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This article may reference older System Mechanic® features that have been replaced or enhanced in the current version.
This article may reference older System Mechanic® features that have been replaced or enhanced in the current version.
Over time and with regular use, PCs slowly degrade: slow performance, strange error messages, program lockups, crashes at the worst possible time—we’ve all experienced it. And this is why iolo created System Mechanic®—to fix the many, wide-ranging causes of these problems and prevent them from happening again in the future.
System Mechanic is able to provide this complete approach to PC care because it integrates multiple functions—50+ diagnostic, repair, and optimization features—into one easy-to-use interface.
More than 50 features sounds like a lot—and it is!—but System Mechanic is designed so that you can quickly get to the repairs and optimizations you need, skip those you don’t, and explore as much or as little about your PC as you’d like.
This quick 5-step tutorial introduces you to System Mechanic and helps you get started using the product: before you know it, you’ll be enjoying a faster, more efficient, and more reliable PC.
Your first step should be to run an analysis of your PC. When you first open System Mechanic, you’ll be on the Dashboard’s Overview pane.
Simply click Analyze Now and then view progress as System Mechanic analyzes your system and checks for problems.
When the analysis completes (typically, in less than 5 minutes), you’ll see a snapshot of your PC’s status—along with a graphic showing its health, security, and overall condition—and see the number of problems that System Mechanic detected.
Now that you’ve diagnosed your system, you can choose how you want to run any needed repairs:
Patented ActiveCare® technology monitors your PC for potential problems and then automatically runs repairs when your computer needs them. This process keeps your PC healthy by immediately fixing issues before they cause serious damage. And best of all, ActiveCare runs silently in the background—only when your PC is powered on but you’re not using it—so it never interrupts you when you’re on the computer. Read more about how ActiveCare works.
You can pick and choose which automated repairs ActiveCare runs by making selections from the Automated Tasks pane. Go to ActiveCare > Automated Tasks and then simply click the toggle button next to a task to turn the automated fix on or off.
Note: ActiveCare is designed to never interfere with your computing work: if you return to your PC while ActiveCare is processing, you can either cancel the process or let it continue.
After running the recommended repairs and setting up automated tasks, you may want to explore more tweaks, fixes, and optimizations—if so, the Toolbox is the place for you.
The Toolbox has both All-in-one Tools and Individual Tools:
The tools in System Mechanic use a “wizard” format, which means they guide you step-by-step with instructions on how to run the processes (and informative messages and graphics are provided throughout).
If you want to get more information about your PC or delve even deeper into System Mechanic, here are a few of System Mechanic’s other features you should consider exploring:
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