Now you can understand that if you're called on to handle & check hard drive performance
problems your very first order of business will be to scan the registry for defects or corruption. Do we place our complete faith in these tools to fix all our troubles? The answer is probably no, nonetheless, i believe it is effective enough to tackle your current error problem and others down the line. Keep your computer behaving "nicely": i recommend that you check out the state of the registry as frequently as possible - it's a good habit to get into. Is it likely that upcoming windows software will make use of the registry or perhaps this aspect can be improved upon? Could there possibly be a way to make it less open to problems? We'll have to be patient, but let's keep our fingers crossed. By the way, i'm sure you know people who are struggling with error messages - why not share your new knowledge with them; no doubt they'll welcome any help they can get.