subject: The Ultimate Pc Repair Software Buyers Guide [print this page] Windows computers are shipped with the Registry Editor (regedit) tool that you can use to perform some basic registry related tasks, such as edit, delete, and add registry entries. However, this Registry Editor cannot be used to perform high-level registry scans or task repairs. This is the reason you need to seek the help of PC repair software.
Given here are some tips that will guide you in choosing repair software from several similar tools available on the web.
Tip 1: Higher price does not automatically equal better software
It is quite human to assume that the most expensive option available on the market must be the best. However, this is not always true. The same goes for PC repair software. Several programs, such as Registry Easy are available for only $30 and have been found to perform superior to many other software programs that are nearly double the price.
Tip 2: The registry software must be safe to use
The registry is a vital Windows operating system component. For this reason alone, you need to be on the safe side and choose PC repair software that enables you to backup your registry. When choosing a program, ensure that it allows you to take both full and selective backup of the registry and also allows you to undo any changes you do to the registry. Additionally, it is recommended that you opt for a repair software that automatically backs up the registry before performing a registry scan and repair. This way, if anything goes wrong during the repair process, you can easily undo your changes by restoring the registry from the backup you took earlier.
Tip 3: The type of errors are more important than number of errors
We might feel the program that reports the higher number of errors must be the best. In reality, this is not the case. Many tools do a deep scan of the registry and report even those values as errors that are actually unknown to them. Now, as these entries might be important to run certain programs on your system, you may start encountering a faulty Windows registry. To prevent this situation, you must look and opt for repair software that performs an analytical scan of the registry and displays known and unknown errors separately. This way, you may go through the reported errors and choose to retain the information that you think is required by programs on your computer.
Tip 4: The repair software must cater to both novice and advanced users
Most of the PC repair software out there are designed to meet the needs of users who are not technically sound. However, if you need more, you may opt for repair software that provides you with more advanced options to perform registry and system maintenance.
Tip 5: Defrag feature
Just cleaning up and removing entries from the registry is not enough. Quite often, when keys are removed from the registry, they leave behind their placeholders or empty registry keys. This is the reason why even after a registry scan and repair, you may not see any reduction in the registry size. To get rid of these empty keys and to consolidate the fragmented registry files, you need PC repair software that has this registry defrag feature.
