PC tune-up software: does it really work?


	PC tune-up software: does it really work?
hotdoge3
10-15-2009 9:22 PM
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My Verdict CCleaner it's free and good
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Shorter bars are better</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/10/08/review_pc_tune_up_sofware_vista/page3.html" href="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/10/08/review_pc_tune_up_sofware_vista/page3.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.reghardware.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/10/08/review_pc_tune_up_sofware_vista/page3.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.reghardware.co.uk/img/57B2CE7D-09CA-45E1-8F9D-0CD2ACEE58B4" alt="PC speed-up software" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/10/08/review_pc_tune_up_sofware_vista/page3.html"><P>Photoshop CS4 will run better with 4GB Ram
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Shorter bars are better</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/10/08/review_pc_tune_up_sofware_vista/page3.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.reghardware.co.uk/img/57B44AE8-A7AB-4A28-B0E0-A7642323593F" alt="PC speed-up software" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/10/08/review_pc_tune_up_sofware_vista/page3.html"><P>Frame rates don’t always shoot up with more Ram</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; 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margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/10/08/review_pc_tune_up_sofware_vista/page6.html"><P><IMG width="75" height="75" align="right" alt="" src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2009/09/29/speed-up_19.png" /><STRONG>Tune-up Utilities 2009</STRONG>
<BR /><STRONG>Rating</STRONG> 65%
<BR /><STRONG>Price</STRONG> £30
<BR /><STRONG>More Info</STRONG> <A target="-blank" href="http://www.tune-up.com/products/tuneup-utilities/">Tune-up</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/10/08/review_pc_tune_up_sofware_vista/page6.html"><P><IMG width="75" height="75" align="right" alt="" src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2009/09/29/speed-up_16.png" /><STRONG>CCleaner</STRONG>
<BR /><STRONG>Rating</STRONG> 65%
<BR /><STRONG>Price</STRONG> Free
<BR /><STRONG>More Info</STRONG> <A target="-blank" href="http://www.ccleaner.com/">CCleaner</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/10/08/review_pc_tune_up_sofware_vista/page6.html"><P><IMG width="75" height="75" align="right" alt="" src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2009/09/29/speed-up_18.png" /><STRONG>PC Tools Desktop Maestro 3</STRONG>
<BR /><STRONG>Rating</STRONG> 40%
<BR /><STRONG>Price</STRONG> £40
<BR /><STRONG>More Info</STRONG> <A target="-blank" href="http://www.pctools.com/desktop-maestro/">PC Tools</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/10/08/review_pc_tune_up_sofware_vista/page6.html"><P><IMG width="75" height="75" align="right" alt="" src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2009/09/29/speed-up_17.png" /><STRONG>Avanquest Fix-it Utilities 9</STRONG>
<BR /><STRONG>Rating</STRONG> 40%
<BR /><STRONG>Price</STRONG> £30
<BR /><STRONG>More Info</STRONG> <A target="-blank" href="http://www.avanquest.com/USA/software/fixit-utilities-9-professional-114420?meta=pc-utilities&cat=pc-security-software&sub=windows-anti-virus-software">Avanquest</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/10/08/review_pc_tune_up_sofware_vista/page6.html"><P><IMG width="75" height="75" align="right" alt="" src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2009/09/29/speed-up_15.png" /><STRONG>Iolo System Mechanic 9</STRONG>
<BR /><STRONG>Rating</STRONG> 40%
<BR /><STRONG>Price</STRONG> £30
<BR /><STRONG>More Info</STRONG> <A target="-blank" href="http://www.iolo.com/system-mechanic/standard/">Iolo</A></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D3E24C5F-33C1-4E76-8D1A-AE18F7BF75FB/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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