August 10th, 2007
The fact that Uniblue's RegistryBooster does its job is bad news about Windows
Uniblue Systems is apparently launching a new version of one of my favorite Web site: ProcessLibrary.com. As best as I can tell, Uniblue’s ProcessLibrary is the best resource for trying to figure out whether certain components running on your Windows system are components that are supposed to be there, or ones that could be malware. Users of both Windows Task Manager (accessible through the CTRL-ALT-DEL keyboard sequence) as well as chatty personal firewalls (ones that often warn us about how some obscurely named software process is trying to gain access to the Internet) have few resources to turn to when it comes to looking up what those processes do. ProcessLibrary.com is one of them and according to the folks at Uniblue, its about add 32 bit Vista componentry to its portfolio (cool).
In the same update that I got from Uniblue was mention of new version of its registry optimizing utility RegistryBooster 2. Here’s the claim that UniBlue’s Web site makes for RegistryBooster 2:
Residual files, unused and undeleted drivers, and corrupt or bad entries in registry settings will quickly litter even the newest of computers. The result? Frequent error messages, slow start-ups, declining and poor performance and registry integrity, unstable and frequent application errors and crashes, and, at times, even an inability to start Windows.
RegistryBooster 2 is the safest and most trusted solution to clean and optimise your system, free it from registry errors and fragmented entries. Through Advanced Error Detection Technology, RegistryBooster 2 automatically identifies missing, corrupt, or invalid items in your Windows registry and dramatically enhances performance and general stability.
One question that comes to mind is, “Does RegistryBooster 2 do its job?” (hold onto that thought). Then next question is, “If it actualy does its job, what does that say for the versions of Windows on which it makes this big difference?” After all, since Microsoft is responsible for creating an architecture (the registry) that can be so badly littered and corrupted to the point it affects system performance and stability, shouldn’t Windows itself be able to do what Uniblue’s RegistryBooster 2 does?
OK, now the question of whether RegistryBooster works. According to at least one review over at overclockersclub.com, it does. At least on XP (RegistryBooster 2 is compatible with Vista). I’m not sure I’m as impressed with the savings in bootup and application shut down times (two episode types in the life of a Windows session that can be inexplicably slow) as the reviewer was. But on the other hand, if there are cobwebs that deserve to be cleaned out, then why shouldn’t the OS be pro-actively cleaning them out as well as some third party utility can. If you have experience with UniBlue’s RegistryBooster or some other registry optimizer (eg: PC Tools Registry Mechanic) that promises to not only clean up the registry, but improve some aspect of Windows’ performance, feel free to share it in the comments area below.
