What is a Window registry clean? Why bother with it? In this article we'll take a brief look at both these questions, as well as where to start should you then decide to clean your Window registry.

In its simplest terms, a Window registry clean makes your computer run more efficiently, irrespective of its current condition. Clearly the results will be more noticeable if you're struggling with something very specific and annoying. Programs shutting down, locking up or restarting for no reason; your whole computer freezing or locking up; dire slowness in everything your computer does, especially at startup and when opening programs; the 'blue screen of death' where everything goes blue and stays that way. All of these will be eliminated by a Window registry clean. But even if you're not currently afflicted by any of these, a Window registry clean will still significantly increase your computer's performance, speed and user-friendliness. Moreover a clean at regular intervals will keep things that way.

So much for the results of a Window registry clean. What specifically is it? In essence, your Window registry stores all the settings for your computer -- it tells your computer how to use all the software and hardware installed on it. Clearly a very important job -- and a busy one. Which is why things go wrong. As you use your computer, registry files pile up. This begins to include outdated information, as well as partial files (bits get left when you uninstall programs). That's why your computer then slows down, can't perform certain operations, freezes or shuts down. Your Window registry needs a good clean.

Rather than tinkering with a Window registry clean yourself (definitely not a good idea - the registry is after all the nerve centre of your PC), download and run some registry repair software. This will swiftly identify which actions need to be taken in your Window registry (including deleting any malicious entries created by malware programs), tell you about them, ask your permission to clean, and with one click of the mouse take care of everything for you. A good cleaner will also allow you to schedule registry maintenance to be done while you're not there, as well as to back up your Window registry before it starts to clean, should you ever want to undo the job.

There are plenty of decent registry repair products out there with which to clean your Window registry. Here's one I'd recommend giving a go. It's completely compatible with all versions of Windows, from the older ones to XP and Vista. It's also thorough, easy to use and you can test it out for free.

Jeff Blake is a technical support advisor, whose PC mission in life is to save others the pain, frustration & money that being a computer owner can sometimes cause.

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