Registry Easy Review - Does It Work?
The benefits of registry cleaning and maintenance are slowly becoming apparent ot the general public. The most obvious reason for getting a good registry cleaner is for fixing a computer that has significantly slowed down over time.
The explanation for this is very logical, and easy to understand. The operating system (like Windows) maintains a central ‘log’ of literally every program and command executed on the system. This is to help quick retreival of pertinent information. For example, when one double-clicks an icon, Windows consults the registry to see what the user’s action is supposed to do. Over time, as the size of the registry increases and there are many invalid entries (such as from programs that have been long removed), this process can take over twice as long, and in some cases even more.
Registry Easy (main site at www.registryeasy.com) claims to effectively clean the registry of unnecessary, and potentially dangerous entries (such as those by malware). However, there are plenty of programs out there today claiming to perform such registry cleaning, and as such, it is important to look into Registry Easy indepth to verify it does what it claims to do.
Purchasing the Software:
The purchase is fairly straightforward. I use my paypal account when making purchases, which is extremely fast and secure, but Registry Easy does accept credit cards for payment as well. Once the purchase is made, you are taken to a page where you enter your email to receive updates and downloads for the software, and then taken to the download page where you can download the actual software.
Running Registry Easy:
Note that I’m fairly experienced with such software, so a complete beginner’s experience might be different. However, the user interface is really straighforward enough and easy to get through. For most people, just hitting ‘go’ should be enough. For the more technically inclined, feel free to fiddle around with different options. The software works quickly (my first scan only took about 2 and a half minutes). However, it is a little resource intensive, and if you have less than 2GB of RAM, you will feel a slight decrease in speed and performance while the scan is running (which isn’t long). You can change various options that change the duration, and resource usage of the scan.
Once the scan is finished, it will display the results. Essentially, it is a list of entries ranging from what is unnecessary and safe to remove, what seems unnecessary and MAY be safe to remove, and potentially dangerous entries that should be removed. The user has the last say in what should be removed and what shouldn’t be, though this can be automated as well. Before the entries are removed, Registry Easy makes a backup of the current registry so in case something goes wrong, the changes can be reversed.
Additional Optimizers:
In addition to the basic registry cleaner, there are also a bunch of other optimizing tools built into Registry Easy, the most obvious being removal of registry based malware, such as many kinds of adware and spyware. Additionally, it performs disk and desktop cleanups, disk performance optimization, and a kind of defragmentation of the drive.
Overall Thoughts:
A solid program that does its job very well! But not everyone needs it. To determine whether you’ll need it or not, take the free Registry Easy scan available on the site, and if more than 7 registry errors are detected in the free-scan, go ahead and purchase the full product - it will be well worth it!
Note that this is an all-in-one scan system, not just a registry cleaner, but given that its main thrust is to optimize the system registry, that’s what I’ve focused on in this.
Guarantee:
As a testament to the efficacy of the Registry Easy registry cleaner, it comes with a 60 day no-questions-asked money back guarantee. The best part is that since the payments are handled by a third-party processor (clickbank in this case), you don’t even have to contact the Registry Easy team to get a refund. You simply fill out a quick form requesting a refund for the product, and it is issued typically in 36-48 hours.
Conclusion:
Registry Easy is highly recommended for those who are experiencing symptoms of an unkempt registry:
- Slower computer.
- Longer boot times.
- Slower browsing.
- Random errors, such as shortcuts not working.
- In some cases, the computer being randomly rebooted or shut down.