all over the internet--be sure to go with those that are trustworthy.

Fixing Computer Startup Problems

Starting up a computer is an intensive process that involves software, hardware, and many different areas of your computer. For that reason, problems encountered during the startup process can have several different causes.