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Microsoft Launches PC Advisor Repair Utility. Going After Apple Next?

 

Published 10/12/2008 by Will Smith at Maximum PC all RSS Feed

This weekend, Microsoft quietly rolled out a preview release of the Microsoft PC Advisor to select members of the Windows Feedback Program.  (Members of the Windows Feedback Program agree to let Microsoft monitor their machines closely, and Microsoft uses that data to determine what types of problems real users experience.) The invitation to try out the PC Advisor made some intriguing promises—the app will monitor our PC for problems and give solutions in real time and it will monitor system settings for potential pitfalls. read more (link)

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