dotTech Exclusive: Free WinUtilities Professional Edition (with free updates)!

Ashraf February 5, 2010 128

Update: The developer of WinUtilities Professional Edition has canceled free updates. Please see http://dottech.org/announcements/17765 for more details. v9.81 is still available for free via this promotion, though.

Update: Apparently the download of WinUtilities Professional Edition now includes Ask.com toolbar. Be sure to uncheck the options to install the Ask.com junk during installation if you don’t want it!

Long, long time ago in a galaxy not-so-far away, dotTech was one of the first (besides GOTD of course) to give users the ability to grab WinUtilities for free. Now YL Computing and dotTech have decided to further our cooperation and allow dotTechies to get WinUtilities Professional Edition for free!

For those people that have been living under a rock for the past two years (=P) don’t know what WinUtilities is, let me give a quick recap. WinUtilities is a system care suite which has over 20+ features which users can make use of:

Feel free to read my full review on WinUtilities Professional Edition to learn more about WinUtilities in detail.

WinUtilities comes in two editions: Professional Edition and Free Edition. Free Edition is, of course, freeware so users can grab it whenever they want. Professional Edition, on the other hand, costs $49.95. Now dotTechies can get Professional Edition for free! To make deal even sweeter, dotTechies will all receive free updates for Professional Edition!

That being said, to get WinUtilities Professional Edition for free follow these simple directions:

Version being given out for free: v9.81

Free updates: Yes! No

Supported OS: Windows 7/Vista/XP/2003 Server/2000/NT/98

Download WinUtilities Professional Edition.
Install WinUtilities – if you downloaded the installer version – or extract it if you downloaded the portable version.
Run WinUtilities. You should be asked to register it. Register it with the following information:

regname: dotTech User
regcode: C1H0L9-B93A-90C9-1465-4935-W6Y1L3

Note: This promotion is available to everyone – everyone may get it for free. However, this is a dotTech.org promotion. Please do not copy, paste, or reprint this registration information anywhere else including private or public forums, blogs, file hosting services, etc. If you want to spread information about this offer, you may link to this article by providing a permalink to your audience.

After installation right-click on WinUtilities’ system tray icon, go to “Settings…” and uncheck “Automatically check for updates”.
Enjoy!

If you have any trouble getting WinUtilities Professional Edition for free, post below and I will try to help.

So what exactly consists of the “Basic PC Care” that WinUtilities Free has? All of this:

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Roland February 5, 2010 at 2:22 AM (comment permalink) -

Thanks. I will try this

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Ozzie February 5, 2010 at 2:43 AM (comment permalink) -

Well done! Thanks Ashraf! I am downloading as I write! One question though, should uninstall my freeware version?

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Ozzie February 5, 2010 at 2:58 AM (comment permalink) -

Ok, uninstalled and reinstalled anyway. And all is working beautifully! Thanks again, Ashraf!

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Ryan February 5, 2010 at 4:34 AM (comment permalink) -

Hi Ashraf,

Thanks a million for the fantastic software. After installing, I wasn’t asked to register it. In fact, it registered automatically to : Giveawayoftheday.
Anything wrong?

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MikeR February 5, 2010 at 4:51 AM (comment permalink) -

Estupendo!

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Adrian February 5, 2010 at 4:57 AM (comment permalink) -

@Ryan: Did you just install this WinUtilities copy right over the GOTd copy? If so, your registration info will be that of GOTd, and you won’t be able to get updates.

What you should do, is uninstall WinUtilities completely with Revo Uninstaller, and install the DotTech copy of WinUtilties again.

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Adrian February 5, 2010 at 5:00 AM (comment permalink) -

@Ashraf,

The Free updates last for how long? Permanantly?

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Sandeep February 5, 2010 at 5:25 AM (comment permalink) -

Thanks Ashraf.

It’s really cool that we can update this version as well.

Thanks Again.

