By: Jason Maxwell
Submitted: 2010-09-10 00:13:42 | Word Count: 455
Fiddling with your Windows registry without the technical know-how can prove harmful to your PC. However, these tips should prove useful:
The ultimate insurance against registry mishaps or any other computer disaster is to have an up-to-date back up. Doing so, you could restore your PC integrity to its condition before the tinkering.
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You need to pay keen attention to details when using a registry cleaner. This is not like walking through with wizards which only ask you to click one 'next' button after another. If you fail to do so, this can lead to the death for your computer. Read all instructions that come with your registry cleaner.
Make use of the Emergency Recovery Utility NT (ERUNT) to back up the registry before starting the cleaning process. This step may be unnecessary since the registry cleaner will automatically back up any changes that are being made. If you want to take extra precautionary measure, this would not hurt.
Be sure that there are no other applications running when you start scanning. Exit the customary tools that are usually running in the system tray. Running applications are continuously making registry changes, thus, making the work of the registry cleaner very intricate.
The program will allow you to remove, or in some cases, repair some errors in the registry once the scanning is done. Set the registry cleaner to remove errors only at the level wherein things remain safe and procedures are minimally intrusive if there is an option available. Even with this setting, the program might still find a thousand or two entries that need to be deleted. Never trust an option that cleans automatically.
Sorting through the errors that need to be removed or repaired is a painstaking procedure. Select files that you are sure of. For files that you are unsure, just let them be. Observe your PC for the next day or two and if it is still running smoothly, try scanning again. This time, choose the more aggressive options. But be careful to examine entries marked 'caution.' Unless you have technical know-how, leave them alone. Do not believe the registry cleaner's assurance of restoring deleted registry entries. Restoration may not be possible if the deleted entry is essential for the system to boot.
If some problems arise such as a program that doesn't launch, there is no cause for alarm. Use the registry cleaner's restore feature. If that doesn't do it, use the ERUNT to restore the registry.
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