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1. Paulga
   Member

   This Program is on offer FREE, usual price £15 sterling, downloaded it and tested, no problems,its an awesome program, lovely interface, easy to use,to name some of its facilities, Startup Commander/ Recovery Section/ Reg Edit Replacement/ File Undelete/ Checkpoint System Backup/ Smart Defrag/ SMART drive disk check/ Windows update/ and more, the only fault i could find was when performing the SMART drive disk check for some time it did not appear to be doing so, ( quiet, nothing moving ) however it was working so be patient,it can be downloaded from the following link http://www.vnunet.com/ but take note of the instruction to get the key before installing, its below the description of the program and the key is provided instantly on giving your details.

   Paulga

   Posted 3 months ago #

2. Paulga
   Member

   Sorry folks, i should have mentioned i have Windows XP, and this program facilitates
   Windows 2000, WindowsXP, and Vista,

   Paulga

   Posted 3 months ago #

3. Whiterabbit-uk
   Member

   Thanks Paulga. I got this free a month or so ago via a computer mag freebie, which someone posted details of here.

   I agree, it's a nice program, though because I use EAZ FIX (a previous giveaway that 'm now going to buy), which turned off Windows restore I'm not able to utilize some of the tools that you get with the program.

   Posted 3 months ago #

4. Paulga
   Member

   Whiterabbit-uk.........since i last mentioned this program, i find its in full use whether i want to use it or not, that is the restore commander comes into itself and records any program i am about to install for the future in case i wish to uninstall, therefore it will remove all of the recorded file...a good thing as they say!

   Paulga

   Posted 2 months ago #

5. rezidue
   Member

   Paulga - Thanks for this one!

   That's a good website too.

   Regards, Damian.

   link to article offering this application:

   http://www.vnunet.com/articles/download/2215035

   link to get registration code:

   http://www.avanquest.co.uk/vnu/fixit

   link to download application FYI it's 54mb:

   http://www.vnudownloads.com/Fix-It-Utilities7Express.exe

   Posted 2 months ago #

6. davee
   Member

   Paulga

   Thanks for alerting everyone to this freebie. I've used Fix-It Utilities for several years and it is an excellent suite of apps. I think, if I understand your last post correctly, that you misunderstand what Recovery Commander does. It doesn't record your installation and then let you automatically uninstall it (like, for instance, Total Uninstall or Ashampoo Uninstaller do). It is a more thorough and powerful replacement for the Windows System Restore program. It's confusing, because Recovery Commander pops up when you install a new program. While it will help restore your system files if the program crashes your computer, it won't completely uninstall the program.

   Posted 2 months ago #

7. Paulga
   Member

   davee........oops i stand corrected, you are right its confusing due to the recovery commander pop up, it reminded me of Total Uninstall which i have and used to uninstall, whereas Fix it Utilities i have not needed to even use the file undelete, thanks for that!

   Paulga

   Posted 2 months ago #

8. copmom
   Member

   About this program.. just tell me ONE thing first. If I install it, is it going to run in the background or stick something on my task bar? Or is it something I can start and exit from when I want? I prefer my fix it programs to run when I want them to, which is one of the reasons I uninstalled AVG (which also conflicted with something else I had running.

   Posted 2 months ago #

9. davee
   Member

   copmom:

   Like many (most?) programs these days, Fix-It will install itself to start (at least its Task Manager) automatically with Windows, and display its tray icon in your system tray all the time. Both "features" can, however, easily be disabled, making it something you can start when you need it, and exit from when you're finished. You can make it run as a tray icon only when you're doing something with it by going to Settings (from the Home page), choosing the Global Settings tab, and clicking on the "Only show tray icon when a task is running" radio button. You can disable its task manager from auto starting with your favorite start up manager program (AnVir Task Manager, Autoruns, etc.). Be aware that if you disable the task manager from auto starting, you can't have Fix-It automatically take Recovery Commander checkpoints; you'll have to remember to do them manually. One more thing. If you use Recovery Commander checkpoints (think of Recovery Commander as Windows System restore on steroids), you should probably disable System Restore; its restore points would be redundant, and merely use up your hard disk space. Or you could leave System Restore operational for added security. I've not had System Restore on since I installed Fix-It.

   Hope this helps.

   Posted 2 months ago #

10. copmom
    Member

    Yes davee.. that helps!
    Addendum.. just found that I'd already installed this on 4/29/08 so already have it! See, I get so many things I don't know what I've got anymore! DUH!

    Posted 2 months ago #

11. AxCut
    Member

    I got it to work as well

    THANKS!!

    AxCut

    Posted 2 months ago #

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