How To Identify And Troubleshoot Windows Registry Problems

• Slow system start up and shut down.
• Drop in system's performance.
• Frequent system freezes and crashes.
• Frequent system errors, such as ActiveX errors, DLL errors and Rundll errors.

In more severe cases, registry errors may cause your computer's hard disk to crash, making your PC unbootable.

Let's see why a computer is so dependent on the registry for its smooth functioning. The registry is a central hierarchal repository that contains all configuration information related to hardware and software installed on a computer. The registry supplies necessary information to the operating system, applications and all other tasks that are performed on your computer. Being such a critical component it is important that you maintain a compact and healthy registry.

When you buy a new PC, its registry is compact and free from any unwanted information. In due course, a number of invalid entries or keys creep into the registry. For instance, when you close a program or uninstall an application, at times its corresponding key does not get automatically deleted from the registry. Also, software crashes leave corrupt entries within the registry. Malware programs, such as viruses, spyware, and Trojans add malicious entries in the registry or alter existing registry entries. All this put together may cause severe damage to your system's registry.

Now that we have explained the importance of the registry for your system's sound performance and how a registry can become corrupt, the question in your mind might be how to maintain it. Thankfully, nowadays maintaining registry health is easy and hassle free. We recommend you use an advanced registry cleaner to fix registry error(s). A number of top-rated registry cleaners are available on the Internet and you can easily select one that meets your system's requirements.

An advanced registry cleaner allows you to perform a deep scan to remove obsolete entries, invalid entries and registry holes from the registry. It also enables you to remove embedded registry keys added by malicious softwares, which are otherwise untraceable and irremovable. A registry cleaner tool also allows you to defragment the registry by removing registry holes. This makes the registry file contiguous and enhances the data access time. With the help of a registry cleaner you can easily make regular back-ups of the registry, which allows you to restore the registry to its last working condition in case of any problem. Another important feature in a registry cleaner tool is that it allows you to schedule registry scans, which means that your registry cleaner software will automatically scan the registry in case you forgot.

To keep your registry error free, it is important that you regularly run antivirus and anti-spyware scans on your computer. Also, keep your PC updated with the latest virus definitions and security updates.