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No doubt you suspect your Windows PC of hidden talents, and one of the coolest is virtualization. It clones your system, creating fully working copies that you can use normally (or abnormally) without risking your "real" system. Toolwiz Time Freeze makes virtualization very easy to use. It can also protect your files and folders from changes and provide password protection.
Time Freeze has a simple interface for starting and stopping its main features as well as adding files to the File Protection feature (Time Freeze warns not to include Windows system files) and enabling password protection or changing your password. There's a small, optional "toolbar" that merely displays the program's status on the desktop, but it's helpful if you switch between modes a lot. Most of the time, the program's system tray icon handles all the action.
Except for the toolbar and system tray, there's no indication when Time Freeze's virtual system is active, except for a very slight performance lag that will be familiar to anyone who's messed around with virtual machines; it's nothing serious or even annoying, but you can feel it. We ran CCleaner, deleted the files it found, and then exited Time Freeze. The program has two exit options: reject all changes, which requires a reboot, or accept all changes, which can take a minute or two. We chose the first option, but our BIOS called a boot error when none of our disks showed up. Hmm! A hard reboot called up Checkdisk, which found no errors, and Windows opened normally, though our Google preferences had disappeared and our desktop background was corrupted. But when we ran CCleaner, the files we'd deleted in protected mode were still there, so Time Freeze did its primary job. A second run-through also caused a boot failure. But we had no problems when we exited Time Freeze while accepting all changes, or with the File Protection feature.
Despite a few bugs, we really like what Time Freeze is doing here, taking advantage of your system's built-in but little-used capabilities to offer a truly useful new feature. It's a work in progress, but worth keeping an eye on.
Publisher's Description
From Toolwiz Software:
Toolwiz Time Freeze is an effective Instant system restores software to keep your system safe and protect your computer from unwanted changes. It puts the actual system under protection and creates a virtual environment for system partition, on which you run applications and surf the internet. It provides higher-level security to computer protection, and greatly improves the efficiency of virtual system.
What's new in this version: Version 2.1 has fixed the issue when start time freeze in the FAT32 partition.
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All versions:
4.6 starsout of 29 votes
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"i think it's good"
Version: Toolwiz Time Freeze 1.9.3
Pros
very useful
Cons
Haven't thought
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"I can not believe it is freeware"
Version: Toolwiz Time Freeze 1.6
Pros
so cool function. I use it for many months, it is stable and smart.
Cons
nothing I can say here.
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"Perfect freeware."
Version: Toolwiz Time Freeze 1.6
Pros
I like it so much. My system can be always like a new one.
Cons
long time no update.
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"Good software to protect computer."
Version: Toolwiz Time Freeze 1.6
Pros
It is efficient in protect computer when we browse in internet or we instal programs which we think to be dangerous.
It works in a virtual mode and if we have seen problems, we can cancel all, with a easy reboot of computer.Cons
This program needs more tools and improvements.
We note (in protect mode)a little slower computer.Summary
Therefore for me it is a program very useful.
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"Toolwiz Time Freeze is easy to use"
Version: Toolwiz Time Freeze 1.6
Pros
It can also protect files and folders from changes and provide password protection.the toolwiz includes the system protection and folder protection
Cons
I can't say any
Summary
So far so good
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"creat a blue screen by timefreeze!!"
Version: Toolwiz Time Freeze 1.6
Pros
i give a one star because after i use timefreeze the software creat a BSOD
Cons
in some cases the software is dangerouse and create confickts with other software
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"ok product, removes installed program"
Version: Toolwiz Time Freeze 1.6
Pros
gets rid of installed program you're trying out.
Cons
On my win 7 64 bit os, the comp didn't want to start back up. I uninstalled and have their toolwiz care program installed, after recommendations prom the developer the time freeze engine would be better (haven't tried it yet.)
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"Toolwiz time freeze is the best"
Version: Toolwiz Time Freeze 1.6
Pros
It is best for virtual software of your computer and more.
Cons
can not cover all
Summary
It works great on PC, i recommend it
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"Very good product"
Version: Toolwiz Time Freeze 1.6
Pros
Very easy to use and the program is very efficient in getting the job done
Cons
I have no problems with this program...it works well for me
Summary
It prevents computer from unwanted changes and prevent malicious threats being made and doing harm to your computer
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"Very useful and FREE!"
Version: Toolwiz Time Freeze 1.6
Pros
Does all the job for me. It is Easy system restore and recovery to remove unwanted changes
Cons
Need more features...
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