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[ Sam ],

Why did you even run IObit Advanced System Care?

At least you have a workable backup routine, so now you can use any number of tools to find out what wrong with your system, really.

BleepingComputer ComboFix might be a good place to start.
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[ John Darcy ],

DON'T click on [ Activate Now ]

DO click on [ Enter code ].
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[ IceTheNet ],

Some of us just use the temp cleanup on frequent routine, and the manual tools are great.

And the free version works forever.

But yes, manually turn of auto-runs, auto-schedule, auto-drivers, auto-services after install and after each run.
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[ ARTHUR TURNER ],

What do you get instead of "registration accepted"-type response when you enter the "code" from today's giveaway ZIP readme.txt file?

Regardless, the pro only adds some features and automation, but the non-pro features and tools work, so try 'em.
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ARTHUR TURNER, you should scan first, when scan finished it will show fix button. when you click fix it will ask to activate, then you can use activation code. it's only for 180days.

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[ Bonnie Gabbs ],

The GOTD code just worked for me, 2018-05-07 12:55 a.m. US EST.

Something else must be wrong.

Drat.

So just use the free version -- the Pro version just adds a few features and automation.
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sTEPHEN bROWN, Go to "Manage License" on the bottom left of the main window. Then Click "Refresh" to put in a code if you already have a license. If not, it may be worded differently. Also, this is NOT the most recent version. The code will work on the latest version (11.3.0.22) as well.

[ sTEPHEN bROWN ],

DON'T click on [ Activate Now ]

DO click on [ Enter code ].
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[ Rick Gold ],

1 - Don't use Microsoft Internet Explorer -- you are saving a "mht" Microsoft HTml file, not what you are after. Instead, try Chrome, Firefox, Opera, or Maxthon browsers.

2 - Do download the ZIP file from the [ Download Now
Advanced System Care Pro 11.1.0 ] link or from your received email link, and open that for the "code" to turn IObit Advanced System Care v11 from the free version to the Pro version which has a few additional features and automation.
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[ Jafar ],

The "code" is in the readme.txt file in the ZIP file from the [ Download Now Advanced System Care Pro 11.1.0 ] link, or from your received email link, and open that for the "code" to turn IObit Advanced System Care v11 from the free version to the Pro version which has a few additional features and automation.
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[ Robert Garofalo ],

Yes, we all seem to be on one or another path.

-- Some of us learn "once bitten, twice shy".

-- Some of learn "try, try, try again".

I like IObit TOOLS, yet I seldom use any of their auto-anything, instead, preferring their manual tools capabilities.

EVEN THEN, IObit ( and other programs ) reinstall their auto-crap not only when first installed and on updates, but also, again and again whenever we run their programs.

So, we have to learn HOW to turn off auto-start, auto-schedule, auto-drivers, auto-services immediately after installation AND immediately after using any program.

I use FREE SysInternals AutoRuns, and search for [ iobit ] in the "everything" tab, and uncheck ALL IObit entries.

Every time I run ANY IObit program.

Same for CCleaner, Glary, Malware, Super Anti Spyware, Spybot Search & Destroy, and so on.

This is NOT an IObit challenge.

This is ANY program challenge in Windows.

Again, some of us think we can avoid it.

Others of us learn to inspect and control.

IOit Advanced System Care Toolbox actually has a few tools that can help control their own and other programs ... but only temporarily, and incompletely
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Robert Garofalo, in future there is a compromise option with system restore where you can use a 3rd party tool called shaddow expolrer that lets you navigate through shadow copies and extract deleted or changed files for manual restoration of specific files which may still function when a full system restore to that particular shadowcopy fails.
https://www.shadowexplorer.com/documentation.html

Thanks TK,

That looks to be a very useful utility, promptly added to my toolbox!

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[ TK ],

ALL software is released on LICENSE, never sold outright.

IObit Advanced System Care FREE version works as promised on as many computers you want, the Pro license just adds a few features and automation ... and free Pro license giveaways crop up regularly, keep looking year 'round
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Peter Blaise, I never said we buy the software I clearly said license... when you BUY a license to use a piece of software in a particular version in perpetituity you are buying it same as buying a washing machine or car or house, you are responsible for maintanace and repair or upgrades to keep it working. But when you have to pay an ongoing amount to continue to use it and that includes future updates and upgrades and repairs to keep it operating with a modern environment it is not BUYING it is renting a license to use the software and service to keep it operational.... this product is the PRO edition and is what I am talking about and the deception on their site that states BUY in bold but in small non-bold print it states it is a subscription and you are NOT Buying a simple license to use the Pro product indefinatly at that version.

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[ TK ],

Sadly, no.

"Buying" a license does not transfer ownership of anything in perpetuity, that's why it's called a license, even though software vendors seldom enforce their fine-print to rescind working copies, they do 'expire' licenses, as IObit does for Pro features, leaving the non-Pro free features working in perpetuity, other vendors criple the entire product, argh.

For example, I, and some of my lawyer customers, still use WordPerfect for DOS, but the fine print of the TOS ( meaning "just TOSs this fine-print crap"! ), notifies us that the WordPerfect company ( and their subsequent owners, Novel, then Corel ) can change the licence at any time on a whim.

Because software is IP intellectual property, it is able to be subject to different laws compared to functional equipment like a washing machine, a car, or a house, which cannot.

For example, a car warranty is legally prohibited from being considered compromised by the car manufacturer due to maintenance by independent servicers using non-manufacturer parts -- there is no such legal constraint, demand, or prohibition on software licensing.

Monthly or periodic payments terms and benefits are totally dependent on the whims of software sellers, and I've seen them be required for continuous use, or only open the door for upgrades, but leaving older versions working, there are no rules, only general practices that have no legal standing as being required or being actionable under any statutes.

