Choosing the Best Registry Cleaners
Which is the Best Between RegCure, Registry Fix, Registry Easy, and
Perfect Optimizer?
If you search over the internet to find the best
registry cleaner, I guarantee you will be amazed on
how many reviewers put their hands on this.
Instead of giving you a clear cut choice, they will
leave you questioning more. I know live is about
choices but it does not mean that choosing one will
end the process. In fact, it may lead you to other
choices. It is not so much different with choosing
the right registry cleaner. I have found that several
products have been overly promoted above the
others. But truthfully, the quality of these products should be contested because
there are so many review lineups that are published these days with their own
winners. Among others, RegCure, Registry Fix, Registry Easy, and Perfect
Optimizer are registry cleaner brands that are frequently promoted over the
internet. Be it in any major search engines, in the so-called consumer websites,
tech-forums, or in any social websites. No wonder they all fill the top best seller
products in some marketplaces. But does this factor alone translate them to be the
best registry cleaners? Once again, they need to be contested.
So how do we really tell that a registry cleaner is good enough for
us? It is simple: Look inside yourself (sorry for the pun), ask
yourself what do you want from a registry cleaner, see if there is a
product offers it, and find out how it manages to fulfill it. So first
let’s find out the possible reasons why someone needs a registry
cleaner. First, he might need a software that can optimize his
Windows’ performance. Second, it also possible that he needs a
software to repair his Windows problems. The last one is because
some suspicious popups tell him to do so.
Now let’s analyze one by one of these three basic reasons and see if the products
in our lineup can fulfill it. First reason is the need to optimize Windows.
Although all products relatively give decent cleaning service for your Windows
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registry, it is only a small fragment that prevents your computer from running in
its peak performance. Although features like disk defragmenter and startup tuner
are also offered by some of the best of them like Perfect Optimizer, but frankly
these are also not enough. Besides, these two features are already available inside
your Windows. The second reason we should analyze is the problem-solving
aspect. Seriously, Windows is very complex. Currently, there is no software on
earth that can fix all your Windows problems. So be specific. Is it because BSOD
(Blue Screen of Death)? Or is it related to missing NTLDR and corrupted MBR?
Sorry to say, current registry cleaner cannot fix these two serious problems.
It is also worth to mention that recent discussions have
also sparked an argument whether registry cleaner can
truly fix Windows problem or in fact it is the problem
itself. Why I don’t Use Registry Cleaners article from
Ed Bott quite sums up the view of the pessimistic.
Furthermore, blatant promotional materials from some
registry cleaner companies including those who
publish four registry cleaners we are discussing here
have added more fuel to the controversy. And this also
becomes the answer to the remaining possible reasons
why someone should need a registry cleaner: annoying popups. There is nothing
much that I can say about this other than “don’t do it”. Don’t buy any if it is just
because someone is forcing you to do so.
It is nice to see a registry cleaner that offers more features other than the other
like junk files cleaner, disk defragmenter, startup tuner, file wiper, and RAM
optimizer. And these are what offered by some of registry cleaners here like
Perfect Optimizer. But the fact that most of these features are already available
inside your Windows makes those features rather unnecessary. Is it also still
questionable whether cleaning up registry can help you fix and optimize
Windows. If what you really want from a registry cleaner is solving your
troubled Windows, be specific. What is your current problem? Does your
Windows fail to boot? Wait a moment and think back what you have done just
before the accident? There are so many possibilities that can make Windows
crash. But believe me, whatever causes it, registry cleaner can do nothing. But
maybe a software that can boot up your computer and let you run various
recovery utilities from there like disk surface scanning, corrupted MBR rebuilder,
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disk cloning and backup, and corrupted partition recovery can help you. There is
a software called Spotmau PowerSuite, it is a Windows emergency repair
software. Its specialty is in booting up computer in case Windows fails and run
lots of recovery tools from there even for miscellaneous Windows problem like
lost administrator password. It is also suitable for Windows optimization as it
offers registry cleaner, Windows system tweaks, and junk
file cleaner among other tools under its
optimization module. There is a nice
coverage from PC Magazine for its early
2007 version. But Spotmau PowerSuite has
evolved since then. Its 2009 version offers
more tools and nicer graphical user interface
console that operates outside Windows, unlike
its 2007 version Dos-based GUI.
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