subject: Use Registry Cleaners To Improve Computer Performance [print this page] Use Registry Cleaners To Improve Computer Performance
All of your Microsoft operating system options and settings, software, and hardware information are stored in what is called the Windows Registry. The registry is needed for the operating system to function. Windows will run very slowly, not load properly, or display error messages if improper changes or other tampering causes damage to the registry. This can be exacerbated by any viruses or malware that might be present on your system. Add to it the fact that uninstalled programs can leave unneeded and unwanted files behind, and as they accumulate, wreak havoc to your computer, causing it to slow to a crawl. This is where registry cleaners come to the rescue.
The Windows Registry on your PC needs to be fully optimized and error-free. The Windows Registry is the master database used by Windows to store all of the information about every piece of hardware, every peripheral device, and every piece of software that has ever been connected to, installed on, downloaded to, and executed on your PC. Over time, this database can grow very large and bloated, making it difficult to traverse the database in search of information. Windows and most of the programs that you run on Windows all rely on the registry to either retrieve information from or write information to it. Also, errors can creep up in the database, due to obsolete or invalid links contained therein. An unoptimized registry can cause your PC to crash, to hang, to run slowly, or to become unstable, due to its inherent inefficiencies. Thats why you should run a registry repair utility on your PC periodically to fix these errors and to optimize the registry. This step alone can meet your most basic needs in terms of performance tuning Windows, as you can realize a significant speed boost when you clean up your registry.
