has any body got any information about "registry mechanic" as i am thinking about buying it or am i just wasting my hard earned, unless somebody knows of any other program which is better, i ran the download demo and got about 240 problems any help would be much appreciated

Hello Spud, I've never used it but I haven't heard anything bad about it. But with any registry cleaning software you are taking a chance, make sure it creates backups before you allow it to remove anything. Just my 2 ¢

cheers bear is there such a thing as an acceptable ammount of registry problems if not are all errors repairable if you go about it the right way???? thanks for your help

I use & recommend RegSeeker.

RegSeeker is a perfect companion for your Windows registry !
RegSeeker includes a powerful registry cleaner and can display various informations like your startup entries, several histories (even index.dat files), installed applications and much more ! With RegSeeker you can search for any item inside your registry, export/delete the results, open them in the registry. RegSeeker also includes a tweaks panel to optimize your OS ! Now RegSeeker includes a file tool to search for duplicate files, bad shortcuts and more !

RegSeeker is FREE for personal use only !

RegSeeker 1.35

thanks alot jephree i will try it tonite