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PCmover Professional
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The Good: In place upgrade lets you upgrade from XP to Windows 7 on the same machine. Easy to use, solid performance, multiple transfer options and complete migration of files, setting, folders and installed programs. The Bad: Nothing to note |
Spyware Doctor + Antivirus 2010
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The Good: Complete multilayer protection against virtually every possible security threat. Light on system resources. Reasonably priced with liberal license to protect up to 3 computers. The Bad: Full system scans are time consuming |
Cakewalk Guitar Tracks Pro USB
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The Good: Feature rich guitar recording software. Quality virtual guitar, bass, drums, and more for backing tracks. Easy to use UA-1G audio interface for latency free recording. A lot of quality editing and production features. The Bad: Windows 7 not supported. |
BitDefender Total Security 2010
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The Good: Complete protection from malware, secure data backup, easy to use parental controls, light on system resources The Bad: More detailed and powerful Tune-up utilities would be welcome |
Returnil Virtual System 2010 Home
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The Good: Easy to create virtual system that doesn't allow system changes. Great solution for public and certain business scenarios The Bad: Hard to use for novice home users, better use is for public systems |
Norton Internet Security 2010
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The Good: Complete protection against Malware, Hackers, SPAM and more. Nice set of Parental Controls for keeping kids safe online. Fast loading new interface that is light on system resources The Bad: Full system virus scans are still time consuming |
Norton Antivirus 2010
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The Good: Attractive new interface. Light on system resources compared to earlier versions. Several options for configuration The Bad: Full system scans are time consuming and take up a lot of resources |
Second Copy 7
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The Good: Fast and easy to use automatic backup utility that allows backup to multiple locations and over FTP The Bad: Need to create multiple profiles to backup same files to multiple locations |
ALLCapture 3.0
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The Good: Easy to use screen capture tool for creating quality screencasts The Bad: Not as many file format and conversion options as other screencast utilities |
Rebit Backup Software
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The Good: Incredibly easy to use backup and system recovery software The Bad: Initial cataloging and backup is time consuming |
System Mechanic 9
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The Good: A full set of computer repair and optimization utilities for Windows Systems The Bad: Can take a bit of time to load |
FILEMinimizer Office 5.0
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The Good: Great amounts of compression for large office files, batch processing available The Bad: Sometimes PowerPoint images are a bit fuzzy after compression |
PDFTiger 1.0
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The Good: Fast batch conversion of PDF documents, The Bad: No configurable settings, some PDF to Word conversions not accurate. |
FILEminimizer Pictures
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The Good: Reduces large image file sizes over 90% with no loss in quality The Bad: More editing features such as Scaling would be welcome |
Wondershare Streaming Audio Recorder
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The Good: Quality audio file formats, easy to use The Bad: Advanced scheduled recording feature would be welcome |
TuneClone
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The Good: Easy to use DRM removal and conversion of iTunes music for use on other players The Bad: More features for specific players and extra format conversions would be welcome |
Easeus Data Recovery Wizard
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The Good: Fast and easy to use data recovery for individual files, full drives or partitions The Bad: A bit expensive for a full license |
Norton Ghost 14
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The Good: Comprehensive backup solution for home and small business computer systems The Bad: Initial backups can be overwhelming and slow on legacy computers |
Blaze Media Player Pro
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The Good: Amazing amount of features and utilities for audio and video all in one package The Bad: Video conversion file types somewhat lacking |
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4
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The Good: Quality Virus and other Malware protection, light on system resources, bundles with ESET System Inspector The Bad: Nothing |
My Audio Studio
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The Good: Fast easy to use for basic music and other audio recording tasks The Bad: Could use more advanced editing and recording features for advanced users |
AnyBizSoft PDF to Word 2.0
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The Good: Converts batches of PDF files to Word quickly. Much faster than version 1.0 The Bad: Text is sometimes over laid on pictures when converting large complex documents |
BitDefender 2009
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The Good: Comprehensive Virus and malware protection The Bad: Hard to follow menu choices, slow scans |
Audio Dedupe
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The Good: Unique technology "listens" to audio files for accurate duplicate detections The Bad: User interface is rather plain |
Cheetah DVD
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The Good: Fast easy to use CD and DVD Burner. Includes video and music file conversion The Bad: A detailed log file system would be welcome |
