Feature Walk-Through – Part 1
Optimize. First up is the feature we all came here for originally. The Optimize area first offers the link Clean Your Registry that launches a routine to do exactly that. See the main UI on page 2. Assuming you’ve paid for the software license, Registry Mechanic will fix all of the problems it detects, or, as with three issues detected on our system, let you to opt to ignore them. Another link will let you Defragment Your Registry in order to eliminate wasted space within the registry and thereby improve system performance. Note that by default Registry Mechanic will create a System Restore point before making any modifications to the registry. This is a precaution so that, just in case a change corrupts Windows, you’ll still be able to roll back to the system state prior to the changes.
The Tuneup Your Services link focuses on a slew of underlying services that Windows loads when it starts. Only some of these are actually needed. Yet they all take time to load and contribute to Windows’s total boot time. Case in point: When was the last time you used the fax or modem services? You could dig deep into Windows’s maintenance options and manually pick and choose which services to load, or you could simply select Registry Mechanic’s Recommended or Minimal Services buttons. If you decide to revert back to the previous system state, say if it turns out that a needed service was disabled, just hit the Restore button on this screen.
