I investigate anything that looks odd or too resource hungry.

If the computer feels sluggish for any reason – I check which processes are using disk and CPU resources with Task Manager.

I regularly go through my installed programs list and remove any programs I don’t use – less is more.

When I feel startup is slower than usual, I check all the startup programs and disable most, if not all – depending on what is absolutely necessary.

Restart every so often (shutting down and turning it on again doesn’t count anymore with Windows 8 and 10).

Check for driver updates every now and again – especially video and audio drivers.

Make sure Windows and other software is updated.

Here’s my do’s and don’t’s list – it might help you save a couple of dollars: You know, the things I do and don’t do with it… A small percentage of that is thanks to System Mechanic and the rest is all thanks to how I use my computer. The reason why my computer runs smoothly is not entirely thanks to System Mechanic. But the thing is (and yes – there is a but) Everything is still running smoothly which is excellent.

It has been running in the background clearing out junk and fixing registry issues while I go about my daily tasks. I haven’t experienced any issues with the program. I’ve been using System Mechanic for many years on my own computer. All these things definitely contribute to speeding up a PC. System Mechanic also has a few interesting power and resource management features that optimizes the way in which your computer uses the hardware resources available to it.(Resources refers to the internal components, brain power, memory, storage etc).

It can even help eliminate dangerous or cumbersome startup programs (or PUPs as they are called – Potentially Unwanted Programs).

It removes internet junk files as well as Windows junk files.

It checks the registry for errors and fixes anything it thinks needs fixing (not always a good outcome).

It defragments the hard drive regularly (putting all the bits of data saved all over your drive neatly together so that the computer can access the data faster).

The short answer is yes, iolo’s System Mechanic is good at what it does, but it is not a fix-all.īy work, I mean it does help to keep your computer somewhat optimized.

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