Software Reviews by JakeBlues68

I use SmartClose to shut down non essential programs prior to playing computer games. Sometimes it works properly on the first shot, but often, it will lock up. On several occasions I've had to shut my computer off without closing windows properly because it wouldn't let me do anything, it would just be stuck on the "snapshot" step. Other times it would finish as it should but when then it will lock up whenever I try to start the game or any other program. Sometimes when it's stuck, I can click on "cancel" and it will finish what it's doing properly. Still I recommend this program. My in game fps goes up dramatically and I experience much less lag, and this is after I've already tweaked the services and background programs. I'd say it works properly the first attempt about 60% of the time. Once or twice, it's taken 5-6 attempts to get it to properly close the background programs and services and allowed me to play. Price: Free
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• Recommend to a friend? Yes
• Posted Jan 01, 2007 for v1.1