Is Your Computer Grinding To A Halt ?

A new computer runs like a dream when you first start it up. It boots up in no time at all. You click an icon or run a program and within a few seconds it is running. Unfortunately over time this performance degrades quite appreciably.

  • It can take minutes for the operating system to start running.
  • It seems to take forever for all the programs in your system tray to load.
  • You click on a shortcut icon and nothing happens.
  • You get weird error messages when you try to run a program
  • You get the dreaded blue screen of death from time to time

 You have problems with your computer.

These delays can add minutes or hours to the amount of time you spend on your computer each week. It can make working on the computer stressful and frustrating. Indeed, there is nothing quite as frustrating as waiting for a computer to run a program.   

Maybe You Need A Registry Cleaner ?

One reason why your computer might be running slow or not working could be a problem with the registry.

The registry is a directory that helps the windows or vista operating system run on a computer. You could compare it to a phone book in some ways. It records all the settings and options on your computer. When the operating system is required to run a program or take some action, it will use the directory to find the location of that program or setting.

When the computer is new the information on the registry is correct. As the computer gets older and more programs are added or deleted from the computer or different options are set up by the user, the registry starts to become unreliable. To continue with the phone book analogy, all the names and addresses of people would be out of date or simply wrong. You would dial a number up and get no reply or another person would answer. This is the same for your computer when it looks up registry entries. In short it needs tidying up. The more unreliable the registry gets the slower your computer will become. Depending on the condition of the registry this can vary from a few seconds to the computer just hanging and you needing to reboot.

A way to solve this problem is to clean the registry. Cleaning the registry requires looking at all the dead end or redundant locations in the registry and removing them. This can be done manually but is time consuming and not recommended for someone that does not know what they are doing. Removing the wrong registry entries can render your computer unusable.

What's A Free Scan ! 

Most Registry Cleaners Offer a Free Scan. In most cases this means you have to download and install the software to run the free scan.

Once the scan is run, you have to register to fix any of the problems found by the scan. During the Registration process you have to pay for the software.  

 

The alternative is to use registry cleaner software. Registry cleaner software is installed on your computer. It is usually runs to a user specified schedule or whenever you start up. Depending on the type of cleaner you are using, it will be programmed to make decisions on what should be removed from the registry. Good cleaning software can make 'intelligent' decisions. This can preserve the integrity of your computer's registry and improve the performance or speed of the computer. Bad registry cleaning software may not be as intelligent or well programmed. The changes may have no affect on your computer or may even make the performance worse.

To this extent, we have reviewed some of the leading registry cleaners to help you decide which one best suits your needs. The table below gives you an overview of the top 7 products. The link in the right most column takes you to a more in depth review of each product.  

 Registry Cleaner Software Rating Ease Of Use Intelligence Support Extra Features

Review

 Registry Easy

5

5

5

5

Yes

Registry Easy Review

 RegCure

5

5

4

5

No

RegCure  Review

 Registry Fix

4

5

4

4

Yes

Registry Fix Review

 RegTool

4

4

4

5

Yes

RegTool Review

 RegClean

4

4

4

4

Yes

RegClean Review

 ErrorFix

3

4

3

4

Yes

ErrorFix Review

 ErrorNuker

3

3

4

3

No

ErrorNuker Review

We have tested all of the registry cleaning tools listed in the table above. As part of the test we considered

  • the time it took to scan
  •  the number of problems that each cleaner found
  •  how quickly it cleaned or fixed the errors
  • if there was a noticeable improvement on the performance of the test PC

 We also contacted the support of each product to gage how responsive they were to questions.  

 Recommended Product : Registry Easy

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