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System Mechanic 3.5g for Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, and Millennium
Copyright (c) 1999-2001 iolo technologies, LLC, http://www.iolo.com
Please scroll down for license agreement.

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SYSTEM MECHANIC VERSION HISTORY
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Version 3.5g - December 18, 2000
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Added:  Windows Customizer now provides full roll-back-to-original functions
Added:  Miscellaneous documentation updates
Fixed:  Windows Customizer sometimes reported incorrect start menu delay settings
Fixed:  Updated miscellaneous optimization data relative to NetBooster tool
Fixed:  Undo files in Registry tool became unusable if Windows' decimal character was altered
Fixed:  Registry font entries with a path were being analyzed incorrectly
Fixed:  Properties function in Junk and Duplicate file tools was not operational under Windows 2000 and Me
Fixed:  Quickview function in Junk and Duplicate file tools was not operational under Windows 2000 and Me

Version 3.5f - October 19, 2000
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Fixed:  Minor issue with Eraser tool

Version 3.5e - October 10, 2000
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Fixed:  Minor Windows Millennium issues

Version 3.5d - August 14, 2000
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Fixed:  Minor Windows 2000 issues with Windows Customizer
Fixed:  Privacy tool would occasionally misreport amount of space recovered in logs
Fixed:  Privacy tool's Cookie Manager would not find cookies under Windows 2000
Fixed:  Minor Registry Cleaner issues
Fixed:  When closed using Alt+F4, System Mechanic would remain resident in memory
Fixed:  When adjusting number of undo files to save in Registry Cleaner, existing files would be dynamically removed as number changed
Fixed:  Minor issues with System Customizer tool

Version 3.5c - July 10, 2000
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Added:  Windows Customizer tool logs and tracks all changes made
Fixed:  SafeInstaller would sometimes freeze under Windows 2000
Fixed:  "Invalid Data Type for SerialNumber" when running Registry Cleaner
Fixed:  Date conversion error message in Registry Cleaner would sometimes appear under non-US date settings
Fixed:  Hidden dialog underneath WebUpdate tool occasionally appeared and prevented further application access
Fixed:  Windows Customizer tool set Start Menu speed to 4.4 seconds by default.  500ms is now default.

Version 3.5b - June 21, 2000
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Added:  New 99 level undo function to registry tool
Added:  Ability to backup and restore multiple file copies of registry
Fixed:  Access violation when starting Maintenance Wizard
Fixed:  Junk file tool would not exclude specified folders when scanning for zero length files
Fixed:  Duplicate file tool would freeze when started under Windows 98
Fixed:  WebUpdate sometimes placed update files in currently active folder rather than System Mechanic's folder

Version 3.5a - June 13, 2000
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Fixed:  Incinerator interface issues
Fixed:  Registry cleaner would stop indefinitely on some machines during a scan

Version 3.5 - May 20, 2000
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New Tool! "WebUpdate" -- Automatically detects, downloads, and installs updates of System Mechanic on a regular basis using the Internet.

New Tool! "System Customizer" -- almost 100 hidden settings in Windows 95,98,NT, and 2000 can be customized with this tool, including boot screen images, menu speed, security settings, etc.

New Tool! "Maintenance Wizard" -- A one-stop system maintenance tool that combines an easy to use step-by-step interface with several of System Mechanic's essential maintenance tools in order to allow users to easily tune-up their system in one go.

Enhanced Tool: StartUp Manager -- Can now connect to a computer remotely via a network and manage its startup configuration.  Now also supports  autoexec.bat, config.sys, and NT/2000's "all users" startup group.  StartUp Manager can now also save and load consolidated "Startup Profiles", which allow for easy switching between various startup "themes".  StartUp Manager also now alerts the user to "invalid" startup items.

Enhanced Tool:  Registry Cleaner -- Four new areas of the registry can be scanned for problems and fixed, including Font entries, Invalid ClassID references, Bad file associations, and invalid Virtual Device Drivers.

Enhanced Tool:  Eraser -- Various new options for privacy, including the ability to erase history of Office 95/97/2000 recently used documents, etc.  Also now includes the ability to "lock" Internet cookies from being erased, in order to allow users to save the ones that assist them, such as cookies that automatically remember their login name, etc.

Enhanced Tool:  NetBooster -- Various new "tweaks" to further speed up and optimize both Internet and network/LAN connections, including new items specific for Windows 2000, etc.

Enhanced Tool:  Duplicate File Finder -- This tool now alerts users as to which duplicates might be potentially dangerous to remove, and which duplicates should be ok to delete."


Version 3.2d - February 8, 2000
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Fixed:  Winsock32 error when starting NetBooster on some Win98 systems
Added:  Support for Netscape custom cache locations

Version 3.2c - January 14, 2000
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Fixed:  NetBooster Relative speed tests were not downloading properly

Version 3.2b - December 2, 1999
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Added:  Support for the removal of America Online typed keyword list
Fixed:  Eraser tool was not finding Netscape cache if cache folder was manually specified

Version 3.2a - December 2, 1999
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Added:  Accuracy enhancements to NetBooster's network monitoring
Added:  System file exclusion list in Duplicate File tool
Fixed:  Incinerator was causing errors in Explorer.exe on some rare configurations
Fixed:  "Snmpapi.dll not found" error in NetBooster
Fixed:  "Failed to get data for xxxxx" error in NetBooster (this error was caused by invalid data types that some internet "tweaking" tools erroneously write to the registry).

Version 3.2 - December 2, 1999
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Added:  [Industrial Edition] NetBooster:  A new tool that tweaks your system for faster Internet and network speed.
Added:  [Industrial Edition] Incinerator:  A new tool that allows you to safely and securely dispose of sensitive information, files and folders.

Version 3.0c - November 15, 1999
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Fixed: SM was incorrectly reporting Microsoft Works 2000's uninstaller as invalid.
Fixed: Miscellaneous interface adjustments.

Version 3.0b - August 24, 1999
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Fixed: Disabling all hints sometimes caused a confirmation dialog to appear behind the top window.
Fixed: SM was incorrectly reporting Office 2000's uninstaller as invalid.
Added: Updated and clarified help file with regards to selecting folders in various tools.

Version 3.0a - June 17, 1999
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Added: Ability to add folder locations to junk and obsolete file removal tool
Added: Ability to exclude all files within specified folder locations in junk and obsolete file removal tool
Added: Clarification regarding duplicate file tool and removal of duplicates
Fixed: Some parts of Netscape 4.6 cache were not being found by Privacy Tool
Fixed: Minor issue with non US systems and Scheduled Maintenance
Fixed: ".lnk" files which were not real Windows shortcuts occasionally resulted in an error when running the Shortcut Find/Fix tool
Fixed: Actual files (rather than shortcuts to files) within the StartUp folder produced an error within the StartUp Manager tool.
Fixed: On some systems, trial period expired after one use.

Version 3.0 - June 7, 1999
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Initial Release


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The System Mechanic software, documentation, logos and graphics, and the iolo technologies logo are trademarks of Iolo Technologies.
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