In fact this software has make me lose customers since they didn't have problems anymore due to bad maintenance which although bad for my own wallet is a great result for them. Never had any complaints from my 'customers' and many even bought the subscriptions. Frankly this has been my first install when installing or re-installing computers for myself and others. Hope this saves someone a re-install somehow, somewhere.Ībout Iobit ASC. I would highly caution you when using this software. Often important files can be recovered (well, most of the time) and other than software promos, there isn't much to loose.

In the end the cumulative amount of time spent researching, running various checks, or otherwise can consume a substantial amount of time whereas, the cumulative efforts would've been better spent re-configuring the OS. sometimes at that point the issues almost become more compelling just to see if it can be fixed in a way that defeats the inevitable. In the end, countless hours were spent trying to save something I knew was not going to happen. When you've done just about everything you can identify and its a no dice situation, just format it. Although I know better, there was no backups and the format/re install was something I simply didn't want to do however, I knew that I would eventually have to. Now the in-place upgrade worked great, but you cant beat a fresh install when its needed. I eventually did a full format and lost a lot of free giveaway of the day promos, and ultimately I just did a fresh install.

I ended up saving what I could, removing Media center to get back to win 8 (from pro), changing some reg keys and doing an in-place upgrade to re-install windows 8.

Although i have already uninstalled it, the damage remained destroying, changing, or removing essential files or reg keys needed for the upgrades assurance checks. Turns out Advanced SystemCare was notorious for screwing up the files in both the registry as well some system files. They connected to my computer and after about an hour and a half we were unable to resolve the issue or help me upgrade to 8.1. found here: įor what it's worth I finally called in to Microsoft support. I give you this fact, copied directly from my Post a few years back.

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