Forgot about the read-me file in the zip file. That had the code

ROBERT LUNT,
"just purchased" and "been using it for years"?

Just means he has been using a single license for years and has just now purchased a 3 PC License Pack.

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[ JP Onwater ],

See [ Enter code ] in the lower right opening screen ...?
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[ George Ducas ],

I either un-check the registry before scanning, or go to options, and uncheck any and all registry checks there.

Other stuff, especially the tools, are terrific, like

[ System Control ],

[ Program Deactivator ],

[ Default Program ],

[ IE Helper ], and

[ Startup Manager ]

... collectively offer controls under one panel that hare hard to accomplish otherwise.

Note, all of those continue to work forever in the free version, too.
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Don, I've been repairing and upgrading PC's for over 20 years, and your statement is a fallacy. IF you know what you're doing, there are literally hundreds of worthless reg entries that can be deleted. BUT, that is an IF! UN-knowledgeable people should leave it alone and live with just how slow the worthless junk makes your pc.

Don, I've been cleaning my registry with Piriform's CCleaner for years with zero problems. I have no idea if the giveaway today is any good, don't need it, but you can't criticize all software of a certain type because one was a lemon.

csc, Same here. Many years, many computers.

csc,
Well I can criticize CC...........in recent times with their STUPID UPDATES I finally figured out it was CC that keeps screwing up my saved passwords, all my scanner/camera programs and printers.
I've tried to check or uncheck the various choices BUT IT DON'T HELP........
Sometimes developers can't leave well enough alone.........it's NOW GONE.......no more hours of putting my system back to "normal">

csc, You make it sound like I am saying something totally out of the blue that has not been said by many others in the past.

Personally I have used CCleaner to clean the registry and had problems with it, but it was around the same time period I was testing ASC and other similar programs, the consensus at the time was to not clean the registry, if that has changed that would indeed be good news, but based on my experience I would be too gun shy to try again, weary of reinstalling Windows multiple times.

Let the individual user be the judge of whether things have changed.

Don, I have been using it for years with different flavours of windows with no problem whatsoever. even when using an ordinary ide drive and letting it defrag the hard drive.

Don, Explain better please.

Don, perhaps it's something else you're doing wrong that, in combination with a registry cleaner, is causing problems for you and others. I have used ASC Pro for many years including the registry cleaner and never had any problems at all.

csc, I’ve also been using CCLeaner for years with zero problems.

In fact, a couple of years ago a friend who was in charge of computer security at the FBI before he retired (and is now in responsible for computer security at a large stock brokerage firm), said the first software I install on my (then-new) computer should be CCleaner and MalwareBytes.

On the other hand, before that, I used SystemMechanic to “optimize” a previous computer. It deleted essential files from the registry, and I ended up reinstalling Windows and all software.

I don’t see how you can judge a software application on the basis of another application.

Don, reinstall in 2018? :D You don't heard about backup programs that restore a working system in a few minutes?

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[ Don ],

I either un-check the registry before scanning, or go to options, and uncheck any and all registry checks there.

Other stuff, especially the tools, are terrific, like

[ System Control ],

[ Program Deactivator ],

[ Default Program ],

[ IE Helper ], and

[ Startup Manager ]

... collectively offer controls under one panel that hare hard to accomplish otherwise.

Note, all of those continue to work forever in the free version, too.
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[ Manny ],

Yes, you can make a working Zip copy for use on a USB drives, see the [ Toolbox ] features [ ASC Portable Version ] from inside the program,

... so I guess you have to install it once, then you can make the Zip portable version, use that, and uninstall the full version, I suppose.
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Chuck, did you try to run it from inside the zip. It dose not work. I had the same thing and then droped it on the DT and it works just fine.

MJC,
Thanks.
Still doesn't work.
Have used ASC on and off for years.
Never had a problem before.

Myk Kelly, Its working on mine

Myk Kelly, Make sure you turn off either your shields or antivirus altogether.

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[ Steven Frizzell ],

The free version has most features minus a few tools and auto update, and the pro version reverts to the free version forever at the end of the subscription -- I've hardly ever used the pro features even when I occasionally had the pro version.
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Steven Frizzell, by that time they'll release a new key for their latest version. the only limitation of today's key is It won't work with the upcoming ver 12

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[ Allan ],

Yeah, like Microsoft products do ... and Apple products ... and Intel, and Norton, and Adobe and ...

... we're all learning to remove nag resident programs from everyone, not just IObit -- read the entire thread for tools to help.
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Hon Kong, Actually, messing way too much with the registry is one of the reasons I stopped using Advanced System Care.

If you insist in letting it do so, sooner or later you will be sorry. Speaking from experience. Yes, it improves performance, but having to reinstall Windows to fix registry issues is not my idea of an improvement.

Don, Should have backed up your registry first ... Lessons to be learned.

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[ Frankmeister ],

Neat site at [ PissedConsumer . com ], some tips and tricks there, BUT without a DATE on the complaints, there's not much I can correlate to today's offering BUT one complaint said they called IObit and the IObit tech demanded remote access then claimed there were 300+ viruses and claimed it needed additional service right now ... c'mon, folks, never execute a transaction you did not initiate ... the "customer" hung up, but said no more in their complaint.

When I call ANY tech support, I just say "uh huh, uh huh, okay, I'll try that can call back" and then search the web and or call in again up to 3 times to see what other techs at that company says averse to each other.

But I am curious, if IObit DOES scam / phish when folks call for support, PLEASE tell us to warn us.

Thanks.
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Me, Bottom right hand corner - Manage License: copy and paste the code from the text file

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[ Me ],

If it says [ Pro ] at the top, then your license from the previous version is already installed, carrying over to this version.

