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whil ethetabsatthetophave been
giveniconsandrenamed:‘Clean&
Optimise’isn ow Care;andToolboxhas
becomeSoftwareUpdater. TheToolbox,
whichprovidesaccessto allthe
indi vidualtools,stillexistsbutit’s now
movedtot hetop-rightcornerof the
interface,ne xtto theMinimisebutton.
Thereare twootherne wtoolsin this
edition: ContextMenuManage r, which
letsyoudisableordeleteentriesfrom
Windows’right -clickmenu;andFile
Shredder,which cansecurelyerasefiles
andfolders,preventingtheirrecovery.
IObit’sAdvancedSystemCare Freeisan
all-in-onetoolki tthatcancleanyour
system,boostperformance, protect
yourprivacyan dfix allmannerof
annoyingPCprob lems .Asw ith previous
versionsof th esoftware, allyouneed to
doisclickthebig Scanbu ttonon the
homescreenandit willrunthrougha
seriesof tasksinse quen ce.
There’salsoaSpeed Upsection
offeri nganumberofo ptionsdesigned
to boostsystemperformance,anda
Protectareathatpreventsyourbrowser
homepagefrombeingchanged,and
offersfacialrecognitionviaFaceID.
Thisupda tedversionof Advanced
SYSTEMTOOLKIT
IObitAdvanced
SystemCare 13 Free
bit.ly/advanced489
Minrequirements:Windows 7/8.1/10
File size:48.7MB
1
OpenAdvancedSystemCare, click
the Caretab^1 and choosethe
modulesyouwanttoi nclude inyour
firstscan.^2 Forathorough health
check, click Select All.^3 Click the
Scan button^4 and the softwarewill
run through the selected tasksin
sequence. Youcan skip anystage or
halt the scanningproce ss at anytime.
2
When the softwarecompletes its
scan,you’llbepresented with a
screen showing thetotal number of
problemsfound,^1 the amountofspace
thatcan be reclaimed^2 and the number
of items thatcan be optimised.^3 The
sidebarbreaks down thefindingsby
section.^4 Deselect anyitems youdon’t
want to include,then click the Fix button
in the bottom-rightcorner of the screen.
3
TheSpeed Up section^1 aimsto
improve system performance.
Turbo Boost^2 ends unnecessary
programs and processes and frees up
RAM,whileDeep Optimisation^3
tweakssystem settings. Hoveroverthe
OptimizeAll but ton^4 tosee details.
(^5) HardwareAccelerate (^6) and App/
Toolbar Cleaner^7 requireadditional
IObit programsto be installed.
MINIWORKSHOP|Speedupyour PCusingAdvancedSystemCare Free 13
SystemCare Freeintroducesanew
emailprotectionfeature (available
alongsidesurfingprotectionan dads
removal) ,whichai msto detectand
blockspam,phishingscamsand
malici ouslinks.Anotherusefulmodule
isSoftware Updater, whichsc ansyour
systemlookingforoutdatedversionsof
programsandgivesyouthechance to
update themmanually.
Eachyearlyupdate of Advanced
SystemCare seestheinterfaceundergo
someminorchanges.Inthisversion,
theScanbuttonhasbeentweaked,
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