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Do the work up front avoid the pain down the road with a Windows Registry Scan

January 30th, 2009

The windows registry is the single most important part of your computer’s core operating system. The registry is what joins all the other software components in the computer together. When programs are installed their pieces are scattered into several folders and connected together through the registry. Settings in your programs, even the last state of your window and it’s size are all recorded in the registry.

If the registry gets corrupted your computer starts to act like it has a flu. When entries to parts of a program become corrupt you start to get illegal operation errors just before the program crashes. Often people turn their frozen computer off at the switch not properly shutting down windows and if the registry was being access (as it is usually always being accessed if a program is running) this could cause a corruption in the files being access. Usually the program will check the integrity of the entries used by the program as part of the start up routine but sometimes it doesn’t catch one or can’t overwrite the corrupt entry and this causes the program to freeze and eventually crash.

You can clean your registry with a windows registry scan. There are programs that will do a complete scan and even clean the registry for you removing corrupt or invalid entries that are slowing your computer down like trying to run through a hallway full of toys.

One such program worth investigating is Regcure by Parentologic. This program is discussed a lot on various PC related blogs and websites and is rated as one of the top registry repair tools available. To learn more about this product read our review of Regcure

Once the scanner does a full windows registry scan, you can hit one button and it will repair all the problems breathing new life into your computer once you reboot it!

The windows registry scan programs these days do much more than just clean the registry, they also optimize it, defragment it, and even monitor it in real time for problems. Some will even run a scan at intervals you specify such as every hour and it will work in the background so you don’t even realize it’s doing it. This is the best way to keep your PC running fast and crash free! Wouldn’t you like to have a computer that woke up every day in a good mood and stayed running optimally all the time?

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