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Bosco February 5, 2010 at 6:20 AM (comment permalink) -

@Adrian:

I uninstalled WinUtilities completely with Revo Uninstaller, and installed the DotTech copy of WinUtilties again and it still it registered automatically to : Giveawayoftheday.

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Linu February 5, 2010 at 6:23 AM (comment permalink) -

User thanks Ashraf, we readers always get something or learn something here in dotTech.Regards.

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muhammad February 5, 2010 at 6:53 AM (comment permalink) -

Thanks Ashraf

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Abbasgirl February 5, 2010 at 7:01 AM (comment permalink) -

Ashraf I installed WinUtilities from Giveawayoftheday and ran it and it crashed my system to the point it had to be reformated and reinstalled what went wrong?

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mohsen February 5, 2010 at 7:03 AM (comment permalink) -

very good idea.
i hope you (we) success.

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jimorris77 February 5, 2010 at 8:23 AM (comment permalink) -

I may be the only one, but the download links are not working for me. No one else is commenting on this. It’s 10:20 eastern time. I’m trying to download the installed version.

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Refpeuk February 5, 2010 at 8:29 AM (comment permalink) -

THANKS!!

BTW, by free updates does this mean we will even get updates to version 10 when it comes out, or just minor updates?

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Adrian February 5, 2010 at 8:30 AM (comment permalink) -

@Bosco: You can try to scan your registry with CCleaner and clean any entries regarding WinUtilities, use Revo to uninstall it again, and install the dottech WinUtilities. completed!

@jimorris77: They work for me.

@Abbasgirl: Did you try to clean the registry or any files, and forgot/did not backup the system? If yes, remember to use WinUtilities’ built in backup feature before doing cleaning.

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Mike February 5, 2010 at 8:50 AM (comment permalink) -

Had no issue with a download a moment ago; nor with uninstalling the GAOTD version of WinUtilities using the WinUtilities program uninstaller and then installing this latest version, which then asked me to fill in the DotTech registration info.

Thanks for the offering to the latest!

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gpc111 February 5, 2010 at 9:45 AM (comment permalink) -

Hello all. I uninstalled my GAOTD version and installed the Dottech version. When I started the program it asked me for the registration info. I enter the info that Ashraf provided and it registered with no problems. I only used the program uninstall. No Revo or Ccleaner was needed. Thanks you so much for this gift Ashraf. I look forward to future updates.

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normofthenorth February 5, 2010 at 9:53 AM (comment permalink) -

My existing version (from you or GODT?) wouldn’t start, missing DLL, no idea why. So I ran its own uninstall.exe then installed your new one.

Registered with your info, and it seems perfect. Thanks!

Norm in Toronto

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Kernow February 5, 2010 at 10:02 AM (comment permalink) -

Excellent Ashraf! Thank you.

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MikeR February 5, 2010 at 10:49 AM (comment permalink) -

Bosco @ #9:

Hi Bosco: I’ve found that, despite Revo’s many talents, it isn’t capable of a 100% clear-out even when on deepest scan (which I don’t actually recommend, anyway.)

I’ve always found that the best way to guarantee an uninstallation is to clean out, re-boot, run a decent Registry Cleaner (nothing wrong with Crap Claeaner’s) and then re-boot again.

A single re-boot after an uninstallation routine just doesn’t guarantee that everything has gone.

Hope this helps.

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Jyo February 5, 2010 at 11:23 AM (comment permalink) -

I think the new ad initiative is brilliant, it’s a win-win for both dotTechies and YiLong. Thank you!

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MerryMarjie February 5, 2010 at 11:55 AM (comment permalink) -

Thank you very much! Everything is working perfectly and I had no problems registering. From what I read of your restrictions, it was OK for me to send a private e-mail to my sister with the permalink provided, and I hope she becomes a member of dotTech, too.

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Jami February 5, 2010 at 12:17 PM (comment permalink) -

Thank you so much for this (another) amazing software.

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Samuel February 5, 2010 at 12:53 PM (comment permalink) -

And the idea is of to a great start!

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