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Have you ever experienced using your computer for a very urgent task and it suddenly stops functioning well? It can be totally irritating. Such problems are often caused by viruses or spyware, or a bad registry. If your problem is related to a messed up registry, then you might be experiencing repeated crashes and hang ups. There are easy ways though to solve this predicament. You can do the following steps for a quick computer repair.
Normally, for your computer to continue functioning efficiently, cleaning up the registry every week is a useful habit. If you don't know how to clean up the registry, you can use trusted programs to do the work for you. Upon installation of the software, scan the registry to find and fix all corrupted and misplaced files. However, first off, you should back up all data to avoid data loss when fixing the errors. After installing the registry cleaner, you can scan the registry for errors. After the scanning process, the program will provide you a list of misplaced and corrupted files that need to be repaired. Then, you can opt to let the program perform an automatic computer repair or you can also fix the registry by yourself if you know how to to it. Using a registry cleaner helps in performing automatic scans. The program can run automatically even while you are not using it.
Cleaning up the registry is quite complex if you're not an expert in computer repair. However, if you want to do it manually, you should browse the built-in registry editor in your computer by going to C:/Windows/RegEdit.exe . After opening it and backing up the registry, click on File, then Export. It's an important step because removing the wrong file means that you'll have to import the backup once more. After this process, you can now remove keys in the registry.
Cleaning up the registry manually is quite risky. Removing the wrong file may result to serious damages to your computer, thus, for this type of computer repair, it's highly recommended for users to use registry cleaners. These programs safely remove all corrupted and damaged files so its free of high risk. If you're not an expert in computer repair, purchasing and installing a registry cleaner is the safest option to avoid ruining your computer system which will cause you more headache. Good luck with the repair.
