Uniblue SpeedUpMyPC Reviews
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“Always try before you buy”
Written on: 15/08/2012 by outtoosoon
A useless resource hog, fortunately I'm cynical enough to always try a pirated reg key first before parting with good cash for a rip off like this. The pirated keys normally become invalid after a month or so but that's OK, it took me a few hours to ascertain that Uniblue is cr@p, just check the windows taskmanager after it's done it's "magic". Sad that so many useless products like this make money for their snake oil salesmen for so long. (read more)
“Criminal fraud and crapware.”
Written on: 14/04/2012 by FayeKane (1 review written)
I came here because I ran a download speed test on several sites, all showing 24.5 MB/s. I ran the uniblue test at http://testinternetspeed.org three times and it always reported ONE MB/s. That's 4% of the actual speed. It also had an offer to try a free trial of their amazing speed-up software and run the test again. I figured that if I did, obviously the new test would then show my full 25 MB/s speed. Rather than download malware that does god knows what, I came here to check the... (read more)
“A mildly successful solution”
Written on: 08/02/2012 by nixierc
Good points: did not make computer unusable Bad points: had to register to fix more errors Well, I downloaded the Uniblue family one day, and this was a probably good solution. It removed various errors successfully, and it was the free version. However, I would not suggest this to family or friends because important files may be deleted, based on previous reviews. (read more)
“Ripped Off”
Written on: 29/12/2011
I purchased this program under the premise stated that it will speed up my computer. I got my first ever blue screen ever since installing this junk and now I am locked out of some of my programs I use every day. DON'T BUY IT. It will waste your time and money. The programmers need to go back to school if they are serious about writing real programs. Shame on you Uniblue. (read more)
“Do not buy!!!!!”
Written on: 14/12/2011 by NormanHilton (1 review written)
Had this for two months and seemed to be working OK apart from PC suddenly switching off in the middle of working on things. Yesterday morning it would not allow me in as a user whatever I did. Luckily I had also set my wife up as a user so was able to get in to the system . Did not feel competent at sorting the problem out so took it to the local computer shop.They sorted out the problem, but it cost me another £30 for the privilege. Also I have lost a lot of the information going back to... (read more)
“ABSOLUTELY DISAPPOINTING SOFTWARE. Don't buy.”
Written on: 03/11/2011 by cruiser23 (1 review written)
I bought this to make my pc faster. After loading and using it my computer froze. I tried to access their so-called support. What a joke. Sent four e-mails--keep getting the same auto response they would get back--five days now--still waiting. I requested the guaranteed refund--no response. I tried the chat support--another joke. I am now deceived for my purchase. Hope this helps some else. Brian (read more)
Uniblue's Response to cruiser23's Review
Written on: 08/11/2011
Hi cruiser23,
I’m surprised to hear you have not received a reply from us, as we normally give quick responses to every inquiry. If you did not receive the email, it might have been sent to your spam/junk mail folder by mistake; please check if this is the case. We normally reply to all requests within 24 hours.
Please send me your order number. Having this information I can find you in our system and look into the issue as soon as possible.
Kind regards
Keti, Uniblue Customer Relations Team
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“Uniblue SpeedUpMyPC”
Written on: 07/07/2011 by loutree
Got hooked on broadband speed testing and this program was attached to one. Was going to bin it when fell for soft sell; "Get this program free with one our associate sellers, just pick the product you want." I went for renting "Tesco movies", got my free download code, hey presto, computer would not run properly. Spent two nights trying to uninstall, and control panel telling me that It cannot uninstall all parts of the program but it can if done done manually! Great program for computer... (read more)
“Don't Do It”
Written on: 20/06/2011 by mekinik
This software will virtually destroy your pc. After installation and purchase of the software I spent over 2 weeks trying to repair the damage caused which included complete destruction of my LAN settings, desktop settings, multiple dll errors, crashes, blue screens, loss of boot information, etc. I am now trying to recover my payment and due to the damage this software caused I am forced to use a different computer just to contact the manufacturer. So, if your thinking of trying anything... (read more)
Guest's Response to mekinik's Review
Written on: 02/09/2011
absolutely agree same thing happened to me - support is useless and is only by email - seems if they don't like your complaint they just ignore it - I ahve remailed them three times - no response
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Cruiser23's Response to mekinik's Review
Written on: 03/11/2011
Same thing happened to me. Shameful the way they treat customers. NO INTEGRITY. A BIG SHAM
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“I bought SpeedUpMyPc in a local store - Curry's/PC...”
