Speed up your computer - clean your registry

What is the registry?

The registry is a database that stores information necessary to configure the system for your computers users, applications, and hardware devices.

Why does it need to be cleaned (repaired)?

Every time you install software on your computer, change a system setting, delete a program, all the changes are kept in the registry.

Over time, your registry grows, however, it also can end up fragmented and full of unwanted registry items.

These unwanted items occur by removing attributes of programs or deleting programs you no longer want without using the Add or Remove Programs function.

Some programs do not always come with proper uninstall programs, so you are only able to delete a portion of the program.

Or possibly you have moved a file, and now the program that used this file is unable to find it or its an orphan file left over from an unsuccessful attempt to delete a program completely.

In short, over time you end up with numerous misplaced files and objects which your computer can not process, this can slow your computer considerably, make start-up take forever and sometimes cause errors that will 'crash' your computer.

How can you fix this problem?

Ill admit that I was horrified with the amount of errors I found when I finally got around to cleaning my registry.

My computer start-up had become terribly sluggish, opening programs took twice as long as they should have, and every so often I would get the dreaded 'blue screen', or my computer would lock up, usually when I was in the middle of something I had not yet saved.

Once I cleaned my registry, the speed was noticeably quicker and the program errors disappeared.

There are numerous registry cleaners available which can be downloaded online and most are very easy to use.

Once downloaded start the program and the cleaner scans your registry for all the lost and misplaced items that are no longer in use and deletes them.

Most cleaners also offer backup and restore functions, so you can revert back to your previous configuration if needed.

If you scan your registry regularly your computer will stop accumulating fragmented information giving you a faster computer with minimal errors.

For more information go to: Registry Reviews

Alan Forbes is a writer, marketer and freelance web designer.