Registry Mechanic Features

Registry Mechanic 8 - What's New?

• New Plug-in architecture

  Registry Mechanic 8.0 has been re-designed to have a new plug-in framework which means that additional features and tools can be easily incorporated into Registry Mechanic.

• New User Interface – clean & clear design for simple navigation

  The interface in Registry Mechanic 8.0 has been re-designed to provide a clean, clear structure along with easy access to a selection of the most commonly used Windows features and Registry Mechanic’s powerful features and tools. The new interface takes advantage of its latest plug-in technology, allowing for components and tools to be logically categorized and refreshed for easy accessibility. Furthermore, new features can be easily downloaded as soon as they are available via Smart Update.

• Tune-up your services – improve system performance

  By tweaking the Microsoft® Windows® services, the service tuner feature has the ability to improve the performance of your computer and provide better start-up times. This feature changes the preference of non-essential Windows services which can result in fewer system resources being consumed to help your software run more efficiently.

• Windows Management tools

  Registry Mechanic 8.0 has incorporated a range of some of the most useful and popular Windows management tools in an easily accessible format. You can now access several useful Windows management components in one place at one time to take control of configuring your system simply and quickly. The Windows management tools are grouped into three categories – Computer, Security and System, each with their own set of related tools.

  For example, the Computer category includes access to the Windows tools:

  • Computer management
  • Windows Update
    
  • System Restore
  • System Properties
  • System Information
  • Control Panel

Registry Mechanic Features

• Safely repair invalid entries in your Windows® Registry, which can lead to Windows® crashes and error messages

  Over time, invalid entries and orphaned shortcuts can accumulate in the registry as a result of uninstalling or incorrectly removing software from your system, having missing or corrupt hardware or software drivers, or deleting files referenced by shortcuts. Registry Mechanic can safely clean and repair invalid entries from your registry with a few simple mouse clicks.

• Improve operating system performance and stability by removing orphaned references in your Windows® Registry

  Registry Mechanic's ability to streamline your Windows® Registry and remove orphaned references can significantly improve your system's stability and performance.

• Scans your hard drive for invalid and incorrect program shortcuts

  Registry Mechanic can scan for invalid and incorrect shortcuts in customizable locations on your computer.

• A highly functional Scan results screen

  The Scan results screen provides full text search capabilities to allow for rapid problem identification using text strings, and expandable and collapsible problem views.

• Automatically creates Windows® Registry backups with each repair, with the option to restore them

  Registry Mechanic automatically creates a backup of all changes it makes to the registry, allowing these changes to be restored to their original condition at a later time. On Windows® XP operating systems, Registry Mechanic also allows the creation of Windows® System Restore points prior to implementing repair changes, as an additional backup measure.

• A Registry Monitor feature

  Registry Monitor is designed to assist in keeping your system free of Windows® Registry errors. Registry Monitor observes your Windows® Registry and alerts you when a specified number of changes have been made to key areas of the registry. When alerted, you have the option to run a silent scan. This optional feature can begin monitoring your registry as soon as Windows® starts up.

• Compacts the Windows® Registry for optimized system performance

  Registry Mechanic incorporates a registry compacting feature, which analyzes, rebuilds and compacts the Windows® Registry by removing registry gaps and free space, and corrupt keys.

• An 'Optimize Your System' feature

  Registry Mechanic implements a system optimization function which, at the click of a button, applies a set of tweaks and patches directly into the Windows® Registry that are designed to improve system performance. This feature also includes boot file defragmentation and rebuilding, and sorts and refreshes the Windows® Start Menu items list, all of which is designed to improve the efficiency and speed at which Windows® starts up.

• Ability to conduct an automatic scan at Windows® startup, for continued system optimization

  Registry Mechanic can be set to conduct a background scan each time you start up your PC. The Repair function can also be set to run automatically at the end of a scan, thereby allowing you to continue using your system without the need to interact with Registry Mechanic.

• Other customizable features, including:

  • An Ignore List, allowing you to prevent specific items from being detected and repaired in subsequent scans. Items can be added directly to the list or from the results of a scan.
  • The creation of informative, user-friendly logs, listing details of items found and memory resources available on your system.

Minimum System Requirements

• Windows® 2000 SP4 / XP (Home and Pro) SP2¹ / Vista™²
• Windows 2000 and XP: 300mhz CPU + 128MB RAM
  Windows Vista Home Basic: 800mhz CPU + 512MB RAM
  All other versions of Vista: 1ghz CPU + 1GB RAM
• 12 MB of free hard disk space, 8X CD-ROM drive or faster
• Super VGA 800 x 600 video adapter
• Internet access is required to register product and receive product updates.³