Yes, marketing hooey is just that, marketing hooey.

And we all note that marketing copywriters are selcom tethered to the reality of the product they are hooey-izing.

In this case, the giveaway is:

-- free Pro features for 6-months on any number of PCs,

versus retail offering which is:

-- $20 Pro features for 1 year on 3 PCs.

Okay, it's different, but it's still free.

The $20 Pro features are not offered for indefinite use, but only 1 year, so even if they gave away the $20 Pro features, they would expire in 1 year, not work as the Pro features indefinitely.

You write, "... the [ IObit advanced System Care ] program is too invasive and needs persistent hands-on intervention to prevent it detrimentally impacting the systems operation ... I can do all this does and better ..." ...

... so ... if you do not even want it ... then why are you complaining about the terms?

That's like the old joke:
Diner 1: "The food is terrible here."
Diner 2: "Yes, and the portions are too small."

However, I find that your critique is absolutely true for me, too.

And, more importantly, your critique also applies to programs from Microsoft and Intel ... and Adobe and Corel and HP and Dell and Apple ( for sure ), Intuit Quicken, Citrix and LogMeIn, even Google has made Chrome into a TSR terminate and stay resident program, and almost every other vendor, including IObit-competitive utilities from Glary, CCleaner, MalwareBytes, SuperAntiSpyware, Ashampoo, AusLogics, WinUtilities, WiseCleaner, AbelsSoft, AOMEITech, HeimdalSecurity, Kerish, Norton Symantec, Spybot Search & Destroy, Secunia ...

... except perhaps great tools from SysInternals, NirSoft, Ginson Research GRC, KCSoftwares, Merijn, Tweaking ( -ish, it allows terminating the default tray menu icon ), X-Setup, SurfRight ( -ish it offers to schedule subsequent scans ) ...

... can you name any software from any vendor that YOU trust to install, and run, and terminate, and know that it leaves nothing additionally installed and running behind?

Hence our sharing here with each other of our technical experience and advice on how to kill unwanted add-ons and background autoruns, sharing what works for us, and what traps we fell into, and how we got ourselves out.

Say thank you to others here, and offer your insights into the mix here.
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If you think that this offer is conflated, I also often notice that some GOTD offerings don't even match the software available from some vendors at all, perhaps an unavailable pre-release product for us to test for them, or an unavailable one-feature subset program as a free teaser to get us to buy their full featured programs, so it's a crapshoot what we are getting here ... free.

Oh, free!

Thank you.
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[TK TK TK TK TK ],

The retail / direct Pro version expires in 1 year.

The GOTD Pro version expires in 1/2 year.

Regardless of you calling that a subscription or not, or something you can't buy elsewhere or not, or wanting that to be up front instead of in fine print or not, it's what the vendor offers.

I have no idea WHY you are arguing about a product you don't want.

I'm guessing that you want every GOTD offering to meet your preference for:

-- lifetime non-expiring full function at least,

-- no behavior that you deem risky ... or, do you mean, no software that has the power to delete, or, is it just a warning you are after, so, for instance, super technical partitioning software does or doesn't have to meet the same warning standards, and educate the end user what each click really, no, really really means?

-- and no add-ons ( like the GOTD's own SoftwareInformer add-on, I guess ).
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[ Michael Hughes ],

Turn off Malwarebytes, and then add exceptions to it's scanner for IObit product directories, or scan and un-check IObit products and tell Malwarebytes to ALWAYS IGNORE.

Malwarebytes claims IObit stole some programming data, and so now they ding all IObit programs, even though IObit programs are not malware.
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Peter Blaise, doing that means that the files within the excepted iobit folders will be forever vulnerable to infection. Wouldn't it be better to adjust on PUP detection to ask rather than block or quaranteen the files? Or in my case I'd disable all scare mongering PUP detection as I wear big boy pants now and can make my own choices of what I wan't installed and what I don't.

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[ TK ],

Yes, I let scanners run wild, then uncheck everything, and then re-check ONLY what I approve of this one time.

I also have NO anti-malware / anti-virus program running on my computers -- they slow everything down and cause malfunction, and then let bad things happen anyway.

I send new installation downloads to VirusTotal, and yet I often run those programs anyway because I understand ant-virus reports, AND I understand how to shutdown invasions that arrive along with programs where I value it's other features.

I move real malware and viruses into a [ Malware ] directory, and then I can see how each new scanner recognizes it, or not -- I have virus samples from the 1980s on, and I see that some scanners only recognize bullets AND gun together, so to speak, ignoring one or the other alone -- a macro virus is harmless unless you load it into Word, for example -- these and many other criteria are impossible for anyone else to automate and manage for you, so folks just let Norton or Avast or Microsoft or whomever just take over their computer, and hope for the best, and buy a new computer when Norton et cetera get too heavy on the old computer.

I wonder what is the split here at GOTD between those of us who are keeping older computers alive, versus those of us who can and do buy a new computer whenever the old computer offends us -- I see divergence in our answers.

Oh, and one of the reasons to use Windows 7 or earlier is so that we can run BleepingComputer's ComboFix ( which does not run on later Windows ) ... and then run Tweaking Windows Repair -- together, they definitely speed up computers that run slow due to infection and bad configuration choices.

That said, IObit Advanced System Care can facilitate us removing temp files and unnecessary startup programs, defrag, turn off boot-check-disk and boot-search for new drives and other boot and services tuning, load and or cache the system and dlls, and so on, and if tall those had been on, turning them off will speed boot and leave more resources for us to do work in Windows.

8 GB ram helps, and an SSD help.

Or just upgrade altogether to 4-or-more turbo processors, 16 GB ram, and a new format SSD ( not SATA ).

