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  • 1.0 stars

    "Garbage"

    April 19, 2008  |   By noneed2login

    Version: SystemBoosterXP 2

    Pros

    Nothing. At. All.

    Cons

    This software doesn't work, plain and simple. The idea COULD work in a limited sense if implemented properly.

    I like how CNET implies that those who don't see a benefit with this turdware are computer illiterates, but then they end their review by saying "we found little to no improvement in our test machines". They found "little to no improvement", yet they still give it four stars? Hello? Is this thing on?

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  • 4.0 stars

    "A fair boost"

    April 13, 2007  |   By arfer111

    Version: SystemBoosterXP 2

    Pros

    Seems to be more noticeable in someways more than others,it increases page rendering quite a lot,others hardly at all,depends how you have the profile set up i suppose.Overall decent enough,altho if yo system a bit slow may to consider additional memory

    Cons

    No use running this unless your system has a decent amount of spare RAM ,it can take 75 meg plus.

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  • 1.0 stars

    "Deceitware"

    March 1, 2007  |   By nitinbali

    Version: SystemBoosterXP 2

    Pros

    Let me think...

    Can I get back to you on that?

    Cons

    It's a waste of money. This utility DOES improve the performance of some systems, but let's look at why. Well, those systems aren't taking advantage of all the memory they have available, and SystemBoosterXP is caching files in memory for them.

    The problem is that Windows can do the same thing, if you have the memory for it. And if you don't have enough memory for it in your system, then NOTHING can help you.

    But what you can do, rather than spending $20 on a third-party utility, is enable the LargeSystemCache registry setting (a Google search will reveal more info on that--and you don't need to edit the registry manually, nor use any third-party utility. Simply go into System Properties/Advanced/Performance/Advanced, and set "Adjust for best performance of System cache".)

    If you do that, and disable or at least shrink and fix the size of your paging file, you will get more performance than you would have out of SystemBoosterXP. But again, you need enough memory to do that--for Windows XP, that means at least 1.0 GB, and preferably more.

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  • 1.0 stars

    "1 finger up! :P"

    February 5, 2007  |   By blablupp

    Version: SystemBoosterXP 2

    Pros

    It didn't wipe out my hard drive.

    One finger up--guess which one!

    Cons

    It didn't do anything...it claims to.

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  • 5.0 stars

    "10 fingers up! :P"

    October 21, 2006  |   By flamez the hedgehog

    Version: SystemBoosterXP 2

    Pros

    Speed my computer up like a demon! If you think this is a waste, you have problems!

    Cons

    nothing!!!!

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  • 1.0 stars

    "Useless"

    April 12, 2006  |   By   

    Version: SystemBoosterXP 2

    Pros

    None

    Cons

    Waste of money. Waste of time. Waste of disk space. Waste of processor cycles and disk activity.

    This thing did absolutely nothing for me.

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