Helen Powell wants some advice on the safest way to use a Registry cleaner. Has a surgeon ever told you that, although they’re an expert and will do the best they can, the operation still has some ...

The Windows Registry contains information pertaining to drivers and related settings for hardware components; key OS parameters; information about services, protocols, and application data; and much, ...

Windows only: If a lot of un- and re-installs left your system a bit messy, Little Registry Cleaner can clean it up, along with startup items and other system utilities. Little Registry Cleaner's ...

Registry Recycler cleans and defragments your Registry and allows you to manage your startup items, all in a very intuitive and slick interface. Just as the app's visuals are very streamlined, so is ...

If you’re using a “registry cleaner” or “disk cleaner” application (CCleaner, Wise Cleaner and Auslogics are three popular examples), you should stop now. You’re wasting your money (up to $30 a year ...

Orphaned registry entries can accumulate to the point your computer's boot time takes a noticeable hit, and improperly removed programs and can amplify the effects of dead-end registry keys by causing ...

Making changes to the Windows Registry, that arcane collection of files housed deep within the Windows operating system, can best be characterized as "fools rush in where even experienced gear heads ...

What is Microsoft’s stand on Registry Cleaners? Does Microsoft support the use of Registry Cleaners in Windows? In this post, we will see Microsoft’s support policy in this regard and what it thinks ...

If there’s one software category that program makers never tire of taking a crack at it’s registry cleaners. As many Microsoft Windows users know, the registry is a database of all the settings on a ...

InformationWeek has a great article comparing ten Windows Registry Cleaning software titles. They tested each title on an identical disk configuration. I made a disk "image" (a bit-for-bit exact copy ...

Got a sluggish PC, or one that crashes? Want to make sure that your PC doesn’t get that way? One way to keep your PC in top shape is to make sure that its Registry ...

Over time, uninstalling applications, altering system settings, removing hardware and making other changes to Windows Vista can damage the integrity of the registry, leaving behind abandoned keys ...