System Mechanic vs CCleaner

Which is better... and why?

System Mechanic is definitely heavier on resources, Ram Hog! But, is also richer on options than CCleaner.

Better to compare System Mechanic to Glary Utilities. Of these two, I prefer, the free version of Glary.

Give Glary a test, I think you may like it. System Mechanic costs $40.00 per year.

Why pay for something you can get for free.

I use both CCleaner, and Glary. Both will find stuff to remove.

For the registry cleaner I would use neither. Registry cleaners generally cause more problems than they solve and should thus be avoided.

indianacarnie said:

LMiller7 said:

For the registry cleaner I would use neither. Registry cleaners generally cause more problems than they solve and should thus be avoided.

I agree 100% with LMiller7 on this. I would go a little further and suggest learning how to do the cleaning/optimizing/repairing manually.Not only will you get a better feel for your machine but the knowledge gained is both useful and satisfying.

Yeah I have had bad experiences with registry cleaners in the past. Don't really want to invest that kind of time in learning how to do it manually, though. I will look at Glary.

Cheers everyone

Glary has full backups. Knowledge Base

Check Event Viewer before and after making changes. Make sure you reboot, for some changes to take effect.

These threads can easily turn into debates, just like AV and Browsers, even OS's, which is fine till someone get's too "involved" in getting their point across (Not in this one...yet. :) )

It's your computer, play around a bit, you'll learn something from it.

I think the most important thing to do is have an imaging strategy, create one before trying things out, if it goes south you're back to where you were in no time.

OP has heard both sides of the debate and has chosen to give Glary a try.

Perhaps, he will come back later and let us know how his system is running.

That's right...back it up! Otherwise, the worst could happen after making registry changes.