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- Price: Free to try (15-day trial); $39.95 to buy
- Operating system: Windows XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7
- Date added: August 04, 2009
- Total Downloads: 863,166
- Downloads last week: 13,833
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 442 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
BoostSpeed is an effective all-encompassing utility suite, combining some of Auslogics' popular freeware titles such as Disk Defrag and Registry Defrag with services that they don't offer elsewhere. There's an uninstall manager, a startup manager for boot cycle customizations, RAM and browser optimizers, file shredder, DirectX diagnostic, Windows tweak manager, and several mini apps to manage Windows settings. It also comes with a rescue center that can back up any settings before you change them. No doubt, BoostSpeed gives you your money's worth, at least in terms of services provided. Upgrading also only costs $10, for those who own older versions.
Are they all worth paying for? That depends on what kind of user you are. Most, if not all, of these features are available as freeware from one vendor or another, and generally one in each category is top-notch or nearly so. Some of the lesser tools, like the tweaks manager and the security feature, didn't live up to our expectations. Tweaks focused on basic functions and wouldn't serve as a replacement for TweakUI, while the security feature merely let me know that we had up-to-date security apps installed. Still, the convenience of having all these tools located under one umbrella was hard to argue with, and even the tools that didn't impress did their jobs hitch-free.
Scan speeds for the features new to us included here were comparable with those in Disk Defrag. Users also got the convenience of optionally setting the program to run at startup and live in the system tray, making most of the program's functionality no more than a context-menu click away. The most useful tools are the Disk Defrag, the RAM optimizer, the Registry Optimizer--if you believe that "optimizing" the Registry is more than snake oil--the file shredder, and the performance monitor. The 15-day trial comes unfettered, allowing you to thoroughly judge if this is a program you want.
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Publisher's description
From Auslogics Software :Computers are 1000 times faster now than they were ten years ago. But did you ever feel that your slow computer could be a little faster? A faster processor is easily compromised by new features, more expensive graphics and numerous glitches in the operating system. Worse than that, any new computer can get really slow after only a few months. Junk files, registry errors, and fragmentation accumulate to cause the slow down as well as occasional crashes. An Australian software company, Auslogics, has developed an effective remedy to speed up a slow Windows systems--award winning Auslogics Boost Speed. Run the program once a week and it will remove all the clutter, fix registry errors and defragment the disks and the registry.
Version 4.5.14.260 has improved Internet Optimizer compatibility with certain firewalls and added support for multiple CPUs in the Task Manager process affinity control.
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Version 4.5.14.260 has improved Internet Optimizer compatibility with certain firewalls and added support for multiple CPUs in the Task Manager process affinity control.
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User reviews of Auslogics BoostSpeed 4.5.14.260
- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 442 votes
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Version: Auslogics BoostSpeed 4.5.14.260
"The best IT clean-up programs that I have used"
Pros: De-frag, cleanup, track eraser, disk wiping and general maintainance program is brillaint. Particularly one-button checkup is quick and easy to use. Auslogics are an honest and worthwhile business.
Cons: One button duplicates some other functions.
Summary: Easy to use. Avoids difficult decisons and makes recommendations. Good upgrades that are FOC. Enabled for more than one PC. Ideal for all home computers in the paid-for version.
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Version: Auslogics BoostSpeed 4.5.14.260
"Excellent software; very handy"
Pros: It's very good. Just the right price for the features included.
Cons: What cons?
Summary: This is quite good. I like the fact that it's an all-in-one tool so you don't have to have so much stuff installed to do the job this does. Too much stuff installed slows your computer down. This tool would be quite handy if the Internet Optimizer t... read more >>
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Version: Auslogics BoostSpeed 4.5.14.260
Pros: Fast and easy to use
Cons: No cons!!!
Summary: It's worth the money!!!
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Version: Auslogics BoostSpeed 4.5.14.260
"Power in a really compact package"
Pros: Small footprint, low resource consumption, really visible results!
Cons: None that I can think of.
Summary: You may be able to save the expense of a service or tune-up call for your system just by using this remarkable little program!
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Version: Auslogics BoostSpeed 4.5.14.260
"ILooking for expected performance? This one's for you!"
Pros: Actually, there's just too many to list in only 250 characters. Allow me to say though, that I've used every feature (in the paid/registered version, and I have yet to be disappointed with the execution of any one of them.
Cons: This I can definitely answer in the 250 characters allowed: Absolutely not one single con (in my humble, but accurate, opinion) has popped up as yet. Only time will truly reveal whether or not this remains the case, but I think you get my drift.
Summary: Company support couldn't be better or more personalized and attentive. The program delivers exactly as promised, and updates and revisions are often and timely, and are truly beneficial to the operation of the program. Wish I could go on for the 500... read more >>
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