Registry cleaners are amazing pieces of software and they are a MUST for every PC user unless he wants his PC to take 10 minutes to boot and then crash every 5 seconds. The problem with them is that nowadays there are just so much of them and each one of them promises that it is the no.1 on the market.

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But what makes a good registry cleaner? Well there are many criteria, some crucial and others less important but if you are looking for the best of best it shouldn’t fall behind in any criteria. It is better to have powerful software with poor interface than poor software with beautiful interface but the best software has to combine both.

So here are the questions to which you should know the answers before buying any registry cleaner:

The main, most important question is “How many errors can the cleaner find?” and the question which immediately follows is “Well, how many of them is it actually able to fix?” It is not enough to find 1000 errors and then fix 100 of them.

Another important question is “Is the software safe?” Remember, the cleaner will make changes to the registry of Windows, one of the most sensitive and essential components of the operating system. If it deletes just one single wrong registry key your PC might not be able to boot! So be warned, a poor registry cleaner can very seriously harm your computer!

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Then there are the secondary criteria which are not that important but a good cleaner should fulfil them too. These are: the time the cleaner takes to scan and fix the registry, the user interface, ease-of-use, stability but also whether it is updated frequently. Just as anti-virus software requires updates for protection against newest threats registry cleaner requires updates to fix newly discovered PC errors.

So where do you find the answers to all these questions about the registry cleaner you have chosen? The best way is to read a review of it. It is also beneficial to find a comparison of the top registry cleaners so you can compare the top choices side by side and then choose really the best of the best.

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