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Giveaway of the day — WinUtilities Pro 15.00
WinUtilities Pro 15.00 was available as a giveaway on July 23, 2017!
WinUtilities Pro is an award winning collection of tools to optimize and speedup your system performance. this suite contains utilities to clean registry, temporary files on your disks, erase your application and internet browser history, cache and cookies. it also supports to defragment your disk drives and registry to improve computer performance and stability. built-in Startup Cleaner allows you to control startup programs that load automatically with windows, find duplicate files, fix broken shortcuts and uninstall unneeded software. More features include secure file deletion, recycle bin shredding, maintenance tasks scheduling and file recovery.
System Requirements:
Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista/ 7/ 8/ 8.1/ 10
Publisher:
YL ComputingHomepage:
http://hi.ylcomputing.com/products/winutilities-proFile Size:
10.8 MB
Price:
$39.99
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Well,
All the complaints around install seem to come from
Q: AV program does not like extension XYZ
A: Disable ALL AV during install
X: NO, Don't do that, the world will end, you'll be infected with every virus known to man and beast in 2.54 Nanoseconds. Just walk away from GOTD
My 2 cents: AV is not THAT dumb... ALL of them have a simple exclusion/whitelist filter.
simply add that extension to the whitelist. Problem solved
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Why don't you guys that are unable or unwilling to disable AV/Firewall for the installation time just download the demo from the official website and afterwards activate it with the info given in the readme.txt?! It works!
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Download and installation were a breeze. Simple user interface. Winutilities scored my brownie points till here. The performance of all modules is helpful for the beginners only. The story begins now.
Disclaimer.
Neither am I promoting any product nor degrading any. This is my personal experience and may be helpful to some.
A few days back, I crashed my entire Windows 10 while attempting to double boot with Ubuntu. Some accidental mouse clicks led the entire OS to washed off from the HDD with data and info of other drives. Just imagine, I wiped off all my 500 GB HDD accidentally and formatted it with Ext4. Neither rewriting of MBR nor troubleshooting with live CD helped. Finally, I made a re-installation of Windows and kept a few file recovery utilities ready.
Almost the entire internet has listed "Recuva" as the best recovery utilities and someone has listed "Puran Utilities" also. I was craving to get maximum files recovered in an excellent condition downloaded many, including Puran Utilities. Recuva has found millions of files comprising 100s of GB from entire disk. But barring a few JPEG images, none of those 'excellent' recoveries worked for me. Then I tried my hand in Puran Utilities about which I heard but never tried my hand on it coz of its GUI. Puran has also recovered a large amount of data. Surprisingly, 85% of them were in perfect condition. Awed by this fantastic output, I decided to give a try on all the modules of Puran Utilities. Take my words, all those modules performed superbly and satisfied my need.
Winutilities has a price tag of $40 where as Puran Utilities is free for individual use. Thanks to Winutilities for making me think about for a donation to the developer of Puran Utilities, which I will.
The End
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Is it ok yo update to future versions?
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Mark Edwards, not if you read GiveawayoftheDay's terms; updating usually turns its offered programs into trial versions. Update at your own risk.
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Be very careful with updates for this program. I have received this in the past with "lifetime licenses" They functioned well and updated well. But each time they would update and revert to a trial version. I would suggest using ToolWiz Time Freeze or a similar product to test any update.
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Those still having issues installing please keep the readme file and download from their site directly.
http://hi.ylcomputing.com/products/winutilities-pro/download
The key provided works with their original installer.
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For whatever reason (have not been able to figure it out yet) when I download the offering and execute the setup.exe ... all I get after awhile is 'Connection failed. Please try again.' I've checked my firewall settings and given permissions, etc, etc. About one and a half years ago ago, this started for some reason. I've stayed on the list and have kept trying to no avail. Previously to that time frame I had no such problem. Has this file that ends in .gcd always been included ... say two years ago. I don't remember, but back then whatever offerings I was interested in were no problem. Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions. It's ashame O've hit this 'roadblock' as I've missed out on some good ones to at least try. Frustrated in Dallas. LOL
BoDirigo
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Bo Dirigo,
I while back I posted a comment about this very thing and GOTD explained that the .gcd file is an anti-piracy file that prevents the software from being installed outside the give away period. However, most AVs and anti-malware programs see this as a potential threat simply because they do not recognize the file type (i.e. false positive). There are a couple of ways to get round this. You can disable your protection software for the duration of the download and install and then re-enable them once done or you can boot up in safe mode with network connection option enabled and download and install, then reboot in normal mode again. It goes without saying both methods carry a small risk of infection from other sources, but running a virus scan afterwords should catch any nasties that found their way on to your system. Hope this helps.
