gHacks technology news » optimize windows http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:29:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 All In One System Maintenance Tool Glary Utilities http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/10/all-in-one-system-maintenance-tool-glary-utilities/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/10/all-in-one-system-maintenance-tool-glary-utilities/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:54:38 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8199 Glary Utilities is set of tools that can be used to clean and optimize Windows. The free version of the software program comes with a 1-click maintenance mode that can be used to fix system problems with minimal interaction. It consists of a Registry cleaner, shortcuts fixer, startup manager, temporary files cleaner, track eraser and spyware remover.

Besides that quick maintenance mode it also comes with lots of additional modules that are divided up into the five categories Clean Up & Repair, Optimize & Improve, Privacy & Security, Files & Folders and System Tools. All of them with three to four modules that start various tools to maintain the operating system.

The Privacy & Security category for example contains a Tracks Eraser, File Shredder, File Undelete and File Encryption / Decryption tool. Having said that it should be obvious that the software combines the features of various popular utilities in one application. While it can replace many applications it does not come close to some of the top applications in their fields. Taking Eraser for example. Eraser lets users deleted unused hard drive space so that the data cannot be recovered anymore. Glary Utilities on the other hand can only delete files so that they cannot be restored anymore.

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Glary Utilities provides many tools that can be used for system maintenance. It provides access to the tools in a clean interface and could be worthwhile to test for users who love all in one tools instead of specialized tools.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/10/all-in-one-system-maintenance-tool-glary-utilities/feed/ 7 Free PC Tools Desktop Maestro Key http://www.ghacks.net/2008/04/28/free-pc-tools-desktop-maestro-key/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/04/28/free-pc-tools-desktop-maestro-key/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:10:41 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=3951 I was beginning to think that the time of the free promotional keys was gone when I spotted yet another promotion at Tip and Trick. This time it is possible to get a free key for PC Tool’s Desktop Maestro 2 software that usually retails for €39.95 (that’s Euro, multiply by 1.6 to get Dollars). Desktop Maestro features several system tools that fall in the cleaning, optimizing and protecting category.

Desktop Maestro 2 offers three functions in the main menu. The first is scanning the Registry of the computer. A run on my system found 1880 problems that were listed in several categories like Custom Controls, Startup Programs and Add/Remove Programs. Each entry that was found was classified with a priority from low to highest. The second function can be compared to programs like CCleaner. It’s called Privacy Guardian and deletes temporary files and settings like the history. This section is divided into five parts including Windows, Browsers and Plugins.

The optimize button finally leads to a page with system information and three ways to optimize the system. It is possible to compress the Registry, defragment the hard drive and click on a Optimize the System button which apparently adds some tweaks and patches to the Windows Registry.

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Several free programs can do the same, if you already have them installed there is not much need to install Desktop Maestro. If you want to take a look do the following.