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Watchlisted VyprVPN for Windows March 20 - 4:44 AM ET
Reviewed O&O ShutUp10 1.9.1426 January 2 - 6:05 PM ET Excellent program for reducing what you send to Microsoft. Used fairly aggressive settings and nothing broke. I would suggest you run it again after every major Win 10 update, as MS tends to change settings by default. Read full review
Reviewed SpeedyFox for Windows 2.0.30 January 2 - 6:01 PM ET While this program didn't cause any problems, it also did not speed things up. I'm using both Thunderbird and Firefox. The profiles got over a meg LARGER after running this program. Didn't time the start times, but feels about the same. Maybe... Read full review
Watchlisted O&O ShutUp10 December 13 - 9:58 PM ET
Watchlisted YUMI December 13 - 9:57 PM ET
Reviewed Never10 1.3.1 April 21 - 11:32 AM ET Tiny utility performs precisely as described. Kudos to Steve Gibson, yet again. Read full review
Reviewed CCleaner for Windows 6.22.10977 January 27 - 10:32 AM ET Continues to be my favorite cleaner. Have put it on thousands of PC's over the years without ever having a problem from it. Read full review
Reviewed YUMI 2.0.8.3 December 30 - 2:13 PM ET Been using it for years, wish all software worked this well! Read full review

Watchlisted VyprVPN for Windows

March 20 - 4:44 AM ET

Reviewed O&O ShutUp10 1.9.1426

January 2 - 6:05 PM ET

Excellent program for reducing what you send to Microsoft. Used fairly aggressive settings and nothing broke.
I would suggest you run it again after every major Win 10 update, as MS tends to change settings by default. Read full review

Reviewed SpeedyFox for Windows 2.0.30

January 2 - 6:01 PM ET

While this program didn't cause any problems, it also did not speed things up. I'm using both Thunderbird and Firefox. The profiles got over a meg LARGER after running this program. Didn't time the start times, but feels about the same. Maybe... Read full review

Watchlisted O&O ShutUp10

December 13 - 9:58 PM ET

Watchlisted YUMI

December 13 - 9:57 PM ET

Reviewed Never10 1.3.1

April 21 - 11:32 AM ET

Tiny utility performs precisely as described. Kudos to Steve Gibson, yet again. Read full review

Reviewed CCleaner for Windows 6.22.10977

January 27 - 10:32 AM ET

Continues to be my favorite cleaner. Have put it on thousands of PC's over the years without ever having a problem from it. Read full review

Reviewed YUMI 2.0.8.3

December 30 - 2:13 PM ET

Been using it for years, wish all software worked this well! Read full review

Reviewed VyprVPN for Windows 3.3.1.10335 April 28 - 3:52 PM ET If you're looking for a reasonably fast VPN for multiple platforms, this could be it. Read full review
Reviewed Mozilla Firefox for Windows 64.0 December 10 - 5:13 PM ET overall a good browser. Read full review
Reviewed Linux Mint 19 Beta June 5 - 5:58 PM ET Seems like a nice advance over 18.3. The beta is still a bit slower, as in most betas...look forward to the final. It's my favorite distro. Read full review
Reviewed O&O ShutUp10 1.4.1386.1 January 2 - 6:05 PM ET Excellent program for reducing what you send to Microsoft. Used fairly aggressive settings and nothing broke. I would suggest you run it again after every major Win 10 update, as MS tends to change settings by default. Read full review
Reviewed SpeedyFox for Windows 2.0.18 January 2 - 6:01 PM ET While this program didn't cause any problems, it also did not speed things up. I'm using both Thunderbird and Firefox. The profiles got over a meg LARGER after running this program. Didn't time the start times, but feels about the same. Maybe... Read full review

Commented on GWX Stopper May 30 - 6:01 PM ET Steve Gibson's Never10 seems simpler, is a very fast download, can remove downloaded files, and is easy to undo. www.grc.com/never10.htm Read full comment
Commented on Windows 10 Rollback Utility April 15 - 10:03 PM ET Greg, it states it's for rollbacks of the upGRADE not updates. I've never used this so I can't rate it. For keeping from upgrading to Windows 10, GRC's Never10 is quick, fast, and effective, and easily allows you to change your mind in the... Read full comment
Commented on April 1 - 12:30 AM ET Did they re-institute the 10 meg home pages again, or is the description incorrect? Last I heard they removed all member pages. Read full comment
Commented on Mozilla Firefox for Windows March 12 - 11:02 PM ET Big speedup over currently released Firefox, on the XP machine I tried this on. While the ACID 3 test isn't perfect yet, it's much closer. Read full comment

methuselah

Watchlisted VyprVPN for Windows

Reviewed O&O ShutUp10 1.9.1426

Reviewed SpeedyFox for Windows 2.0.30

Watchlisted O&O ShutUp10

Watchlisted YUMI

Reviewed Never10 1.3.1

Reviewed CCleaner for Windows 6.22.10977

Reviewed YUMI 2.0.8.3

Reviewed VyprVPN for Windows 3.3.1.10335

Reviewed Mozilla Firefox for Windows 64.0

Reviewed Linux Mint 19 Beta

Reviewed O&O ShutUp10 1.4.1386.1

Reviewed SpeedyFox for Windows 2.0.18

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