Fix-It Utilities 12 Professional [Old Version]

There are a number of PC utility packages out there. Symantec (Norton), Avanquest, System Mechanic, etc all make system utility programs that are supposed to help you remove old programs, de-clutter your hard drive, remove viruses and trojans, recover lost files, securely delete old files, etc.

I got Avanquests Fix It Utilities Professional from the Central Square NY Walmart on 8/13/12. Its given me problems ever since, inc. issues with my laptops RAM and at least one other program will have to be reinstalled as its screwed up. My laptop went down frequently after I installed this, whether I was online, playing a computer game or doing something else.

I put the word Professional in caps because I believe this product is for people who really know and understand computers and the OS. I let Fix it clean out unwanted or unneeded files and then couldnt open some of my regularly used programs and had to re install them. If you know what you are doing and take the time to review the list supplied you can find a lot of junk that will help make your computer better, fix issues and make it faster. But if you dont know what you are doing, I think it can be dangerous. Id suggest NOT going with the default lists and options but instead to examine and research everything before you allow Fix-It to fix it.

The shipment came on time. I used the product. Its work fine.

My experience with Fix-It Utilities 12 Professional was just fine, but I have to admit that my needs for it as yet have been relatively simple. I installed this on an old laptop specifically to use the Shredder function to wipe the harddrive before recycling in the computer. The program installed just fine and I proceeded to wipe everything. It performed this task with relative ease. I cannot speak to the other aspects of the program but this part of it worked just fine.

very nice but it froze my computer when the last check for malware

This review is for, Avanquest Fix-It Utilities 12 Professional First off I should have looked up any problems this program may be having. If you do a Google search for problems, youll see there really isnt any real good solutions to problems, users are having with this. I installed the full version of this, it does give you options to choose what you want to load. After I started the program I wanted to download the latest updates and virus definitions. Told me it couldnt connect to get updates, ok server was busy or something, at 2 am in the morning? Finally, after several tries and a day or so later, I was able to download the updates. Right away I noticed my shut down time nearly tripled, so I checked the registry for any changes in the line for my shut down values, couldnt find any changes there. Then I ran all the utilities in this program. There are 3 barrels that tell you the health of your computer, but one was reading only 38%. Why was that I thought after I had just ran all the utilities? So I did a Google search, sure enough, it seems other users were having the same problem. None of the 2 answers users received worked to change the 38% reading in the barrel. I didnt see a real improvement in my Windows 7, Triple Core laptop so I decided this program was wasting space on my hard drive and decided to delete it. No problem, Control Panel and uninstall program right? NOT! It couldnt proceed with removing this hard drive waster of a program, because of background programs still running. So I checked for any Avanquest Fix-It utilities programs running and shut them down, now I can delete this right? NOT! To end this review, Ill tell you how to delete this. Boot into Safe Mode of your computer. Go to the programs files (X86)folder where you will find the folder for this program, rename it old or whatever you like. Reboot into regular mode and manually remove the folder you renamed. An error will come up maybe after you delete this folder, saying it couldnt find it. Run Ccleaner and the registry cleaner thats in it. This should remove any further error messages. But after finally figuring out how to delete this my shut down time was still triple as it once was. You can restore to an earlier version of Windows 7, which some people may ask why I didnt do that in the first place? Because I feel that still would have left pieces of this program in my registry, slowing my laptop down. It was due time for me to do a clean install of Windows 7 and now my laptop is once again running like new.

Purchased and installed and made a total mess of my system. Not able to get it straightened out, even with their tech support(?), folks. All they did was send me a link to remove any remnants of old program and made problems worse than ever. Had to do several power off re-boots and grab f keys to get to a position to wipe it out. Wasted money and much wasted time, which is extremely important to me.

I have used earlier versions of this software when I had windows xp. I decided to try it again for windows 7. I am very happy to say it has gotten even getter, and for the next year, I get automatic free updates for this all- in- one software that keeps everything running smoothly.

I guess my computer must be too old this didnt work for me either glad it didnt cost that much!