Works for me.
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Joey, I downloaded it but it's asking for license otherwise it won't let me activate to continue to FIX. What should I do?

Joey, Never mind... find the license in the file. Thanks anyway.

James, It is not the newest though. The current version is 11.3.0.22 . The code will work on the latest version as well.

James, the version in the downloaded executable is 11.0.3 - can't go by what they tell you these days

James, I meant 11.0.4 - this is saying it is 11.1.0 - and it IS NOT!!

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[ Joey ],

Today's giveaway "code" will start 6-months of the Pro version for ANY sub-version of IObit Advanced System Care v11.

We can update to this month's version direct from IObit.com
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[ pattyladd ],

As I have written, and others, too, there is no need to run any auto-clean or auto-tune feature.

But IObit Advanced System Care has a vast array of manual tools to allow YOU to easily adjust Windows to your liking, including finding and stopping auto-start programs, and enhancing the user interface.

"SPEED" sells, but it's the tools in here that are the real resource in this program.
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[ Jim C ],

I also like YLComputing WinUtilities, now at PCClean.io, and I like Kerish Doctor.

But I use IObit tools, too -- each has some unique strength, and each has some awkward features to avoid.
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[ bb ],

Just turn off any resident IObit programs so they only run when you turn them on, then exit them totally from memory so that they never watch and tease you.
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Peter Blaise, and disable any iobit authored scheduled jobs and disable or switch to manual any iobit services that start automatically or as delayed start... invasive developers like iobit do not always play nice and transparent and may use more than autorun/startup entries to get their marketing activities running on victims I mean customers machines.

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[ TK ],

Yes, I use [ SysInternals.com ] [ AutoRuns.exe ] and search for [ iobit ] and disable everything but [ bootdefrag ].

No one should use any tools without learning them carefully, building on known tools to learn new tools.

Glary Utilities and CCleaner also have tools to disable IObit's background activities.

Folks gotta up their savvy.

Thanks for the additional correction to my oversimplified initial caveat.
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[ Real ],

All NEWER versions of IObit programs install "over" prior versions.

BUT, the new version inherits the older same-version's license ( sub-versions within a major version are considered equivalent ).

You MUST copy-and-past the new license in to register the new version.

By the way, today's giveaway license adds 6 months to ANY sub-version of IObit Advanced System Care v11.

It will automatically uninstall any prior major version during install.

Try again -- you'll figure it out.
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Peter Blaise, Tried uninstalled older one 11 pro and installed this one put in reg. code wouldn't take. Took me to page where I had to pay, now I haven't got my last version registered anymore.

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[ Bonnie Gabbs ],

DON'T click on [ Activate Now ]

DO click on [ Enter code ].
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[ Zos ],

It's easy to run SysInternal's free [ autoruns ] and search for [ iobit ] and uncheck everything, do this after installation AND after running IObit programs.
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[ Paragon ],

Did you use automatic mode or did you use manual controls to decide what would be cleaned and tweaked?
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Peter Blaise,

Because it was an old install of Win7 (and running like a pig), I just used the automatic settings. My Win7 was taking 4 minutes to boot, and was unresponsive for about 10 minutes after that - Advanced System Care bought that down to 1.5 minutes boot, and system comes to full speed about 2 minutes after that.

So in my case there was a massive difference in speed, although in all honesty Win7 probably needs reinstalling on my PC - I just had software giveaways etc I didn't want to lose. And because I also run Win10 on my main PC, and Linux Mint on my Laptops, I had nothing much to lose by trying.

It does provide a list of potential fixes before doing anything, so you can look and make your mind up. There are some useful utilities as well in the 'Toolbox', that can be separately downloaded as well.

For me it didn't matter much, as I'd have needed to reinstall in any case. But I'd advise taking an image first, in case anything amiss happens.

As with most of these utilities, they work best for those with serious speed or response issues. If your system's running fine, it's best to leave it.

Best of luck, and hopefully that helps.

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[ Paragon ],

It sounds like it removed a deadly amount of cache, and turned off boot search features that endlessly look for newly installed drives and such.

Cool.
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[ Jack ],

Malwarebytes had a battle with IObit, accusing IObit of copying Malwarebytes data ... so, in retaliation, Malwarebytes now calls ANY IObit product as PUP Potentially Unwanted Program, though not necessarily malware.

I NEVER run any program i automatic mode.

I run Malwarebytes, then unclick IObit products, and tell it to ignore IObit from there on.

Remember, today's 6 month PRO is MERELY a few pro features over and above the otherwise pretty full suite of always FREE features.
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Peter Blaise, Malwarebytes detects IObit software as PUPs due to changes they have made in the last year so with regard to detecting PUPs. This has led to many cleaning and driver update programs which were not previously detected, now being detected.

Malwarebytes, told me that is not because of the past issues with IObit, but due to their new PUP detection policy.

Like you, I also uncheck IObit software (and many other programs, I did not want to be removed) and get Malwarebytes to add it to their ignore list, so that they are no longer detected.

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[ ken ],

DON'T click on [ Activate Now ]

DO click on [ Enter code ].
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Rubycat, I didn't uninstall the last version which was expiring in 48 days. Instead, I simply put in the new licence and that seems to have worked fine.

NickyK, 3 attempts at uninstalling the newest one with a REVO scan and a reboot and the same expiry date of May 29 2018!!!!! I wish I tried your way first but too late now. There must be a hidden file somewhere.

Rubycat, Solved! I failed to edit the old code and put in the new one. My bad.

Rubycat, Glad it worked!

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[ Rubycat ],

With this new PRO license, my version shows that it's PRO features will work until 2018-11-03.

Then it reverts to the still powerful FREE version, FREE and functional and reinstallable forever.

