" Registry Fix Review - Here's How it Performed
Against These Registry Cleaners ! "
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1.
Feature List-
A very important component of any good registry cleaner are the
actual features contained within the product. From our tests we
can tell you that there was a considerable difference on what the
products above had to offer. Some just cleaned the registry but offered
little in relation to advanced features while others included some very powerful
and useful pc performance improvement tools that you may want to
take advantage of. |
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Registry
Fix |
Registry
Easy |
XP
Repair Pro |
RegCure |
RegSweep |
| Problem
description |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Scan
Progress |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Automatic
Repair |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Indicate
Severity |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Startup
Manager |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Optimize
System |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Memory
Tweaker |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Compress
/ Defrag |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| System
Restore Point |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Junk
File Cleaner |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Block
Active X |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Internet
Explorer Restore |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Registry
Editor |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Software
Crash Monitor |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Add
Remove Programs |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| History
Records Cleaner |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Automatic
Product Updates |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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2.
Registry Cleaning Ability - Most
of the registry cleaners we tested should have scored well in
relation to their cleaning / repair ability but again the results
varied. In fact we found Registry Fix to be a decent performer but
it did not detect the highest number of real registry problems on
the computers tested |
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Registry
Fix |
Registry
Easy |
XP
Repair Pro |
RegCure |
RegSweep |
| Empty
Registry Keys |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Check
for Corrupt Files |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| User
Software Settings |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| System
Software Settings |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Invalid
Application Paths |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Invalid
Shared Dlls |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Invalid
Short Cuts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Checks
Shell Extension |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Invalid
File Associations |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Invalid
Help Files |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Sound
Section |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Check
for ActiveX, Ole and Com entries |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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3.
Program Cleaning Ability - Good
registry cleaning tools should not just clean the registry but
should also repair programs contained on the desktop. We have
included what we consider the more important ones here and from
these results you can see that Registry fix is not as strong as other
products in this area. |
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Registry
Fix |
Registry
Easy |
XP
Repair Pro |
RegCure |
RegSweep |
| Startup
Menu/Items |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Add/Remove
Programs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Invalid
Program Short Cuts |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Uninstall
Section |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| System
Services |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Remove
junk files for all pc partitions |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Windows
fonts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Clean
All History |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
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4.
Backup & Restore Functions
- Backup restore functions within any registry cleaner are
essential. If a product doesn't offer this then do not even
consider registering for it. All of the products we tested above offered
this feature but some offered very basic options while others
offered things like built in schedulers and ignore lists. |
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Registry
Fix |
Registry
Easy |
XP
Repair Pro |
RegCure |
RegSweep |
| Automatic
Registry Backup (pre
each scan) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Registry
Restore Option |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Individual
Restore (restore from
any backup) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Ignore
List |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Built-in
Scheduler |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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5.
Platforms Supported - The
following are the operating systems that each of the products
currently support |
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Registry
Fix |
Registry
Easy |
XP
Repair Pro |
RegCure |
RegSweep |
| Platforms
Supported |
Windows 2000
XP & ME |
Windows Vista,NT XP,98,ME,2000 |
Windows Vista,
XP,98,ME,2000 |
Windows Vista, XP &
2000 |
Windows Vista,
XP,98,ME,2000 |
Price
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Special Offer |
$37 |
$69.95
$34.95 |
$29.95
2 for 1 |
$39.95
29.95 |
$29.95 |
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As you can see from
the feature list above registry fix scored well in some sections but
under performed in others. Registry
Fix main selling points are that it is real easy to use,
does a decent job of repairing you registry ( not the best we have
tested ), offers a great online
support chat service and has already been downloaded by almost 12
million people so is a fairly popular product indeed.
However from the chart above you can see that registry fix does
lack many features some of which you would probably like and want.
If you are looking for a tool that is more than just a registry
cleaner and offers lots of computer optimization tools built in then
your best bet is probably a tool like Registry
Easy. This tool is a real powerhouse and
you can see from the test results above that it scored high in
almost all sections.
Whatever registry cleaner you choose it is best to ensure as many
of the above features as possible are contained within the
product. The better registry repair tools will offer more features
than just a registry cleaning utility so take advantage of this
when deciding on which one you want to use.
** These are the number of errors
reported by the full scan of each of the tools tested. Please note
that this may not be a reflection of the number of errors
encountered if you run the scans on your computer ( no two
computers are alike ). The purpose of the exercise was to get the
most reliable data from the tests so we ran the scans from each of
the tools listed above on the same computer ( dell laptop latitude )
without running the repair option.
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