Are Registry Cleaners Really Worth It.

For a long time there has been a battle brewing among IT admins and computer repair experts like myself. The argument revolves around registry cleaners and if they do more harm than good.

I will 100% agree that there are plenty of junk registry cleaners out there that are very poor and they do more harm than good. However on the flip side of that there are plenty of top registry cleaners programs out there that do a fantastic job at not only repairing registry damage and cleaning out invalid entries but many of them do so much more.

I use a registry cleaning program almost every time I work on a customer’s computer. Even if I came out there to let’s say remove spyware or a virus I still use it as a great tool to help me remove the virus. You see in the past these cleaners only did one thing and that was take care of the registry. Now a days they do so much more.Any good registry program out there is going to be able to remove junk temp files that are stored all over your computer.Windows for some reason has made it rather hard to remove startup programs and that is were these registry cleaenrs really shine. This one feature alone in my opinion makes them a great program for people to use even if they don’t use the program to clean out there registry.

Broken shortcuts and invalid links can have a big effect on a computer as well.Just having one broken shortcut on your desktop can actually slow your boot time by up to 30 seconds. I see it all the time and that is why when I am out in the field I use the best registry cleaners program.
I do need to stress that there are plenty of poor cleaners out there and yes you do need to take caution. For many experts is easy to tell what programs not to use.for non technical people it can be a challenge.Every single registry cleaning program should have an auto backup feature of the registry or should prompt you to back it up when you go to repair the damage or invalid entries. If it does not then don’t use it.Even with the leading clients out there you will need a backup just in case something goes wrong. You will always need to make a backup of your registry before you clean it.Many of the lower grade client do not auto prompt you or even sugest you backup your registry.

Another good way to tell if a program is any good is to look at what the features are within the program. If it’s just a registry scanner and nothing else then chances are the program has not been out that long and you should not use it. I cannot think of one top rated registry cleaner that does not have several options to it.

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