It's perhaps a little disingenuous to say it, but that doesn't make in untrue. Over the many generations that WinZip has been with us we've met many, many people who use it but not a single ...

Most home users don't need to worry as much these days about squeezing the last drops of performance from their PC. Even relatively low-specification machines are capable of handling the majority of day-to-day tasks. After extended ...

Losing and being unable to recover important files or folders is a computer user's worst nightmare, and while Windows offers ways to help protect you, those seeking further peace of mind should consider looking elsewhere. The ...

The latest version of SystemSuite is an all-in-one maintenance solution with more branches than a particularly large oak tree. It boasts a selection of security and optimisation tools, alongside back-up and diagnostic utilities. In total there ...

Most computer users would admit to having a fairly large collection of documents, digital media and other files that would be either impossible or expensive to replace in the event of disk failure. While simple tools ...

As well as disaster recovery, disk imaging can be used to deploy new PCs without having to install an operating system and then configure application software and custom settings every time. Snap Deploy from Acronis takes ...

It is the fear that every PC owner has lurking at the back of the mind: what if my computer crashes or a virus wipes out or corrupts all of my data? Since most of us ...

Gone are the days when virtualisation products were the preserve of the hard-core geek. With the easy availability of low-cost virtualisation software from the likes of VMware, as well as a slew of free and open-source ...

There are plenty of solutions for backing up files these days: if you don't like using Windows' own tools, most decent security suites now offer dedicated services of their own. But online backup seems to be ...

If only all software were as straightforward and effective as Total Uninstall 4. It's a tool that never deviates from its given intent; to rid your machine of unwanted programs once and for all. Sadly, in ...

If you get into problems with Windows, it's usually expensive to call on advice from a support service. There's a market for automated diagnostics and repair, but many of these programs aim at just one aspect; ...

Traverse the computing message boards and forums of the Internet, and there's always going to be a new post from a user struggling to identify the components that are sat inside their PC. Be it identification ...

You do take regular backups of your PC don't you? No? Don't tell me: you've tried, but found it too complicated or just too time-consuming to bother. In which case you'll be interested in FileKeeper Professional, ...

Protecting your valuable documents by backing them up to a different drive is a key tenet of PC security. Most backup programs work by looking at specific folders and copying every file that's new or changed ...

There's a golden rule of reviewing system utilities that states something along the lines of ‘thou must not install review software on a machine you need to use the following day.' You can see what's going ...

We've covered Perfect Image 11 before on IT Reviews and to summarise, we thought the program was a good image backup tool, though limited in how it could access a drive image, once created. It's a ...

Your PC needs to be looked after, otherwise it soon degenerates into a messy forest of files and folders. Every month (at least) you should be running a disk cleaner, defragging the hard drive and maybe ...

One of the many areas of your operating system that can fall foul of the test of time is the Windows registry, which seems to get itself into a right old state no matter how carefully ...

Acronis has built an impressive and deserved reputation in the system backup and security market with its True Image series, and has built a range of worthwhile improvements into the latest version. True Image 11 is ...

Roxio's Easy Media Creator series has been around for so long that it's almost impossible to imagine computer life without it. The main advantage of Easy Media Creator has been the convenience of having a range ...