As any PC owner one day I sat down and realized that my computer wasn't running as fast as it used to. After some research I found it that I probably had a cluttered registry and decided to do something about it. But which should I chose, with so many registry cleaners? Compare them and find the best, of course.
It sure seemed like a good idea at the time, and I don't repent making it. But I didn't know it would take so much work - I couldn't possibly analyze myself all the registry cleaners! Compare them, I had thought, but now I realized that I first needed to weed some out without performing real tests on them.
My first step was selecting the most established programs, which I did by comparing how long they were on the market and how many clients they had. I assumed that if something is crappy, crashes your computer, and installs malware it will eventually fade out.
Because I am certainly not a rich man, I also stick to those programs that offered free trials. This may seem like it could bias the experiment, but if a program is not confident enough of the simplicity of its interface and its efficacy to offer a free trial, then it may not be a good choice to start with.
To start off, I searched for both positive and negative reviews of each registry cleaner. As with any software there will always be people who love it no matter what and those who will complain at the smallest bug. But overall, if one product has quite more positive reviews than negative ones you can assume that it does a good job.
Finally, I built a backup of my registry. With each program I scanned my registry and then cleaned. I then ran a few programs to test my computer's speed. Then I reverted back to my backup and repeated with the other programs
