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Total PC Health Review

February 2nd, 2011

OK, I started using this product a couple weeks back. Initially i was a bit sceptical. I thought I am just downloading yet another Registry cleaner which would pretty much give me the same old results.

Well I was actually pretty shocked. This software certainly isn’t the run of the mill Registry cleaner, in fact it is kind of hard to explain, but I was completely impressed. First i will try and explain what the product is, then give a breakdown of all the actual features.

Total PC Health is not just a PC cleaner. It is an all-in-one tool that has all the features you need to totally fix your PC and improve performance. The scan model in this product is actually five scans built into one. It will scan the Registry, drivers, processes, privacy and Malware. Overall I think the scan took like 45 seconds, but this was on a decent PC. I expect slower scans, depending on how many errors.

The scan detected about 38 errors and 12 out-of-date drivers. What it also detected were all of my privacy items such as chat logs, internet browsing history, Office history etc. This was pretty cool because I don’t normally use a privacy cleaner, but i can see why it would be useful (i have now shredded some stuff that shouldn’t be seen).

Besides the scan and repair, I also found a bunch of other features in this product. There are disk defrag tools, duplicate file finder, file extension locator, temp files cleaner, startup process manager, restore point manager, etc.  To be honest, I haven’t gone through all of the features yet, as I find the quick scan and repair quite sufficient. But I think as an overall PC optimization tool, this is going to be hard to beat.

Here i will try and list all of the features I located in this application:

  • Registry cleaner and Registry repair
  • Automatic driver updater
  • Disk defrag analysis and repair (with scheduler)
  • Privacy cleaner and shredder
  • Duplicate file finder
  • Process optimizer and process manager
  • Startup manager
  • Browser helper object manager
  • Disk cleanup
  • Malware removal
  • File extension fix

That is a pretty impressive set of tools to have in one interface. To sum it all up, an excellent product that I now have on three of my PCs. I just can’t tell you how handy it is to have a driver updater with Registry cleaner. This saves me so much time and I no longer need to run two different programs.

PROS: Multiple scan models, tons of excellent features. You can easily fix PC errors and optimize with this product. If this doesn’t fix up your PC, nothing will.

CONS: I think the Malware remover needs a bit of work. It does find stuff, but I don’t think it finds everything. Also, some of the menu browsing was a bit confusing. You just need to get acquainted with the green arrows in the top right.

I highly recommend this product. You can get it from the link below, or via Softpedia.

Total PC Health

Total PC Health on Softpedia

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Windows Live Movie Maker

September 4th, 2009

Windows Live Movie Maker is a great free program that is now available for Windows Vista and Windows 7 users.  This application has a ton of great video editing features, visual effects and support for 1080P HD content.

Live Movie Maker is a replacement for the old Windows Movie Maker. However, this is not just an updated version, but a fully redesigned program that is far superior to the old Movie Maker.

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With Live Movie Maker you can also create slide shows using photos and music.   Web publishing has been streamlined and videos can be directly uploaded to YouTube.  This is an excellent program and recommended for anyone that does video editing. You can get it from the link below.

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Sony Vaio and Google Chrome

September 3rd, 2009

The new operating system from Google – Google Chrome is due to hit the streets sometime next year.

Google claimed to have support of at least one major manufacturer and it looks like that could be Sony.  The Sony Vaio laptop range will be the first to feature the Google Chrome operating system.  Although no official word has come down from Sony, we think its a pretty safe bet at this stage.

The Vaios will also include Internet Explorer as the web browser. However, once Google Chrome OS starts circulating, this should help increase market share for the Chrome browser. Currently their browser made a quick grab at over 2% of the global market. This was in a very short period of time.

Office 2010 Latest Build Leaked

September 1st, 2009

These days the leaks are happening hard and fast. The latest Office 2010 has been leaked and is now available for download. The leaked build version is: Office 2010 Build 14.0.4417.1000.

The leaked version is available in both the 32bit and 64bit variants. These are reportedly available from various torrent sites around the web.  We don’t recommend downloading any illegal software, but a quick search on Google would probably yield plenty of results.

Microsoft hasn’t been saying much about the latest build or what we can expect. It is believed that this is a beta version and no longer just a technical preview. If you have seen it, let us know what you think. 

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Skype Connection Fees to Double

August 27th, 2009

If you are a Skype user, then you aren’t going to like this news, because Skype will be doubling its connection fees to landlines and mobiles in many countries.

This is a bit of a bummer and not too many Skype users are pleased about this news. I guess this will push more of us to just try and do Skype to Skype calling instead.  By the time you add up all these new rates, it wouldn’t be any cheaper than using your regular landline.

If you are interested to see the new rates, just follow the link below:

New Skype Connection Fees

Nokia Booklet 3G

August 25th, 2009

Nokia, the leaders in the mobile phone industry have made a big announcement with their new Nokia Booklet 3G notebook.

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This is more like a netbook than a notebook and it has some very nice specs. The Booklet is 10″ and is only 0.79″ in thickness.   It weighs under 3lbs, tipping the scale at 2.75lb.

Of course it will have all the connectivity you would expect from a Nokia product. WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G and HSPA. This will be a Windows powered device with an Intel Atom processor.

The release date for the Booklet 3G is sometime in September. Keep an eye out for these, because based on Nokia’s reputation, we are expecting big things (in small packages).