Why Use
More Than Just One System Optimizer?
Source:
http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/windows/Advanced-Windows-Optimizer-Review-27556.shtml
No matter
if it's summer or winter, raining or a sandstorm,
your computer must be in top shape all the time,
clean and running smoothly. I am not talking about
temperatures and hardware monitoring now, but there
still exists an optimization problem. What might
that be?
Cleaning and tweaking Windows operating systems,
because this is what I am talking about, could cause
a lot of trouble: it is time consuming, often
requires you to run much more than just one program
and may even need user intervention to be done the
right way. Of course that, for a beginner, cleaning
and fixing the registry, removing the temporary
files, uninstalling programs or diagnosing DirectX
problems can be really painful tasks, and often
something “out of this world”.
The solutions for maintaining your operating system
are one click away and considering there are so many
around...which one should we choose? Well,
basically, the problem gets down to power, ease of
use and features.
There are a lot of powerful registry cleaners or
disk defragmenters around, but there aren't so many
all-in-one tools. I am talking about good all-in-one
tools, not nice programs only that claim to be one.
What's the difference between a good all-in-one
cleaning and optimizing tool and a poser? My answer
is very simple: when you got a good tool at your
disposal, you don't need anything else to help you
complete daily maintenance tasks and occasional
cleaning ones. If today's tool, Advanced Windows
Optimizer 5.1 is such a tool,then that's what we
should see next...
The installation kit is very small, only 3MB, when
thinking about the features found in this program.
The setup process is easy and doesn't ask you any
troublesome questions. Once you start the program,
you can notice that there are six main tool areas
waiting for you inside a well done and pleasant
interface.
First tool area is dedicated to the System Cleaners
and has four functions: disk, registry and history
cleaners, accompanied by a task scheduler.
The Disk Cleaner helps you get rid of the junk
files, the Registry Cleaner takes care of the
invalid entries and references from the Windows
Registry and the History Cleaner erases all your
Internet browsing tracks. The Task Scheduler can
automatically run tasks from this application or
external programs.
Next, we have the System Optimizers, a family with
only three members. I was expecting to find some
other tools than these present here, but those will
pop up later...
The tools present here are the Duplicate Files
Finder, Shortcuts Fixer and the Memory Optimizer.
Before we move on, I have to tell you a few words
about the last one.
AWO Memory Optimizer is a tool that has four areas
available. First two display usage graphs and real
time statistics for memory and CPU, while the others
contain the settings for the optimization process
and the program (you can load the Memory Optimizer
when the system boots up or enable clipboard data
clearing in order to free more memory).
Third tool area is about System Control. The tool
with the same name is the first one and helps you
view and edit the configuration files, change OEM
information, view and run installed Control Panel
applets and more.
The BHO Remover can remove Browser Help Objects
installed on your computer, while the Startup
Cleaner can add, view, edit and remove all items ran
at startup, no matter if they are run from the
Windows Registry or from the Win.ini file.
The AWO Auto Shutdown has a name that says it all,
so prepare yourselves for the next stop: System
Tools.
First, we have a well done process manager, then the
Uninstall Manager. The third tool is entitled System
Information and can give detailed information about
the software and hardware present on your computer.
At last, the Windows Tools is a place where you can
startup most important system tools built into
Windows. The Registry Editor, Disk Defragmenter or
DirectX Diagnostic Tool are just three examples of
what you can find here.
I'll pass through the Registry Tools fast, because
there are only two of them here: Registry Backup and
Registry Search, and their purpose is obvious.
The last main tool area is called File Tools. The
File Shredder allows you to securely delete files,
and has two team mates: the File Splitter and the
EXE Protector. Of course that they are used for
splitting files into smaller pieces and protecting
executable files from unwanted users, adding
password based access to them.
This is Advanced Windows Optimizer 5.1. Take it or
leave it, but at least give it a chance and try it,
it's not perfect, but I think it can be called “very
good” without mistaking.
The Good
AWO is a fast, small and easy to use power horse for
your system's daily needs. It can even use skins if
you don't like the way it looks, and performs
wonderfully.
The Bad
I couldn't find any video tweaks into this program.
I also missed a font management tool, but you can't
have everything , after all. I hope the future
versions will bring these and other useful features
too.
The Truth
AWO is a program that you must try, and, if you like
it, go and buy it. It can replace a bunch of
individual applications and it has a good price. Go
ahead and try it, it doesn't bite, and my system is
still working, so don't be afraid!
Here
are some snapshots of the application in action:
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