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Advanced Vista Optimizer consolidates into one dashboard numerous system-tweaking and configuration tools, from the basic to the advanced. The features cover the bases, including disk and Registry defragging, program prefetching and the proprietary Superfetching, start-up and shutdown tweaks, optimization adjustments for performance, memory, and hardware, an uninstaller, and a file splitter and joiner.
Designed to resemble Vista's Windows Explorer layout, the interface makes clever use of a breadcrumb trail at the top to make it easier to navigate back to any previously-visited level. Below the breadcrumb bar, the main window has been split into two levels. The top pane contains feature information about the tool you're currently looking at, and a static panel detailing current system settings such as last optimization date, available RAM, and OS version--Windows Vista Enterprise, for example.
AVO offers one other feature, a Single Click Care that blasts through both its initial scan and the subsequent clean-up. The start button for this cumulative scan that rounds up all optimization features except for defragmentation appears in the main window for the program, ensuring a quick start. In our tests, the initial scan took about 90 seconds to discover what it considered more than 2000 problem points, and the corrective clean-up took about four minutes. A system restart is required for changes to take effect.
As is occasionally common in these omnitool programs, some of AVO's components could be more thoroughly fleshed out. The Disk Defragger, for example, lacks a progress bar and is not the fastest defragger we've seen, although it is effective. Nevertheless, users who want a comprehensive round-up of tools and utilities accessible from one familiar interface should find Advanced Vista Optimizer to be worth the investment.
Publisher's Description
From Systweak:
Advanced Vista Optimizer is a comprehensive set of 25+ tools to boost up your system's performance. Its powerful optimizing features like Disk Defragment and Memory Optimizer make your computer always perform like new. The security tools like Privacy Protector and File Encryptor ensure that your private data is always safe. Advanced Vista Optimizer gives you access to 35+ tweaks and tuning options, in one program, so that you can customize your copy of Windows Vista to be your personal copy. It can be scheduled to automatically maintain your system in perfect health by running the optimizing tools without regular user action.
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All versions:
3.3 starsout of 54 votes
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Current version:
3.5 starsout of 11 votes
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"WORKS FAIRLY FAST"
Version: Advanced Vista Optimizer 2009 3.5
Pros
DOES A GOOD JOB ISOLATING AND CLEANING
Cons
NO MAJOR PROBLEMS SEEN YET
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"Perfect solution for any Vista user"
Version: Advanced Vista Optimizer 2009 3.5
Pros
Quick, full featured, really does what it should do.
Cons
Comes bundeled with advanced system protectior - a spyware removal program that is in trial even if you purchase the full version of advanced vista optimizer.
Summary
I bought this program through trialpay a couple of weeks back. I have been using it constatnly for the last 3/4 weeks and I can see a lot of positive improvements to my Vista system. The program cleans all unnecessary files, cookies, history etc. from the system without a glitch. It then optimizes the registry and the hard drive.
At the same time, for any Vista user, it gives you the opportunity to tweak Vista in the way that you want it ... cursor speed, mouse position, appearance just to name a few.
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"Great thing for keeping your computer's stability."
Version: Advanced Vista Optimizer 2009 3.5
Pros
Can remove history,junk and it's a privacy protector. It also can Tune up for reasonale security and optimize memory.
Cons
Only lasts for 15 days, trial period.
Summary
This is an amazing product for cleaning your computer. It does amazing things and makes your computer run alot faster. If you don't have it you MUST get it.
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"Looks great but has the drawbacks of tweaking programs"
Version: Advanced Vista Optimizer 2009 3.5
Pros
Easy installation and user interface. Has a lot of tweaking possibilities.
Cons
The one click system to clean up your computer makes sure you loose a lot of useful information like cookies and favorites, unless items are checked one by one, which is a cumbersome task.
Summary
Good looking program but with the usual drawback of tweaking programs. It does remove useful information without warning and gives little expalnation of what it is doing.. also there is no evident improvement in perfomance, at least as far as I noticed on my 3Ghz, 3Gb RAM machine.
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"a good tool for vista"
Version: Advanced Vista Optimizer 2009 3.5
Pros
the trial is better. i had vista optimizer 2008 and it was a bad trial. this is a fully functional trial. works very well. the disk tool is very good. the single click is sensible. thats what i use this for. havent explored the other tools.
Cons
havent explored the other tools. used single click, which is good. it doesnt have power tools as described.
Summary
it is a good set. depends on what is your need. if you want to do regular maintenance, i think this is the best tool. no hassle, single click. for advanced tools, i have not explored it and i dont need advanced options anyways. i believe my pc needs basic optimizer and this works perfect. no issue so far. i use 32 bit, so dont know about 64 bit issue!
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"They Make Good Programs, but....."
Version: Advanced Vista Optimizer 2009 3.5
Pros
Works while it's installed
Cons
Killed my XP OS when you uninstalled, so Vista users be aware of this possibility.
Summary
Generally Systweak makes programs that work, but, when I uninstalled the XP version a few years ago my system crashed completely. Computer was no longer usable. And it wasn't just me, I later found other users that had the same experience. If you decide not to keep it, make sure you have everything backed up, along with recovery disks.
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"Doesn't work with 64 bit Vista"
Version: Advanced Vista Optimizer 2009 3.5
Pros
None, doesn't work.
Cons
Doesn't work with 64-but Vista. The version recommended for 64 bit doesn't work either.
Summary
Wish it would work.
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"Excellent Product for Vista.......!"
Version: Advanced Vista Optimizer 2009 3.5
Pros
This Optimizer really makes your Windows Vista run smoothly.It deletes all the unwanted files,folders & programs and hence, makes your Vista run faster...!
Cons
I think there's no problem in this product at all........
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"Don't lose your time ..."
Version: Advanced Vista Optimizer 2009 3.5
Pros
... roll back to Windows XP ...
Cons
faster, more stable ...
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"Good one, it really optimized my Vista"
Version: Advanced Vista Optimizer 2009 3.5
Pros
Its graphics is too good and user friendly and what more it realy works.
Cons
Its one click optimization is too good it found may junk files and cleaned my system and increased speed.
Summary
Do try it as it is good and really optimizes vista.
till now it has worked best on my PC.
Now my PC boots faster and loads programs faster.
I can launch any of the administartor application which I never heard off.
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