Review of Error Doctor registry cleaner

Error Doctor is a good solid registry cleaner. The automatic scan feature is recommended for novice users. After the scan is complete, Error Doctor will show you a full list of errors with details, and let you fix individual invalid entries or all invalid entries of a certain type.

Before scanning your registry for errors, Error Doctor gives you the option to create a backup file(s) that can be used to undo the changes.

Our only concern with this product was the lack of support and help files.

Error Doctor's key points

1. Good results

Error doctor picked up all the critical registry errors. The results are given a risk level rating to help identify the most critical registry errors. It took just less than 4 minutes to complete its initial scan and subsequent scans were coplete in less than a minute.

Error Doctor performance results

Scan time: 5.51 mins
Registry errors discovered: 191
Speed improvement: 23%

2. Strong interface

Grouped into main, ignore keys, settings, scheduler and restore.

3. Feature set

• Automatic scan - Scans the registry for all types of registry errors. This is the simplest way to clean up the registry. Automatic Scan is recommended for 'non-technical' users.

• Manual clean-up - After the scan is complete, error doctor will show you a full list of errors with details, and let you fix individual invalid entries or all invalid entries of a certain type.

• Backup and Restore - Before scanning your registry for errors, error doctorgives you the option to create a backup file(s) that can be used to undo the changes.

• Scheduler - You can schedule error doctor to scan the registry for errors every 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes or whenever you prefer. You even have the option to have your PC automatically scan for errors when your computer starts.

4. Poor support

Both online and offline support is very poor.

5. Money back guarantee

RegCure offers a full 60 day money back guarantee with every purchase.

Minimum system requirements

• Intel Pentium II processor (or equivalent)
• 64MB RAM
• 15MB free hard disk space required for initial installation
• Internet Explorer 6 (or greater)
• Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP and Vista

Error Doctor features

• Scan selection
• Automatic/Manual Removal
• Shows scan progress
• Back-up Registry
• Built in scheduler
• Compress or Defrag Registry
• Manage/Cleanup Startup Programs
• Scans for Invalid Program shortcuts
• Removes Duplicate files
• Free scanner

Error Doctor checks

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