| A Windows operating system's registry files are | | | | · Computers and internet connections are |
| data base type entries which are central to the | | | | much faster these days, so registry corruption will |
| operating system's ability to perform its | | | | accumulate much faster. |
| instructions. Simply put, a Windows OS would do | | | | Consider this about the last point. Computers |
| nothing if its registry were missing! A registry, like | | | | themselves are 10 to 30 times faster than those |
| any Windows file structure, is constructed in | | | | of 6 to 7 years ago and internet connections are |
| hierarchal form. In other words, there are a few | | | | as much as 3,000 times faster than they were |
| big folders with many folders and files contained | | | | just a few years ago. This much information flow |
| within them. The main folders are called hives. | | | | tends to build corruption in the registry at a rapid |
| Each hive has its main point of interest. For | | | | pace. |
| instance, there is one hive that contains all the | | | | The Negative Consequences of Registry |
| information about the current user of the | | | | Corruption |
| computer, one that contains information about all | | | | Registry corruption will make a computer slow |
| the computer's users and one that contains all the | | | | after a significant amount of it accumulates. |
| information pertinent to the computer the | | | | Sometimes the computer can become very slow |
| operating system is installed on. | | | | due to corruption. Stalls, freezes, errors and |
| 5 Registry Hives | | | | crashes also can be attributed to corrupted |
| In all, there are 5 registry hives in Windows 2000, | | | | registry files. |
| XP, Vista and Windows 7. Windows ME and earlier | | | | The good news is corrupt registry files can be |
| operating systems were constructed of 6 hives. | | | | repaired by using a registry cleaner. Cleaning the |
| For several reasons corruption has become a | | | | registry will, most times completely restore a |
| major issue for the registries of Windows XP and | | | | computer's lost speed and stop all the crashes, |
| Vista. Probably, it will remain a mortal enemy of | | | | freezes, errors and stalls that are associated with |
| Windows 7 as well. Some of the reasons registry | | | | it. Also, many registry cleaners include registry |
| corruption has become a big concern in the | | | | optimizing software as part of their programs. |
| registries of these newer operating systems are: | | | | Optimizing an operating system's registry can |
| · Bigger operating systems accommodate | | | | increase the computer's speed even more than |
| bigger software programs and the bigger the | | | | simply cleaning it will. |
| program is the more corruption it will leave behind | | | | The bottom line is; as horrible as the effects of |
| when it is changed, removed and upgraded. | | | | this ubiquitous registry corruption is, it no longer |
| · The OS itself is composed of much | | | | holds any special power over our computers |
| larger registries than their previous counterparts | | | | because of the introduction of registry cleaning |
| and so there are many more areas for corruption | | | | software. |
| to infect than there used to be. | | | | |