While you may have heard the word Registry before in the context of a PC, exactly what the registry is or why you need to repair it might be beyond your understanding. In this post I’m going to share with you what the registry is, why it’s so important and how you can improve the performance of your computer DIY style be removing old and erroneous registry keys in an afternoon or less.

What is the Windows® Registry

The registry itself is a massive system of information that controls how hard ware interacts with your computer, memory allocations for open software applications as well as the location of important files for programs. As we use our computers we add and remove programs & hardware. Download applications and items from the web, and sometimes delete things we shouldn’t have.

Over time this can leave behind old data in the registry for programs and devices that no longer are present, and cause the registry expand beyond it’s normal file size.

As the registry expands it can become fragmented and/or corrupt, causing programs to not be able to find key information or files. This results in Windows® errors, slow start time for applications and sometimes crashing or freezing.

DIY Fixing Registry Errors

Registry cleaners are a DIY’ers answer to improving PC performance at home. The top registry cleaner can scan, backup and repair you system files in less then a half hour and boost performance as much as 30%.

Registry utilities work by checking every line of your registry. Items that appear to no longer be associated with programs that are installed will be listed, as well as any items that are empty or appear to be caused by adware or a virus.

NOTE: Registry cleaners are not a substitute for virus and adware scanners. You should always have an up to date scanner in place if you’re surfing the web and using email.

Once the scan is complete you should use the utility to make a backup of your current registry settings. This ensures that undo any changes made by the registry cleaner if you’re not satisfied with the results. Once backed up you can go ahead and run the repair process.

Repairing registry errors is done all automatically so you don’t need to know a thing about registry keys or system files. The time it takes to remove errors varies with how many items were found during the scan. Total repair time is usually under 30 minutes from scan to completion.

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