BleepingComputer.com: System Mechanic 6

Is this program worth having?

That's up to you. There's nothing wrong with it but you have to pay for it. And there are plenty of freeware alternatives to the stuff on System Mechanic. For example I use CCleaner to get rid of temp files and Defraggler to defrag.

I got it for free.

I have System Mech 6 Pro, I no longer pay for the updates. I use freeware for firewall, antivirus. I never use the Registry fixer or registry defrager because every time I tried to use them it completely screwed up my computer. But it does a decent job with the other things, I like the recovery tool. Overall, it's OK, but like Frankp316 said, you can get most if not all that in freeware..

This post has been edited by Wildabeast: 23 May 2008 - 01:32 AM

Thank you all.I found the program more confusing than helpfull

FWIW.
I bought this program on special a while ago as its features sounded pretty good, but when I mentioned it to some techies they threw up their hands in horror, so I never installed it.