Introduction to Windows Registry
This article will discuss in detail about the importance of keeping the windows registry clean. Of all the hardware and software installed in the computer system windows registry is the database for them. It keeps a record and track of all the system settings, file associations, configurations, user preferences, relationship between hardware and software, operating system, and system settings. In terms of an amateur it acts as a duct tape keeping and holding everything in its original position. It is like the nerve system of a human that is very dangerous to play with. If there seem to be any problems with the windows registry then it may affect the speed of your windows and make it slower than usual, perhaps it may also become unstable and also take a lot of time to boot even and further become unbootable. The best way by which it can be avoided is conducting a system restore to an erlier time or do a complete reinstallation of the operating system of your computer. The registry in some cases can be repaired manually or by using a third party tools.
The Actual Problems
Really… there are not much a problem when the registry is cluttered up with unnecessary keys and files! From my experience I didn’t see much difference in the speed and performance after cleaning up a registry. The hype that was created around it has been made only for one purpose – to sell cleaning registry tools. And believe me I used many tools and some of them did damage one or the other. So don’t risk!
The mechanism is this: whenever a new software is installed it creates its files and entries within the registry many of which are not removed when the software is later uninstalled. That is all! Therefore this may lead to some load upon the windows registry due to the presence of unnecessary and unwanted files making the booting process of the computer slower in than before. This may be one of the genuine problems but the worse consequences may seem to appear with the presence of “Spyware” which may have come along with the installation or downloading of various programs from the internet. If your windows registry is performing in the worst condition ever than chances are that there may be “spyware” present in the system, as it keeps on processing background tasks causing the computer to operate in a low speed and put load on the system registry. It takes control over most of the parts of your computer and interrupt the processing, capture all the personal and professional information on your hard drive, redirect the browser of your system, and secretly install viruses as you install various programs from the internet.
So run some antivirus and antispyware programs, uninstall any unnecessary programs through “add/remove programs” and then clean-up the registry with Ccleaner.
Cleaning Up the Registry
The windows Registry of Computer system is the most delicate and complicated system and it could appear to be a very difficult talk to carry out the cleaning process by your own self if the registry has been terribly cluttered, therefore there are third party software to clean it up. If the registry has been damaged the cleaning process will not help, in this case you can try to restore the registry by using “system restore” utility to an erlier time. In some cases technicians would offer to clean registry keys manually but most of the time you just can cleanup the registry using a third party tool like Ccleaner.
Don’t risk with other cleaning registry tools, use Ccleaner.
Don’t worry that much about cleaning the registry up eather, it takes really long time to get really cluttered with unnecessary keys and files. Worry better about cleaning your system of all spyware and viruses and then remove all unneccessery programs and files!!!