You may be a windows 98 user and have come across the unwanted blue screen. There are chances that you may have come across the blue screen not one but several times. The term blue screen of death is quite synonymous with Windows 98 as this was considered as the most harmful programming error in the Windows 98. The blue screen of death appearing on the Windows 98 computer indicates that the registry files are erroneous.

What is Registry?

The registry is a main component of the windows system. When files get corrupted within it, it causes windows 98 to go a little crazy. The newer Windows compensates for this and doesn't go into blue screens as much. Of course, if you're running windows 98 that doesn't help you much does it?

Windows Registry Cleaner

A simple trick could be performed to keep the registry files error free. A registry cleaner could be downloaded from the internet which solves all the problems in the registry files and thus helps in reducing the frequency of appearance of the blue screen. Several types of registry cleaners can be found over the net. Comparison could be done amongst them, but most of them perform their work.

It is possible to manually solve the errors in the registry files. But a very important point that one needs to keep in mind while fixing the errors is that registry is a major windows database and deleting any important file could cause all the data to erase from the computer.

The best way of doing this is to get a registry utility cleaner from the internet. These types of programs are very easy to find and download from the internet by searching on the keyword over Google.

How to use a Registry Cleaner in Windows 98?

It is very simple to use the windows registry cleaner. Just the program needs to be downloaded and then run. Almost all of the registry cleaners present the number of errors found and an option to solve them. One must always create backup of registry before fixing the errors through the program so that in case some of the registry files go missing, they could be put back in place.

What if You Still Get Blue Screens

There may be instances when one still gets a blue screen appearing on the computer even after repairing the registry files, which indicates some other problem. To sort out this, you need to think as what caused the blue screen to appear at first place. Installation of new hardware or software may also cause the blue screen to appear. If this is the reason, then that particular device driver must be uninstalled and not used and some other driver may be installed.

It may be a case of a hardware defect if you have not done anything else on the computer. There may be a chance of low memory space which indicates the addition of more memory space. There are many types of programs available on the internet which helps to determine if the hard drive is low on space.

On a general note, mainly the corrupt or missing registry files are responsible for the blue screen death in Windows 98. So, the chances are that the problem may be solved after you run the registry repair software.