Toolwiz Time Freeze
Toolwiz Time Freezeis an effective Instant system restores software to keep your system safe and protect your computer from unwanted changes.It can also protect your files and folders from changes and provide password protection.It makes virtualization very easy to use. It clones your system, creating fully working copies that you can use normally (or abnormally) without risking your "real" system.It puts the actual system under protection and creates a virtual environment for system partition, on which you run applications and surf the internet. It provides higher-level security to computer protection, and greatly improves the efficiency of virtual system.
Toolwiz Time Freeze has a simple interface for starting and stopping its main features as well as adding files to the File Protection feature (Time Freeze warns not to include Windows system files). There's a small, optional "toolbar" that merely displays the program's status on the desktop, but it's helpful if you switch between modes a lot. Most of the time, the program's system tray icon handles all the action.
Latest Version: 1.6.0.0 Operating System:Windows XP/Vista/7/8 Category:System Utilities File Size: 1.0 M
How Is It Different?
- Protects your files and folders from unwanted changes and provides password protection
- Keeps system safe from threats of virus, spyware, worm, Trojan, etc.
- Enter and Exit virtual system with a single click, no need to reboot computer
- Easy system restore and recovery to remove unwanted changes
- Adding files to the File Protection feature
- New protection mode greatly improves efficiency of virtual system
System Protection
- Puts the actual system under protection and creates a virtual environment for system partition. Creates a virtual environment as a copy of the real system and keeps the actual system in a constant state. prevents computer from unwanted changes and prevent malicious threats being made and doing harm to your computer, on which you run applications and surf the internet and perform online activities.
- Start up system protection. Prevents malicious threats being made and doing harm to your computer.it puts the actual system under protection and creates a virtual environment for system partition
- Simply reboot to restore your system to the previous state. Keep the actual system in a constant state, keep your system safe and protect your computer from unwanted changes.
- Don't reboot to accept all the changes. It will take several minutes to save the changes to your real system.
Folder Protection
- Help you to prohibit changing files by others.
- Help you to prohibit accessing the protected folders by others.
- Protects your files from being infected by viruses or stolen by trojans.
- Tow protection modes about starting and stoping help you to prohibit changing files or accessing the protected folders by others.
- Make sure the windows system files are not in the protection list.
More Features
- Very easy switch between virtual & real system
- To enter virtual system, no need to reboot computer. To return to real system, just exit System Protection.
Watch Video Tutorial by MajorGeeks.com: Using Toolwiz Time Freeze
"Time Freeze has a simple interface for starting and stopping its main features as well as adding files to the File Protection feature (Time Freeze warns not to include Windows system files) and enabling password protection or changing your password." –CNET Editors’ Review
Read the full review at: Toolwiz Time Freeze-CNET Editors’ review
"TimeFreeze is a definite keeper, it may not be exactly loaded with options but, for me anyway, that elementary approach is a huge part of the overall appeal. The rare combination of simplicity and total efficacy makes TimeFreeze an easy recommendation and eminently suitable for all users, regardless of levels of proficiency. TimeFreeze can be summed up perfectly in just two words – simply brilliant!" –MajorGeeks.com
Watch the video tutorial by MajorGeeks.com :Using Toolwiz Time Freeze
"Toolwiz Time Freeze is a powerful, simple to use application with a very cool functionality; it enables the user to effectively protect files and folders by preventing any changes from coming to them. Even more so, Toolwiz Time Freeze can create a system wide environment where no changes will affect your files throughout all of your drives but still make it possible for you to browse, watch movies or play games." –Softoxi
Read the full review at: Toolwiz Time Freeze-Softoxi review
"Pokud často zkoušíte nové aplikace nebo občas potřebujete navštívit web, u kterého si nejste jisti, zda se na něm nenachází škodlivý software, nabízí se jako řešení instalace druhého systému do virtuálního počítače. Pokud na to nemáte dostatečný hardware, zajímavou alternativou je aplikace Toolwiz Time Freeze, která vytvoří virtuální obraz systému, ve kterém budete moci například testovat aplikace." –PC World.cz
Read the full review at: Freeware: Toolwiz Time Freeze pro virtuální obraz systému
"Time Freeze is an excellent application for preventing unwanted changes to your system by running it in sandbox mode. This way, you can avoid not just viruses, but also revert the installation of unwanted toolbars and hijacking agents." –Addictivetips
Read the full review at: Run Your Computer In A Virtual Environment, Protect It From Malware
"TimeFreeze is a definite keeper, it may not be exactly loaded with options but, for me anyway, that elementary approach is a huge part of the overall appeal. The rare combination of simplicity and total efficacy makes TimeFreeze an easy recommendation and eminently suitable for all users, regardless of levels of proficiency. TimeFreeze can be summed up perfectly in just two words – simply brilliant!" –Daves Computer Tips
Read the full review at:TimeFreeze: easily create a secure virtual environment
"Toolwiz Time Freeze is a Free sandbox tool that keeps your system safe from any unwanted changes and malicious activity in low disk level. With a simple click, it puts your actual system under a virtual protection environment like a sandbox on the fly, in which you can evaluate software, test suspicious files, or even perform online activities." –Windows 7 Hacker
Read the full review at:Toolwiz Time Freeze Puts Your Windows Into A Sandbox When Needed
"This way, the freeware helps to keep your system safe and always like new,and it also provides higher-level of security to computer, and greatly improves the efficiency of virtual system." –The Windows Club
Read the full review at:Toolwiz TimeFreeze: Free system protection and restore software for Windows 7
"Toolwiz Time Freeze is one of those remove-all-changes-after-reboot type programs. When you turn on Toolwiz Time Freeze’s TimeFreeze protection, Toolwiz creates a temporary cache file* on your hard drive. Any and all changes made to your computer while TimeFreeze protection is enabled are stored in this cache file — no changes are made directly your system, files, or folders." –DotTech
Read the full review at:Toolwiz Time Freeze allows you to safely test software — an alternative to Returnil System Safe
FAQs-Frequently Asked Questions
- Is it free for all users ?
