As people who have used this software before would tell you it is quite a useful application.
It is used mainly to remove from the windows registry, items that are unwanted.
This would include information that is not useful anymore; files left behind by software that no longer exists on your system, has been deleted or removed or even keys necessary for the operation of malware.
So in a way you could call it a cleanup that the software does for you.
Trying to sound a little more technical I would say the windows registry is "The configuration database in all 32-bit versions of Windows that contains settings for the hardware and software in the PC it is installed in.
" This would be how the Tech Encyclopedia would define the windows registry cleaners.
There are however various definitions given out for it.
But as long as we have established what its purpose is I can say we are on the same lines.
Now coming to why we need this particular application.
Irrespective of which version of windows you would be using the registry is usually famous for accumulating unwanted entries.
This eventually would lead to inefficiency of your system.
Initially, Microsoft did try and come up with a tool to perform the action of cleaning up the registry and ridding it of the exact same things we just discussed.
But as luck would have it the software, unsuccessful as it was, was never released.
This lead to third parties coming up with tools to accomplish this particular task of cleaning up the registers.
Let's take a look at some of the windows register cleaning software packs.
Among the many register cleaning tools available, I would like to mention the few a certain Mr.
Fred Langa has mentioned in his letter titled the - Testing ten windows registry cleaning software packs.
He has researched and written extensively on these tools and their benefits for the information week.
His list includes tools like JV16PowerTools 1.
3.
0.
195, JV16PowerTools 2005, Easy cleaner, Registry Mechanic, Registry Repair, Registry First Aid, Registry Medic, Registry Drill, Registry Fix, Clean My PC.
Among these, the ones that top the list according to Mr.
Langa are the Easy Cleaner and the JV16PowerTools 2005.
The Easy Cleaner, he says, is the best free tool available and the latter is the best commercial one in the market.
The tool you would want to buy will of course depend on your experience after having bought and used the tool.
Moving to the advantages of this software application, a cleanup for your registry often improves its performance by removing redundant information.
Many of us rarely pay attention to the humongous size of our registry database and only on the occasion when we would have to clean it up manually ridding it of unwanted information are we forced to acknowledge it.
For those of you who have experience in this particular occasion would know what a mammoth task this is.
As a solution to these difficulties, comes the registry cleaner that corrects an invalid registry key for example providing a significant advantage.
Some cleaners also categorize errors as critical for our benefit, as well as provide a backup and restore functions to regress changes made by the registry cleaners whenever they may be undesired.
Having said as much about the advantages of the registry cleaners, it is also important to mention its disadvantages.
First question- How can you rely on a third party to know what is wanted an unwanted on your computer.
Studies show that there is no way foreign software can distinguish between the keys being used by windows from the ones that are not.
In case of some faulty registry cleaners removing the wrong items can lead to serious system instability.
Next comes the problem of rogue registry cleaners.
This is where our friend, Mr.
Mal ware comes in.
It has been found possible to install mal ware through website pop ups using the benefits of registry cleaners.
This as opposed to registry cleaners being a benefit will prove to be a disadvantage.
Lastly, the issue of a system slowdown due to unwanted information in the register database in the current version of windows is highly unlikely.
What the protagonists have to say is that the use of a registry cleaner may not cause a significant change in the system performance because during the cleanup process only a few kilobytes of information may be deleted.
Thus, failing to cause a serious dent in the total size of the database.
It is used mainly to remove from the windows registry, items that are unwanted.
This would include information that is not useful anymore; files left behind by software that no longer exists on your system, has been deleted or removed or even keys necessary for the operation of malware.
So in a way you could call it a cleanup that the software does for you.
Trying to sound a little more technical I would say the windows registry is "The configuration database in all 32-bit versions of Windows that contains settings for the hardware and software in the PC it is installed in.
" This would be how the Tech Encyclopedia would define the windows registry cleaners.
There are however various definitions given out for it.
But as long as we have established what its purpose is I can say we are on the same lines.
Now coming to why we need this particular application.
Irrespective of which version of windows you would be using the registry is usually famous for accumulating unwanted entries.
This eventually would lead to inefficiency of your system.
Initially, Microsoft did try and come up with a tool to perform the action of cleaning up the registry and ridding it of the exact same things we just discussed.
But as luck would have it the software, unsuccessful as it was, was never released.
This lead to third parties coming up with tools to accomplish this particular task of cleaning up the registers.
Let's take a look at some of the windows register cleaning software packs.
Among the many register cleaning tools available, I would like to mention the few a certain Mr.
Fred Langa has mentioned in his letter titled the - Testing ten windows registry cleaning software packs.
He has researched and written extensively on these tools and their benefits for the information week.
His list includes tools like JV16PowerTools 1.
3.
0.
195, JV16PowerTools 2005, Easy cleaner, Registry Mechanic, Registry Repair, Registry First Aid, Registry Medic, Registry Drill, Registry Fix, Clean My PC.
Among these, the ones that top the list according to Mr.
Langa are the Easy Cleaner and the JV16PowerTools 2005.
The Easy Cleaner, he says, is the best free tool available and the latter is the best commercial one in the market.
The tool you would want to buy will of course depend on your experience after having bought and used the tool.
Moving to the advantages of this software application, a cleanup for your registry often improves its performance by removing redundant information.
Many of us rarely pay attention to the humongous size of our registry database and only on the occasion when we would have to clean it up manually ridding it of unwanted information are we forced to acknowledge it.
For those of you who have experience in this particular occasion would know what a mammoth task this is.
As a solution to these difficulties, comes the registry cleaner that corrects an invalid registry key for example providing a significant advantage.
Some cleaners also categorize errors as critical for our benefit, as well as provide a backup and restore functions to regress changes made by the registry cleaners whenever they may be undesired.
Having said as much about the advantages of the registry cleaners, it is also important to mention its disadvantages.
First question- How can you rely on a third party to know what is wanted an unwanted on your computer.
Studies show that there is no way foreign software can distinguish between the keys being used by windows from the ones that are not.
In case of some faulty registry cleaners removing the wrong items can lead to serious system instability.
Next comes the problem of rogue registry cleaners.
This is where our friend, Mr.
Mal ware comes in.
It has been found possible to install mal ware through website pop ups using the benefits of registry cleaners.
This as opposed to registry cleaners being a benefit will prove to be a disadvantage.
Lastly, the issue of a system slowdown due to unwanted information in the register database in the current version of windows is highly unlikely.
What the protagonists have to say is that the use of a registry cleaner may not cause a significant change in the system performance because during the cleanup process only a few kilobytes of information may be deleted.
Thus, failing to cause a serious dent in the total size of the database.
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