RegSweep Review

Review of RegSweep 2008 Edition by – RegSweep.com
Rating: 3.4/5 stars     Price: $29.95

When we attempted to learn about the developer and maker of RegSweep, we ran into a road block. There seems to be little, if any, information about the software's developer, who owns the rights to it or how to get into contact with them. In order to receive any information about installation problems, you have to send an email to support@regsweep.com?subject =UnregisteredInquiry. In order to receive information relating to the the operation of the product (Help files and such) you need to be a registered user. Among registry repair tool makers, we found this lack of openness on the part of the promoting website a bit off putting, to say the least.

The above having been said, the RegSweep program itself is an adequate registry cleaner for individual or commercial use. The graphics user interface (GUI) is similar to two other products being reviewed here. Both RegClean and ErrorSmart have similar GUIs to RegSweep. As well, these programs seem to scan for the same errors, although they show differing, albeit similar, results.

RegSweep will find the crucial errors on your system and it will do so rather quickly. It does live up to its claim of finding errors in two minutes or less. It took approximately 1:12 minutes (72 seconds) to complete a scan on our test system. It will find all the following errors: repair DLL files, Windows Startup errors, Internet Explorer errors, runtime errors; prevents PC from freezing or crashing; restore correct file & registry paths; broken DLLs, OCX, and ActiveX components; fixes corrupt files; and stabilize scripting errors. And it will display these errors so that the user may choose which to fix, isolate, and/or delete and which to leave alone.

One of RegSweep's main drawbacks in terms of how it compares with its competion is the fact that it contains little more than just the basics of registry repair capabilities. It does, however, include a Startup Manager feature so that the user can optimize and manage their PC's boot procedure. It also includes a Backup feature which comes standard on most reputable registry repair tool products. But other than this, RegSweep is a bare bones program. If you are seeking a registry cleaner that contains extra features for the same money you would do better to look elsewhere.

The one area that RegSweep excels in is in ease of use. It's rather simple user interface is easily understood. There aren't a lot of options to choose from, so it makes sense that it would be easy to understand.

In terms of its customer support, we were unable to locate a phone number (as is mentioned on other registry review sites) to use for contact and technical questions. Although their website FAQ does mention that they provide 24/7 support. Since we did not purchase the program, we cannot say whether the online Help Area is any more useful to the registered user than it is to the unregistered user.

If you are in the market for a bare bones registry cleaner that does an adequate job of cleaning and repairing your Windows registry, you could probably do a lot better price wise with either of two other products mentioned here than with RegSweep. Although it does the necessary job of finding and isolating all the critical invalid and unused files in the registry, we just cannot see spending the extra money and not receiving extra value for it.  

Review updateded  4 February, 2008