Sunday, January 18, 2009

You Do Need To Make Registry Repairs To Keep Your PC Running

By Ed Lathrop

There was a time we didn't think too much about registry cleaners, or register repair software. Back in the days of Windows 95/98, our biggest enemies were computer viruses. Even though computer viruses are probably our biggest enemy still today, a corrupt registry can cause many computer problems!

With today's operating systems being so enormous compared to the old Windows 95/98 size, a corrupt registry gets in the way of our computing more than it used to. Though there are new viruses that come out every day, our technology seems to be able to keep up with them better than in years past. Also, computer operators are better educated as to how to keep a virus from being executed on their computer.

Is registry corruption really a major concern, where does it come from and how exactly do we deal with it? This article talks about all these things and will dispel of the myths about registry corruption.

Operating System Invaders

When we add a program or anything tangible to a computer, we add entries to the registry. When that program is removed, many of the entries from that program are still left behind in the registry. These entries, which are no longer needed, are known as registry corruption. There are other forms of registry corruption, but this is the most common one.

Another kind of registry corruption is added to our registries when we surf the Net. This is the temporary computer files that remain after we are through surfing. After these files are deleted, their registry entries remain.

Believe it or not viruses, spyware, adware and all the other kinds of malware, though they are unwanted programs, are viable software programs so, when they are removed, they too leave registry corruption behind.

Though it may not seem like a serious problem at first, registry corruption can do serious harm to your computer operations and eventually your operating system. Corruption will jam up ordinary operations because the operating system will have to deal with thousands of entries telling the operation system to go to places that don't exist. This will make your computer very slow and become prone to errors and crashes.

The Next Step

Everything finding its way on to our harddrive these days is whole lot bigger than the things that were around a few years back. Software, drivers, temporary Internet files, spyware, viruses and even the operating systems themselves dwarf the size of their predecessors. It is no wonder that when left alone our registries become corrupted and slow down our computers until they come to a complete halt!

To make sure registry corruption doesn't gang up on your computer and put it out of commission altogether, run a good registry cleaner about once a week or after your virus/spyware cleaner has removed any of their concerns from your hard drive. Remember, spyware and viruses are types of software and they will leave corruption behind after they are removed. Still, a top notch registry cleaner is all you need to keep all types of registry corruption under check.

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