Are you a very busy person? If you are, then you probably make good use of Outlook Express as both your means to send and receive emails as well as your to-do list program to helps keep you up-to-date on the things that you should focus on. But just like with any other computer software, sometimes when you are in the middle of doing things, your computer starts to act strange. It is one thing when it just starts to show signs of slowing down, and it is another thing when your computer completely freezes over. You certainly do not want such things to happen, and that is why it is necessary, as preventive tool, that you make use of a registry cleanup software to help keep your registry in good condition.

But what if you do not know a thing about registry cleaners, what should you be looking for when you get one? Here are a few things that you might want to consider:

1. Is it highly recommended by other users, especially the experts?

It is just a normal thing to do to seek the recommendations of other people, particularly the computer specialists, regarding the best registry cleaner out there. Even more so if you acknowledge your lack of understanding about this software.

2. Is it user friendly?

What good is a software if you do cannot use it properly? Make sure that the interface of the registry cleaner is very easy to understand and that the instructions or the buttons are straight to the point. After all you will be taking actions on your registry which is a very delicate part of your system to begin with.

3. Does it have an automatic backup feature?

Some registry cleaners have this very useful feature. It allows you to make a backup first of your registry before the cleaner actually does something to it. This way, should anything untoward happens, you can just refresh the registry with its previous settings.