Try any [ Pro ] feature in the program, and if it works, you win, otherwise it will THEN ask.

Otherwise, click [ Enter code ] UNDERNEATH the big orange [ Activate Now ].

[ Activate Now ] means "go to web to BUY it", so, don't click [ Activate Now ].
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... I will never understand who votes and why, the above information got + and minus votes over time, now resting at -6.

So, some think that it was not helpful for them to review end user witness testimony that
-- the tools are useful
-- and the background auto-install stuff is obnoxious, but not risky, and easily removed?

Okay.

Vote on.

I think that if folks can't even understand the "Did you find this comment useful?" question, then no wonder folks have such difficulty figuring out the software download, the install, the registration, and the use of GOTD's offerings.
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[ KK ],

Many overlapping tools, use whichever you can manage best, why not try it an you tell us?
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This software is very good I have brought it now. But don't run 2

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[ Stephen Grant ],

If you mean "don't leave 2 utilities in auto-clean mode", great advice, and may I add:

-- don't run ANYTHING in auto-clean mode.

-- but I do use a variety of utilities because each has features and benefits that are unique.

I especially like

-- Kerish Doctor advice and tools,
-- Boost by Reason,
-- Process Lasso,
-- WinUtilities Memory Optimizer,
-- Glary Startup Manager,
-- SysInternals AutoRuns and ProcExp,
-- Malwarebytes ADWCleaner,
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KK, I use both without any issues. Just make sure that they shut down when done instead of remaining in memory. Both try to display status indicators and it is just a waste of resources.

Jeff, I have to agree with everything you said, I was a fan of IOBIt for years but last year I chose to uninstall their software because of all the hidden addons, even after you have paid for their software there always seemed a necessity to download and install more of their programs. What ever happened to the "one click does it all"

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[ Jeff ],

Yes, that's EXACTLY what happens when you abandon responsibility for your own computer.

And not just with IObit ... have you ever clicked on ALL Microsoft updates, or left them on auto-install, including to Windows 10, and then wonder what happened averse to your intentions?

Instead, responsible users know their choices well before they click "yes, continue".

IObit doesn't surprise me because I inspect what I expect before clicking through -- it's MY computer, after all.
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[ Retro ],

... wait ... what ... are you saying you WANT one-click-does-all or are you saying you DON'T WANT one-click-does-all ? ! ?
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Peter Blaise, I was referring to the "one click fix" as it used to be (pretty much tested and trusted back then). Now it directs you to download more programs to actually do what was standard years ago. Yes I know you can select which actions before hitting the "one click fix". Now I use a couple of different programs to do what I need, and keeps me running faultlessly

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[ Retro ],

Thanks for explaining, but no, one-click never before did everything, especially uninstall programs you no longer need or didn't know were installed, or update hardware drivers and resolve driver conflicts, hence IObit's tease to also download and install IObit Uninstaller and IObit Driver Booster.
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Retro & Jeff, Plus Iobit kindly offer up these programs as 6 month licences via GAOTD on a regular basis

However they are good at fixing any errors in their products and always get back to you on any error you might find.
Generally most of their products have very few errors.

derek douglas, if you have a look around the interwebs you can find free 1 year licenses

Retro, I'm happy with my 6 month licence, looked but the 1 year free I could find turned out to be three months trial, then a year using my bank details.

Kenneth Smith, Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 has a maintenance center, more than enough to keep your PC clean. Other cleaners are unnecessary.

Ivanovich, please don't make comments about subjects of which you are wholly ignorant.

Feel_the_burn,
There are various cleaners available. Each one in turn tells you it has cleaned up everything, then immediately use the next and it will tell you there are things left.

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[ Kenneth Smith ],

The pro version adds tools and auto-update as well as deeper registry cleaning ( meaning, deeper register damage ).
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[ Ivanovich ],

( 1 ) Run ANY 3rd-party cleaner after running ANY Microsoft cleaner to confirm that, no, Microsoft does not clean everything or even many things that are a unnecessary to have on one's hard drive ( and to always space-wastefully and time-consumingly have included in backups, check-disk scans, malware scans, defrag scans -f-o-r-e-v-e-r- ).

( 2 ) IObit Advanced System Care includes many tools for adjusting and tweaking settings for Microsoft and other products, and features, such as auto updating, NONE of which are included in Microsoft's "maintenance center".

( 3 ) Microsoft themselves purchased and offers FREE the powerful suite of SysInternals utilities to go far beyond Microsoft's own meager pedestrian minimum "maintenance center" placebo.

Enjoy, folks, and don't be afraid -- be aware, be curious, be informed, be intelligent, and be powerful.
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[ Ivanovich ],

Microsoft doesn't even claim to do what IObit and other utilities offer that end-users and administrators want, and Microsoft effectively admitted their own incapabilities by having to go out and purchase SysInternals because no one at Microsoft knew how to accomplish what SysInternals can do.

Microsoft ain't thinking of your computer, they are thinking of your wallet, they are a marketing company, not an original source of programming savvy company -- almost everything Microsoft markets they purchased from other original programmers, they did not invent themselves.
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Ivanovich, I know Windows 10 does and 8 did also. Its just I've had ASC in my system for so long I just wait for this to come along and get the free license every time. Im grad with associates in IT, but sometimes even we don't like to change things.

Zen , I agree with you on that one. You can run CCCleaner, ASC Glary Utilities and many others back to back and yes each one is going to find something the previous scan missed on their looking for problems.

Kenneth Smith, CCleaner, ASC Glary Utilities, WinUtilities, Wise Utilities and a few others, also the rentalware, claiming that they have the best maintenance program for you. Who still believes that kind of developers?