{"id":49205,"date":"2014-09-02T18:45:15","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T18:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=49205"},"modified":"2014-09-02T18:45:15","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T18:45:15","slug":"pc-matics-comprehensive-scan-impresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/pc-matics-comprehensive-scan-impresses\/","title":{"rendered":"Comprehensive PC Matic Impresses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/br><\/p>\n<h4>Comprehensive PC Matic Impresses<\/h4>\n<p>Long time tech columnist Fred Langa recently completed a comparison of several popular Windows maintenance utilities.<\/p>\n<p>Langa cites PC Matic comprehensive scanning and reporting as superior to Reimage and System Mechanic.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>PC Pitstop\u2019s comprehensive PC Matic<\/strong> PC Matic is also a two-part system, with a free diagnostic component and a paid-for ($50 per year) repair component. <strong>Unusually comprehensive<\/strong>, the program even includes full-time antivirus protection. 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This is <strong>a refreshing change from the \u201cblack box\u201d tools that reveal almost nothing about what they\u2019re doin<\/strong>g.<br \/>&#8211;Fred Langa <a href=\"http:\/\/windowssecrets.com\/newsletter\/the-windows-maintenance-challenge-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Windows Secrets 8\/28\/14<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\nBy doing your own tests, you\u2019ll know whether any of the paid products significantly improves your system\u2019s performance, security, and stability. It might be tempting to use a commercial product to scan your system for free and then use Windows\u2019 built-in tools to fix any found problems. That might work with an <strong>informative product such as PC Matic<\/strong>, but it\u2019s not feasible with tools such as Reimage and System Mechanic.<br \/>&#8211;Fred Langa <a href=\"http:\/\/windowssecrets.com\/newsletter\/the-windows-maintenance-challenge-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Windows Secrets 8\/28\/14<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr Langa elected to forgo the purchase of PC Matic to complete his testing &#8211; citing concerns about updating drivers that PC Matic had flagged as out of date.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Important to note: Mr Langa missed the fact that &#8211; upon purchasing PC Matic &#8211; and prior to Fixing &#038; Cleaning &#8211; PC Matic users are provided the opportunity to opt out of any changes &#8211; including Driver Updates.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/image1png.png\" alt=\"image1png\" width=\"582\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-49206\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long time tech columnist Fred Langa recently completed a comparison of several popular Windows maintenance utilities. 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