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The PC world is packed with supposed performance-boosting suites, most of which are almost exactly the same. You\u2019ll have a program to list your Startup programs, another one to delete your temporary internet files, a few system tweaking options \u2013 all very predictable (and, usually, not even that effective).<\/p>\n
The news that Synei are introducing a very similar range of free tools — a disk cleaner, services optimiser, startup manager and more — probably won\u2019t fill you with excitement, then. But wait: while the tools are far from perfect, there\u2019s more than enough functionality here to make them very interesting.<\/p>\n
Take\u00a0Synei Service Manager<\/a>, for instance. Optimizing your PC services is a complex business, and even the most experienced user will need a little help occasionally. Just launch Synei Service Manager and the program will quickly recommend which services you should tweak, either to improve performance or restore your default settings.<\/p>\n And it\u2019s a similar story with\u00a0Synei\u2019s Startup Manager<\/a>. The program doesn\u2019t just list your startup programs and leave you to decide what to do next; it can compare them with a database of 16,000 items, immediately highlighting anything it believes is unnecessary.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Disk Cleaner<\/a>\u00a0is even better, helping you scan your hard drive for all the usual leftovers (browser histories, redundant system and application files). We\u2019ve seen this many times before, but Disk Cleaner is unusual in that it actually freed up more space than CCleaner on our test system. And that\u2019s before we ran its Deep Cleaner, an extra tool which searches for leftover files by extension (*.TMP, *.OLD and so on).<\/p>\n And\u00a0Synei System Utilities<\/a>\u00a0makes each of these tools available from a single interface, as well as adding some extras (a simple backup module, a documentation-free Windows tweaker, and graphical front ends for Windows defrag and chkdsk). It\u2019s nothing too special, but the program does include a scheduler which allows you to run any of its tools unattended, and that could be useful.<\/p>\n Synei\u2019s tools do have a few problems. The startup program and service suggestions they make aren\u2019t always good, for instance, and that means the utilities really aren\u2019t for beginners. You\u2019ll need to review the recommendations they make very carefully before accepting any changes.<\/p>\n If you just take any advice as a starting point, though, tools like Service Manager and Startup Manager could be very helpful. The\u00a0Disk Cleaner<\/a>\u00a0is a particular highlight. And, best of all, Synei\u2019s programs are particularly convenient to use: they\u2019re tiny (the entire suite is under 5MB in size), adware free, portable, and run happily on anything from Windows XP through to 8.<\/p>\n We would still treat the programs with extreme caution. They\u2019re new, and will have bugs — don\u2019t run them anywhere that doesn\u2019t have a full system backup to hand.<\/p>\n But, if you\u2019re looking for some small and simple maintenance tools then Synei\u2019s collection shows promise, and we\u2019ll be interested to see where the company takes them next.<\/p>\n Photo Credit:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Denis Davydov<\/a>\/Shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n The PC world is packed with supposed performance-boosting suites, most of which are almost exactly the same. You\u2019ll have a program to list your Startup programs, another one to delete your temporary internet files, a few system tweaking options \u2013 all very predictable (and, usually, not even that effective). The news that Synei are introducing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7429,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-652760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n<\/img><\/a>
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