A set of system tools, Norton Utilities helps you optimize, repair and maintain Windows. Tools like Optimization Wizard, Speed Start, and System Doctor assist in optimizing the registry, keeping a check on the hard disk and taking preventive action.

WinBoost 2001 is a collection of neatly categorized hidden tweaks for Windows that'll help you get more out of your system. Besides the tweaks, Winboost 2001 also has a lot of tips that aid in enhancing PC performance.

SANDRA (System Analyzer Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is a set of system diagnostic and benchmarking utilities that has tune-ups for various hardware devices including CPUs, modems, BIOS, drives, graphic cards, and DOS. It also includes CPU benchmarking capabilities that test the CPU and its multimedia abilities.

With Partition Magic you can partition the hard disk for use with multiple operating systems and to organize programs and data on various drives. The program's wizards guide you through the steps in partitioning and help create partitions for other file systems like FAT, FAT32, NTFS, Linux ext2 and HPFS.

Modem Doctor tests the modem and can identify many installation and configuration errors. The program also helps correct these errors so you can make the best use of your modem.

Cacheman can now recover memory if it falls below a preset level. Cacheman optimizes disk cache and other additional settings to reduce frequent swapping of memory, increasing system performance and stability.

McAfee Utilities protects, optimizes, repairs and fixes your PC. It helps PC crash prevention, Y2K checks, hard drive repair, system performance optimization, data backup, recovery from disasters and more. These are similar to Norton Utilities and offer a wide range of optimization and diagnostic tools to protect the PC.

VoptME makes defragmentation of hard disk easy and quick. Besides defrag, Vopt also has tools to check the system on a regular basis. You can schedule defragmentation to run automatically daily or weekly. Vopt is safe and is an excellent replacement to the slow Windows defragmenter.

Memokit is a memory and cache optimization program that offers some heavy-duty features. It uses a sophisticated algorithm to optimize and recover memory, even under heavy workload conditions. The Memory and Resource leak analyzers help you identify the program causing leaks.This program has a host of options to speed up the PC and ensure fast responses.

Powerdesk is a free file manager similar to Windows Explorer but it's better and has features sorely missing in the latter. The program features zip ability, a flexible search tool, a launch tool bar that can be used to launch programs directly from the file manager.