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how good is this program? iam about to uninstall old version of wisecare365 since i missed out on recent giveaway, cheers
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Mal, I had an older version of WiseCare365 (running on an XP machine I use--for other programs on it), and, it still...worked FINE! Though I was HAPPY when the newest version arrived, of course. Using this updated version (didn't test the older "for comparison") it removes almost...ALL that CCleaner does (well), and, Kerish Doctor does (well, also)!! So...? I dunno--but, that I'd KEEP THAT Wise Care, and, hope to "hit" when it's updated...again? (I would, at least.)
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Hi, Robert, sorry, but I could hardly agree with your advice to "*temporarily* turn off your anti-malware/anti-virus/HIPS programs". Some nasty scripts, plug-ins etc. permanently check in the background, if a HIPS programme (including a fire wall) is running and as soon as it is turned off they detect the change and start doing their disastrous jobs – whether from the net, or from inside the computer.
It’s true, that many users are hopeless because they do not seem to understand and know their machines and systems well enought, but their frustrations, reacions to unexpected occurrences, etc. "make" another cattle of fish.
The only reasonable and practiceable principle is that the wrapper and the application should not interfere with protection systems. How is that possible is the responsibility of code developers and it is definitely possible as proved by many smooth installations from outside GAOTD service
All in all, your advice should be supplied with a note: "do it at your own risk and make a full, retrivable copy of the system before you use the advice".
Thanks for comment, anyway,
Cheers
Marek
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I've been using WinUtilities for over a decade in free and pro versions and about four years ago got a 3 PC lifetime license at a screaming BitsDuJour deal.
Over that time, I've had nine systems, Win 7 & 10 (currently two 7, two 10) and WinUtilities was never a problem. Including the registry cleaner. (One of my Win 10 systems is running v15 from another giveaway which was running a previous GotD v12.)
I snag these giveaways for friends and relatives since v13. Who've never have a problem either, installing or using.
The "problems" people have lie between the keyboard and the chair.
Thanks to YL and GotD!!
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Redbad, your minus ratings show you are on your own.
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Wise Care 365 was offered few days ago. So I don't need this one.
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Themida GOTD "Wrapper".Turn off AV for install.Robert Garafolo is 100% correct.It has been giving GOTD visitors issues for probably 6 years now.
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It doesn't start when Windows DEP (Data Execution Prevention) is set to be always on.
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Setup files are corrupt please obtain a new copy of the setup. Over and over and over again.
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Nutz,
please read a long comment by Robert Garofalo at the bottom of this page :)
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And – to have a multi-side view, you might want to read also my comment on Garofalo’s remarks following his post.
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toptenreviews.com;
Editor's Note: This review has been removed from our side-by-side comparison because it no longer ranks as a top 10 product. < a href="http://www.toptenreviews.com/software/utilities/best-pc-system-utilities-software/winutilities-review" title="TopTenReview" >
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I've used previous versions of this program, so was looking forward to the upgrade. Unfortunately the installation failed. Twice. I have no time or desire to troubleshoot this stuff. I'm disappointed, but....buh bye :(
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Loren,
it`s a known issue, that lots of antiviruses block the GiveAway installer for some reason. This is going on for a while now. Switch of your antivirus temporarily whilst installation is running and try again!
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Not sure if it is a bug, but clearing IRFANVIEW history simply erases its .INI , which also includes all settings.
I understand why - IRFAN chose to store everything in one file, but a warning would have been appreciated.
