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- Price: Free to try (20 registry fixes/15-day trial); $39.95 to buy (Buy it now)
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows XP
- Date added: September 21, 2009
- Total Downloads: 1,436,721
- Downloads last week: 884
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 213 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on September 21, 2009
Advanced System Optimizer 3 gives people a comprehensive suite of utilities fronted by an interface that showcases an excellent use of color-coded icons, making banal system tasks easy to complete--if not exciting. However, its restrictive trial could prevent some people from fully exploring the program.
The program attempts to be all things to all people, and includes tools that can be split into three categories: maintenance, security, and backup. Advanced System Optimizer focuses on the maintenance side of things, and includes a Registry optimizer and cleaner, a disk defragmenter, a disk repair utility that claims to fix errors before drive failure, an explorer for managing disk usage by file type and size, a memory optimizer for freeing RAM, a game mode, and a driver updater. Security is not the focus here, but it does include malware protection, secure deletion, and a file encryption utility. Backup and recovery features include rescuing deleted files, a backup manager that streamlines restoration, and a separate system file backup and restore feature. The Smart PC Care feature is new, and allows users to run multiple maintenance tasks with one click.
The new main window is well-crafted and takes a page from security suites by providing status updates in one place, letting you know what the problems are in general terms. At the end of a scan, a small Details link will appear to the right of the scan type. Click it to drill down to see specifically which files, Registry entries, or cookies will be deleted. The harsh trial compares favorably with its competitors, but, like them, it's so tight that most users will find it challenging to fairly evaluate the program's efficacy.
Editors' note, November 6, 2009: The review has been updated to fix an inaccuracy, but the overall score has not changed.
Publisher's description
From Systweak :Systweak Advanced System Optimizer v3 is a multi-functional system performance and optimization suite for Windows. This collection of tools lets you supercharge your PC's performance, enhance its security, tweak and optimize its settings, and customize and personalize your screens. It works with a Single Click of Mouse. Advanced System Optimizer's Registry Cleaner makes your system more stable by cleaning out the invalid Registry entries while Registry Optimizer defragments and rebuilds your Registry, making your entire system run smoothly. The program includes more powerful tools--System Cleaner, Disk Optimizer, Disk Tools and Disk Explorer to clean and optimize your hard drives. The Memory Optimizer ensures that memory is released properly when you stop running each program on your system. There is even a Game Optimizer that creates a special environment so that games run faster.
What's new in this version:
Advanced System Optimizer 3 now includes the One Click Care feature, allowing six important tasks to be carried out. Among new features are also Spyware Protector, Disk Defrag, Backup Manager, and Driver Manager.
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- Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 213 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Advanced System Optimizer 3.0
"Marketing, marketing, marketing"
Pros: All in one.
Cons: Slow, annoying uninstall, pricey, yearly subscription.
Summary: Version 2 was a good product. Version 3 is all about marketing and a lot less on performance. Seems like a good company gone bad.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Advanced System Optimizer 3.0
Pros: It will provide driver updates.
Cons: Lets see, 250 characters to write this..sorry would not have the space..
Summary: I wrote a great review on systweaks Advanced Vista Opt only to have to come back and change it.. This is the first company I have changed my review to a neg ... Systweak introduced me to A.S.O 3, Due to having my Adobe Flash deleted every time I did... read more >>
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Advanced System Optimizer 3.0
Pros: Attractive GUI, tempting to purchase. Excellent tool for beginners as it gives good chance to learn how to reinstall Windows.
Cons: Designed to perform countless tasks but imperfect in doing that. Interferes with important Windows settings. Heavy, slows down the system. Huge RAM, CPU consummation. Many function doesn't work on different OEM and language platforms.
Summary: Deceptive business practice, as for ASO1 and ASO2 sales and tech. support assured its customers they give lifetime free of charge upgrades, guaranteed it in written Upgrade Policy Statements sent to customers by emails.
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Advanced System Optimizer 3.0
Pros: Easy to install
Cons: Trashed my system
Summary: I don't know whether it trashed my registry, installed a bogus driver, or deleted a system file, but I had to recover using a 28-day old Norton Ghost backup because it also trashed my HP/Vista recovery point.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Advanced System Optimizer 3.0
"comprehensive, easy to use, definitely speeds up my PC"
Pros: iinstalled quickly, easy to use interface, comprehensive utility for all types of optimizing hard drive, RAM, etc. After its first run my 5-yr old Dell was running better than it did the day I bought it.
not one application stalled or crashedCons: Found over 4000 duplicate files that are grouped by color. But no re-sorting was possible, so one has to scroll through a list of files. If I could have deleted all the dupe's found in two or three folders automatically, I could save a ton of time.
Summary: good value, competitively priced, complete set of features/functions
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