Even if you uninstall any prior version, a new installation will inherit the old license until you manually copy-and-paste in the NEW license from today's giveaway.

Did you copy-and-paste in the NEW license from today's giveaway?
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[ TK ],

Can you link to GOTD Giveaway Of The Day TOS terms of service that leads you to believe what you believe should be offered here?

Thanks.
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Peter Blaise, Yes I can...but why can't you just explore the site and read for yourself rather than have everything handed to you on a platter? Start at the home page read from TOP line to bottom line, then click on the links, and if you want some further context use archive.org to research earlier forms of the for developers and About and FAQ pages to start with :)

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[ TK ],

I didn't ask you where the GOTD TOS is.

I asked you on what specifically you base your expectations of the qualities of GOTD offerings.

I could copy-and-paste GOTD-TOS-like web page snippets for you if you don't know how to do that, and maybe I've found below what you base your opinion on:

"... Every day we offer FREE licensed software you’d have to buy otherwise ...
... Every program we give away is not a trial ...
... We provide you with full-functioning registered version of software titles ...
... We do not provide you with the lifetime license in terms of the fact that our package can be used to install the program on giveaway date only ...
... You will not be able to re-install the program after PC crash or install the program on another PC after the giveaway day is over ...
... The main idea of the project is to make registered version of particular product available free of charge for 24 hours ..."

Is there something else that informs your opinion of GOTD offerings?

Hey, I'm surprised that GOTD doesn't say "... see the software developer / company for any and all promises of features and benefits, as GOTD makes no promises whatsoever, takes no responsibility, and holds ourselves indemnified against any claims or behaviors regarding any software ..." ... but I am not GOTD, and maybe they haven't thought of it yet.

Balls in your court.
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Peter Blaise, congratulations you've found some pertinant terms I knew you'd find them if you looked.. A non-retail 6 month license is not a license we could otherwise buy, so therefore being a reduced duration non commercial license is by definition a trial license not what giveawayoftheday.com promises. So contravenes 2 of the claims/answers that you post excerpts of.
It's a very simple principle really!

[ TK ],

Technically, to get 6 months of the pro features, you'd have to buy 1 year of the pro features, hence "you'd have to buy elsewhere" fits-ish.

The GOTD TOS are not pages and pages of legalese fine print, so alternative interpretations are not only possible, but not worth busting a blood vessel over.

So, how's IObit Advanced System Care Pro v11.1 working for for you -- do you have a on-point on-topic personal-experience review of trying the SPECIFIC product in today's offering ( as others have offered )?

Thanks.
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Peter Blaise, I prefer not to "interpret" Engilsh TOS and just take them on face value.

IObit ASC is working out fine for me... I don't use it need it or want it... I prefer to use less invasive tools to perform the tweaks and maintanance and repairs and rebuilds I choose to do and not a jack of all trades that is marketing invasive. And which needs to be manually neutered after every executuon to curtail its tedency towards marketing agression.

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[ jpmalonesr ],

It is odd considering that the non-Pro features are free and Pro only adds a few features and automation.

Well, at least the free version works well as promised, and if the Pro features expire in 6 months, the free features will continue just fine forever.
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To be fair, the version they reviews was 10.5. This Giveaway version is 11.1

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[ Phoe ],

To be fair, it's a tool, that, like a hammer, when used improperly, can do more harm than good.

Your review says more about the reviewer's lack of skill than it says about the tool.
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Audio , you can't buy a 6 month license so it is not a legit giveaway of a commercial product. This is not trialoftheday.com

Amayzingone, CNET Download.com is a sellout that insists you to install their own downloader software so they can gathers data about you and your computer and selling it to highest bidder.

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[ RTH ],

Though I remember seeing that at Cnet Downloads years ago, I've never seen it for their IObit downloads.

It is important to inspect and control auto-runs, auto-schedule, auto-services, and auto-devices after installing and after running ANY program to stop and kill any sneaky self-installations.

I don't "trust" reviews that say "this is great" as that's meaningless, and probably marketing sock-puppets anyway.

I do like reviews that explain specific experience and how the tool can be implemented to produce a specific result, and how a tool compares with other tools.
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RTH, Irrelevent to the discussion. Mostly all web sites do that anyway. You dont need to use thier downloader either!

Amayzingone, so lets get this straight you are complaining about "Lots of people here making out they know everything about computers and saying negative things about this software."

Which no one has made any claims they know everything about computers or declared their opinion profssioanlly based or not is the defacto definitive gold standard and only idiots would go against or doubt their advice.... But you yourself are setting yourself up as a self professed expert and sing the praises of a program that if used as it defaults to has and still can damage a computer system ( does not default to SAFE activities only) If you were a true professional computer engineer you would not resell software that has the potential to damage a clients computer or a subcription based piece of software that tries to get the end users to install all their other invasive subscription based products too. Because if your valued? clients would if they followed your software recomendations advice they would end up with an unusable system with no resources left for their desired computer activities and likely hosed devices and a damaged registry too from the default activities and recomendations of the registry cleaner and the iobit driver updater. People who have to state they are experts are not. If they are experts or truely knowledgable it will be evident by their track record of wise statements and correct diagnosis and predictions of dangers. As well as providing solutions. And it's the recipients of that knowledge will be the ones that call the person an expert or knowledgable as it will be self evident.. bit like the wanna be comedian that has to tell you "I'm really funny" or the bore that says "I'm a very interesting person" If you have to self proclaim an attribute you invaribly are not that!

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[ TK ],

IObit Advanced System Care takes NOT remedial action without the end user clicking to go ahead.

Therefore, IObit advanced System Care on it's own cannot "... damage a computer system ...".
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You write "... If you were a true professional computer engineer you would not resell software that has the potential to damage a client's computer ..." ...

