Do "Fix All Your Windows Problems" utilities work?

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I to had a problems with errors popping up. I found a program that solved my issues and the best thing was that it was FREE. It's called CCLEANER. This my help you with your problem and it may not, but the price is right, before buying a program, try this one.

I use CCleaner as well... and must agree that it appears to be quite a decent program! :)

I like CCleaner. I don't like this claim "Fix all your Windows Problems". I think this sort of claim is impossible to achieve owing to the complexity of Windows and the huge possible range of problems that can occur.

For an extreme example, take a defective keyboard. It could be that for whatever reason whenever a user presses a certain key, some funny thing pops up on the screen. Would such a utility really be able to detect such a thing. In practice - of course not.

Tread with extreme caution. The best diagnosis for computer problems is going to be humans in a technical support forum, with appropriate skill & expertise to tackle the problem in questions.

Probably one of the best "Fixit" utilities would be Norton Windoctor, it's part of the Utilities suite of Norton Systemworks. I've been using it for years including the earlier Norton 3 version for Win98/ME. I've run it on friend's machines which have become really sluggish and out of sorts, found and fixed lots of problems the most being over 600 on one machine.
I'm sure there are lots of people who will agree with me.
Try it.

The Norton products are probably the best solutions to fix registry problems but with the drawback that they are quite expensive. There are many other freeware and shareware products that help clean the registry as well. Its better to go with a shareware product thats been tested and reviewed.

Try this site for shareware registry fixing software:

Freeware and Shareware registry fixing tools

site:
http://www.accelerated-ideas.com/SoftwareDirectory/aiFreeSoftwareSearch.aspx?stxt=fix+registry

I used CCleaner too i must say that this pogram is a HERO for your Computer heheh :D and the best is hes FREE so try it :)

hey leo good to read your stuff.
from what i know ASO (Advanced System Optimizer) and Uniblue Registery Mechanic are nice.
but it dosent do so much.

CCleaner or Easy Cleaner
Malwarebytes and SuperAntispyware
Avira

Try a visit to PC Pitstop, and run their tests. They now offer software to purchase to fix some of the issues, but generally also tell you how to fix it yourself.

I use EasyCleaner as a registry cleaner, and it seems to work fine.

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