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PC Tools Registry Mechanic 2012 v11.0.0.300

Keep your Registry streamlined using this popular optimisation tool

by Mike Williams

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Operating Systems: Windows 7 (32 bit), Windows 7 (64 bit), Windows Vista (32 bit), Windows Vista (64 bit), Windows XP
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Software Cost: $19.95 (Windows)
Date Updated: 21 January 2012
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PC Tools Registry Mechanic v11.0.0.277
Keep your Registry optimised and streamline using this tool

Registry Mechanic is a comprehensive Registry cleaner which comes with a stack of extra features.

As usual with this kind of program, just a click or two and you can have it scan your Registry, looking for errors, orphaned references and other problems left behind by long-uninstalled programs. And in the purchased version these can also be removed with a click, although in the trial you can view the results only.

Registry Mechanic can also compact your Registry, to ensure it's consuming the absolute minimum of RAM and hard drive space.

And the program has many other features. So an "Optimize Windows" module can improve performance by applying some advanced tweaks; the "Boost your Windows Startup" module allows you to choose the programs which Windows launches when it starts; and a raft of privacy tools can delete your histories for Windows, browsers and many third-party applications, as well as securely deleting confidential files to ensure they can never be recovered.

This is all very easy to use, but if your life is already busy enough then you can set up Registry Mechanic to scan and clean up your system entirely automatically.

And don't worry about safety. Registry Mechanic hasn't reached version #11 by routinely deleting important Registry keys. But even if it makes a mistake, that's not a problem - the program records all Registry settings it deletes, so if you ever need to, then you can reverse any cleaning session in just a few seconds.

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One of the most popular commercial Registry tools will enable you to keep it streamline, optimised and your PC in shape

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Auslogics Internet Optimizer 2.0.6

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Auslogics Internet Optimizer is an unusually comprehensive internet connection tweaking tool.

If you're baffled by networking jargon then there's no need to delve too deeply, though. Just launch the program, choose your internet connection speed, click Analyze and Internet Optimizer will recommend improvements to your system settings. After applying these with another click, reboot, then try a few internet apps and see if you spot any performance gains.

If you prefer to take a hands-on approach, however, opting for a Manual Optimization will display every setting the program understands, and allow you to configure it yourself. There's plenty on offer here: Windows-specific tweaks (auto heuristics, auto tuning), the full range of TCP/IP, WinSock and DNS settings, and even some useful browser-specific tweaks for IE, Firefox and Opera. No Chrome support yet, but that's still an impressive 88 configuration options.

Does it work? The program appeared to improve our test system's download speed by around 6%, according to SpeedTest.net, a small but welcome gain. It's hard to measure changes elsewhere as there are so many factors involved, but IE's browsing performance also seemed noticeably better.

Of course optimising your internet connection is a tricky business, and whether you use the auto or manual mode, it's possible that one of the changes might make your system slower than it was before. No need to worry, though, as Internet Optimizer backs up your original settings before it makes any tweaks, so if you'd like to undo its changes, just click File > Rescue Centre and restore the last backup.

Please note, Internet Optimizer is one component of Auslogics BoostSpeed 5, the company's excellent PC optimisation suite - check it out if you'd like to see what else they have to offer.

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