Do any of you use SYSTEM MECHANICS?

BunnyJ · 16 Apr 2016

hTconeM9user said:

Never used SYSTEM MECHANICS have heard bad things about it
But can highly recommend Ccleaner also they do a decent defraggler as well

Keep in mind you don't want do defrag and SSD. It would do too many writes to it and that's not good.

Fidel · 16 Apr 2016

Interested in hearing what you guys keep on your computers to keep it running smoothly.It seems many of you believe that one does really need any system repairs/clean ups of any type. I have ccleaner, malwarebytes and mcafee.

davidhk · 16 Apr 2016

Fidel said:

Interested in hearing what you guys keep on your computers to keep it running smoothly.It seems many of you believe that one does really need any system repairs/clean ups of any type. I have ccleaner, malwarebytes and mcafee.

Personal opinion ONLY.
I am not suggesting my setup is the best in this galaxy. It just works for me on my 2 laptops.

I use Win 10's own Windows Defender as my real-time protection.
Malwarebytes, free edition, as my on-demand protection.
CCleaner to do disk cleanup.
Auslogics, free edition, to do disk defrag.
No snake-oiled garbage.

For 2+ years I have no issues, security or performance.

McAfee ? Why pay for it while there are many comparable programs that are free ?

BunnyJ · 16 Apr 2016

davidhk said:

Personal opinion ONLY.
I am not suggesting my setup is the best in this galaxy. It just works for me on my 2 laptops.

I use Win 10's own Windows Defender as my real-time protection.
Malwarebytes, free edition, as my on-demand protection.
CCleaner to do disk cleanup.
Auslogics, free edition, to do disk defrag.
No snake-oiled garbage.

For 2+ years I have no issues, security or performance.

McAfee ? Why pay for it while there are many comparable programs that are free ?

Just wondering.. do you defrag your SSD's??

davidhk · 16 Apr 2016

BunnyJ said:

Just wondering.. do you defrag your SSD's??

I do not have ssd.
I do read somewhere that one does not defrag ssd.

BunnyJ · 16 Apr 2016

davidhk said:

I do not have ssd.
I do read somewhere that one does not defrag ssd.

Just wondering if you did. And yes.. not a good thing to do that. You should look into one some day.
Love mine.

Word Man · 16 Apr 2016

BunnyJ said:

Just wondering if you did. And yes.. not a good thing to do that. You should look into one some day.
Love mine.

Yeah, we had some conversation about that with davidhk a while back: SSD worth it?

As far as OT, yeah, I tried System Mechanic some years back and, after a few months, ended up stuffing it into the snake oil compartment.

Fidel · 18 Apr 2016

davidhk said:

Personal opinion ONLY.
I am not suggesting my setup is the best in this galaxy. It just works for me on my 2 laptops.

I use Win 10's own Windows Defender as my real-time protection.
Malwarebytes, free edition, as my on-demand protection.
CCleaner to do disk cleanup.
Auslogics, free edition, to do disk defrag.
No snake-oiled garbage.

For 2+ years I have no issues, security or performance.

McAfee ? Why pay for it while there are many comparable programs that are free ?

McAfee came free with the computer, everything I've ever used on my pc was free :)

Did a disc cleanup and my computer seems to be running faster.

python134r · 18 Apr 2016

A non-necessary proggie. You dont need it.

davidhk · 18 Apr 2016

Fidel said:

McAfee came free with the computer, everything I've ever used on my pc was free :)

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I don't recall that McAfee comes free with a computer EXCEPT in trial version.
Perhaps you have a free one year subscription and you will have to pay for subscription renewal when it expires ?
Better double check so there will be no surprise.