It is inevitable that at one point in time your computer may start to run slowly. Slow boot-up, slow program start-up and every button you press seems to cause your computer to lag even if you’re only opening a new folder. When your PC starts to slow down, chances are you’re in need of a computer registry cleaner.

What is a registry?

A computer’s registry is, for all intents and purposes, the “brain” of a Windows computer. Just as we cannot function as humans without a brain, a Windows computer cannot function without a registry. The registry stores information, issues commands and controls your overall PC experience.  Now, we could go into the technical aspects of the intricacies of a Windows registry, but suffice it to say that it’s the brain of your computer.

What does a computer registry cleaner do?

A computer registry cleaner does exactly what the name implies it cleans a Windows PCs registry. See, a registry stores information on nearly every aspect of your computer: the location of certain programs, your email account information (if you use Outlook or Outlook Express), internal commands and your PCs startup programs to name just a few of the tens of thousands of entries in your computer’s registry.  When you remove programs from your computer, change locations of certain files or even just use your computer over a period of time – your registry will retain some of the outdated information within itself. These files, paths and commands take up space in your registry and can slow your computer down if it is not cleaned every once in a while.

What’s more, though, is that some of the outdated files and file associations may cause certain programs to slow down exorbitantly, significantly more so than your computer as a whole. If you’ve noticed that certain programs tend to lag considerably when you’re trying to open them for the first time, you probably need a registry cleaner that removes invalid class keys, shell extensions and invalid DLL files. Unless you’re a PC power-user, you probably do not need to know what these terms represent, they’re just features you should look for in your computer registry cleaner.

Improve PC performance easily

Using a computer registry cleaner is a cost-effective and simple way to improve your computer’s performance issues, whether you have certain programs that lag or your computer is slow as a whole.  And, don’t worry if you’re a complete computer repair novice, most registry cleaner programs offer user-friendly interfaces so even if you don’t know the first thing about how to optimize your computer, you should be able to enjoy a faster computer with the push of a few buttons.

Registry is a database with in your system where all the information related to your computer hardware, software, and users. The registry is not a single file; it is a database and can be edited if you are admin of the system. RegEdit is a command used to open the registry editor for windows 9x and advance versions. The windows registry works on the hierarchical structure and has the following six branches.

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,
HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
HKEY_USERS,
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG,
HKEY_DYN_DATA

Warning: changing keys in registry can cause serious problems and you may have to reinstall your windows. This article is written to provide you information about registry edition and I will not be responsible for any problem or disorder you face after editing the registry.

How TO Take the Backup of Registry

Anyways first take the backup of your windows registry, for backup first run the “scanreg” to backup your windows registry incase anything goes wrong then you can restore your operating system to its pervious location. In case of any problem simply type this command at MS DOS prompt “scanreg /restore”, your system will restore to previous settings.

You can also import or export registry setting through text files. The header of the text file represents the registry version and the registry keys are closed with in brackets. The extension of this file is “.reg”, following is an example of this file

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSet -> ControlCPUIdle]

“Idle”=dword:00000001

Add Open With to all files

The option of “Open With…” at right click menu is a great option if you are using several programs and wants to open the same file with in three different text editors. For this you have to change the .txt key.

• Run RegEdit command
• Then go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\Shell
• Add a new Key named “OpenWith” by right clicking the “Shell” Key and selecting new set the default value to “Op&en With…”
• After that add a new key with the name of “Command” by right click of the mouse “Open With” key and select the new.
• And after that write this command in the same way “c:\windows\rundll32.exe,OpenAs_RunDll%1”

Customize the System Tray

Customization of system tray is an easy task; you can add your name or any thing with in the limit of eight characters. Your name will be displayed next to the AM or PM time in the system tray. But it will corrupt the trial license of some software’s.

• Open RegEdit
• Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International
• Type these values, “s1159″ and “s2359″
• Click your right mouse button on the value and modify it and type your name or anything else up to 8 characters.

If you type two different names during the modification, then your system tray will display these two values in the timing of AM and PM.

Protection on system files

The files in windows folder in C:\ drive are very much important, incase these files are deleted or removed from the folder; it will effect the performance of operating system and may be you have to reinstall the operating system. To protect these files simply follows the following steps

1. Open RegEdit
2. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\ Control\ SessionManager
3. Create the a Dword value and name it “ProtectionMode “
4. Set the Value to1