WinUtilities Free Edition: New freeware version of WinUtilities comes with many useful features

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   theWeissguy January 20, 2010 at 2:04 PM (comment permalink) -

   The free version of Win Utilities looks like a repackaging of Perfect Utilities 3.03 without the update nag screen! It’s a great utility which I’ve used often – excellent registry cleaner among other features.

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   Jerry January 20, 2010 at 2:12 PM (comment permalink) -

   Ashraf,

   The moment I clicked on your download link my Norton Internet Security lit up and said that the site was unsafe, finding both spyware and a keylogger. (See attached report in PDF format.)

   What gives?

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   Refpeuk January 20, 2010 at 4:05 PM (comment permalink) -

   Why would I get this when Perfect Utilities has all the features of Winutilities, also for free?

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   Jyo January 20, 2010 at 7:00 PM (comment permalink) -

   @Refpeuk: Thing is, Perfect Utilities is no more, and it’s really hard to find another download source of this software. You can still find Perfect Utilities 2.01 in the Brothersoft website I think but that’s the latest version I can find. Unless you’ve found another mirror site?

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   Ashraf January 20, 2010 at 7:04 PM (comment permalink) -

   Mr. Boss

   @theWeissguy: Perfect Utilities was just WinUtilities repackaged. So ya they should be similar.

   @Jerry: Norton is listing YLComputing.com (the website of the developer) as “unsafe”: http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=ylcomputing.com. However, as far as I know WinUtilities is clean. But, if you are worried, here is a link to grab it from Download.com: http://download.cnet.com/WinUtilities-Free-Edition/3000-18512_4-75021441.html?part=dl-6275045&subj=dl&tag=button.

   @Refpeuk: Perfect Utilities is no more. As I said before, Perfect Utilities was just a repackage of WinUtilities and the developer has discontinued it.

   @Jyo: Ditto.

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   OldElmerFudd January 20, 2010 at 11:38 PM (comment permalink) -

   Downloaded and installed without difficulty. Allowed me to choose install directory (a plus). Fairly straight-ahead GUI, no real surprises. One problem: there was no way to backup registry entries before deletion. Some interesting choices made this worth keeping along side of Crap Cleaner and Glary Utilities Pro http://www.glaryutilities.com/ I usually leave registry cleaning to jv 16 Power Tools http://www.macecraft.com/

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   acr January 21, 2010 at 12:41 AM (comment permalink) -

   Is it true that the disk defrag uses j/k defrag source code?

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   Ashraf January 21, 2010 at 12:42 AM (comment permalink) -

   Mr. Boss

   @OldElmerFudd: Cool. Thanks for the feedback.

   @acr: That is what I have heard, yes. But I can’t remember where I glanced over it. Are you saying they stole it?

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   acr January 21, 2010 at 1:19 AM (comment permalink) -

   @Ashraf: I am not saying they stole it- just heard they use it without giving credit…

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    reddy January 21, 2010 at 4:01 AM (comment permalink) -

    Still not sure what the difference is between free and pro. The developer might be a pretty good programmer (Win Utils is maybe better than some of its ilk) but he/she/they don’t know squat about marketing.

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    reddy January 21, 2010 at 4:04 AM (comment permalink) -

    @Ashraf: fwiw, all cnet does is direct the user to the dl link on the program’s website. If the site is unsafe, then the link should be, too. (Personally, I don’t believe it is unsafe).

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    MerleOne January 21, 2010 at 8:24 AM (comment permalink) -

    The pro version is available today on GAOTD, 2010-01-21

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    Alex January 21, 2010 at 10:43 AM (comment permalink) -

    WinUtilities 9.3 Pro

    http://ru.giveawayoftheday.com/winutulities-9-37-pro/

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    Mal January 21, 2010 at 12:51 PM (comment permalink) -

    @Alex:

    I downloaded it without problem.I came to Ashraf’s site for a review first.I always do when I see something I fancy on G.O.T.D.

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    Alex January 22, 2010 at 11:54 AM (comment permalink) -

    http://store.v3.co.uk/?act=details&id=2870

    Auslogics BoostSpeed 4

    Our Price: FREE

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    Alex January 22, 2010 at 11:58 AM (comment permalink) -

    ZoneLINK Multicore Optimizer Free Full Version

    http://zonelink.de/special/pcformat8

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    Alex January 22, 2010 at 12:06 PM (comment permalink) -

    FREE Advanced SystemCare PRO Edition

    http://db.iobit.com/license-free/ascpro-softpedia-giveaway.php

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    Jyo January 22, 2010 at 1:51 PM (comment permalink) -

    I’m disliking the new menu interface, anyone else feel the same?

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    William Neurauter February 3, 2010 at 1:53 PM (comment permalink) -

    I had ver. 9.3 from GOTD but it appears to have crashed & now I get error messages. my control panel shows ver. 6.4 is installed so perhaps something went wrong after installing 9.3…..
    I imagine I should try to uninstall it.

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    Safe and Sane March 9, 2012 at 12:50 PM (comment permalink) -

    Toolwiz is currently my favorite. Free, of course

    http://www.toolwiz.com/

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    Sid March 9, 2012 at 1:58 PM (comment permalink) -

    What a day to post about WinUtilities Free edition. With update 10.44, free edition has been crippled, made unusable by developer unless you pay up for an upgrade!
    The links have been removed as well, so if you have direct links, that is the only way to reach Free edition page.

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    giovanni March 9, 2012 at 5:21 PM (comment permalink) -

    No way…TOOLWIZ CARE is far better than this…it even includes the award-winning Time Freeze besides of tons of other great features:

    http://www.toolwiz.com/

    Only TUNEUP UTILITIES 2012 (maybe) can beat it now!!

    Full review here:
    http://computelogy.com/2012/01/toolwiz-care-v1-keeps-windiows-pc-optimized-healthy-speedy-clean-freeware/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+computelogy%2FHnyu+%28COMPUTELOGY.com%29

    The freeware JETCLEAN and DISKMAX are also 2 great free alternatives that are worth a try:

    http://www.bluesprig.com/jetclean.html
    http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Secure-cleaning/DiskMax.shtml

    As FREE Disk defragmenter, the best one is definitely AUSLOGICS DISK DEFRAG PORTABLE:
    http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/#portable

    Enjoy!!

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    eyelove March 10, 2012 at 6:27 AM (comment permalink) -

    http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/WinUtilities-Free.shtml
    Pls check this link , maybe this work for free version , im not sure, WinUtilities-Free 10.44

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