Written on: 07/04/2011
I bought SpeedUpMyPc in a local store - Curry's/PC World here in Dublin, Ireland. It presents itself quite clearly when installed and goes through the motions of examining the computer but then in order to REALLY clean up the computer you have to buy a further product that is not indicated on the box when you buy it.
Uniblue needs to become more transparent in it's packaging if it really wants to stay in business.
Not good fellas, not good.
How limited it is for the price paid.
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Uniblue's Comment
Written on: 08/11/2011
Hi Guest,
Please note that Uniblue has different products for different customers’ needs:
SpeedUpMyPc optimizes system settings, deletes junk files and improves RAM and CPU functions, injecting a new lease of life into a PC.
RegistryBooster identifies and cleans only invalid entries, whilst leaving correct and necessary entries untouched.
DriverScanner automatically runs a scan of all the hardware installed on the PC and shows a report with a list of outdated drivers. The tool facilitates extremely easy download and installation of the new drivers.
PowerSuite is a powerful combination of all three Uniblue utilities in one. Each utility included in the suite; RegistryBooster, SpeedUpMyPC and DriverScanner can be purchased individually, or users can purchase PowerSuite as a powerful solution to combat PC speed issues, registry errors and outdated drivers.
All informations about ouf different products are available on our website.
If you have any questions you can ask our support here
http://www.uniblue.com/support/ticket/
Best regards
Uniblue Customer Relations Team
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“I paid my money, got the licence key, ran the scan,...”
Written on: 04/04/2011
I paid my money, got the licence key, ran the scan, clicked the fix button. That was the end of my PC. After that, disk errors on startup, missing DLLs, no network connections. Managed to copy personal files off to external disk but Windows is busted and will need rebuilding.
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“Terrible, horrible, do NOT go anywhere near this...”
Written on: 30/03/2011
Terrible, horrible, do NOT go anywhere near this company or product. Had a perfectly happy and well behaved system... Was unfortunate enough to buy and install, and it totally screwed up my system - froze up, and would not uninstall till forced shutdown. "Customer Support" are the most unhelpful I have ever come accross - were totally useless. Now internet connection is screwed up, several programs do not work, printer playing up etc etc. have to get in an IT specialist to sort out. I hope... (read more)
“Like all the other reviews uniblue speeddownmyPC is...”
Written on: 10/03/2011 by husted (1 review written)
Like all the other reviews uniblue speeddownmyPC is junk and a waste of money it does the opposite of what they claim it does. I am actually surpised it is legal to sell this type of s..t how do they stay in businsess? I guess they get suckers like me every once in awhile to buy it. (read more)
“Unbelievably bad software and support. I installed...”
Written on: 09/03/2011
Unbelievably bad software and support. I installed SPEED UP MY PC and REGISTRY TWEAKER on my 64 Bit Windows 7 Desktop system and it now thinks it is a 32 Bit Operating System so I can't do anything on it. UNIBLUE only provides links to articles which I can't access on my system. Further, despite urgent E-Mails to them requesting phone support for this catastrophic failure caused by their software they do not respond. (read more)
“this is the biggest con about installed on new pc...”
Written on: 07/03/2011
this is the biggest con about installed on new pc found loads on it checked with another well known software nothing as i expected a complete con (read more)
“This garbage includes a file called "SUMP.EXE". It...”
