01/17/2007 Utilities

How to Repair your Windows Registry problem?

Registry problems may be repaired either manually by accessing the regedit utility built in Windows or automatically through registry repair software. The regedit utility is accessed through the Start Menu -> Run and then typing regedit before clicking OK.

Keeping your system free of registry problems and fragmented entries is difficult even for the most experienced of users. The task is daunting and rather confusing simply because there are so many registry entries and detailed knowledge is required to effect any changes and not cause damage. Incorrectly editing the registry may severely damage your system. Before making changes to the registry, you should back up any valued data on your computer.

The top registry repair software solutions like Registry Booster help you do all this work automatically at the click of a button.




Simply click on the Start Scan button to scan your registry and identify problems. Once these problems are listed you can repair your registry with the click of the Repaid Registry button. To defrag your registry, just click on the relevant button.

1. Start up Registry Booster from the Start Menu->All Programs->Registry Booster or by clicking directly on the Registry Booster on your desktop or Quick Launch bar.

2. Registry Booster starts in System Overview mode. The scanning and the defrag features are immediately available at this stage as may be seen from the screenshot below.



3. Scanning the Registry - To start scanning your registry immediately, click on the Start Screen button.



4. Registry Booster scans your registry.



5. Once complete, Registry Booster provides you with a summary of the problems found.



6. Click on the checkbox to select registry entries to repair (default is Repair all Errors). Create a Backup by clicking on the Create Backup button . Once backup is complete, click on the Repair Registry button .

7. As soon as your registry is repaired (this should not take very long). reboot your machine to start noticing the dramatically improved start-up times, stability and general computer operational performance.

8. Defragging the Registry - To defrag the registry click on the System Overview tab on top or on the Registry Defrag tab on the left-hand side of the user interface. Either option will take you to the defrag screen.



Click on the Defrag Registry button to begin the process.



9. This process may some time and your computer may appear sluggish. It is advisable to shut down all applications while defragging your registry for optimum results. Sluggishness is only temporary because of the advanced scanning and correction technology used by Registry Booster. Once defragged, you may need to reboot to experience enhanced performance.


About Registry Booster

Registry Booster is the safest and most trusted solution to clean and optimise your system, free it from registry errors and fragmented entries. Through Advanced Error Detection Technology, Registry Booster automatically identifies missing, corrupt, or invalid items in your Windows registry and dramatically enhances performance and general stability.

One mouse click and Registry Booster does the rest. And, using Registry Booster regularly keeps your PC free from errors and from obsolete, unused or unwanted files.

Understanding the Windows Registry

Your system's registry is a central database used to store information necessary to configure the system for preferences, applications, and hardware components. Registry repair and preventative maintenance is important because the registry contains information that is constantly referred to by the system during operation. The more preferences, software applications, drivers, and hardware components that are installed on the computer, the more complex the registry becomes. Registry repair becomes critical when this registry becomes corrupted or littered with keys no longer relevant to your system. The Windows registry is a vital part of Windows and if it is damaged then your whole system may be corrupted.

A Quick Look at Registry Repair Tools

There is a wide range of tools available that can help you repair or work with your system's registry. One of the more important registry repair tools is a registry editor, which you can use to change values in the registry. There is a Registry Editor that comes with Windows, or you can use a third-party registry program such as Registry Mechanic.

Registry repair tools like Registry Mechanic include applications that help you fix the registry after it gets messed up, but they can also help prevent problems from occurring. While Registry Mechanic is designed for registry repair and fixes a wide range of common Registry problems, RegClean (free from Microsoft) is designed to repair registry problems specific to several Microsoft products.

When and Why do Registry Problems occur?

The latest statistics show that about 94% of computers have corrupt and possibly harmful files. On average, almost each PC will have about 150+ errors on them due to corrupt or missing registry entries.

If your system is new, you usually will not notice the need to effect any changes to your registry. However, over time, your registry will grow as you add and remove software and hardware on your computer. These additions and deletions will cause your Windows registry to become fragmented, corrupted or full of errors.

When you remove software from your system, for example, it is highly probable that residuals are still littering your hard drive and your regsitry.

The result? Frequent error messages, slow start-ups, sluggishness, declining performance, system stalls, severe degradation in operating speed, unstable and frequent application errors and crashes, and, at times, even an inability to start Windows.