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Warum öffnet sich die install.exe nicht? Kann ich da etwas falsch machen?
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Jo,
it`s a known issue, that lots of antiviruses block the GiveAway installer for some reason. This is going on for a while now. Switch of your antivirus temporarily whilst installation is running and try again!
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Jo, mit rechter Maustaste auf Setup klicken, und Oeffnen auswaehlen. Warten bis Aktivierungsfenster erscheint, zustimmen, und dann sollte sich das eigentliche Programminstallationsfenster oeffnen, und die Installation beginnen.
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Norton gave me a virus alert. Perhaps this was a false-positive, but I didn't wan't to take the chance of infecting my computer. I've had a great experience with Advanced System Care Pro and will stick with it.
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Great program, used before, installed without a hitch. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
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Can anyone tell me if this is similar to Advanced System Care Pro? I am using that right now,I believe it was a GOTD. I have never tried this one. Thanks...
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Sandie Cramer, Advanced system care is far superior to this product.. Stay away from this, it actually can harm your pc if used incorrectly
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I had a eary ner. it was great , BUT WinUtilities Pro 15.00 it is great..
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Great utility
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Zemana Antilogger BLOCKED this...installation--as a potentially harmful program! (It's setup.exe on Windows 7 computer.)
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David, Zemana Antilogger BLOCKS virtually everything from the GOTD site I have found.
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David Ulrich,
it`s a known issue, that lots of antiviruses block the GiveAway installer for some reason. This is going on for a while now. Switch off your antivirus temporarily whilst installation is running and try again!
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David Ulrich, Kaspersjy does too, so you have to suspend the monitoring and run the installation.
In the case of Kaspersky you have to suspend and reboot before an installation can be carried out.
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Encycopedia Brittannica , never had any problems (like this--well, maybe...one time "way back", I don't recall, exactly) with Zemana's interruption, formerly? With CCleaner, Kerish Doctor...WiseCare365: I'm not certain WHAT...MORE this offering would...do? (Though I still have an earlier install of itself on Win 7, too.)
I...am, however ("thanks" to...you), FOLLOWING UP via opening WinUtilities--encountering a "new version" offering: downloading...itself, and, GOING ALONG (hopefully) that the GOTD offering "key" will work upon itself, too!!! (Gotta re-start my computer--for that upgrade instill to...work. So, I'll leave it...here, thank you!) Oh...yeah: gonna DO THAT upon an XP machine, also!! (Anyone, notice...this is ONE PROGRAM as allows for a Win98 install--any..."takers"?)
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Installed it and it keeps coming back to the input registration data page
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this giveaway doesn't want to work.i have swichted off antivirus but this hasn't changed anything.
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Avira blocks installation by sending PUA/InstallCore.Gen7 to Quarantine.
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Is this an authorized or MicroSoft-supported download utility?
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It was a good product at the time, but over the years became outdated since they didn't add anything new.
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FYI: version history - http://hi.ylcomputing.com/products/winutilities-pro/version-history. I'd say they've added -- or improved -- over the years.
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Suze,
Added more supports for cleaner module
Added 3 new plugins for History Cleaner module
Added more plugins for History Cleaner
New Windows 10 style UI (Where??)
Adds more plug-ins for History Cleaner
Adds more languages
Adds more languages
Added a new Context Menu Manager module
Throughout all their Version History they just added one module "Added a new Context Menu Manager module", the program itself didn't get anything new.
Dick defragment module doesn't recognize SSD.
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Used previous versions and it sells itself as a bit of a jack of many trades and some of the utilities on board can be useful from a sort of one stop shop Batman PC utility belt.
Then there are some that are either completely useless such as registry defrag or the ones to use with caution such as registry cleaner and even some that may seem unusual to see in such a tool 'Split any type of file into smaller pieces and rejoin them to the original file ' plus the ones that are really just marketing 'Makes sure that no data thief can get his hands on your sensitive data '
But on the whole, it's not a bad little suite of utilities that also has a one click optimise option, which I would be a little wary of as from my experience WinUtilities can be a little over aggressive with it's one click feature.