Written on: 22/02/2011
This garbage includes a file called "SUMP.EXE". It would consistently use 46% to 60% of my PC's cpu capacity, making the computer virtually unusable. Had to delete the whole mess. Now I'm wondering about the annual update and re-purchase. I can't believe anybody could actually SELL anything this bad. (read more)
Numma's Comment
Written on: 22/02/2011
I wrote the above review. To give credit where credit is due, I removed the software at 03:00 22 Feb 2011, Tuesday morning. At that time I asked for a refund. By 09:00 (same day) Uniblue had written me for a number that was part of the transaction. By 12:00 I had the paperwork on the refund.
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<br/>While I did not like their software, I must say that they were "Above Average" on the refund process. As long as the credit appears on my Card statement; and I'm sure it will.
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“Speedupmypc is useless and doesnt do anything....”
Written on: 18/02/2011
Speedupmypc is useless and doesnt do anything. Actually it does more than nothing, it does nothing AND kills your computer. You are better off saving yourself the trouble and time needed afterwards to fix your computer. fricken piece of garbage my computer was running amazingly, but after running Speedupmypc my programs crash, i'm missing sound drivers, my internet isn't working, and more little things that i'm discovering i'm missing as i go on. Speedupmypc should be renamed to Screwupmypc. (read more)
“My laptop, which I bought 5 months ago, had worked...”
Written on: 18/01/2011
My laptop, which I bought 5 months ago, had worked perfectly until I installed Speedmypc and driver tweaker. They caused my computer to freeze so I uninstalled them restored my system. Lesson learned, what a waste of
time and money.
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“hi there i too was foolish enough to buy this...”
Written on: 30/11/2010 by harrybrew69 (1 review written)
hi there i too was foolish enough to buy this programme without cecking out the reviews. although its done no damage i feel the programme is set up to decieve you in to thinking there is something wrong with yout pc just to get you to register and pay the £30 or whatever it is now.
since my purchace i have become a little more pc savvy and it is easy enough to perform all the tasks yourself so in conclusion THIS IS A WASTE OF MONEY!!!!
thanks
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“All it did for me was to delete some files. It seems...”
Written on: 13/09/2010
All it did for me was to delete some files. It seems to do the same job as CCleaner freeware. Not worth the money (read more)
“had the program twos days no problems so far. brought...”
Written on: 01/09/2010
had the program twos days no problems so far. brought it as my internet was incredibly slow and i thought it was my pc, internet still slow if not slower, thinks its my isp. not sure what to do now after reading these reviews, should i keep it, no problems so far, or is this a dangerous thing to have installed??? (read more)
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“Downloaded SpeedUpMyPC to "check" for issues affecting...”
Written on: 27/08/2010
Downloaded SpeedUpMyPC to "check" for issues affecting my PC speed--hyped on site called testmy.net (internet speed tester).
Gee, I had nearly 9000 issues detected by the download, and for free, it would "fix" three of them. Who knows what those 9000 were or what the three were that were "fixed." Ah, but for a discounted price (offer expires in two days), I can activate the full program and "fix" the remaining unknown issues.
Who is Uniblue, I wondered. Their official website has no...
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“it has no effect and takes out my cache without...”
Written on: 27/07/2010
it has no effect and takes out my cache without permission. Huge promise of refund, now difficult to achieve. Why did I not check. I partly blame http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/ who have it as a prominent ad. (read more)
“This is a serious piece of garbage that's basically...”
Written on: 06/07/2010
This is a serious piece of garbage that's basically tantamount to scumware. Do not, repeat DO NOT, let this rot anywhere near your machine. How it managed to get MS accreditation is beyond me - or maybe it's BS. This a useless and very dangerous heap of slime. (read more)
“Do not go anywhere near this software. Spead up my PC,...”
