Windows XP and Vista Registry Cleaners, What You Should Know
I recently recommended that one of my customers would use a registry cleaner periodically to keep his PC from building up registry corruption. This would get his computer’s speed back up to normal. He told me he was surprised to hear me recommend a registry cleaner because he read an article demeaning their use. He asked if I was really sure he should be using one.
In this article, I will argue in favor of registry cleaners and show how I use them to overcome registry corruption. This registry corruption will slow a computer’s operating capabilities and possibly make a PC not only very slow and error prone, but sometimes inoperable.
Windows Registries Corrupt Easily
I repair computers as my line of work. I know registry corruption is a reality because I see it all the time. I’ve seen registry corruption slow computers down to the extent they were aggravating to operate and I’ve seen it render computers inoperable. I also have used registry cleaners to get a great many of these broken computers back up and running again. Most times, this has happened to the surprise and delight of my customers.
If you are looking for laboratory results to judge what a registry cleaner can do, I can’t help you there. However, if you want to know if you can get by without ever using a registry cleaner, all I can say is, probably not. Sooner or later it is very likely your registry will become corrupt and the only way I know to fix it is with a registry cleaner.
New OS’s Need To Be Corruption Free
I know it seems ironic today’s new super-charged operating systems need to be kept free of corruption when older OS’s, like Windows 95 and 98 seemed to be able to go on forever without cleaning their registries. Basically, the reason for this is everything in Windows XP and Vista are huge. The software installed on them are huge and this means the corruption this software leaves behind is huge. So, whereas old OS’s could work around corruption in an instant, the new operating systems have much more to slog through as they work their way to their destination.
The first signs of registry corruption is a slowing computer. Of course, spyware and viruses also will cause a computer to slow down as well, but if a computer is free of these parasites, a slow computer is usually caused by registry corruption.
You Have to Get Rid of Corruption Somehow!
I’d like to know what anybody who doesn’t use registry cleaners does when they run into problems with their computers that are caused by registry corruption, because I’ve seen a good registry cleaner solve problems with poorly functioning computers 100′s of times!
Remember, a PC that is slow and generally speaking, is not acting right may be doing so because of spyware and/or viruses. Since these things can cause harm to your financial health and since spyware and viruses, once they are removed, leave registry corruption behind, it is best to run a virus/spyware cleaner regularly. However, if you are reasonably sure your computer is free of spyware and viruses and you are still having problems with it, probably your registry is corrupt and you need to run a registry cleaner.
If you are sure your computer has no problems with spyware/viruses and the registry is free of corruption, you probably have a bigger problem. Still, I have gotten many a computer back off the mat and working to its full potential again just by scanning for viruses/spyware and then cleaning the registry.