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Cakewalk Guitar Tracks Pro USB
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The Good: Feature rich guitar recording software. Quality virtual guitar, bass, drums, and more for backing tracks. Easy to use UA-1G audio interface for latency free recording. A lot of quality editing and production features. The Bad: Windows 7 not supported. |
Wondershare Streaming Audio Recorder
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The Good: Quality audio file formats, easy to use The Bad: Advanced scheduled recording feature would be welcome |
TuneClone
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The Good: Easy to use DRM removal and conversion of iTunes music for use on other players The Bad: More features for specific players and extra format conversions would be welcome |
Blaze Media Player Pro
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The Good: Amazing amount of features and utilities for audio and video all in one package The Bad: Video conversion file types somewhat lacking |
My Audio Studio
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The Good: Fast easy to use for basic music and other audio recording tasks The Bad: Could use more advanced editing and recording features for advanced users |
Audio Dedupe
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The Good: Unique technology "listens" to audio files for accurate duplicate detections The Bad: User interface is rather plain |
Cheetah DVD
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The Good: Fast easy to use CD and DVD Burner. Includes video and music file conversion The Bad: A detailed log file system would be welcome |
Online Radio Tuner
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The Good: Easy to use interface, unlimited presets, cool album art feature The Bad: A bit pricey for a full license |
Wondershare PPT2DVD
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The Good: Easy to use, fast editing of PowerPoint presentations to DVD and several common video formats The Bad: More authoring tools would be welcome |
Sothink Video Converter for Adobe Flash
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The Good: Easy to use with support for several formats to convert to FLV The Bad: No support for HD quality encoding |
Audials One
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The Good: Fast downloads and recording of online entertainment. Easy removal of DRM from your paid for media files. The Bad: Seems somewhat disorganized at first requiring a bit of a learning curve |
Cakewalk Music Creator 5
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The Good: Affordable and powerful multitrack recording program perfect for beginners The Bad: Might not work optimally with some sound cards |
Media Monkey Standard Version 3
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The Good: Great for organizing large audio collections. Plays a lot of file formats out of the box (no installing plugins). The Bad: A paid upgrade to Gold is required for additional features. |
WinDVD 9
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The Good: A lot of great enhancements for audio and video playback and supports Blu-ray The Bad: Requires a lot of system resources for advanced features resulting in poor performance on older systems. |
Wondershare DVD Ripper Platinum
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The Good: Fast DVD conversion to several video formats for portable devices. Is available for both Windows and Mac The Bad: Extra special effects and editing utilities would be welcome |
StarBurn Version 10.5
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The Good: Good amount of features. Fast and Easy to use. Compatible with 32 and 64 bit Windows. The Bad: Not as many video editing features as some other disc burning applications. |
PowerDVD 9
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The Good: Enhances DVD's to near HD quality with True Theater technology. The Bad: Audio options could be better. MoovieLive needs much improvement. |
Advanced Audio Recorder
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The Good: Easy to use, records high quality audio from any audio source sent into the PC. Offers full audio editing utility. The Bad: Demo version only allows 40 seconds per track for recording |
Wondershare Video Converter Platinum
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The Good: Fast conversion between most standard video formats, side by side video editing, support for HD The Bad: Extra special effects editing utilities would be welcome |
WINAMP 10th Anniversary Edition
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The Good: Easy to use, great audio quality, loads of fun features. The Bad: A lot of advertisements. Cannot burn a CD to mp3 format without purchasing a license. |
Wondershare Video to Audio Converter
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The Good: Fast, good quality audio conversions from video files. Nicely laid out user interface which makes use very easy The Bad: Converting audio directly from DVD's would be welcome |
Replay Music
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The Good: Records high quality audio MP3 or WAV files from any internet source. Very easy to use The Bad: Recording to other types of music formats would be welcome |
Songbird
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The Good: Great music organizer and Web Player. Improved sound quality. Lots of Add-ons. The Bad: Does not rip or play CD’s. Cannot convert file formats |
Nero 9
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The Good: A very easy to use complete suite to cover essentially every digital media need. Fun to use to create personal photo albums and movies. The Bad: Can use up a lot of resources which does not make it a good choice for older systems. |
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Norton Antivirus 2010
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The Good: Attractive new interface. Light on system resources compared to earlier versions. Several options for configuration The Bad: Full system scans are time consuming and take up a lot of resources |