Written on: 01/07/2010
Do not go anywhere near this software. Spead up my PC, what a joke, looked OK when first set up, looked quite impressive in fact. Next day computer crashed, all files lost, couldn't do a thing. Cost me a lot of money to get an engineer to "mend" my pc and luckily retrieved all my files. Will never be so foolish in the future. (read more)
“I foolishly purchased this software from...”
Written on: 23/06/2010
I foolishly purchased this software from www.liutilities.com having seen the various accolades and Microsoft badges......
I always carefully review before I purchase anything. Not this time !!! Why, I don't know.
When Uniblue SpeedUpMyPC to register itself or to resolve the Uniblue customer service ticket URL, I went googling. Found bad vibes. Found the phone number for Uniblue (+356 2327 5000) in Malta here http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Company+Profile+for+Uniblue+Systems+Ltd-a0151410310...
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“Once bought I got an update notice, and proceeded. THe...”
Written on: 03/06/2010 by stallturn (2 reviews written)
Once bought I got an update notice, and proceeded. THe old version was deleted (by the update) and then failed so I have just paid £19 odd and have no program and there is no contact e amil for uniblue to get it fixed.B.....Wonderful Dont touch it with a barge pole (read more)
“I wish I'd read these reviews first. Having bought it,...”
Written on: 15/05/2010
I wish I'd read these reviews first. Having bought it, I can now offer my own advice. Do not buy this software!
I do 95% of my typing -- including this review -- by voice, using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Once I'd installed SpeedUpMyPC, DNS immediately crashed because ScrewUpMyPC had decided it knew best, and obliterated a bunch of temporary files that DNS crucially needs for its next session. I spent hours having to find a workaround to get DNS started again. But first, I uninstalled the...
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“I tried this program on a brand-new top quality...”
Written on: 25/02/2010
I tried this program on a brand-new top quality computer running Windows 7 - in other words about the best environment the program could possible have had. It ran once perfectly - but after that became increasingly erratic, and either slowed to a crawl or froze altogether. I'm not prepared to waste time with a program that claims to speed up my PC but isn't even capable of running itself, so I uninstalled it. (read more)
“This program is only semi-dummy-proof. If you know how...”
Written on: 17/02/2010
This program is only semi-dummy-proof. If you know how to run a computer, and clean it manually ie: disc clean-up and disk defrag; and you tired of taking the time to do it. this is for you. makes life easier. makes your computer crash less. nvm the bad reviews... there pretty much pc noobs.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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Thorpetowers's Comment
Written on: 10/07/2010
I found this review not helpful because it makes no sense and in no way responds to the other clearly expressed opinions, just dismissed them saying "there noobs" which they clearly are not and even if they were does not make the problems they encountered any less real...and they can spell!
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“Speed up my PC has screwed up my laptop. Most...”
Written on: 01/02/2010
Speed up my PC has screwed up my laptop. Most communications programs (skyype, norton update, windows update ) no longer worked.... Outlook is screwed up and doesn't work anymore....
This laptop was a replacement for the one that was screwed up with their Driver Scanner and resulted in damaging the hard drive in my other laptop. You would be nuts to try either their speed-up or driver-tweaker.... It has cost me days of work....
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“I question the credability of this software. After...”
Written on: 31/01/2010
I question the credability of this software. After Uniblue apparently cleared my computer of some hundred odd faults, I shut my computer down. On starting up again the Uniblue scan informed me that I had some hundred odd items that needed clearing. Errrm ? Where did they suddenly appear from ? Does anyone check the claims made by this company ? (read more)
“I purchased the RegistryBooster from Uniblue thinking...”
Written on: 05/01/2010
I purchased the RegistryBooster from Uniblue thinking that it will speed up my Laptop, but did nothing - then they recommended SpeedUpMyPC which I purchased. It totally screwed up my Laptop - I had to do a system recovery because it deleted many useful files and altered all the settings. Although I am awaiting a refund from them, I do not recommend it even if it was for free and would certainly not recommend to purchase it. the System Tweaker they have - just puts all of your systems options... (read more)
“I Bought Uniblue Speed Up My PC on 6/4/2009. It did...”
