Windows Registry Cleaner

A registry checker is a software program that will scan through a Windows operating system’s files and folders looking for entries that are corrupt or misleading to the operating system. Very often a registry cleaner is referred by the name registry checker but actually, in technical terms a registry checker does not clean registry files.  A registry checker simply “checks” the condition of the Windows operating system.

Several years ago, there were software programs avialable that would do just that.  They would scan a Windows registry in its entirety, and print out to the screen any problems it found.  Usually, these checker programs were software code written by individuals who were not backed by any company.  Such programs were mostly available as
 ”freeware” or “shareware.”

After a registry checker reported its findings to the user, it was up to the user to find a way to repair the registry.  This part of the task was usually accomplished by entering the Windows “Regedit” program and removing or replacing the files the registry checker had found problems with.

Using Regedit is not recommended for a novice computer technician because irreparable harm can result from making a wrong entry into the registry in this manner.  Even the most qualified technicians find using Regedit to be an arduous task!

Today’s registry cleaners include the function that used to be performed by a registry checker.  This is why registry cleaners are so often called registry checkers.  Indeed, registry cleaning software programs have registry checker functions within them.  The difference is when a registry cleaner finds registry problems, it still reports them back to the user but then it goes ahead and repairs, or cleans out, the registry troubles.  This of course, makes a registry cleaner a registry checker plus much more!

Today’s computers are bombarded with registry corruption.  Registry corruption makes PC slow and often unresponsive.  It causes computers to commit errors and often to crash, or freeze up altogether.  Because registry cleaners find and rid computers of registry corruption, they have become a very important computer maintenance tool.

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Related Windows Registrty Cleaner Info:

1. Regestry Checker
2. Windows Registry Checker
3. Registry Utilities
4. Regedit cleaner