Meet PC Tools Registry Mechanic’s bigger brother. With powerfully simple performance, privacy, and recovery tools, PC Tools Performance Toolkit helps make your computer cleaner, more responsive and most importantly, faster. Privacy tools erase your browser and search history, while recovery tools restore your lost photos, music, and other documents. Bring back that new PC feeling.

Performance – Meet PC Tools Registry Mechanic’s bigger brother.

Built on award-winning technology, PC Tools Performance Toolkit is a faster way to bring back that new PC feeling.

Speeds up your PC by fixing errors and cleaning up inconsistencies.
Helps you rearrange files for faster access.
Built-in performance presets allow you to get the most out of Windows.
Startup and shutdown managers get you up and running faster.
Duplicate file finder removes unnecessary files, helping you regain precious disk space.

Privacy – PC Tools Performance Toolkit helps ensure that your personal computer browsing and search history stays… well, personal.

Internet privacy tools erase browsing history, search history, cookies, passwords, and chat logs to keep your Internet activities safe from prying eyes.
Temporary and recent file history erasers clear your temporary file folders, as well as your recently opened files lists, keeping your PC use and file access history private.
File shredder and disk bleacher ensure that what you delete stays that way, remaining unrecoverable.

Recovery – PC Tools Performance Toolkit has you covered so you don’t lose those important files, folders, or even entire hard drives.

File recovery tools help restore lost music, photos, and other documents lost to accidental deletion or corruption.
Hard drive tools analyze and repair your hard drives.

Experience – PC Tools Performance Toolkit offers a fresh, new experience, combining the trusted, powerful tools you need with the simplicity you want.

Refreshingly intuitive user interface with a bold new look.
1-click optimization buttons automatically run performance-enhancing tools for you.
New dashboard and user workflows guide you through what tools to use to keep your PC running like new.

PC Tools Performance Toolkit Features:

Clean and Compact Registry. Speed up your PC by cleaning and repairing errors.
Defragment Disks. Optimize and defrag drives for faster access.
Optimize Windows Speed up Windows with PC Tools’ preset optimizations.
Boost Windows Startup and Shutdown. Speed up your startup and shutdown times.
Find Duplicate Files. Remove duplicate files to improve drive performance.
Clear Cookies and Browser History. Erases Internet activities from your browsers.
Clear Browser Passwords and Form Data. Erases saved passwords and form information.
Clear Temporary and Deleted Files. Free up hard drive space by clearing unused files.
Clear Recent File History. Erases your recently opened files lists.
Shred Files. Permanently shreds files and folders from your computer.
Bleach Disks. Permanently wipes your deleted files, making them unrecoverable.
Recover Lost Files. Find and recover music, photos and documents.
Repair Drives. Analyze and repair your drives.

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Editor's Review

The integrated tool that is primarily responsible for enhancing system performance is the registry cleaner. The registry cleaner effectively scans the users registry for erroneous, damaged, or missing registry files. The software conducts routine registry scans, and if any of the aforementioned faults are discovered they're presented to the user who can then decide to repair the registry automatically, or manually fix the situation using the recommended course of action. Since the registry is one of the main file systems on the PC, simply having such a tool will improve the overall system performance dramatically, especially on older machines.

PC Tools Desktop Maestro uses a state-of-the-art detection algorithm when scanning the registry for errors. The software also makes a backup of the registry before making any repairs, which keeps the registry secure in the event of unexpected hardware failure. Using the registry backups created by PC Tools Desktop Maestro, users can also restore their registry to a healthy state in the event of damages caused by malware.

The next feature is also just as vital as it plays a crucial role in protecting sensitive user information such as bank account info, credit card numbers, addresses, and passwords. PC Tools Desktop Maestro's integrated Privacy Guardian automatically erases all temporary internet files and other traces of internet browsing history that could be used for nefarious purposes by intruders. By routinely deleting this information, the software effectively prevents occurrences such as identity theft and fraud.

Privacy Guardian not only deletes internet browsing history, it also deletes other hidden files and system records which could be used to reveal private information about the user. With Privacy Guardian users can rest assured that all of their private data is routinely wiped out and kept from the prying eyes of hackers and cyber criminals. By keeping the amount of temporary files stored on the user's hard drive to a minimum, the software is not just protecting private data, it is also improving system performance by reducing the workload on system resources.

Finally, PC Tools Desktop Maestro provides yet another performance enhancing utility within the system optimization feature. This feature lets the user actively monitor all system resource usage such as RAM usage, CPU usage, memory usage, disk space and more. The system optimization module also includes a registry compacting feature that compliments the Registry Cleaner by automatically repairing gaps in the registry.

PC Tools Desktop Maestro: What We Liked

The software combines three great programs into one perfect performance enhancing utility.

Using all three features is simple, as they are all located in a centralized user-friendly interface.

Keeping the registry in optimal condition has never been easier with the integrated Registry Cleaner utility.

PC Tools Desktop Maestro: What We Didn't Like

The installation process can be a bit lengthy.

PC Tools Support

Support for all PC Tools software can be found at the PC Tools [online support center]. There users can find a variety of helpful resources that pertain to every PC Tools software. Each software has a different selection of help sections, however all of them contain a FAQ sheet, a sales and general inquiries section, an educational knowledge base full of tutorials, and access to direct technical support. Users can also search for a specific topic using the search bar underneath the aforementioned sections.

About PC Tools

PC Tools specializes in the development, production, and distribution of security software such as antivirus, privacy protection, and comprehensive security suites for Windows and MAC OS X. The company has become an industry leader of security software, providing more than 15 different security software titles. Originally founded as part of the WinGuides network, the division was later rebranded as PC Tools. PC Tools is headquartered in Ireland with offices is the UK, US, Australia, China and the Ukraine.

Reviewed by Software.com