When old computers used mechanical hard drives as their boot drives, it is conceivable that a large registry could have ...

Stump the PC Club is a free tech-advice column written by members of the North Orange County Computer Club, which has been in existence since 1976. Visit the club’s site at noccc.org. And don’t forget ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Windows Registry is essential to the proper operation of any Windows machine. It contains information pertaining to drivers and related settings for hardware components; key OS parameters; ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...