When upgrading, obsolete files will be carried over so doing a registry clean will help to speed up the system. Also, over time, with general use, the registry can become corrupted. The signs of a corrupt registry include Windows errors, freezing, and system crashes. If one or more of these are occurring, it is important to scan your computer for errors and repair them. In both these situations, this is where a registry cleaner comes in.



Registry cleaners look for errors on your registry, and then give you the option to 'remove' or 'repair' them. What this does is delete them from your computer system, freeing up room to help make the computer run at a faster rate.

To begin using, you first need to install a registry cleaner. You can achieve this by downloading a free trial version off the internet or buy a registry cleaner. In general, while the free versions will work fine, a commercial program will be able to detect more errors, and handle them in a better way. Over the long term, this is a much better solution.

Before installing the software, it is important to do a back-up of the system, in the event that using the registry cleaner causes problems with any of the programs or software you are currently using. Most registry cleaners are capable of creating a backup file for you in the event that something does go wrong.

Once installed, run a scan on your computer. A good registry cleaner will give you a total number of errors found, for example, 302 errors, along with a 'safe to remove' total, perhaps 112. If the registry cleaner states that all the errors can be removed, chances are you'll find you have problems with current programs, as it will delete files required for them to run. The high-end, commercial registry cleaners will not delete important files.

Some registry cleaners give you the option of choosing whether to do a regular or aggressive search, which will influence the amount of errors that are found on the system. The registry cleaners that you buy have many more features and benefits than the free cleaners. However, there are some free registry cleaners that work fairly well.

Which one you choose will vary on the types of options you want. Do you want to be able to go through manually and choose which files to delete? Do you want descriptions of the errors? Are you looking for a registry cleaner that will automatically delete the registry errors with a click of your mouse?

No matter which registry cleaner you choose, make sure to run a back-up prior to running the registry cleaner. Although many registry cleaners will back-up your registry before they delete any files, you may want to do a manual back-up just to make sure.

Copyright (c) 2008 Lisa Nobles