Advanced WindowsCare v2: Repair, protect, and optimize your PC

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Advanced WindowsCare v2: Repair, protect, and optimize your PC

by Simon Kerbel Jan 14th 2008

PC running sluggishly? We know the feeling. Enter Advanced WindowsCare v2 Personal, another new entry in the "one-step scan and optimization of your PC" arena. Similar to CCleaner (though lacking a few of CCleaner's extras), Advanced WindowsCare v2 will scan your machine for spyware, incorrect registry entries, browsing history, and junk files, with the ability to delete said files quickly and easily.

Our initial scan took about five minutes, and found a bevy of things to fix on our test machine. Advanced WindowsCare Personal allows you to look into the gritty details of each problem and repair them with a single click.

You can also check out Advanced WindowsCare v2 Professional, the always-on upgrade to the free Personal edition. For a limited time, you can get the Professional version for "free" (with the completion of one of 100 "free" offers; we'll let you decide whether it's worth it).

Advance WindowsCare is designed for Windows Vista, XP, and 2000.

Tags: ccleaner, cleaner, freeware, spyware, windows

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

rodents said 8:47PM on 1-14-2008

I've used this plenty of times; I'm surprised it finally showed up here!

chrisaroz said 8:55PM on 1-14-2008

But how does this stand up to PC Tune-Up and Iolo System Mechanic?

jenny said 3:52AM on 1-16-2008

Thank you Download squad. My husband's computer had over 30,000 errors that this program has now eradicated. He is forever in your debt!

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