A Review on Windows Vista Registry Cleaner.....

[selra]

Since more advanced operating systems such as such as Windows XP, Windows 7 and Vista require higher version of computer utility products, old registry cleaner applications may require users to download upgrades or latest version of their application. These adjustments are primarily designed to resolve possible compatibility issues.

The Windows Registry contains records and information of everything that is inside the computer which includes hardware, software, and user configuration settings. By using stored Windows Registry information the computer is able to launch individually customized computer settings depending on the logged on user. Hardware settings information from the similar section is also put into use ever time users' access this drives.

The Windows Registry keeps records of information in a highly systematic manner to allow ease of access whenever the operating system needs the information. However, since it does not only keep good records but bad records as well these entries can eventually saturate the registry's database making the system less organized and cluttered. This compromises the computer's response time which indicates early stages of corrupted registry. The registry issues are usually indicated by error messages, frozen windows, and hard disk space problem.

If no immediate action is taken during the early stages of registry problem the entire registry system can be corrupted which will cause the computer to crash.

This is the reason why it is important to secure a registry cleaner. The registry cleaner maintains the registry database in good running condition to prevent possible problems in the future.

Windows Vista user is especially required to get a registry cleaner. Due to the flamboyant user interface of Vista it requires more hard disk space for system installation compared to a regular operating system. Given this it is essential to hold a regular registry scan to eliminate irrelevant files and maximize usage of the hard drive. Aside from this registry cleaning can also help unclutter the registry to improve the computer's response time.

Because it is inevitable for Windows Registry to expand overtime and eventually get saturated with erroneous entries it is important that computer users employ a highly reliable registry utility application.

Author
Selra

[jholland1964]

Sorry but the need to use Registry Cleaners is just plain BUNK.
Were registry cleaning *really* able to improve performance, the developers of these utilities would support their marketing claims with some form of empirical evidence (performance prior to cleaning -vs- performance post cleaning). But have you ever seen such benchmarking? No, and that's because registry cleaning does *not* improve perforance. Think about it ... programs such as SpywareBlaster dump 1000's of entries into the registry without causing any performance hit. Similarly, the fact that registries tend to hold significantly more information than in years gone by (bigger hard disks = more programs installed/data stored = more registry entries) has not resulted in systems slowing to a crawl.

Using an automated cleaner to try to fix a problem is akin to using a shotgun to remove an appendix. The best way to deal with (possibly) registry-related issues is is to throughly research the problem and then use regedit to make any necessary changes and/or deletions (having first set a restore point or created a backup).
Most people simply don't need it, and don't need to run one. 99% of computers out there simply don't benefit from registry cleaners.
http://ask-leo.com/why_do_registry_e...ming_back.html

Using an automated registry cleaner can severely damage your system. Occasionally an infection will also have entries in the registry. When this is the case the use of an excellent removal program, like Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware will also remove these infected entries.
LEAVE REGISTRY CLEANERS ALONE!!! We do NOT recommend the use of these automated registry cleaners on this board.

[S Templar]

In addition to the above.
Registry cleaners can do more harm then good.
They may delete an exe file for a program and if you do not often use said program - it may take some time to know that it has been removed.
But more damaging, is no longer being able to boot your system to the desktop after using the cleaner.

And any backup made by any registry cleaner, is of little use if that happens.

http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=643

[cauzomb]

just want to interject here for a sec.. The original poster of this registry review just copied and pasted an article verbatum; from another tech website; then claimed it as their own. I have informed the owner of the article about this user, and will provide any further information that they need, to pursue any "copyright infringment"

The poster also included a link to a site that we had to remove, due to the link rules. I am going to close this thread as the information stated already, pretty much sums up the risks of using a registry cleaner..

The OP will likely be banned for at the least, posting links to other sites in their first post =solicitation.. at the most, persued for copyright infringment/plagiarism, at the discression of the articles true author.

If you want to know where the article came from, and discuss the short comings of registry cleaning, or review the entire article and all relative comments at the original site the article was posted on.. copy the folowing line of text:
Since more advanced operating systems such as such as Windows XP, Windows 7 and Vista

~then paste and search via google... The original article's home site will show the entire line of text in bold, and the link will have ezinearticles in the URL.