IObit Advanced SystemCare Free is another comprehensive PC optimization tool. However, technical support is only officially available for the paid version of the software. We received replies to our queries within 12 hours. You can also email the Glarysoft support team through the website. Besides the useful, well-written articles with screenshots, there’s a General Feedback forum for highlighting issues or giving feedback. Glarysoft has a comprehensive FAQ and Knowledge Base for Glary Utilities. There’s an excellent Knowledge Base supporting Glary Utilities (Image credit: Glary Utilities) Support Even the Update Manager tool works well, identifying 23 applications on our test computer that could be updated. It lists how many seconds each item is adding to your load time and details of what the program or task does. The Startup Manager of Glary Utilities is excellent, showing you a breakdown of all the startup programs, scheduled tasks, plugins, application services, and Windows services that might be slowing down the boot time of your computer. The files cleaner found over a gigabyte of temporary files to remove, which is on par with the rest of our testing. It does have basic skinning support, so you can choose the colors and background of the application, but it always looks professional. Many system maintenance and optimization tools have pointless widgets to make it appear as if they’re doing something more impressive than they are. Glary Utilities has a refreshingly simple interface. For the amount of utility that you can get out of the software, we think that this is a fair price to pay.Advanced tools are listed in their own tab (Image credit: Glary Utilities) Interface and in use But instead of requiring an ongoing subscription, like many performance tools do, Ashampoo WinOptimizer Pro is a one-off $29.99 purchase for 10 devices. Even removing unnecessary registry entries and files can’t be done in the free version. Unfortunately, most of the best features require you to pay for the full software. Its simple one-click-optimizer can diagnose and repair the most common issues that Windows users experience, but if you want to delve deeper, there are many extra tools in WinOptimizer to aid you. Final verdictĪshampoo WinOptimizer is a good solution for beginners and experts alike. Besides scanning your PC for temporary files and fixing your registry, it includes a Software Updater and protection from phishing attempts. It doesn’t have as slick an interface as Ashampoo WinOptimizer, but many of its tools go into more depth and give you more control over the changes being made.Īnother system utility tool that aims to do it all is IObit Advanced SystemCare Free. Glary Utilities is similar to Ashampoo WinOptimizer in that it includes a wealth of useful tools for system maintenance and optimization. Ashampoo told us that it aims to respond to all customer queries within 24 hours. In our testing, we received replies to queries within 10 hours, which is pretty quick. You can also contact Ashampoo support through an online form. There’s an online manual too, but besides listing each of the functions in the software tool, it doesn’t go into much detail. If you accidentally click Clean when you meant to hit Optimize, you can be waiting 20 or 30 seconds before you can exit the menu.Īshampoo has a basic support site for its products, including WinOptimizer (Image credit: Ashampoo WinOptimizer) SupportĪshampoo has a basic FAQ for WinOptimizer on its site, with a few brief answers to common queries. One issue is that jumping between menu items can be a bit sluggish. Hidden away, you’ll find modules for managing your computer’s fonts, checking your hard drives for errors, and recovering deleted files. There’s a useful suite of system information and benchmarking tools, alongside a Disk Space explorer, Process Manager, and Backup Manager. Still, it's worth getting to know each of WinOptimizer’s tools yourself, as you’re given control over how they run and what they do to your computer. Clicking on any of the buttons gives you a more detailed report on what was found and how WinOptimizer intends to fix the issue. In our testing, the analysis was good, finding more problems on our test machine than in most of our testing. It takes around 90 seconds to perform an analysis. This is WinOptimizer’s one-size-fits-all scan that checks for unnecessary files, broken registry entries, invalid shortcuts, and browser traces such as cookies and history files. The Overview page displays a CPU usage gauge and an Analyze button. The automatic scan recognized many problems with our test machine (Image credit: Ashampoo WinOptimizer) Interface and in useĪshampoo WinOptimizer has a clean, modern interface with two skins: Darkmode and Lightmode.
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