Repair Windows Registry With a Trusted Cleaner

The Windows registry is a critical component of the personal computer. The Windows registry stores all the device information, file associations, device drivers, application information, and directories of the computer.

To clean the Windows registry, go to the start menu, and click on run. Enter the command 'regedit' into the text field and press enter.

Windows registry entries consist of keys and values. The registry structure is similar to a hierarchical filesystem directory tree, consisting of a root level and subsequent entries at a subroot level. The keys are defined using a Windows path name syntax. Backslashes are used to indicate relative position in the path. Thus, registry entries look just like file names. There are six keys at the root level. They are named: HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, HKEY_USERS, and HKEY_DYN_DATA.

Registry values are name/data pairs contained in the keys. Value names may contain backslashes and look like a path. Registry keys can contain multiple values. Registry keys can also contain some of the same values contained in other keys.

To traverse the Windows registry tree structure, click on the plus sign (+) next to the root directory. This will expose the subdirectories, giving you more directories to choose from. When you have sufficiently traversed the Windows registry to find the key/value pair entry of interest to you, the next step is to delete or modify the key entries that you think are causing the problem and are no longer required. The deletion of the entry in question is done in the same manner that you would use to delete an entry in a Windows tree structure. Pressing the delete key or by choosing the delete entry option after right clicking on the mouse.

The Windows registry contains keys that specify which programs run when your computer completes the boot process. There may be programs running that you don't need or want. Any program running on your computer requires system resources and places a burden on cpu, memory, and disk usage. If you have programs running you don't need, this translates into less system resource available for the applications that you do need to run.

Traverse the registry tree starting at the root level keys: HKEY_CURRENT_USER and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Walk the sub-directories until you reach the Run and RunOnce values. Here, you can modify the registry entries that specify which programs to run when your computer completes the boot process.

As you will likely discover, attempting to clean the registry by hand can get complicated real fast,
especially if you are not sure of what you are doing. It is important to first create a backup copy of the registry in case any changes made cause the computer to either not run or run worse than before the changes were made.

Cleaning your Windows registry is not something you do only once in the life of your computer. The average computer user should clean their Windows registry about once every six months. Above average computer users, those that have many applications running, or that are frequently installing and uninstalling applications or device drivers, should clean the Windows registry every three months.

In order to save yourself a significant amount of time and trouble, it is a good idea to invest in a trusted registry cleaner software tool to assist you in this complex task. A reputable registry cleaner will use efficient performance-oriented algorithms to find incorrect or damaged entries in your Windows registry. After a reputable registry cleaner has scanned your entire Windows registry it should a provide a list of the registry errors found. After that you should have the option to either clean the registry error list items using selection or one-click to fix them all.

A reputable registry cleaner must provide a reliable back-up procedure! The benefit here is to protect your computer from any changes that are made to the registry. One source of error could result from losing electrical power to your computer while updating the registry. This could result in a severely corrupted registry that won't allow you to boot your system. Thanks to the registry cleaner provided back-up procedure, your system will be recoverable.

A quality Windows registry cleaner will clean and repair Windows Installer errors, ActiveX errors, DLL errors, Windows Explorer errors, Windows Media player errors, Javascript errors, Internet Explorer errors, Runtime errors, protect your privacy, and more.