iolo System Mechanic 10.5.4

System Mechanic 10 is an amazingly comprehensive tool that provides everything you'll need to clean and speed up your PC, fix system problems and protect your privacy.

If your PC isn't performing, for instance, then System Mechanic will help you defragment your hard drive; optimise your Internet connection settings for faster downloads; defragment and compact the Registry; optimise the boot process by removing unnecessary startup programs, and get a temporary performance boost by closing down selected background processes.

New speedups in this version include the Program Accelerator, which improves application speeds by keeping all their dependent files close together. The CRUDD Remover helps identify programs you can safely uninstall, freeing up valuable resources. And an enhanced Registry Tuner detects and fixes up to 5 times as many problems as in previous versions.

Sounds good to us - but this is just one section of the program.

There are also repair tools to fix broken shortcuts, repair hard drive problems, even recover from disaster if Windows won't boot.

Security modules find and fix security holes in your PC, back up your Registry regularly, and stop possibly malicious processes from launching.

PC cleanup tools help you seek and destroy junk and duplicate files. Privacy modules securely wipe confidential information so it can't be recovered. A Windows tweaking tool provided easy access to more than 100 key Windows settings, an Advanced Uninstaller completely removes apps to free up hard drive space - and you could still create a very capable maintenance suite from the other tools that we haven't had space to mention.

Don't let the sheer volume of options put you off, though. You can browse every module individually, if you like, but System Mechanic also provides several all-in-one tools that will clean up, optimise and repair your PC in just a few clicks.

The new iolo System Mechanic 10.5 ships with two new tools. Designated Drivers will check to see if newer versions of installed drivers are available and enables you to upgrade to the latest drivers. The SSD Accelerator will keep your SSD optimized and in top health.

System Mechanic 10 is an excellent PC maintenance and tweaking tool that has the power experienced users need, while also remaining very accessible to novices