I’m sorry for vanishing without a trace for nearly a month, and I’ll like to explain what happened. I took a vacation, a trip down to see my girlfriend in Chicago and celebrated the fifth year we’ve been dating. I took a break from writing on the blog, but did visit the forum as often as I could. And on the major plus side, I managed to rid Windows Vista off my girlfriend’s computer and gave her Windows XP, as most people that have used Vista have faced issues, and those that have been lucky enough not to get those issues, have heard of them.

I also picked up a computer while I was in the States, a beast of one. It’s a new i5 computer, with a 64 bit processor, meaning I can now develop and test 64bit compatible applications. And I decided to start my return to blog writing with giving one of my favourite freeware’s Professional version a spin!

For those that have never used Revo Uninstaller, Free or Professional, you do not know what you are missing. I’ve been using it for a long time, and remains one of my programs I recommend to anyone who asks. It’s a very powerful, free uninstaller that I’ve used many a time to uninstall applications that I’ve installed to test or other applications that have needed uninstallation for the new versions. Recently, within the past two years, VS Revo Group updated their website, and offer now the Professional version which has more features then their Free by a lot. The Free version only works on 32 bit version of Windows, as well as a basic cleaning program and junk cleaner/ browser cleaner. However, after demoing the Professional version, it’s extremely hard to look at the Free version and consider it “just as good”.

The Professional version of Revo Uninstaller offers different skins built in, a Backup Manager, a file recovery section, much like Recuva, an “Evidence Remover” which would be a secure deletion along with more advanced versions of the same cleaners the free version has. The other thing I’ve noticed is how much faster it is at removing programs then the Free version, but that might also be due to the fact that I’m also on a more powerful PC.

Revo Uninstaller Pro is usually $39.25 for a single computer, but I’ve contacted Revo Group and they’ve kindly provided two free licences of Revo Uninstaller Pro for Raymond.cc readers. There are only two rules to the giveaway. The first thing that you have to do is subscribe to the blog, if you haven’t already. And the second is the easy part: comment on this blog post. After you’ve done both, all you have to do is wait until Sunday, September 12th, which I will draw the two winners and announce them then. Best of luck to all whom enter!

EDIT: Due to unforseen down time, I’m extending the giveaway one more day to be drawn on Monday the 13th. This is your last chance to enter, so don’t be late!