Privacy is where you get rid of your digital footsteps by running Clear Your Browsing History, Shred Files, and other functions. Performance lets you run individual tools, such as Clean Your Registry and Defragment Disks. The Dashboard displays your PC's health, the start-up time for third-party software, free hard drive space, a large one-click optimization icon, and other information. Norton Utilities boasts a clean and easy-to-navigate interface that's divided into five areas. Read Our SlimWare Utilities SlimCleaner Plus Review
Iolo is the company to roll with if you want to tune up more than three computers. That said, Iolo System Mechanic tops Ashampoo WinOptimizer and Norton Utilities by tossing license limitations to the wind you can install the software on an unlimited number of computers. Norton has a three-PC license, which is standard fare in the tune-up utility space. On the upside, the $49.99 purchase price for Norton Utilities gets you a perpetual license, so you don't have to re-up your subscription on an annual basis, as Iolo System Mechanic ($14.98 at iolo technologies) forces you to do. Unlike Ashampoo WinOptimizer, Norton Utilities lacks a demo version, so you can't try before you buy. These are all specs that most modern computers should easily exceed. The software requires that your PC have 100MB of available storage and a 1024 by 768-pixel resolution (or better) monitor. In terms of hardware requirements, Norton Utilities is not at all demanding. No one should be using XP, but, if you are, you'll no doubt be glad to be able to keep it in good shape.
Ashampoo WinOptimizer ($14.98 at iolo technologies), for example, doesn't support the retired operating system. Notably, the utility also supports 32-bit Windows XP (with Service Pack 3), which is increasingly rare in the tune-up utility field. The updated Norton Utilities is compatible with PCs running Windows 10, 8, and 7. Norton Utilities is a solid tune-up program, but its performance improvement and feature set don't quite match that of our Editors' Choices, AVG TuneUp and Iolo System Mechanic. The Symantec Norton Utilities aims to fix the problems that plague older computers by repairing invalid Registry entries, freeing hard drive space, removing nonessential programs from the startup process, and so on. Over time, as your hard drive fragments, the Windows Registry goes awry, and junk files pile up, your PC inevitably begins to slow down.
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