Are you having
issues with the performance of your computer? Is your computer running slow,
are applications that you are trying to open making the computer freeze up? One
of the most likely reasons is that your Windows registry is cluttered with too many
junk files, temp files or DLL files.
Simply cleaning
up the registry could solve your problems. But, the majority of computer users
do not have a firm grasp of the registry. If you are looking for ways how to clean
up your computer registry, then you have come to the right place.
This article
will help guide you through what needs to be done to clean up your computer
registry..
Some Words of Caution
The Windows
registry can be compared to a large file cabinet. If you want to run a program,
the operating system will refer to a specific file in the registry to execute
your commands. If the registry is clogged up with old dead files or used temp
files, your main operating system will have a hard time locating the correct
files to load a program. Causing your computer to run slow or freeze up.
To fix the
problem, you have to clean up the registry file cabinet of all those dead files
or old broken link files. Having a clean registry makes your computer run
cleaner, smoother and cooler. But cleaning up the registry however requires
deleting unwanted files. Now, this is the tricky part that makes most people
run and go hide.
If you
accidentally delete a good registry file, then one or more of your programs may
fail to open. In worst case scenario, your entire operating system will crash
and you may get the blue screen of death. You will not lose all the data stored
on your hard drive but it may take you reloading the operating system back on
your computer. So if you do not want to damage your system, you must not
attempt to clean it manually. This is particularly true if you do not know how
to properly delete unwanted registry files.
The Safest Way to Clean Up the Registry
The big question
now is how to clean up your computer registry effortlessly without running the
risk of crashing your system? The answer is, use a registry cleaning software.
This is the safest and the most effective approach to fix the mess in your
Windows registry.
Using a free
registry cleaning software is easy and it can produce faster and better results
of your computer system. Even if you are a person that is computer illiterate,
you will never experience any problem with registry cleaning software.
The thing you
need to do is install a computer registry program. The one that I use is called
Ccleaner. I have used this program for many years and have never had any sort
of issue with it. I install this program on ever computer that I repair. Some
nice features about this software is that it is totally free. It will clean
your computer of unwanted temp files, cookies and etc.
Next the
software will go through your complete registry cabinet and take out all the
broken links, corrupted files, and bad file extensions that slow down your
computer. Before it totally eliminates these files it will ask if you would
like to back them up just in case something does not work correctly. I would
highly recommend that you do the back up. I have never had to use the backup,
but it does give you peace of mind.