Microsoft designed the Windows operating system with a central system database called the Registry. The Registry keeps track of everything about your system including almost everything that you add to it. By keeping a system database Windows allows all the software in your system to interact and work together to deliver the rewarding and enjoyable experience that you’ve come to love but it does come at a price
Designing a system that’s as complex and simple to use, as the Windows operating system is an understated achievement despite the criticism it often gets. Microsoft was however unable to eliminate the need for ongoing maintenance. They took the easy way out and built in the need to maintain and repair the system regularly to keep it running at its optimum performance. Fortunately software is available to perform this ongoing maintenance for you. Maintaining your Registry is easy if you have the right tools.
Microsoft knew that they would have to provide some way to edit the Registry so they provide a utility called Regedit that allows you to change almost every piece of data stored in the Registry.
In the wrong hands this tool can be a nightmare. It comes with no docs and its use is not straight forward and in some cases irreversible. My advise: If your not a computer geek or professional do not use regedit!! Even if you don’t, over time your computer may start to slow down and start acting sluggish.
There are many factors that can reduce your computer to a crawl. Viruses, Trojans, worms and spyware are amongst the better known causes. Prevention and cure software for these kind of threats are now installed on most computers and most users appreciate that steps should be taken to avoid them. There are also some lesser known and understood causes of failing performance.
- Installing software, not liking it and deleting it. (fragmenting your hard drive)
- Software that didn’t uninstall properly.
- When uninstalling programs deleting files common to other programs thus making them unstable and not run properly.
- failing to defrag your hard drive on a regular basis.
Fortunately there are tools to automate this process some of which are free like Spybot and Ad_aware. There are also reputable sites that will scan your computer for free. Naturally they are hoping you will buy their product once you see what a good job it does. But what the heck it’s a freebie. To visit one of these sights click here.
I’ll review some of my favorite cleaners in a future post.
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