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Optimize your registry in a few simple mouse clicks ! |
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The License key is only for one year . . . |
| Recommend to potential buyers: |
yes |
Registry Mechanic is an easy-to-use application that uses high-performance algorithms to quickly identify invalid or orphaned references within the Windows Registry and allows you to repair each problem selectively or repair them all automatically.
To make my self more clearly and for you to know about what I'm writing here today, I'll give some definitions, maybe this will bring to light for what this program is made and like this you'll have a better picture about what you'll read next.
&&&& Definition of: Registry &&&&
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. The Registry is made up of the SYSTEM.DAT and USER.DAT files. Many settings previously stored in the WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI files in 16-bit Windows (Windows 3.x) are in the Registry.
&&&& Definition of: Registry cleaner &&&&
A utility program that scans the Windows Registry and looks for outdated and invalid entries. Applications often create Registry entries for temporary data and pointers to other files, but never delete them. In addition, if folders are manually deleted by the user, Registry entries may point to files that do not exist. A Registry cleaner can be part of a package of system utilities or a stand-alone program.
I bought this program a year ago, with a license key for 2 years, means I still have one year to run it and after I have to renew it. I took it from the internet, the main site of Registry Mechanic program, which is -- www.pctools.com --. Why I did so? Because my PC started to slow down, he was not processing as before, and I'm not the patient
person kind, so I wanted it to "fly" when I was working on the internet and especially when I was downloading something, to be installed in the most quick time possible. Ok, this it was not the entire problem, as I like to try everything, many times I was taking from the internet programs that later I'll not need, so as a result I had to remove them from my PC. When the program is removed, they will still remain some registries with no backup on the system, that they can be cleaned with this Registry Mechanic program.
So after installing and removing programs (and they were not a few, I can assure you this) I realized that my computer is going less than slow, like is happening before crashing; you know that time when you try to open a program and is taking ages until does so, and you double click over and over until seems for you that has some effect and the program is opened, but in fact at one point they will be hundreds of windows opened and as a result your system may say "bye bye, I'm shutting down", and this will mean reformat and if you didn't had any back up made to save your important files, all your work will be gone for ever and after you'll have to take it from the beginning making your nerves to explode.
I hope till here everything is clear, at least to know for what this Registry Mechanic program is good for.
***** Registry Mechanic Program *****
You go on the
internet, on www.pctools.com or ebay.co.uk or from a shop and you buy the CD with this program. The price will be different, depends from were you'll buy it, me I took it with 29 $ from the internet.
You download the program into your PC, in the startup section, for your program after is all done, when you open your computer to run a quick scan, to clean and fix errors, for your day to be more pleasant in front of the computer; after you purchased a license key, and you introduced it in the window that appeared after install asking you to register your program, you'll be having now in front of you the main page of the program.
On the main page they are:
5 buttons on the left side of the page:
1) Status
2) Start Scan
3) Restore
4) Option
5) About
1) Status
This button appears on, as the Main Status Screen; on the status page they are 3 options:
- Scan your registry: starts an immediate Full Scan of the Windows Registry for problems. The result of the scan will appear at the end of it. Then you have to click the Repair button which you'll find it on the right side, down in the corner of the page. After the registries are fixed will appear the page that will let you know if all your errors were fixed and will advise you to click the Continue button.
- Optimize your system: Introduces a series of Windows Registry tweaks to improve system performance.
- Compact registry: Displays the Registry Compacting screen, where you can start the registry compaction
process to improve system performance by clicking the Yes button. Registry compacting optimizes your registry by removing gaps and wasted space improving system performance. (if you want to use this option, you have to make sure you will not work on your computer for at least 30 min, because even if you want the program will not allow you; so better do it when your job with the PC is done) This option it will be done in 3 steps:
- analyze your registry
- preview results
- backup, compact and optimize your registry.
If you want to create a restore point for all this scans and logs to be stored, you can choose so by marking the option Create Restore Point, that is on the same page were you'll find the menu of Compact Registry.
2) Start Scan button
The second option from the left side column, on the first page of the program; if you press it, will start to scan, and as I explained earlier, will fix all the error if you follow up the steps.
3) Restore
Displays the Restore registry backup screen, where you can undo any changes to the Windows Registry made by Registry Mechanic after running a Scan and Repair. You'll find there 5 buttons that will help you to decide and to process what you want to do: Restore, Open, Delete, Refresh, Finish.
4) Option
This button provides access to the Options categories, which includes: General, Custom Scan, Scanning Paths and Ignore Lists. Registry Mechanic's overall functionality and scanning behavior can be adjusted using the settings available in each Options category. After you save your changes, and give a short scan to your system. As I have, not to bother all the time to click repair button from the scan utility, I marked here on the general option, remove all problems automatically, so all I have to do when the scan is finished is to pres Continue button and after to close it.
Scanning path will allow you to choose which locations you want to be scanned. You just check C:\ and is ok.
As a general idea, Option helps you to choose how you whish your scan to be…and which paths to be scanned, if you want to save the scan logs, and to choose the favorite language (English, Dutch, Spanish).
5) About
If you choose to click this button, the about screen will be displayed were you'll see the version of your program and to whom is licensed to (You'll see your name and the license key number).
If you want to update your program, you can do so by pressing the Smart Update button which is on the top of your Registry Mechanic screen, in the right side. If after you pressed it will appear to you that a new release has to be downloaded, you'll press next and the hard job is finished.
Near to smart update button there is Help Option that has a small menu: a Quick Start Guide, the PC tools web site short cut, the Support online page, and once again About option, where you have the version of the program and the license key number.
Registry Mechanic program, after you scanned your registries, and you close it, will still be running thru Registry Monitor, that will be found on the toolbar, where the timer is. When an error will be found, a message will appear on your screen telling you about it and asking you if you want to precede a registry scan, to eliminate it.
As a big picture, this is Registry Mechanic and its functions. I can tell you that since I have it I'm very happy about how my systems works, and because is running all the time when I start my computer, fixing all the errors, nothing goes wrong.
This
product as I said, can be bought online or from a Computer store, but I'll give a tip, I saw on eBay, Registry Mechanic plus Spy ware Doctor (protection against: Spyware, Ad-ware, Spyware Trojans, Key-loggers, Identity Theft, Hijackers, Tracking Threats, Rogue Anti-Spyware, Unwanted
Software, Phishing, Pop-ups and Bad Websites), both of them at the price of £26.99. I really think is a good deal, you can find the same package more cheap, again on eBay offers.
If you'll decide some day to buy it, I know for sure it will be useful for you as it is for me, so enjoy this product and the fact that your computer will work as new!
Thank you for
reading.
Sincerely,
Cam3lot
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The Main Screen of the Program |
