Are you fed up with the sluggish performance of your PC? Are thoughts like, “how to speed up my computer”, often on your mind? If you answered yes, then this article is just what you need.

More times than not, a corrupt registry is the reason behind your system’s poor performance. Some of the common PC problems caused by a corrupt registry are:

• Increase in system start up and shut down time.
• Drop in PC performance
• Frequent system freezes
• Frequent system errors, such as ActiveX errors, DLL errors, and RunDLL errors.

In more severe case, registry errors may cause serious damage to your system’s hardware and even prevent your PC from booting up.

Let us understand why your computer is so dependent on the registry for its smooth functioning. The registry stores the configuration information of all the hardware and software installed on your PC.  Every activity that you perform on your system adds or modifies a key or entry within the registry. For example, the URL of this article probably now has an entry in your system’s registry. Similarly, your registry would have entries regarding the files, images or documents you recently accessed or the software programs you recently installed/uninstalled.

The problem with the registry is that it seldom removes entries on its own after they are no longer required. It is but natural, that with continuous usage a lot of unwanted data may get accumulated within your system’s registry. Also, many times when you uninstall an application the corresponding entries are left behind within the registry. Many third-party software deliberately fill your system’s registry with unwanted entries. Furthermore, Malware programs, such as viruses, spyware, and adware add embedded keys or entries to the registry as well. All of this causes your system’s registry to grow at an unwarranted rate and adversely affect the performance of your machine.

To fix registry errors, we recommend that you regularly scan and clean your registry with an advanced registry cleaner tool. Today, many good registry cleaner tools are available for download on the Internet. However, before you select a registry cleaner tool, make sure that it is compatible with your system’s operating system. For instance, if you have a Windows XP computer, then the registry cleaner tool that you select must be compatible with the Windows XP registry.

A registry cleaner allows you to deeply scan the registry to remove obsolete and invalid entries. It also allows you to remove embedded keys added by malicious programs, which are otherwise untraceable and irremovable. A registry cleaner tool allows you to make regular back-ups of your system’s registry, and enables you to restore the registry to its last known working condition in case of any problems. It also makes it possible for you to schedule registry scans, which means that the registry cleaner tool will automatically scan the registry at a predetermined date and time, in case you forget.  

To maintain a healthy registry, it is imperative that you regularly run antivirus and antispyware scans on your PC as well. Also, always remember to keep your PC updated with the latest virus definitions and security updates.

In a nutshell, with an efficient registry cleaner by your side, you can go a long way in keeping your system error free and can enjoy an enhanced computing experience.