 RegCure
– a Registry Cleaner Review By
J. Tilton, CNE, Security+, ITIL-F, Six Sigma DFSS
What's
a registry cleaner, what does RegCure do?
RegCure
holds the distinction of being amongst the most popular
tools one can use to clean their Windows registry.
Ultimately, the question comes down to whether or not
Regcure can clean your registry and speed up your
computer or not. I'll spend some time exploring the
features and functions of RegCure, download and install
the software, and run a full scan. When I'm done, we
should have a solid answer to the question of whether
RegCure is a good registry cleaner or not.
This
registry tool was developed by Paretologic, Inc., an
international software company, and is offered as a free
trial. The free trial of their registry cleaner software
gives you the chance to “try it before you buy it.”
Even after purchase, your satisfaction is guaranteed.
RegCure
scans your computer to find and correct any problems that
can cause your system to be slow or crash. It's not
uncommon for people to say that their computer runs great
after running the RegCure registry cleaner. This is
because RegCure's scanning and cleaning operations are
more thorough than that of its competing products. In
short, RegCure provides efficient, yet amazingly quick,
in depth scanning into your system registry and then
unleashes its real power by fixing any errors it finds.
What
are the benefits to cleaning my registry?
RegCure
will address the root cause of system errors, blue
screens of death, and performance issues. If your system
is running slowly, RegCure will clean up the registry
issues that are causing it to run this way. RegCure
corrects broken links to applications, which can cause
the application to fail to launch. RegCure also cleans
up shortcuts which are no longer valid, this keeps your
system from searching for the missing program or file,
thus giving you fewer headaches and improving your system
performance.
RegCure
– an easy to use registry cleaner
RegCure
users will find the tool is easy and straight forward.
Don't let this fool you though, even though it seems
basic, RegCure is a very powerful tool for cleaning up
your system registry of errors and returning your system
back to the speed you know it should have. Additionally,
this registry cleaner boasts a feature to backup and
restore your system registry so that you'll never feel
stuck with any changes it makes and easily be able to
revert back to an earlier copy of your system registry,
if needed.
How
about user-friendliness?
After
downloading RegCure via a single click, users will find
the tool installs in just a few clicks and under 5
minutes. RegCure then launches automatically where a
full scan can be started. The interface is clean and the
power of this registry cleaner is masked by the
simplicity of its use. When it comes to
user-friendliness, RegCure can stand among other
world-class software offerings.
What
features does RegCure have?
Deep
registry scanning penetration ensures that even the most
obscure problems are found and repaired. RegCure is
quick and yet comprehensive in its scanning and repair.
RegCure automatically makes registry backups every time
you run it so you always have the option to restore your
registry. Additionally, RegCure includes a way to
schedule automatic registry scanning and repair.
Like
anti-virus, anti-adware, and anti-spyware programs,
RegCure automatically updates itself with definition
files in order to incorporate new fixes as registry
problems are discovered in applications and the Windows
operating system itself.
RegCure
includes a startup program manager. This allows you to
review what Windows is starting automatically when it
starts up. This feature gives you the ability to disable
questionable applications so that you can identify if any
of the startup programs are causing you issues.
Who
makes RegCure?
ParetoLogic,
Inc. is a Microsoft Certified Partner and has been
providing system utilities, like RegCure, since 2005.
ParetoLogic released RegCure in 2006 and has continued to
support and update it. RegCure supports 32-bit versions
of Microsoft Windows, including Windows 98, Windows ME,
Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and
64-bit versions of Windows 7. (Microsoft Windows is a
trademark of Microsoft, Inc.)
ParetoLogic
has over 125 employees and offers free support via email
or web form and also has a webpage for each of their
products which covers answers to common questions and
resolutions for common problems that one could
experience. They maintain support hours between 9am-6pm
PST and promise a response within 8 business hours.
My
experience with RegCure
I've
been an IT person since 1988 and have used personal
computers since 1980. I fully expected to see a lot of
complicated functions and options in RegCure. However,
RegCure was amazingly elegant in its simplicity. The
interface was crisp looking, looked pleasing, and was
fairly minimal in terms of what you had to configure
to use it. I was very pleasantly surprised. It reminded
me of Lavasoft's Ad-aware interface, if you have ever
used that anti-adware program.
Downloading
the software was extremely easy and very fast. I
expected the process to take several minutes, but it only
took about a minute on my cable Internet connection. It
took mere moments to explore the 5 function buttons that
you can use. Like I said before, simplicity is apparent
throughout this registry cleaner.
The
full registry scan took just under 2 minutes on my Dell
XPS M1330 laptop. I expected it to take much longer,
considering how long it takes my system to perform
searches within my registry for specific keys and hives.
My system had 120 problems, including ActiveX/COM and DLL
issues, which were found and fixed. It really took no
time at all.
As
I wasn't experiencing any performance problems before
scanning, I noticed only a little improvement in my
system speed. In another review I read, the reviewer had
over 1,000 errors on his system which were all corrected
by RegCure and felt that his system was performing over
20% faster.
So,
Is RegCure Worth The Money?
RegCure is one of
the most inexpensive registry cleaner programs available.
RegCure is feature rich, performs very well, and delivers
on its promises to improve your system performance.
In
my analysis, RegCure is well worth the price. You Want
RegCure on your side! Your computer will seem like it's
brand new once again after using RegCure to clean your
system registry.
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