The truth about registry cleaners

One of the most controversial programs being sold for computers is regsitry cleaning software. While there are legitimate registry cleaners, many of them advertised on the internet are scams that provide false information to lure people into buying their product – similar to the fake anti-virus programs that are causing widespread problems with people’s computers.

In a recent review of legitimate registry cleaners in PC World Magazine, the author advises that the programs require careful analysis of the results that they display. More time is required to back-up the registry before making any changes, and paying attention to any computer glitches that may occur after cleaning the registry. It’s a time-consuming process which may or may not speed-up your computer.

From my experience, registry cleaners provide little or no performance benefit. The results are often difficult to interpret, and what action to take based on the results is confusing. Cleaning the registry can cause more harm than good. Bottom line, avoid registry cleaning programs and let the professionals at Computer Techs make a recommendation based on a thorough analysis of your PC. When tuning-up our computer we rarely use a registry cleaner, we use several different cleaning tools and manual setting adjustments depending on the job to improve the speed of your computer. Occasionally backing up your data and re-installing Windows, your programs and your data is the best way to bring your computer back to the way it performed when you first got it.