How Free Is Free Registry Cleaning Software?

Written By Chouhab on vendredi 5 décembre 2008 | 13:39

By Hiel Strassman

If drivers, applications or software were never removed from our computers and we never surfed the net, we would probably never need to clean our registries. Bear in mind spyware and malware are types of software and they are often being removed from our computers. This, in itself, means it is necessary to clean the registry often. Unfortunately, it is also true normal internet surfing will put a strain on a PC's registry. So, if we don't clean our registry, corruption will accumulate on our hard drives and the sad fact is, this will cause our computer's performance to suffer greatly.

The newer operating systems, Windows XP and Vista are so big, their registries become corrupted much more easily than their earlier counterparts, like Windows 98. Because these huge OS's have to travel further to work around any corruption that may be in its way, the PC will slow down, sometimes, drastically!

A top notch registry cleaner is not very expensive. This is especially true when its cost is compared to that of your most important computer files that could be lost if your registry were to suffer a complete breakdown. Because of this fact, it is not wise to skimp on registry cleaning by relying on a so called free registry cleaner to do the job of keeping your computer registry in good functioning condition.

I have concluded there is no such thing as a free registry cleaner. I have done so because after examining the terms of all the free programs I have seen, it is clear that these programs are designed to scan the registry for errors and remove the first 50 incidents of corruption it finds for free. Then, the customer must pay to get the rest of the corruption removed. 50 incidents is not a lot.

In order to sign you up as a paid customer so you can get all of your corruption cleaned out, the so called free cleaner enacts a pop-up reminding you you have a corrupted registry and if you don't buy this free product your computer will likely fail! The pop-up is very annoying and difficult to get rid of.

It's bad enough you only get 50 incidents of registry corruption removed and you have to put up with an annoying pop-up, but the sad saga doesn't end there. To get your first registry cleaning with a free cleaner, you have to fill out a form and summit it to free registry company. This form, of course, gives them your email address. Needless to say, they will use your email address to remind you to pay up so you can get all your registry corruption cleaned.

These free-in-name-only registry cleaners, at least the ones I've seen, are not Vista ready. This, of course will be a concern to you if you are using Vista on your computer, but it also concerns me because if it is not ready for Vista it is probably lacking in other ways as well.

So, is this free registry cleaner really free? No! Not at all! In fact, there a many very reputable, up to date ones that are less expensive and do a much better job. So, let the buyer beware. Read all the fine print before you agree to try anything that is advertised as free.

Don't be afraid to ask someone who has probably used a registry cleaner which one he or she would purchase. Also, somebody who is familiar with the inner workings of a computer would be able to give you a recommendation. Just don't go without a registry cleaner. That would be too risky! And please, stay away from the free ones! As you've seen they are unreliable and they are not free, either!

In closing, a registry cleaner is an important computer maintenance tool because registries in today's operating system become corrupted for a number of reasons. One of these reasons is adware and spyware and temporary files are being removed from the hard drive all the time and this leaves corruption in the registry. So, to remove this corruption, a registry cleaner is needed. However, as we have learned, a free one just doesn't cut the mustard!

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