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69maverick
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posted 03-31-2005 12:16 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for 69maverick   Click Here to Email 69maverick     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Anyone try Advanced system Optimizer yet?
Its by systweak. I'm tring the trial and it seems to be the real deal.

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74merc
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posted 03-31-2005 02:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for 74merc   Click Here to Email 74merc     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
most of the system optimizing programs are a shoddy way of doing stuff a real tech can do, or a user can do while reading a guide.

Stuff like defrag, deleting temp files, removing spyware, setting DMA access on drives, cleaning registry entries and deleting unused programs.

You generally only get marginal benefits from the optimizing software and often the gains (5% faster) are not worth the costs (10% overhead of running the software).

Norton Systemworks is one example. It scans drives for errors, defrags, etc, and takes up tons of RAM even while not in use. It loads with the system at all times, which slows startup time and lowers overall performance.

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