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Huntn

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For you guys who are running Windows 10 on Bootcamp (me) or running native Windows 10 on a PC (me), what do you all recommend as the best Utility Suite?

For me at one point with was System Suite, then it was Tuneup Utilities. Unfortunately the last time I went to renew, Tuneup Utilities had gone to a subscription model which I highly dislike. Then to my dismay I've discovered that this seems to be a trend and many of the big players like System Mechanic are doing 1 year subscriptions.

So are there any good alternatives that is not doing a subscription? What I really liked about Tuneup Utilities is that it has a turbo mode that allowed me to turn off a bunch of stuff when gaming for peak performance.

Let's hear some good ideas! :)
 

maflynn

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May 3, 2009
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I'm pretty happy with not needing much in windows 10. Gone are the days of buying Norton Utilities (which Symantec ruined when they bought out Norton).

I do like sysinternals I use these mostly on the servers I maintain but there's some nice utilities that make life easier in w10.
 
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Huntn

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Just curious, why do you use and what do you gain from such utilities?

Utility suites help keep Windows cleaned up. I'm currently frustrated because my favorite had a "turbo mode" which turned off background/unneeded programs when gaming and they switched to a subscription model, which I don't care for. Seems like that is the trend.
 

Fancuku

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Interesting. I never felt i needed to run a utility to keep Windows cleaned up.
I don't game but I do a lot of CAD/CAM work and never felt like something was holding me down.
 
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