Written on: 23/10/2009
I Bought Uniblue Speed Up My PC on 6/4/2009. It did nothing useful at all. I Requested a refund the day I bought it. There is allegedly a 30 money-back guarantee. I RECEIVED NO RESPONSE TO MANY REQUESTS FOR A REFUND over the next few months. This company is obviously not actually certified by Microsoft, as they claim to be. My order number for the purchase is: 6101760. (read more)
“This program completely stuffed the computer! After...”
Written on: 12/10/2009
This program completely stuffed the computer! After installing it the computer will no longer boot up into the Windows desktop. It looks like a complete re-intstallation of windows will be needed. (read more)
“I wanted to speed up my AV 1050, and I purchased...”
Written on: 21/08/2009 by mquirozt (2 reviews written)
I wanted to speed up my AV 1050, and I purchased ($29.99) what they promised me to eliminated from my notebook, when it start it takes a lot of time , my old ESET NOD 32 was quicker, then they said I have to upgrade to another product ($39.99) that I purchased and I still feel is too low when starting my notebook, and I lose useful cookies, I don't recommend it to anybody. I'll back to ESET and I'll upgrade the ram. (read more)
“Well Uniblue SpeedUpMyPC truely speeds up my old 1.4...”
Written on: 30/03/2009
Well Uniblue SpeedUpMyPC truely speeds up my old 1.4 ghz that was failing me, it helped me regain my patience - very good program. (read more)
“When I chose 'perform automatic optimization after...”
Written on: 17/02/2009
When I chose 'perform automatic optimization after scan', many of my programme stopped working. It's either the fault of the Uniblue Registry cleaner or this speed up my pc thing. I do not trust them anymore. At first I was thrilled to find something that could actually speed up my computer, however, until I have used the app that is, I discovered my dislike for it. It rendered my computer incapable of doing almost anything, forcing me to reinstall. I am very displeased with this service.
I...
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Paulus The Little Gnome's Comment
Written on: 24/05/2009
Uniblue is UNIPOO. It has messed everything up on mine. I'll now have to reinstall everything.
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“Installation of Registry Booster resulted in physical...”
Written on: 10/09/2008
Installation of Registry Booster resulted in physical memory dump and blue screen, recovery through the boot menu and choice of 'optimized' settings did far better than Uniblue's $30 scam
SpeedUpMyPC has provided the joys of Winsock Library deletion and loss of internet connectivity. The technical support has amounted to a suggestion to create restore points prior to running the applications and another even more annoying missive that told me I should avoid running certian portions of...
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“I hate it when something says "Free download" and does...”
Written on: 13/06/2008
I hate it when something says "Free download" and does not mention anywhere on the publishers site that it is shareware and not a free program at all.
What I said above. I would never use a program that tricks into trying then it turns out to be just shareware. I would not trust such trickster to even be honest about what problems it claims to find.
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“Like doing a regular oil change on your car,...”
Written on: 16/10/2007 by TimCarver
Like doing a regular oil change on your car, SpeedUpMyPC does a wonderful job of keeping your PC running at peak performance. I like the way you can adjust memory so that programs that need more can get more. You can monitor the file system, the CPU, and much more. I've found the program to be very effective and I'd recommend it to anyone. (read more)
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Gene1950's Response to FayeKane's Review
Written on: 17/04/2013
I completely agree that these are criminals who should be severely punished because they hurt no just us but also the good, rustworthy and reputable programers as they spoil the reputation and credibility of online shoppers - from now on the naive and vulnorable us who are desprate for help as our PC are not behaving properly. I cannotsee how a web site which offers problem causing products can stay in business for any significant length of time, in spite of being found guilty by those who tried their products and got srewed. These people also post thousands of posts telling Internet surfers how great their products are etc. etc. I just do not trust anyone, it is almost cheaper to buy a new PC and use it with no downloads at all.