I bought System Mechanic 7 from a retail store in 2008. The software which I paid $50.00 for at the time worked fine until my computer recently crashed and died. When I went to install the System Mechanic software on my newer laptop, the activation key wouldn't work. So I called Iolo's technical support center and they said my one year subscription ran out on 3/31/09, so I would need to buy another year's subscription for it to work. Wow! What a scam. The software itself should work for as long as I want to use it, obviously I... read full review »