What is better? Norton Systemworks or System Mechanic
Friday, November 28, 2003 by NeXxiT | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
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kith
Reply #2 Friday, November 28, 2003 11:20 PM
Reply #2 Friday, November 28, 2003 11:20 PM
I've used both quite a bit. I used to say Norton all the way, but lately I have been leaning more an more towards System Mecahnic. System Mechanic has a lot more going for it in the 4.0 release. The Pro version even has a firewall and antivirus. As you can use System Mechanic as Shareware for 30 days go for it and see what you think.
SelfExiled
Reply #3 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:29 AM
Reply #3 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:29 AM
I used System Mechanic and I wasn't impressed. Once you try TweakXP Pro nothing else comes close.
kona0197
Reply #5 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:52 AM
Reply #5 Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:52 AM
i do not use either. Both have done more bad for my system than good.
but I have tried both and if I had to choose: system mechanic.
but I have tried both and if I had to choose: system mechanic.
WebGizmos
Reply #6 Saturday, November 29, 2003 6:50 AM
Reply #6 Saturday, November 29, 2003 6:50 AM
I've been using Norton System Works Firewall and Anti-Virus and haven't had any problems with it at all. Not to say that I won't...but sofar so good!
IPlural
Reply #7 Saturday, November 29, 2003 12:16 PM
Reply #7 Saturday, November 29, 2003 12:16 PM
For daily or normal use System Mechanic Pro 4 seems to be the best choice I have come across in a long time.
TweakXP works ok, but if I am going to Tweak my registry I'll take WinGuides TweakManager any day of the week, because if I am going to mess with my registry I want solid support from the programs developers, a wide base of professional IT users, message board and forums with solid on line documentation which is what one gets with WinGuides.
System Mechanic is not something I use to "tweak" my registry, it is a set of system utilities for maintaining my system so it is clean of bloating orphaned files, trash in the registry and on the drives, deleted file recovery (including email inside programs email data files (pst, and so on)) boot up program loading order and so on, it also includes other things such as a pop up stopper and virus protection...
I use the tools I find do the best job and ignore the ones that I have others of which do it much better. NIS controls my internet software filewall security, NAV controls my virus protection, SpamKiller controls trash sent to my email boxes on the server side before they ever hit my system and so on....
TweakXP works ok, but if I am going to Tweak my registry I'll take WinGuides TweakManager any day of the week, because if I am going to mess with my registry I want solid support from the programs developers, a wide base of professional IT users, message board and forums with solid on line documentation which is what one gets with WinGuides.
System Mechanic is not something I use to "tweak" my registry, it is a set of system utilities for maintaining my system so it is clean of bloating orphaned files, trash in the registry and on the drives, deleted file recovery (including email inside programs email data files (pst, and so on)) boot up program loading order and so on, it also includes other things such as a pop up stopper and virus protection...
I use the tools I find do the best job and ignore the ones that I have others of which do it much better. NIS controls my internet software filewall security, NAV controls my virus protection, SpamKiller controls trash sent to my email boxes on the server side before they ever hit my system and so on....
IPlural
Reply #8 Saturday, November 29, 2003 5:01 PM
Reply #8 Saturday, November 29, 2003 5:01 PM
TweakManager 2.1 http://www.winguides.com/tweak/
SelfExiled
Reply #9 Saturday, November 29, 2003 9:19 PM
Reply #9 Saturday, November 29, 2003 9:19 PM
Hmm, why do you need the Virus protection if you have NAV which is the best? I've found that running multiple virus protection relly screws up your system. Also, why would one need a IT Wizard to delete orphan registry entries or misplaced files? All one needs is a system scan for the file to make sure it doesn't exist.
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Reply #1 Friday, November 28, 2003 10:41 PM
But Ive never used SystemWorks, so cant really say which is better.