Is Your Pc Causing You Problems?
Written by Peter Murphy   
Wednesday, 17 March 2010 07:12
Is your pc giving you problems?
by PeterMurphy


Is your pc giving you problems?

Frequent freezing computer?

Error messages?

Do you have slow running slow running computer?

Does your computer shut down for no reason?

Does your pc crash often?

Do you get a blue screen?

If you answer yes to any of the questions above, then your windows registry is probably corrupted. The solution therefore will be to clean the registry.

Before we show you how to clean the registry first let's explain what a windows registry is and how it can get corrupted.

Your computer windows registry stores information about your computer, what hardware exists within the system, as well as the ports required, the operating system and other programs and application packages you run on it. The Registry contains information which your windows operating system continually make reference to when needed to perform an important task.

In other words Windows utilizes a registry to maintain links to all the details on your hard drive. When any program wants to access information, it visits the registry to determine where it is on the computer.

In simple terms the registry is the brain in the computer where all essential program operation information is stored. Data that controls your hardware, operating system, programs and user preferences and so forth are all stored here.

Any time you install or uninstall a program the information will be directly reflected on your windows registry and stored. Therefore every request made of the pc will involve active participation of the Windows Registry

While you use your computer new files and data are continuously added to and removed from the registry.

Typically when programs are un-installed remnants are left behind. This increases the redundant data within the registry. So the registry gets bigger and bigger and then becomes congested. This growth eventually makes the computer run slow.

To fix this you need to clean the registry. This brings us to the point we made at the start of this article about cleaning the registry.

Tips on how to clean the windows registry

A lot of people do not realise that you can clean the windows registry manually. It means you have to "dive" into the registry to clean it manually. You need the skills to do this. But, even people with the knowledge and skills to clean the registry manually avoid doing it manually. Doing it manually can be a tedious, difficult and time consuming process. There is also a danger of damaging your system by accidentally deleting important files from the system.

It is easier to use a registry cleaning software - one of the many registry cleaners out there. Some are free, some you have to pay for them. But remember just like anything else, you get what you pay for so be careful not all registry cleaners are good. The good news is that registry cleaners usually aren't very expensive so you can buy a good one to fix your computer.

We looked at a number of registry cleaners and ranked them based on ability to do the job and popularity of the product. We ranked Regcure registry cleaner highest. This is a registry cleaner you can use to fix any of the problems listed at the top of this article.

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