... do you mean programs like ... Microsoft's own Delete, Format, FDisk, DiskPart, and RegEdit commands?
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When you write "... software that tries to ... install ... other ... products too ..." ...

... are you thinking of Microsoft's own Windows Update?
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I'm just asking for perspective on software marketing practices.
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PS, I note that my older posts suddenly have minus numbers, days after the giveaway date, even where I merely ask a question to find out more from someone.

However, some of my posts still have a + sign, so you might have missed a few.

I use the GOTD "... Did you find this comment useful? yes | no ..." system to mark which posts I have read.

I ALWAYS mark "... yes ..." as my way of saying "... thank you ..." to our fellow GOTD visitors who took the time to share what they felt was important to them.

I even click "... yes ..." on all of your posts, too.

Thank you.
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Peter Blaise, no Peter... This program advertises itself as a one click solution... Not a set of tools that will potentially wreck a system without skilled handing!

Microsoft containing tools that are explicit in function and any use of them has potential to remove data is self evident and they do not claim to clean, repair or optimise or find and fix problems like a product that from its very title implies CARE! if one cares one does not include the ability to wreck a system in with the default settings of the caring program or program designed by those that are entrusted to care for the customers system. The default settings should FAIL SAFE! and at first instance when operated by a person not qualified to judge what is safe and what is not safe to first and above all... DO NO HARM!
BTW how you choose to use or misuse a response feature with the explicit question "Did you find this comment useful? Yes | No"" is entirely up to you and if you choose to try and cheat the system with a dynamic IP address or by using multiple VPN endpoint IP numbers to artifically inflate comments votes that were not even posted on the day of the giveaway so are very unlikely to be seen by anyone other than those directly involved with the comment threads again that is up to you. I'll vote how I see fit, in that if I find a comment useful I'll invariably vote Yes to it, while if I find a comment not useful and potentially misleading I'll vote No... if the comment was just some inoffensive thank you from an Original poster to someone elses answer to their question I will either vote Yes or abstain as I do generally find good manners useful :) But I do not use it as a general thank you for being here mechanisim regardless of the content of the comment. Please do not assume I or anyone are out to get you... paranoia is not an attractive state of mind to be in.

Also it is MicroSoft Update that has the potential to offer new FREE Microsoft programs IF you select the option to use MicroSoftUpdate over the default WindowsUpdate AND select offer other programs or some such other option. IOBIT offer by default and with no option to disable it misleading adverts and hard sells on the supposed need for their other nagware programs which do NOT play well together on a single system regadless of what their individual level of utility may be. Also Microsoft tends to push the free updates for security and reliabilty reasons not to nag the end users to pay for more unecessary software that will further nag the end users to buy it .... Do you have shares in IOBIT?

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[ TK ],

Thanks for underscoring my prior comments to the effect that:

"... Yes, marketing hooey is just that, marketing hooey ...
And we all note that marketing copywriters are seldom tethered to the reality of the product they are hooey-izing ..."

I'm not sure your goal, here, since you've already identified that your customers use and buy stuff that they can't understand and manage, so you get to bill them for taking care of them.

The old saw rings true:

Happy customer - "... look what I bought ..."

Unhappy customer - "... look what YOU sold me ..."

I agree with you -- people are unwilling and unable to take responsibility for their own actions.

Hence, we get to bill them to cleanup.

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And, yes, Microsoft Update installs whatever it wants to, including Windows 10, or did you miss that?

Here's an old batch file I use to cleanup Windows 7:

Pause - remove Windows 7 updates that track user and report to Microsoft as of 2016-09
wusa /uninstall /kb:3112343
wusa /uninstall /kb:3083711
wusa /uninstall /kb:3083325
wusa /uninstall /kb:3080149
wusa /uninstall /kb:3075853
wusa /uninstall /kb:3075249
wusa /uninstall /kb:3072318
wusa /uninstall /kb:3068708
wusa /uninstall /kb:3065988
wusa /uninstall /kb:3064683
wusa /uninstall /kb:3058168
wusa /uninstall /kb:3050267
wusa /uninstall /kb:3044374
wusa /uninstall /kb:3035583
wusa /uninstall /kb:3022345
wusa /uninstall /kb:2976978
Pause - removed Windows 7 updates that track user and report to Microsoft as of 2016-09

I'm sure there's more to add to that by now.

You're welcome.
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Peter Blaise, Marketing whooey as you put it is another term for decepting or false advertising? There are laws against that in some jurisdictions.

Microsoft Update does not install what it wants to... It attempts to install what it's programmed to it's not got a will of its own and you don't have to use Microsoft Update you can use the default Windows Update and forgo the other products updates.

While certain versions of windows did get windows 10 installation files pushed upon them there was no demand or nagging for payment for the new software, it was offered free of charge and not as nag-ware... that had to be paid for.

I never bothered with windows 7 or 8 so never had a concern regarding the alledged tracking updates. None of the Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 machines that I had any responsabilty for maintaining ever had Windows 10 installed by Microsoft Update but they did require a little pro-active effort to prevent it until the giveaway phase was over. Of course that does mean that in the not too distant future those very systems manually protected against the free upgrade to windows 10 will lose security patch support as those product reach end of life as far as Microsoft are concerned. So which was the correct response to the free upgrade to Windows 10? It is debatable!

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[ TK ],

You are really very funny, [ TK ].

You say that a really technically savvy person, like you, knows how to work around Microsoft hammering computers with damaging updates and patches and installations of additional programs ...

... but doing the exact same for IObit software is too much of a burden.

