ACtheTroll

[carlton23]

I have just googled Registry-Cleaners-Comparisons.com and they give RegCure 5*s. as being the best, so how do I do a site search to find out what you say? Sorry to be a pain. TIA

[Buenchico]

AC isn't a great fan of so-called 'registry cleaners'. That makes two of us. They generally do little (if anything) to speed up your PC (or to fix problems) and anything which 'fiddles' with your registry always risks damaging it. The only time you should be trying to 'sort out' your registry is when something is seriously wrong with your PC (in which case a 'repair installation' of Windows is a much better, and far safer, way to go about things).

See here for a relevant comment from AC:
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Technology/Ques tion495877.html

If you need to search AB for anything you simply enter the relevant search terms (which can include the username of a contributor) into the box at the top of this page, ensure that 'Site' is selected and click 'Search'. Theoretically AB's own search facility should take on the task but, to the best of my knowledge, it's still defaulting to using Google until an upgraded version of AB is produced.

However I usually prefer to go straight to Google, which allows you to search any specific website. For example, if I wanted to search the BBC website (and nowhere else) for references to 'rhubarb', I'd use the following Google search string:
rhubarb site:bbc.co.uk

Chris

[LeMarchand]

You might also want to think about who might own a site that doesn't seem to review any of the free Registry Cleaners...

[ACtheTROLL]

hope you are getting the idea 2 knowledgeable opinions- not just my ranting (Buenchico is right - I see red when they are mentioned)

just out of interest - download and run
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternal s/bb896652.aspx

it means nothing - but you can see the huge amount of info going in and out

and that's what regcure exploits - but 90% of it will be back before the run is complete.

as LeMarchand says - it's just a website - the thing to do it buy an odd computer mag - they review tons of software - and give some idea of respectable brands.

[carlton23]

Thanks to all, and I had a look at AC`s link and got an immediate headache. Cheers chaps, `I`m off down the pub to get another and raise my glass to you guys for your help, CHEERS.