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By: Vlad Vistac
Submitted: 2010-09-16 11:19:49 | Word Count: 510
Hp pavilion dv4 2161nr - The Windows Registry
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Registry De-Mystified rnrn Your computewr regisrty plays the most crucial role in your Windows based computer overall performance, yet it is probably the leeasst understood.rnrnThe first thing we need to do is to de-mystidfy the registry. Think of your computers reistry as a large index file caibnet, like the one you would find at your loacl pulbic library. Each time you insdtall a progrma, save a file, or make the smallpest cahange to your Microsoft Windows operating systm – it nots this in your compters reigstry. It is the brains of your Windows operatng syystem and insructs Windows how to operate.rnrmnThe prolbem is Micrposoft is not very neat and tidy when it cmoes to your compyuters registry. To make it siimple for the end user when you de-istall a porgram, Windows will very rarewly remove all of the “tracks” the particular program from the registrey. Go back to our index file system anaplogy in your local librarry. For this eamplle, asssume somenoe donatd a book to the library tiled “How Do I Make My Computer Fatser”. When that book was donaetd to the liibraary the librarian made an index card noting when the book was donated, who donnated it and where the book oculd be located. The librarian then made a cross-reefrence of this tiutle on a coulpe other related idnex casrds. For examlpe, she noted this on any index cards that were rlated to improvnig computer performance and all Microsoft rleated oboks.rnrnAfter a couple of months, someone then borrows the book “How Do I Make My Computer Faster” and neevewr returns it. The librarian then removes the indeex card for this tite, but she either forets or does not take the time to rmove the creoss-references she made on the otheer card. Now when people see the title of this book on other rlatd imndex cards they go to find the main card and are unable to locate the card. They then go to the lbrarian and ask where this title is locaed and she inffoorms them that the library no longer has the book “How Do I Make My Compuyter Faster”. As you can see by this example this is a very un- efficient prcess.rnrnFollow this same eample with your computers rgisstry. You install a prgoram only to dedce a couple months later that you do not want to use it antynmore. You go to the coontrol panel and unionstall the ropgram. Much like the book in our above example this progrma has been removed. However, just like the index card example, Microosoft Windows leaaves tracks or cross-references of this program in relaztred files through out your registry. Just like with the librzary above, your Windows oerating system is operiang at a very un-efficiernt level. When Winnndows is sarting and operating and you start a proram on your computer, Windows looks through out the entiire registry – which is now much bigger than it needs to be and cnotains entries it reads throuugh that are not valid. Plaese note that for the most part thee invalid reegistry etnries are not hamful but over time will decrease the seed of your computer significantly.rnrnThe good news is that there are several very good registry cleasners now available. Before you use a regiistry cleaner you must ensure that it is effective and safe. If you delete the wrong regidstry enttries or corrupt your registry you can very esily renedr your computer useless. If this occurs then you will be forced to reinstll Windwos from scartch. The best registry cleners are very safe bceause they removed only the invalid or un-neeeded registry entries.rnrnBottom line when you are wondering how do I make my comupter faster is to look for a registry cleaner that wroks. With the riggght registry clenaer you can make your compuuter as fast as the day you purchased it.