So potentially worth having on your machine but I would advise using the tools that you need, when you need them, except for the general junk tool that can be used every day.
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I grabbed this because I am already familiar with the program. It's always had a good reputation.
No problems with installation. You can use your own name in the registration field which is a plus for me.
This is a good program with a nice set of tools like the usual, reg cleaner, history cleaner, optimizer, etc. plus it will password protect files for you and even split and join files. It's a lot like Glary Utilities Pro.
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Installed and registered OK (had V13 already installed).
Thanks.
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if your installer, like mine, doesn't install anything...just goes to the "successfully activated" pop up, click the link for the installer website in the description, and dl and install v 15...then copy and paste the username and code from the readme. it did work to register that way. but the wrapper in today's download does seem to be defective.
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John,
I had no problem installing today's download in the conventional way, so the package is unlikely to be defective. However, the wrapper is indeed notorious for causing problems when people forget to temporarily halt whatever security software they may be running. And depending on what anti-malware app one is running, problems can manifest in different ways: some AV programs simply quash the installer because their heuristics view it as "suspicious", and some progs fail to report that they've even done this, and other security programs don't specifically target the GOTD installer, but somehow interfere with it just enough to @#$! up the installation in myriad bizarre ways, causing much head-scratching and frustration to the user--which one sees showing up in the comments here virtually every single day!
So my simple advice (the same given every day by the more experienced users) is: if it appears that something has gone amiss with the installation, *temporarily* turn off your anti-malware/anti-virus/HIPS programs (and it's evident that some users can be running more than one--possibly without their knowledge--which can further complicate matters) and RE-TRY.
Many people, while in a state of frustration and exasperation due to a problematic install, come and post "download is corrupt!!" or "the fraggin installer is broken!" while somehow selectively ignoring the posts right above them from users who had downloaded the same file, and installed the program without any incident.
P.S.: That's not to say that there can't sometimes be real problems with the GOTD offering, but that is almost always an issue on the developer's end (e.g., an incorrect user key, overloaded registration servers, sometimes wacky and convoluted confirmation processes, etc.), as opposed to a legitimately defective installation file.
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Robert Garofalo, I never had this issue with my Win XP computer, it only started when I was running AVG on my new Win 10 computer. I have been a member of this site for many years so I trust all GOTD offerings to be virus free so I had no worries about turning off my anti-virus software. I have since then uninstalled AVG because it never gave me an option to whitelist GOTD installer. Windows Defender doesn't seam to have any issues with it. I agree with you that people complain about the software offering not installing when someone has already answered the question of "why" just in a previous comment. This question has been answered many, many times and either the people asking are brand new, or they just don't take time to read the comments before posting anything. I always read the comments to find out if I might like the software or not, unless it is a software that I have/had as a previous offering. I also have learned many computer related things and found some good "free" software from other commenters. It isn't just the GOTD offerings that have kept me here these many years, it is the knowledge of the other commenters even if I don't see people here that I read comments from when I first found this site.
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Robert Garofalo,
I am not paranoiac but to switch off antivirus/antimalware protection to install a program from some not very well known developer don´t sound to me as the best idea. OK, everybody has to decice what he/she feels secure yet. As GOTD utilities are not-essential for me (what I really need I already bought /got free) and I just want to give them a try, I give it up if such installation issue occurs. Outside of GOTD world I notice such problems extremely rarely...
But thanks to GOTD for offering programs which can be useful for many of us and sometimes we even didnt know that we need them... ;-)
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John Webb, Thanks for the tip. I closed out my AV program and still had exactly the same results you describe. Then I did what you suggested and had no problem at all.
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Henry, I am someone who is paranoid when downloading and installing programs or anything else from the internet. Because of that I have only had 3 viruses infect my system since I started using the internet with Win 95 over 20 years ago. GOTD is one of the few sites I trust to download software from without a personal recommendation from someone who has already installed the program. When I used AVG and had to turn it off to install a GOTD program, I set it only to be turned off for a set amount of time. When installing a program from GOTD, I am not trusting the software developer, I am trusting GOTD and in all the years I have been downloading from them I haven't received a virus from one of their offerings.
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