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WinUtilities was last given out on October 28, 2008. The version in October was 6.2. Today's version is also 6.2. That being said, the review I wrote on WinUtilities is still relevant today - I will just update a few things. I will post the Pros and Cons, free alternatives and final verdict here for convienience. For all other information, you will have to refer back to the old review.
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Table of Contents
Quick Pros and Cons
The Good
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The Bad
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Rating (out of 10)
Features as Described
WinUtilities delivers everything YL Computing claims.
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10 |
Ease of Use
Almost no learning curve what so ever. Most everything is in GUI format and is self explanatory.
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10 |
Usefulness
Anyone can use this program. Little to no technical knowledge needed. This program will be useful to everyone - every computer has some sort of junk that needs to be removed.
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10 |
Full Review
Free Alternatives:
CCleaner
Tuneup Utilities 2007
Glary Utility
Ashampoo WinOptimizer 4
Advanced SystemCare Free (For a limited time, you can get 6 months Pro license for free at Raymond.cc)
RevoUninstaller
Recuva
Eraser
PMnet Verdict: WinUtilties is an excellent program. I have been using it since I got it in October and it has been very reliable. Not to mention the automatic backups of registry and other files gives you peace of mind if anything ever goes wrong. However, with so many free alternatives to do this same task, I would recommend the following: For one single computer optimization/management program, I would say go Advanced SystemCare (get Pro while you can then switch to Free once Pro license is over). As I mentioned in the Premium Booster review, Advanced SystemCare is the most resource intensive out of all the alternatives listed above, but it is an excellent tool in terms of computer management - especially the fact that it has automatic scheduled cleaning of your computer almost every day. After Advanced SystemCare, I would rank the other programs in this order: CCleaner/WinUtilities/Tuneup Utilities 07, then Ashampoo/Glary. However, I still recommend downloading WinUtilities because of the 'extras' it has such as EXE password protection that Advanced SystemCare does not have. Lastly, regardless of what system optimization program you decide to use, you should definitely download RevoUninstaller to help you completely uninstall programs.
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GAOTD Lover
Nice review!
Once again, tho, I will need to ignore the name I post under:
I have only twice ever installed GiveAway software, and both times I uninstalled it.
Ashraf
Lol? Are you serious?
Ashraf
Something had been bugging me after I reread my final verdict but I couldn’t put my finger on it. Now it just hit me: I said “piece of mind” instead of “peace of mind” LOL! Engrish.com
giovanni
Hi Ashraf,
if you are a VISTA USER I suggest you also trying “DTweak Free”, an advanced tweaker and optimizing tool designed to enhance the performance and the speed of your PC and its processes especially for PC running VISTA as OS.
You will be surpised at the speed your PC will be having after you use this little GEM.
With DTweak you can:
- defragment disks and registers,
- clean registry sistem,
- tune computer performance,
- optimize and increase the speed of your system without manually modifying registers or ini files.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/DTweak-Free.shtml
http://www.download.com/DTweak-Free/3000-2086_4-10800709.html
As you can see it got VERY GOOD RATING from users in both sites.
But if you want to know what is wrong with your computer or laptop and what needed to get it fixed so as to optimize its performance and gauge its security, please check out this little FREE GEM:
http://www.download.com/PC-Health-Check/3000-2086_4-10904966.html
Trust me my friend: it’s ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!
Good night from Italy (it’s 1.50 am here now…LOL!)!
Giovanni
Ashraf
Don’t know man – how safe is this program? Doesn’t seem like too many people use it.
MaryLou
Ashraf — Thanks for the recommendation and the link to Advanced SystemCare Pro 6 month license. It looks like it’s well worth the undiscounted price of $29.95.