Thanks for explaining some of the the hoops you are willing to jump through for some relationships with some vendors for some customers.
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By the way, none of the IObit programs does anyone "have to pay for" since they all initialize whit FREE versions, where the pro versions are 'merely' additional features added in ( for a period of time ).

And in terms of "deceptive or false advertising", I suggest that an independent review of misbehavior after using IObit Advanced System Care v11.1 would most probably be the result of other programs, not the Microsoft Windows operating system itself.

So, if you run IObit Advanced System Care on Windows, it works, but if your Windows is buried below other programs, then stripping them off may not leave Windows unscathed.

If you tested IObit Advanced System Care, you could suggest to IObit that they additionally recognize and compensate and reset other programs that have taken over and mal-adjusted and infested Windows, because merely clearing them does not re-tether Windows to itself and it's own defaults.
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It's really too bad that you have no specific hands-on review to offer for this particular program, as your technically-experienced insights might have been quite informative ... and I'd say most informative for you, yourself.

Of all the posts here, you've written the most, and yet you've not even tried program.
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Peter Blaise, I thought I had already communicated my previous experience with this and other IObit programs with cleaning it from crippled customers computers that tried to solve their computing issues using their products... reading selectively? I have less than zero need to inflict my personal systems with their products and have no suggestions to IObit that have not already been suggested many times before by thousands of other victims or customers of their software. The difference between the relationship between Myself and Microsoft and Myself and IObit is If I want to use Microsoft Windows I have to work around any privacy or other issues to use their product but I don't have to install IObit software so do not have to countermeasure their bad actions. Simple really! Why would I choose to make a rod for my own back when I can simply avoid it and perform the actions I need using non-invasive tools that are mostly freely avalable without risk of hijacking processor and memory and screen resources to push their other products.

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[ TK ],

Well, thanks for your advice on using Shadow Explorer, SFC, DISM, and your general cautions about Microsoft updates.

You mention that you prefer other tools versus IObit ASC, but you did not list your other tools.

Others here often compare the GOTD offering to other programs.

Do you care to compare IObit ASC to your preferred tools, feature by feature?

Specifically, I use IObit ASC to:

[ 1 ] Updates: Flash, Java, IE, and other programs like Firefox, VLC Media Player, Microsoft security updates,

[ 2 ] Settings: adjust a plethora of buried system settings, like appearance, memory use settings, Firefox, IE and security settings, auto login, auto play, keyboard and mouse, user name, taskbar and desktop, start and context menus,

[ 3 ] Auto Run: control startup, scheduled, and default programs

[ 4 ] Cleanup: temp file and dead shortcut removal,

I also use GlaryUtilities and Update, WinUtils, CCleaner, WinOptimizer, WiseCleaner, and a variety of independent tools from SysInternals, Nirsoft, Microsoft, HP, KCSoftwares, BleepingComputer, Ninite, X-Setup, WinAero, Tweaking, and so on.

None of which completely overlap IObit ASC.

What do you use that offers controls for the above list of what IObit offers controls for?
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Peter Blaise, this is feeling like a private tech support consultation and not general comments for the benefit of GAOTD visitors and constructive criticisims of a problem vendors program... if you need technical support and further advice I suggest you hire a local technician :)

Me listing the tools I use will not teach you or others how to use those tools safely and I am NOT prepared to give tutorials here as that is not what this comments area is here for. Case in point many of the adjustments I make are done in regedit.exe and uninformed use of regedit.exe can easily hose your system. It would be like me pointing to a list of freely available industrial tools that are perfectly fine in the hands of a trained professional but deadly in the hands of the untrained member of the public a bit like ASC is!

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[ TK ],

Thanks ... so you use RegEdit as an alternative to accomplish some of the 4 specific features and benefits I listed about IObit ASC.

Me, too, but, rather than tedious line-at-a-time searching and editing, I use pre-built batch scripts and reg files, available from dozens of web tech collectives, like Ask-Leo, LifeWire, TomsITPto, TenForums, TechRepublic, AskVG, and so on.

I also export and edit working reg entries for re-use fixing corrupt reg entries.

I and others have suggested competitive tools to IObit ASC.

I appreciate that you:

-- refuse to try and report on the specific GOTD IObit ASC offering,

-- refuse to suggest or reveal alternatives that you find satisfactory.

... so ... you are here at GOTD, and commenting because ...?
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PS -- How do you believe someone becomes a "trained professional" anyway?
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[ Robert Martin ],

Ouch!

What a way to learn that the computer and any software are your servants, not your boss.

So, did you understand even one line of the pre-cleaning report before you clicked [ Fix ]?

Did your computer have hidden malware that IObit cleaned or crippled, but the malware itself prevented rebooting?

If you can yank the drive and check it via connection to another computer ...

Who knows ... now ... ?

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With a new, fresh install of Windows, it should run faster, so IObit's promise comes true, eh?

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Though too late now, I'd run a variety of anti-malware programs NOT to clean, but to CHECK my computer's condition.

Then I'd decide what to do.

I like second opinions, until I build consensus.

I'm learning to never click [ Fix ] after the first report.

I'm learning to exit without fixing, and get second opinions from other programs, until I am smart enough to asses any report from any tool.

The lesson here is not to be afraid of IObit, but to afraid of one's own inappropriate presumptions that any software is able to take more responsibility for our computers than we ourselves have as the computer owner / operator / servicer.
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[ Robert Martin ],

Boot in safe mode, and run the IObit, Toolbox, Win Fix, Advanced Fix, Desktop, "The desktop and taskbar do not work", Fix, and reboot.
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Robert Martin, Sounds like you had issues with your computer before installing ASC. ASC is tune up software. It doesnt fix issues. besides if you are running Win 10 there is your problem . Not ASC

Amayzingone, that is your best advice based upon 25 years of fixing computers as a self proclaimed expert? No boot into startup repair and try offline system restore and if that fails try offline SFC scan or last known good configuration, no boot into safe mode and try creating a new admin user profile and see if the basic windows subsytems are still intact and just the old users profile was trashed by ASC? No try DSIM tool to refresh the windows installation from a clean WIM if the user is using Win7 or above including Windows 10 which you apparently don't understand from your comment on it... oh no never a problem with ASC operations... are you a reseller of iobit products or a share holder by any chance? You see to have vested interest in puffing up their poor reputation!

