Comments on: Killer Download: Speed up your system by cleaning your registry

Your Windows system registry slowly fills up the more you download software. Clean out all the old entries with one of these Killer Downloads.

Some good registry cleaners are free
by JonathansToolBar&Grill November 7, 2007 2:44 AM PST: I can understand Download.com's interest in recommending shareware. However, from the user's perspective, free is better. Some popular freeware registry maintainers and optimizers are just as capable as the commercial utilities recommended here. Among the best-known and best-regarded are CCleaner, Advanced Windows Care Personal, Easy Cleaner, and Wise Registry Cleaner. All these and more are available on Download.com.

Many other free utilities specialize in registry editing, backup, or defragmentation. And some all-round PC optimizing suites also include registry maintenance functions, such as the free Glary Utilities.

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CCleaner Is The Best Period!
by royduke November 7, 2007 4:22 PM PST: Tested this fine program against jv16 and the difference was minimal to none. Since it's free, this has become my #1 drive cleaner and registry cleaner.; Like this Reply to this comment

I can't understand Download.com's interest
by yukinalovely November 8, 2007 5:55 AM PST: How to use this program to make my computer perfect; Like this Reply to this comment

I've never had a positive experience...
by SJ_Rand November 9, 2007 9:12 AM PST: ...with any registry cleaner used after programs have been installed and removed. They all promise to track future program installations and keep the registry clean, but every one I've used to try getting rid of unneeded registry entries present before I installed the cleaner has either been too aggressive, recommending removal of entries I know I need, or too timid, skipping entries for programs removed years ago.

With the worst ones, which were often as highly recommended as any here, I've performed the scan and clean, tried to reboot, and found within minutes that I had to reinstall the pre-scan copy. Net value of zero minus the time I spent using the cleaner.

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registry cleaners
by toofortea November 11, 2007 7:38 AM PST: I don't know which is the best but I sure would like to know how RegVac stacks up against CCleaner and the three cleaners reviewed here.; Like this Reply to this comment


by glennp May 15, 2008 10:22 PM PDT: What I find completely frustrating is the registry cleaners that "claim to be free", search for Registry Fix and right at the top is Free Registry Fix - the worls only free registry cleaner but hang on, that is a load of rubbish, total rubbish! There is absolutely nothing free about it, zip, zero, nada, nothing. If you want to fix your registry you have to pay for it, so how does that make it the worlds only free registry cleaner. Its deceiving for users and a complete lie.

Why Google still allows it to be even displayed on the website with false advertising such as that I find outrageous. If it was television or print media they would not be allow to deceive or use false advertising yet they seem to get away with it on Search Engines.

If a registry cleaner is free, then it should allow you to fix all the errorrs for free. Most of them only allow you to fix 25 or 50 errors for free before you have to pay for them. However, Advanced Registry Fix gives you 3 full fixes for free, at least its free fix your errors unlike some of the tools.

Make your own mind up, test many and decide on the best and what suits you.; Like this Reply to this comment


by icurhuman2 June 25, 2008 6:04 PM PDT: What I find very annoying is that I can't get a decent review from anywhere including CNET @#%#*! THEY ARE ALL ADVERTS DISGUISED AS REVIEWS!!!
Take this page as an example. Who the hell is Jason Parker? Some dimwit who doesn't mind using his real name but doesn't make one typo or syntactic error? I don't think so! And it just so happens that the three he's reviewed are all fair to good depending on the price so that whoever might consider a registry cleaner has the price option they can also consider. GIVE ME A BREAK!

I thought CNET might supply some reasonable review of the most common registry cleaners but they are like all the other sites I've looked at -TOTALLY COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES that run sponsored and disguised reviews!

IF YOUR REALLY LOOKING FOR AN UNBIASED REVIEW YOU"LL HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE - just like me! Seeyalater!!!; Like this Reply to this comment


by jpeni March 20, 2009 12:06 PM PDT: A registry cleaner is useful if it only cleans safe entries. A registry cleaner is dangerous if it cleans necessary entries from the registry or causes more harm than good.

After testing many registry cleaners and pc cleaning programs....I selected NCleaner.

nCleaner contains an advanced system and application cleaner with over 90 cleaning items available, a Registry Cleaner, a Tweak Manager, an advanced Startup Manager, a Junk Finder, a Free Space Shredder, a System Resource Monitor, a System Adviser, supports logging and statistics as well as advanced Scheduling. And to make it better....NCleaner is FREE. So far NCleaner has provided an effective way of cleaning my registry without problems or headaches.

Another good program ,especially for newbies - I recommend Registry First Aid. Registry First Aid identifies which registry entries are SAFE to remove and which entries should be removed with CAUTION. I usually trust Registry First Aid to protect registry entries that should not be touched...and it has been effective so far.; Like this Reply to this comment