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IOLO SYSTEM MECHANIC PRO

Anonymous
2016-04-08T17:17:51+00:00

I have been using Iolo system mechanic for years.  It was doing it's back ground check, then box showed up for me to review and repair.  I opened the box, checked what things I wanted done, and it started. THEN stopped, with an error box saying I was not on line. I WAS!  Contacted Iolo, they said to uninstall, and install.  But I can't, keeps telling me I am off line.

I have an old 'tank' as I called it, when pc's were made durable, windows XP.  I turn it on about every 5 months, to charge the battery, and any updates.  It has the same system mechanic on it, and IT works fine. Only reason I have this windows 8.1 is because they quit the XP, which should have been updated, improved, NOT dumped.

Does anyone have a clue as to why I can not reinstall the system mechanic on my windows 8.1, when it has been on here for 2 years.

I still have 11 months left that I have paid for and it has been off pc now for 6 days..

Thank you

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-04-08T19:33:28+00:00

    You can count yourself lucky that you can't install it actually. It's what's known as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) which installs additional software without user intervention some of which may harm your computer: Iolo System Mechanic

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-04-09T19:57:07+00:00

    After Dell finished doing whatever it was, they removed system mechanic. Since Dell had used it, I put it back on my system and have been paying for it (meaning $) since.  I have a 2 year subscription now, with almost 11 months to go.  So this is not a trial offer.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-04-09T19:15:26+00:00

    That's the nature of such programs. Neither I nor anyone else who warns against the use of registry cleaners (and other Windows cleaning programs)  has ever said that they always cause problems. If they always caused problems, they would disappear from the market almost immediately. Many people have used a registry cleaner and never had a problem with it.

    Rather, the problem with a registry cleaner is that it carries with it the substantial *risk* of having a problem. And since there is no benefit to using one of these programs, running that risk is a very bad bargain.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-04-09T17:31:15+00:00

    Maybe it was trial software i.e. if you signup after the trial finishes, Dell earns commission on it.

    But it seems to be getting to the stage these days whereby computer manufacturers are willing to put their users security at risk by installing all sorts of junk as a means of earning some extra cash as happened with Lenovo and the Superfish incident: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/19/superfish_lenovo_analysis/

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-04-08T20:06:03+00:00

    Dell was the first 'person' to put this on my pc..my old windows XP...I have never noticed a problem with it, until NOW.

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