- Will it change my MBR ?
- Should I keep the Time Freeze process in the Startup list ?
- If I quit the Time Freeze process when Time Freeze protection is on, will the protection still take effect ?
Community Forum
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Email Support
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Operating Systems Supported
- Microsoft Windows 8 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit)
Hardware Requirements
- 500 MHz processor or faster processor
- 512MB of RAM
- 2GB of hard disk space
V 1.6.0.0(Feb. 17 2012)
- Added option to hide Tray Icon.
- Removed TimeFreeze from the Tray Icon pop menu.
- Fixed several minor bugs.
V 1.4.0.0(Feb. 08, 2012)
- Added option to start Time Freeze when system starts
- Fixed several minor bugs.
V 1.2.0.120(Jan. 02, 2012)
- Added float toolbar to show protection mode.
- Remove the free limitation. Now it is free for any users.
V 1.0.0.55(Dec. 05, 2011)
- Added Password Protection
- Added check update button to check the new version
- Made the drop changes as the default option for quit protection.
- Changed the EULA
V 1.0.0.0 (Nov. 1, 2011) Initial Release


"Time Freeze has a simple interface for starting and stopping its main features as well as adding files to the File Protection feature (Time Freeze warns not to include Windows system files) and enabling password protection or changing your password." –CNET Editors’ Review
"TimeFreeze is a definite keeper, it may not be exactly loaded with options but, for me anyway, that elementary approach is a huge part of the overall appeal. The rare combination of simplicity and total efficacy makes TimeFreeze an easy recommendation and eminently suitable for all users, regardless of levels of proficiency. TimeFreeze can be summed up perfectly in just two words – simply brilliant!" –MajorGeeks.com
"Toolwiz Time Freeze is a powerful, simple to use application with a very cool functionality; it enables the user to effectively protect files and folders by preventing any changes from coming to them. Even more so, Toolwiz Time Freeze can create a system wide environment where no changes will affect your files throughout all of your drives but still make it possible for you to browse, watch movies or play games." –Softoxi
"Pokud často zkoušíte nové aplikace nebo občas potřebujete navštívit web, u kterého si nejste jisti, zda se na něm nenachází škodlivý software, nabízí se jako řešení instalace druhého systému do virtuálního počítače. Pokud na to nemáte dostatečný hardware, zajímavou alternativou je aplikace Toolwiz Time Freeze, která vytvoří virtuální obraz systému, ve kterém budete moci například testovat aplikace." –PC World.cz
"Time Freeze is an excellent application for preventing unwanted changes to your system by running it in sandbox mode. This way, you can avoid not just viruses, but also revert the installation of unwanted toolbars and hijacking agents." –Addictivetips
"TimeFreeze is a definite keeper, it may not be exactly loaded with options but, for me anyway, that elementary approach is a huge part of the overall appeal. The rare combination of simplicity and total efficacy makes TimeFreeze an easy recommendation and eminently suitable for all users, regardless of levels of proficiency. TimeFreeze can be summed up perfectly in just two words – simply brilliant!" –Daves Computer Tips
"Toolwiz Time Freeze is a Free sandbox tool that keeps your system safe from any unwanted changes and malicious activity in low disk level. With a simple click, it puts your actual system under a virtual protection environment like a sandbox on the fly, in which you can evaluate software, test suspicious files, or even perform online activities." –Windows 7 Hacker
"Toolwiz Time Freeze is one of those remove-all-changes-after-reboot type programs. When you turn on Toolwiz Time Freeze’s TimeFreeze protection, Toolwiz creates a temporary cache file* on your hard drive. Any and all changes made to your computer while TimeFreeze protection is enabled are stored in this cache file — no changes are made directly your system, files, or folders." –DotTech