RegScrubXP
Spectacular
Full user review
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"It really scrubs the registry, but..."
Pros
An excellent registry cleaner. It really scrubs the registry and removes junk left by programs and which is ignored by the best registry cleaners. It moved 3000+ entries from my pc when I first run it.
System tweaks work perfectly well and show a noticeable performance improvement.Cons
In scrubbing the registry it demolished a couple of programs on the way which had to be reinstalled. Norton Ghost is one of them.
Registry Compact option is deadly. It worked but my PC never started after that. It gave the blue screen each time and was impossible to even reach safe mode no matter how many tricks I tried. Eventually, I recovered by doing a complete system restore with Norton Ghost recovery disc. After scrubbing the registry I used a different defrag program which worked smoothly.
Registry search hangs and kills the PC. Solved with a reboot.
But to be fair I must say I am using W7 64 so maybe these problems are caused because the program is not meant for W7.Summary
Can improve the PC performance quite a bit but use with care and make sure you have a system copy at hand. Do not rely on a registry backup because you may not have the chance to access it like it happened in my case.