ALLCapture 3.0
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The Good: Easy to use screen capture tool for creating quality screencasts The Bad: Not as many file format and conversion options as other screencast utilities |
FILEMinimizer Office 5.0
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The Good: Great amounts of compression for large office files, batch processing available The Bad: Sometimes PowerPoint images are a bit fuzzy after compression |
PDFTiger 1.0
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The Good: Fast batch conversion of PDF documents, The Bad: No configurable settings, some PDF to Word conversions not accurate. |
FILEminimizer Pictures
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The Good: Reduces large image file sizes over 90% with no loss in quality The Bad: More editing features such as Scaling would be welcome |
AnyBizSoft PDF to Word 2.0
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The Good: Converts batches of PDF files to Word quickly. Much faster than version 1.0 The Bad: Text is sometimes over laid on pictures when converting large complex documents |
Parallels Workstation 2.2 for Windows and Linux
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The Good: Runs smooth, easy to set up and use, great way to consolidate computer hardware The Bad: 64-bit operating system support would be welcome |
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Spyware Doctor + Antivirus 2010
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The Good: Complete multilayer protection against virtually every possible security threat. Light on system resources. Reasonably priced with liberal license to protect up to 3 computers. The Bad: Full system scans are time consuming |
BitDefender Total Security 2010
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The Good: Complete protection from malware, secure data backup, easy to use parental controls, light on system resources The Bad: More detailed and powerful Tune-up utilities would be welcome |
Returnil Virtual System 2010 Home
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The Good: Easy to create virtual system that doesn't allow system changes. Great solution for public and certain business scenarios The Bad: Hard to use for novice home users, better use is for public systems |
Norton Internet Security 2010
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The Good: Complete protection against Malware, Hackers, SPAM and more. Nice set of Parental Controls for keeping kids safe online. Fast loading new interface that is light on system resources The Bad: Full system virus scans are still time consuming |
Norton Antivirus 2010
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The Good: Attractive new interface. Light on system resources compared to earlier versions. Several options for configuration The Bad: Full system scans are time consuming and take up a lot of resources |
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4
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The Good: Quality Virus and other Malware protection, light on system resources, bundles with ESET System Inspector The Bad: Nothing |
BitDefender 2009
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The Good: Comprehensive Virus and malware protection The Bad: Hard to follow menu choices, slow scans |
Paragon Encrypted Disk 4.0
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The Good: Easy to use encryption software The Bad: Expensive, no 64bit support |
iAntivirus
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The Good: Real-time protection against known Mac threats and light on system resources The Bad: Nothing |
Folder Castle 4.1
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The Good: Quick and easy to use application for protecting your important data. The Bad: Support for 64bit and other operating systems would be welcome |
Ad Aware 10th Anniversary Edition Free
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The Good: Same great spyware protection you have learned to expect from Ad-Aware. Much faster overall. Redesigned easy to use graphical user interface. The Bad: A lot of features only are available in the Plus or Pro versions. Some nagging reminders to upgrade to a paid license. |
Folder Lock 6
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The Good: Fast, easy, and customizable Folder Lockers. Allows multiple files and folders in each Locker. Uses 256-bit AES Encryption The Bad: Has a tendency to be slow and clunky at times |
Trend Micro Anti-Virus plus Anti-Spyware 16
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The Good: Effective AntiVirus and Spyware protection with great reporting capabilities The Bad: Can slow down older PC's with real-time scanning |
ESET NOD32 Version 3
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The Good: Light on system resources with real-time protection at an affordable price The Bad: Not a lot of easy configuration options |
ScrambleOnClick
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The Good: Easily encrypts certain text in documents that needs to stay confidential The Bad: Does not encrypt images |
SuperAntiSpyware Free
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The Good: Can detect over 1 million malicious threats. Is light on system resources and easy to use. The Bad: License required for additional features already included in some free programs. Scans can take quite a bit of time to complete. |
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009
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The Good: Lots of scanning options, very fast, Easy to use with well laid out interface and easy to follow wizards. Officially supports Windows 7. The Bad: Advanced features may be confusing to some users. Can take up a lot of resources on slower computers. |
F-Secure AntiVirus 2009
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The Good: Solid virus protection, easy to navigate user interface The Bad: Scans consume a lot of system resources which slows down older systems |
Norton 360