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[ TK ],

Great list of recovery alternative tools:

"... boot into startup repair and try offline system restore,

... offline SFC scan,

... boot into last known good configuration,

... boot into safe mode and try creating a new admin user profile and see if the basic windows subsystems are still intact and just the old users profile was trashed,

... run DSIM tool to refresh the windows installation from a clean WIM if the user is using Win7 or above including Win10 ..."

Great advice.

Thank you.
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[ Alan ],

I just run off the registry cleaning toggle, and also inspect after installation and after running it, to turn off any auto-run, any services, or any schedule for IObit.

The toolbox has some great stuff, most of it works in the free non-pro version.
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Alan, Been using ASC for as lonm as I remember and we are talking 10 years +++. Never had an issue. But other tune-up software - yes!

Amayzingone, you can only remember 10 or so ago? yikes? I can rember some events from over 51 years ago... personally I have never had a problem with ASC on any of my computers as I never have had the need to install it on them. But I have with my customers computers who have tried to speed up their old computers by putting one piece of iobit software on their elderly machine to try and make it faster themselves and get conned by iobit agressive marketing ended up installing many pieces of IOBIT software that really should never co-exist on the same machine... takes a while to remove the IOBIT junkware and fix the damaged systems and then optimise them and make them self-maintaining for the most part but that certainly does not require any IOBIT junkware to achieve for a true professional. maybe it does for a reseller of their products but it doesn't for an impartial professional!

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[ fares ],

So don't let it run automatically at boot, and don't let it run automatic features, or auto clean what IT thinks it should do, and instead, only do what YOU want to do.

But do use the terrific and well-thought-out CONTROL tools to tune your Windows behavior to best suit your preferences.
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[ fares ],

YOU are using it wrong if it slows down YOUR computer.

My computer works just fine with my use of IObit Advanced System Care.

Perhaps you are referring to an unidentified review somewhere, and you have not actually used it?
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Peter Blaise, Exactly! Thats how I use ASC. Well said

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[ Janakee ],

FOREVER FREE for the majority of the features and tools in IObit products -- the pro versions don't add much, some only automate stuff you can still do manually in the free version.
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[ Janakee ],

It sounds like you don't value the Pro features and automation for 6 months, no charge.

Well, at least the free version works well as promised, and if the Pro features expire in 6 months, the free features will continue just fine forever.
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Just use the FREE edition of ASC. Does the job perfectly well.

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[ RTH ],

Although "speed" is an easy sales slogan, CONTROL is what I use the various IObit tools for, turning off auto boot programs, adjusting the way Windows looks and presents menus and menu items, and so on.
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[ RTH ],

That's why I appreciate the other features and benefits, such as the included tools that let me find and adjust boot-up programs, and adjust the Windows user interface to my liking.

Of course nothing can speed up a computer that's not running unnecessarily slow, nor make it run faster than it's peak potential -- as if running IObit Advanced System Care the first time improves responsiveness 10%, then running it 20 times would yield 200%?

I don't think so!
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Peter Blaise, ever heard of msconfig and Windows Control Panel?

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[ RTH ],

Of course, and [ services ], too.

But Microsoft controls are often limited, such as turning the scheduler into an over complex multilevel database instead of a simple list, as [ SysInternals ] [ AutoRuns ] shows.

But IObit [ Toolbox ] ( and other vendors utilities, such as CCleaner and Glary and Kerish Doctor and more ) quickly collects user controls such as autoplay, desktop icons, right-click menu, turning off 'shortcut' on shurtcuts, combining tray buttons, resetting Name and Company Name, setting mouse scroll, searching for network resources, memory swapping, auto login, detail boot-up and shutdown messages, clear animation, set flat menus, set Clear Type, boot defrag, separate space for explorer, default programs, autostart programs, self-loading programs, and more.

AND I use [ MSConfig ] and [ COntrol Panel ].
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[ Roger ],

And yet, it still does not create a system restore point nor turn on "last known good", nor have a make-boot CD/USB with undo powers.

Thanks for reporting registry damage to IObit, but they've done nothing different and new to raise our confidence, and in my case, they dinged other program's functions, so while the computer still booted, other things failed.

I cannot imagine anything that IObit can do to get me to ever toggle on any IObit registry cleaning functions.
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Peter Blaise, Unless you enable deep cleaning, in the registry cleaner, you shouldn't need any recovery methods other than ASC's own Rescue Center. As far as I know, Fix-It Utilities and AMUST Registry Cleaner are the only tuneup/cleaning programs which had the option to create recovery media.

It was about three years ago, that IObit fixed the false positives in the registry cleaner. If you had issues arising for cleaning the registry, hopefully it was prior to then, as in theory anyway, current versions should never mistakenly identify a valid registry key as being bad. I trust it enough, these days, to let it delete every error it finds, without me taking the time to manually verify what was found beforehand.

Roger, Thank you. You are exactly correct. BTW I think the FREE version has a similar number of features but it doesnt clean as agressively. The few additional features are not really necessary either and I switch most of them of anyway. Hence actually safer to use the more conservative FREE version than the paid PRO version.

Amayzingone, by default the registry cleaner in the free and paid versions works the same. In the paid Pro version has an optional Deep Clean mode you can enable, which scans the registry more deeply, but it is turned off unless you manually enable it.

