AMUST Registry Cleaner 2.0

Has anybody used AMUST Registry Cleaner 2.0? If so, how do you compare it with either Ace Utilities v3.0 or jv16 PT 2005? Any comments or opinions would be greatly appreciated.

http://amustsoft.com/registrycleaner/
http://amustsoft.com/registrycleaner/myths.asp
http://www.informationweek.com/show...W2WFUYQSNDBECKH0CJUMEKJVN?articleID=169400185


Peace & Love,

CogitoErgoSum

 

Isn't their black&white "Competitive Comparison" not a little bit exaggerated ?

 

Anyone that would market a product called e-condom for surfing the internet has to be on crack. I would suggest their registry cleaner is also.

 

Erik .
What do you mean exagerated ? It shows nothing of interest . Just alot of stupid stuff . lol . Of course , the " undo " feature is nice but sheesh ! Most make a backup anyway . Yep . Looks like crap to me . Might be great but , there needs to be more shown on their site than what they have in comparison review .

 

Well it seems that their comparision table wipes out the entire competition and tell the reader that their product has everything, what others don't have, which isn't true. That was the exaggeration LOL.

 

Thanks Peter .
And Erik . I knew what you were talking about . I was just making fun of THEIR comparison table . Saying it has a scheduler and others do not is as important as NOD turning red and KAV turning , ... well , ... red . lol Stupid comparison . I am in total agreement with you . Definately exaggerated

 

I use Regheal and love it . but , Peter , you and I use alot of similar apps . So , I think I might check it out too . We will see . WooooHooo . Thanks again

 

Echoing Peter's findings, I too d/l the trial and gave it a go (up to, but not including deletion). I then compared both the number of entries and the specific entry names to those found by Registry Healer (imho, a very good reg cleaner).

I typically run Reg Healer on a weekly basis, backing up my registry before each cleaning. This time, Reg Healer found 56 entries it reported should be cleaned. I printed them out but did not delete them. I then ran AMUST and it found 81 entries to be deleted, which I also printed out.

Comparing the two printouts, every entry found by Reg Healer was also detected by AMUST. Examining the additional 25 entries found by AMUST, it was obvious to me that most of them were actual 'orphans' (which should be deleted). Of the additional entries it would have deleted, only 3 of them were questionable (meaning that I'm not sure if they are needed, or not).

Also in its favor, AMUST has the nicest GUI I've seen in a reg cleaner, it provides a brief description of every entry it finds, and most importantly, it facilitates a reg-backup for recovery if necessary.

At this point, I am also quite impressed. ~pv

 

I also agree with Peter about the "Set and Forget" feature (scheduled registry scan).
Most less-knowledgeable users will use this feature and that makes this registry cleaner a bit dangerous.
The fact that registry backup seems to be included in scheduled registry scan, is good, but "registry & less knowledgeable users" is quite a dangerous combination.
When something goes wrong, will these users be able to choose the right registry backup file to restore their registry ?
Even worse, will these users even KNOW that the registry is the REASON why their computer doesn't work properly anymore ?
That's why I'm not a big fan of registry cleaners at least not for less-knowlegdeable users.

I had the same problem with "removing duplicate files" in EasyCleaner, which is also a dangerous feature.
That's why EasyCleaner is on my blacklist, although EasyCleaner is probably a good software.

 

Thanks ErikAlbert, SayWhat, hollywoodpc, Peter2150 and pvsurfer for the input.


Peace & Love,

CogitoErgoSum

 

pv dude !
Thanks . Since you use RegHeal , as I do , your info is appreciated . Very interesting . Remember though . In Regheal , there are some that are deleted and some that are just " fixed " . I will give it a go

 

hollywood~ First of all, AMUST also has a 'fix' function. Secondly, bear in mind that this was but one comparison run. Over the next few weeks I intend to perform additional comparisons between the 2 products before shelling out my $, but out-of-the-gate it sure looks like CogitoErgoSum has come up with a very good find. ~pv

PS. As you compare it to Reg Healer, let's compare notes!

 

I understand pv . Here are my 1st results :

 

And now RegHeal :

Hmmm

 

This is RegHeal result AFTER using AMUST to fix everything . No change . Interesting thing though , I DO seem to have a bit more pep . Is this possible ? I must say to that RegHealer has many more options and I have all of them being used in expert mode . Still , this much of a difference ? I would have thought they would be close after reading these posts . As you can see . Not on my system

 

After letting RH fix what IT found , I ran Amust again . Amust found nothing .

 

Is it possible that AMUST resulted in performance pick-up? Yes, but not too likely imho... Before you jump to such conclusions, let's see what's apparent over time (at least a couple of weeks).

 

No no . Not jumping at all . The pep thing was a side note and probably NOT likely . Just my imagination as was the POSSIBLE case with Peter . My point was the entries . What was found and not found . That was all . And I WILL play with these two apps over the next couple of weeks . Please keep us informed on what you find .
Thanks

 

You got it. ....btw, should have mentioned that I'm conducting all of my test comparisons in each program's 'standard' (easy) mode.

 

I purchased AMUST RC 2.0 with a $5 discount and am quite pleased with its performance so far. The $5 discount can only be had by taking the quiz on AMUST's home page.


Peace & Love,

CogitoErgoSum

 

You are a brave soul . For me , RegHeal is making a better showing but , the others here have had possitive results . I will continue to play with these before I even THINK about paying for Amust . Who knows . It might be great !