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The Good: Great all-in-one AntiVirus, Internet, and data protection The Bad: Takes over all system security functions leaving a lot of configuration changes to run some web based applications. Live updates often require a reboot. Can slow down system start up |
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
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The Good: Fast and effective at detecting and removing malicious software The Bad: License required for real-time protection and scheduled scans |
Vipre Anti-virus + Anti-spyware
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The Good: Runs very light, taking up few resources making it a perfect choice for netbooks and older systems. Liberal licensing policy. Compatible with Windows 7 The Bad: Nothing |
McAfee Security Suite 2009
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The Good: Solid anti-virus protection with real time scanning. Surprisingly, takes up few system resources when running in the background. The Bad: Requires yearly subscription renewal. Configuring McAfee to not conflict with Windows settings can be confusing for beginners. |
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PCmover Professional
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The Good: In place upgrade lets you upgrade from XP to Windows 7 on the same machine. Easy to use, solid performance, multiple transfer options and complete migration of files, setting, folders and installed programs. The Bad: Nothing to note |
Returnil Virtual System 2010 Home
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The Good: Easy to create virtual system that doesn't allow system changes. Great solution for public and certain business scenarios The Bad: Hard to use for novice home users, better use is for public systems |
Second Copy 7
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The Good: Fast and easy to use automatic backup utility that allows backup to multiple locations and over FTP The Bad: Need to create multiple profiles to backup same files to multiple locations |
Rebit Backup Software
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The Good: Incredibly easy to use backup and system recovery software The Bad: Initial cataloging and backup is time consuming |
System Mechanic 9
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The Good: A full set of computer repair and optimization utilities for Windows Systems The Bad: Can take a bit of time to load |
Easeus Data Recovery Wizard
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The Good: Fast and easy to use data recovery for individual files, full drives or partitions The Bad: A bit expensive for a full license |
Norton Ghost 14
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The Good: Comprehensive backup solution for home and small business computer systems The Bad: Initial backups can be overwhelming and slow on legacy computers |
Carbonite
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The Good: Secure, reliable, easy to use off-site data backup service The Bad: First backup of data can take a long time |
GoodSync
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The Good: Fast easy to use file backup and synchronization between machines and networks The Bad: Limited functionality after 30 day trial |
Paragon Drive Backup Personal Edition
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The Good: Fast and easy to use comprehensive backup application The Bad: Cannot backup to an ISO image |
Cleanse Uninstaller Pro
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The Good: Easy to follow wizards guide you through a complete uninstall process which is great for beginners The Bad: Experienced PC users may find the amount of features and control rather limited |
WinUtilities 6.4
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The Good: Several optimization utilities all in one easy to use suite The Bad: No Disk Defragmenter or Disk Optimizer. Not enough information for the user about what each task does. Memory Optimization tool can conflict with Vista |
Wise Disk Cleaner Pro
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The Good: Fast deep scans, easy to use interface, included file recovery tool can be a lifesaver The Bad: Not as many features that are included in free utilities |
Diskeeper 2009 Home Edition
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The Good: Tons of user options and reports. Automatic defragging. Great for home office or power PC user The Bad: Manual defrags can be time consuming. Amount of features can be overkill for a some home users |
VistaStartMenu
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The Good: Makes navigation through the Start menu much more efficient. Adds a Vista like Search Box to XP The Bad: Limited skins and no support for Aero Glass |
Norton Utilities
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The Good: Performs the included utilities effectively, easy to use interface The Bad: Lacks a lot of utilities included in most freeware utility suites |
Glary Utilities
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The Good: Free, lightweight easy to use interface with One-Click Maintenance. Several maintenance tools all in one suite. Fast scanning with automatic restore points The Bad: Automatic scanning, updates, and other options only available in Pro edition. |
Portable Apps
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The Good: Lots of powerful apps and utilities that run from a flash drive. Can add and customize a lot of other utilities not already included The Bad: Some apps do not have the full functionality of regular versions |
Registry Mechanic 8
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The Good: Solid registry maintenance including Registry Monitor. Includes several useful utilities to increase performance in many areas of the computer. The Bad: Should include more features and reporting tools |
Acronis True Image Home 2009
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The Good: Affordable comprehensive full PC imaging and backup. Easy to use interface and wizards. Light on system resources The Bad: Several reboots required for some features |