The pro version applies more tweaks, but there's nothing it does which should be unsafe.

Sandra M., Correct! I fix computers and do the same

Sandra M., errr why are you thanking white rabbit for finding these giveaways? the user White Rabbit aka Stephen is a user here and moderator of the game.giveawayoftheday.com sites comments section not an employee or agent of the giveawayoftheday.com team!

Orson, Advanced SystemCare is safe to use and won't cause any problems. It won't definitely speed up your computer, but it is safe to use.

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[ Orson ],

Yes, inappropriate use of tools can do that.

I do not expect ANY program to speed up my computer.

I'm after CONTROL, and IObit offer convenient access to Windows CONTROLS.

Those who want speed without buying new hardware are getting the snake oil they sold themselves.
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[ Orson ],

Of course nothing can speed up a computer that's not running unnecessarily slowly, nor make it run faster than it's peak potential.

That's why I appreciate the other features and benefits, such as the included tools that let me find and adjust boot-up programs, and adjust the Windows user interface to my liking.
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Peter Blaise, What I meant by my comment was related to the site claiming an up to 200% faster boot and up to 300% faster internet. Even from a corrupted OS I've never seen a 300% or even a 100% increase in internet speed and no tweaking components has ever achieved that either. For a 200% increase in boot speed you would need to delete auto loading programmes (lots of them) or do a dangerous rework of the registry. I have never had a registry cleaning programme able to achieve that. The reason I turned to OS backup was specifically based on failed OS/registry tweaking programmes and a failed Microsoft recovery system.

Truth is my PC is set up to boot in 4 seconds.

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[ Orson ],

Of course claims for 1,000% horsepower increase a la the old JCWitney car-parts catalog is so much sales hooey.

And yet, in this thread alone, there is testimony to

"... My Win7 was taking 4 minutes to boot, and was unresponsive for about 10 minutes after that - Advanced System Care bought that down to 1.5 minutes boot, and system comes to full speed about 2 minutes after that ..."

14 minutes to 3.5 minutes is ... 400% improvement.

One of my points is that you don't get another 400% improvement every time you run IObit Advanced System Care, but you may get it once.

My other point stands, that IObit tools are powerful and competitive, and for me, familiar if not superior to other utilities.
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Orson, I have sped up many Windows computers using this wonderful software and never had an issue. Any problems you get are not related to ASC but rather entrenched in your Windows system already before using ASC. Contrary to popular belief ASC does not fix Windows problems. It does a clean and tidy up of your system which makes it operate more efficiently. Nothing more

Amayzingone, You've been lucky. ASC claims to fix Windows problems if it didn't there'd be nothing to sell i.e. if it doesn't fix the registry then it can't improve speed, the problems you get with windows are registry, viruses and too many auto-start programmes. If it only gives you access to Windows controls then it's pointless as, if you didn't already know where to find them you won't know how to use them if ASC finds them for you.

Peter Blaise, Accepted, if you don't know how to use a computer properly and it's taking 14 mins to boot ASC is probably right for you as you'll be impressed with an increase in speed and unaware of any damage. All I'm saying is you're either lucky or you're not with these programmes they quite often delete shared registry keys and whilst speeding up one programme destroy another or amend access to something you won't notice until you need it and if you really need it you will need to install your OS from scratch.

Peter Blaise, sure things can speed up computers ... chipset, GPU, CPU and memory overclocking tools can speed up computers quite significantly! I prefer specialised tools not nastily written IOBIT programs to control aspects , group policies and other undocumented settings to get the behaviours I require for my and my customers computers.

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[ Orson ],

... hence our advice to each other here to uncheck any default offering from ANY software scan, including but not limited to IObit products, and then check ONLY the results you understand.

And if that is 10% of a scan, or 1% of a scan, or even 0% of a scan, then that is what YOU as the responsible party allow.

"25,328 errors found!!!", oh my!

"... and I understand only 2 lines of your 25,328 line report, so that is all I will click go ahead to."

And by looking up what we don't understand in a scan report ( Google and Wikipedia ) we can learn loads.

But if we just click to go ahead with defaults, then we are abdicating our responsibility as owners / operators of our computers, and we deserve the abuse we heap on ourselves.

I posit that a significant number of computers that crash after running IObit Advanced System Care were really already suffering from owner / operator abuse by them irresponsibly clicking on advertisements, and "click here" links, and unidentified links in emails, and installing other super-impossible-promise utility programs ...

... but hey, I'm just speculating.

Anyone who thinks that one program can automatically compensate for an endless cascade of horrible, uninformed, and irresponsible owner / operator decisions is a consumer of computers, not a proprietor.

Hey, folks, we're trying to help you grow your skills as computer proprietors here.
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[ Orson ],

Yes, a common misunderstanding here in this thread is that some people think that programs fix anything.

Nope.

A program has no such responsibility nor capability.

A program is just a tool.

Like a hammer, that has no responsibility or capability of driving a nail, or breaking a window ( so to speak ) ... on it's own.

People nail nails, and break windows, using a hammer.

Stop blaming the hammer, people, and take responsibility for learning to use the hammer properly.

People fix things using programs.

Stop blaming the programs, people, and take responsibility for learning to use the programs properly.

And until people take responsibility for KNOWLEDGEABLY using programs for fixing things, then they will always blame the programs for messing up ...

... when the programs only did exactly what the person told them to do.

Oops.
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[ Jeff ],

Yes, I suggest to always run [ SysInternals ] [ autoruns ] immediately after installing or running any program, even Microsoft's own products ( despicably the worst ) to find and turn off any auto running, and drivers, and any schedules trying to sneak back in.
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