Registry errors are most commonly a result of improperly removed software or an incomplete installation. Registry errors can make your computer act in bizarre fashions and leave you grinding your teeth with a hammer in hand. The most common results of registry errors include constant blue screens (or the more infamous blue screen of death), slower performance and internet surfing, runtime errors, system errors, frequent freezing of the computer and other random errors. As such, maintaining your registry, and cleaning it of any registry errors regularly is very important. Many people end up paying hundreds to a technician, or re-installing the whole Windows OS and losing data in hopes of doing away with the errors. In some cases, the registry errors still won't go away and the problem returns very quickly.
Before anything else, what is the registry? The system registry is an important part of and present in all Windows computers. The registry keeps a record and a road-map of every single program that is installed on the computer, and also holds important information about how to run it properly. For example, your registry holds the the important information about how IE should act when you start it - start using file x, with the link b, and so on. If there is a registry error present, their might be an extra step, or a different step on the way that causes your computer to freeze, or an error box to pop up. Think of it as the DNA of your computer that holds all the necessary information for the cell (your computer program) to perform the different functions properly. The registry errors act like something of a mutation and mess up that information. In fact, some viruses will alter this information much like in the real world for some ulterior motive. For example, a virus might introduce a registry error and add in some extra instructions such as - if it's Friday, when you turn on IE, make an extra file with the different passwords and logins and store it on the computer. Then send out the file next Thursday through some channel of communication to a specific source.
Other registry errors can be introduced by Trojans, adware and spyware. When you install a program on your computer, it also adds in more information in you registry. When you remove the program, some of this information might not be removed and exists as a registry error. These instructions conflict with the actual genuine instructions of other programs and cause a delay in the running, or even just shut down the programs all together.
While many people mistake these simple registry errors to be signs of a "bad" PC, or a major issue that needs a professional technician to fix (that also costs hundreds), more than likely it's a registry error that can fixed easily with one of the many different software programs available today. The different kinds of registry errors include:
Missing file associations
Missing startup programs
Invalid device drivers
Invalid application paths
Missing DLL files
Missing help files
Missing system fonts and some others.
You can easily and effectively get rid of most, if not all, registry errors with a cheap and easy to use program. So if your PC is displaying any of these symptoms:
PC runs much slower than when you first bought it
PC keeps crashing at critical times
Unable to remove a software using add/remove dialog
PC doesn't shutdown correctly
PC doesn't startup correctly
PC needs frequent rebooting
Getting the "Blue Screen of Death
Then you more that likely have registry errors that you will need to fix. And again, just get rid of the registry errors using a good registry fixing software before calling in a technician.
Happy PCing!
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