***97%***

(More Information)

Free Scan:	YES
Ease Of Use/Installation:
Feature Set:
Safety:
Online Support:

Registry Easy - BEST REGISTRY CLEANER!

Registry Easy successfully scanned and found problems in the following registry categories: COM/ActiveX Entries, Uninstall Entries, Font Entries, Shared DLLs, Application Paths, Help Files Information, Windows Startup Items, File/Path References, Program Shortcuts, Empty Registry Keys and File Associations.

Removal of detected items was simple, and there was an option to manually remove files and only checking those Registry items for removal that you wanted. Registry Easy also featured an Ignore List: After a scan you can add detected items to the Ignore list. In these instances, Registry Easy does not remove the item and it will be ignored for upcoming scans.

Registry Easy ran very fast on our test system, in under only 3 minutes! It quickly increased the speed and efficiency of our computer, the results were immediately noticeable, with at least 15% in speed!

Registry Easy also comes with a scheduling functionality so that your registry is scanned automatically on a regular basis. Once certain of your scan settings you can set up one or more schedules to automate the scanning and removal process. This feature is great as you no longer have to worry about cleaning your registry!

Registry Easy is also Vista Ready now!


Summary: Registry Easy was the best overall Registry cleaner out of all the cleaners reviewed. The improvement in our system was very impressive and immediate. Registry Easy's Online Support is also professional who responded quickly to our requests. Registry Easy is the best registry cleaner we've tested by a long shot, and if you need a registry cleaner, this is the best one you can get!

 

***83%***




(More Information)

Free Scan:	YES
Ease Of Use/Installation:
Feature Set:
Safety:
Online Support:

Registry Fix is a very thorough registry scanner. There are standard, deep and custom scan options available. You can also ignore certain files with the ignore list. It also uncovered a large amount of registry problems, although it was not as much as what RegCure uncovered.

This program also features a number of helpful "Managers" to make securing and cleaning your system much easier: The Full Registry Backup Manager is a quick way to ensure that you always have a working version of the registry available. Another useful manager is the System Startup Manager, which allows to browse and remove programs that have been set to start up when Windows boots. The Add/Remove Programs Manager allows you to browse the programs installed on your system and to delete any entries or data that may have been left behind.

You can configure Registry Fix to run at every Windows Startup. However it cannot schedule scans, thus users will need to remember to do a regular registry scan. This is why Registry Fix was behind RegCure in terms of the features set.

Auto-updates are also not available, so future versions of Registry Fix must be downloaded manually.

Summary: With the exception of not being to schedule scans and make automatic updates, RegistryFix is still a great cleaner! Their customer support was good. They have a team of technical experts on live chat to help you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, even holidays!

***80%***




(More Information)

Free Scan:	YES
Ease Of Use/Installation:
Feature Set:
Safety:
Online Support:

With Regcure, you can scan your registry for particular types of errors like invalid startup entries, missing fonts etc. Even though it found less errors than the first two registry cleaners, it managed to increase our system speed considerably after cleanup.

Regcure's automatic scan feature is very convenient, and is great for any non-technical users.

Before clean up of your registry is done, Regcure backs up your entire registry to ensure that you will have a restore point in case there are errors during cleanup.

After its scan, Regcure will allow you to fix selected invalid entries, or categorize them into various error types. This is a great feature for technical people who want to fully control their registry.

Regcure includes a scheduler that can scan your computer at every startup.


Summary: Regcure was a good all around registry cleaner.

***74%***




(More Information)

Free Scan:	YES
Ease Of Use/Installation:
Feature Set:
Safety:
Online Support:

RegSweep is a registry cleaner program that easily scans your system registry and hard drive for invalid file and system references. These invalid references can often cause system instability, PC errors, constant crashes, and general system slowdowns. RegSweep located and cleaned errors on our test machine, just not as many as the higher rated programs.

RegSweep also comes with a Startup Program Manager: It allows us to have a Control over all of your start up options using this simple utility. You can view detailed descriptions of each software installed on our computer and also prevent those you do not want to run at start up.

It also found errors on our system related to: Missing file associations, Missing startup programs, Invalid device drivers, Invalid application paths and Missing DLL's.

It comes with an Add/Remove Program Manager, which is a useful function.

Summary: RegSweep works well and is effective in cleaning our machine registry. However we just felt that this program is not as easy to use, and any novice user who are not familiar with technical jargons would stick with RegCure.

***71%***




(More Information)

Free Scan:	YES
Ease Of Use/Installation:
Feature Set:
Safety:
Online Support: