March 30th, 2012· For computer users currently testing pre-releases of the new Windows operating system, we’ve refreshed our technology to optimize your Windows 8 experience. Fix errors, and boost performance with the System Mechanic program you’ve come to trust.
January 11th, 2012ENHANCED CRUDD Remover:
· Determining which programs to uninstall with CRUDD Remover is now easier with the "user community results" rating, a simple yet powerful research tool that allows you to see at a glance whether other System Mechanic users tend to keep or uninstall a particular program.
ENHANCED Startup Optimizer:
· When you perform a custom optimization with Startup Optimizer, the negative performance impact of each detected item is now measured and displayed in an easy to read format.
July 29th, 2011Designated Drivers:
· The new Designated Drivers tool locates the latest, safest driver updates for your computer's hardware devices that may improve efficiency
· and performance, and then you decide if you wish to install them automatically.
SSD Accelerator:
· Solid-state drives require different methods of optimization than mechanical drives. The new SSD Accelerator uses optimization technology
· designed specifically to improve the storage speed and efficiency of solid-state drives.
64-bit Incinerator:
· The Desktop File Incinerator is now available under 64-bit Windows operating systems.
Erase Private Data:
· When certain email attachments are opened in Outlook, a temporary copy is stored on the hard drive. Left unchecked these temporary files can
· grow ponderously large. The Erase Private Data tool now includes the option to remove Outlook temporary files to help ensure your privacy
· and free up drive space.
PC TotalCare:
· More cleanup, repair, and optimization functions are now in PC TotalCare, the all-in-one PowerTool that provides a complete PC tune-up for
· overall performance improvements.
PC Accelerator:
· New detection and optimization functions are added to PC Accelerator, the all-in-one PowerTool that speeds up web access, boot times,
· program functioning, and more.
ActiveCare:
· ActiveCare adds more automated tasks, enabling System Mechanic to automatically detect and repair more problems.
July 29th, 2010System Shield:
· The successor to iolo AntiVirus, System Shield® is fully integrated into System Mechanic Professional and protects your PC from all types of malicious files, including viruses, spyware, and more.
Windows 7 compatibility:
· System Mechanic is now compatible with Windows 7 and is integrated with Windows 7-specific technology, including Jump Lists.
October 21st, 2009Several exciting new tools add even more tune-up power:
PC Health Status Gadget:
· The PC Health Status Gadget offers an at-a-glance overview of your PC's health status - right on your desktop.
· Provides real-time reports on system health, security, and overall status. Includes a running list of recently performed repairs and optimizations, and offers quick access to commonly used tools, such as Memory Mechanic and the new EnergyBooster.
EnergyBooster:
· Boost speed by turning off unused background programs.
· Perfect for gamers, video and sound engineers, artists, web designers... or any serious computer user who requires raw, fast performance -- instantly. Frees up system memory and CPU resources to give Windows additional horsepower. Uses iolo Labs' Tune-up Definitions and user-defined profiles to identify background programs and services that can be temporarily shut down.
Total Registry Revitalizer:
· Repair, compact, defragment, and backup your Windows registry in one step.
· Integrates all of System Mechanic's powerful registry tools to provide complete and seamless all-in-one care for the Windows registry, performing the entire battery of critical repair, maintenance, and optimization procedures in one step. This tool also leverages System Mechanic's dramatically improved technology with up to 5 times higher problem-detection rate, improved overall speed and efficiency of scans, and enhanced reporting that provides more detailed scope of errors.
Incinerator for Recycle Bin:
· Permanently wipes files in the Windows Recycle Bin, so they can never be recovered.
· Incinerator technology is now integrated into the Windows Recycle Bin, providing you with the choice of standard file deletion or the Department of Defense 5220-22M compliant technique for maximum security when emptying the Recycle Bin.
Tune-up Definitions:
· Makes System Mechanic significantly more effective (and safer) than other PC tune-up products.
· Tune-up Definitions give System Mechanic the expert knowledge to precision-tune your PC using the latest up-to-date scientific research released from iolo Labs. The product literally gets smarter and more effective the longer you use it. Learn more
October 21st, 2009· 100% automatic PC tuneup creates no system drag
· A new registry optimization tool removes RAM-eating bloat before final defrag
· Real-time hard temperature reporting alerts you to potential problems
· The software's interface now inherits your Windows Vista theme for an integrated look and feel.
December 23rd, 2008· ActiveCare 2.0 keeps your PC running like new — Now smarter, leaner and fully configurable
· New ActiveCare 2.0 just got leaner, smarter, and even better at keeping your PC humming along at full speed. And it does this silently in the background, only working when your PC is on but not in use.
· ActiveCare 2.0 has new options to give you full control over how and when it runs, and ActiveCare's idle-time processing has been refined to detect battery power, CPU activity, and more, so that it truly does operate without ever interfering.
· Defragment and Compact Registry tool — Registry optimization with graphical feedback
· Our next–generation Defragment and Compact Registry tool now performs a comprehensive analysis of your registry, detects performance–draining bloat, and displays wasted space with instructive, color–coded graphics.
· It then removes the bloat and defragments your registry at the next system startup.
· DriveSense — Real-time hard drive status
· For expert users, the new DriveSense provides real–time data about the status of hard drives, including drive temperature and other indicators of drive reliability.
· More new features and enhancements
· New navigational links within the tools simplify moving throughout System Mechanic.
· iolo's library of programs and program components has been expanded to target resource-robbing programs unnecessarily clogging your PC's startup process and to detect potentially dangerous software.
· System Mechanic now inherits your Windows Vista Aero theme for an integrated look and feel.
· Access to Windows Firewall is now integrated into System Mechanic for seamless updates and configurations. And if no firewall protection is detected, System Mechanic will alert and help you to turn on the Windows Firewall.
· Version 8 gives you access to enhanced Search and Recover 5, with its new interface and expanded file and media support, and updated DriveScrubber 3 with more options for wiping files and drives.
July 2nd, 2008· 100% automatic PC tuneup creates no system drag.
· A new registry optimization tool removes RAM-eating bloat before final defrag.
· Real-time hard temperature reporting alerts you to potential problems.
· The software's interface now inherits your Windows Vista theme for an integrated look and feel.
September 16th, 2006· New version 6: Many new tools, features, and improvements.