Also, when anything is installed on the PC, Windows gathers the information about this software or hardware. It is easy for Windows to read a new software program being installed, especially if it is Windows approved software.

When hardware is installed, a software package called a device driver is installed along with it. It is the device driver that tells Windows what is contained in the hardware. Windows also keeps track of the device drivers in its registry.

The point is; Windows learns about everything involved with the computer during the installation process and on-the-fly as things are added and deleted from the computer.

It is the registry the CPU goes to in order to find directions to whatever it needs to complete an operation. So, you can easily see how the registry is involved in everything you try to do on your computer. In short, its importance can’t be underestimated.

Because of the speed of which entries are being exchanged in the registry, fragments of files develop there. It is almost as if these fragments of files, or registry corruption, are bread inside the registry. This happens with Windows

registries whether they are in a Windows 95 operating system, a Windows 2000 operating system or a Windows 7 operating system. It is also true of any other Windows operating system.

Yes there are differences between registries in different operating systems but they all function the same and they all have a tendency to become corrupt.

The result of registry corruption is a loss of computer performance. Windows sees registry corruption as just normal registry files. Therefore the computer gets directed by this corruption as it would be by any viable registry file. So by performing tasks that are directed by registry corruption, the computer simply waste time whereas a corruption free registry would not be the purveyor of false operations.

What all this means is a registry must be kept free of corruption for the operating system to work at its best and allow the power possessed by the computer to be used in completing the tasks you want it to complete.

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NTFS stands for New Technology Filing System and is used in most of the newer Windows operating systems. Another characteristic of Windows 2000 is that its registry uses five main filing directories known as hives. Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 also use five hive registries. Another such operating system is the little-known Windows NT. This was the first Windows operating system to use the NTFS filing system. Windows 2000 came shortly after Windows NT.

Ironically Windows ME is newer than Windows 2000. However, Windows ME uses a registry consisting of six hives.  It also uses the older filing system; FAT32. This filing system was used in Windows 95, Windows 98, as well as Windows ME.

So the characteristics of Windows operating systems can be broken down into the filing systems they use in the number of hives that compose their registries. Those operating systems that use six hive registries also use the FAT 32 filing system. The operating systems that use five-registries use NTFS filing systems. These, generally speaking are the newer operating systems; namely Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

The point to all this is: Windows 2000 is not unusual and most registry cleaners that will clean Windows XP will clean Windows 2000. However, you must always be sure the registry cleaner documentation tells you a particular registry cleaner can be used on a particular operating system before you use it. In other words, you can never be sure.

The insides of the Windows 2000 operating system are very similar to the insides of the Windows XP operating system. One of the big differences between Windows XP and Windows 2000 is that Windows XP has many different sub operating systems that sprung off of the main Windows XP operating system itself. In other words, there is Windows XP home, Windows XP professional and several other options to choose from when you are choosing the Windows XP operating system. For the most part, Windows 2000 comes in two flavors; home and professional.

The Windows 2000 registry, like any other Windows registry, has a tendency to corrupt over time and when it does the computer the operating system is installed on will lose its edge. Sometimes corruption in the registry can cause the computer to become very slow.
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In fact, the two types of main registry cleaners would be those designed for:

• Windows 95
• Windows 98
• Windows ME

 And those designed for:

• Windows 2000
• Windows XP
• Windows Vista
• Windows 7

The reason for these differences is the fact that Windows, up until Windows 2000, all used a filing system known as F AT 32 and this filing system used a registry that consisted of six main parts known as hives.

Windows 2000, or actually a prelude to Windows 2000 known as Windows NT, changed this filing system to one called NTFS and this system used five registry hives instead of six.

Technically, Windows 2000 came out just before Windows ME. However Windows ME clearly belongs to the six hive registry family, whereas Windows 2000 belongs to the five hive Windows registry system.

Besides the filing systems used and the number of hives used by different Windows operating systems, there are other differences between operating systems, even those of the same family. However, these differences are largely a matter of size.

Windows XP is a much larger operating system, and therefore has a much larger registry then Windows 2000. However, Windows Vista is much bigger than Windows XP and Windows 7 is much bigger still than any of them.

Even the older six hive registry operating systems became bigger as the newer ones came down the pike. For instance, Windows 95 was tiny compared to Windows 98 and Windows ME. However, most registry cleaners capable of cleaning ME were also capable of cleaning Windows 95 and Windows 98.

Still, many registry cleaners are capable of cleaning Windows 98 operating systems right through to Windows 7 operating systems even though this means they must be capable of dealing with both six and five hive registries. You really have to check the specs on a registry cleaner and never assume it’ll clean one operating system just because it cleans another.

There are probably more registry cleaners that will clean Windows XP registries than any other. Also, even though Windows 7 has been around for a while now, there are a lot of registry cleaners, even big-name registry cleaners that are not yet ready for Windows seven. So, once again you must check which operating systems a registry cleaner is ready for before you proceed to use it.

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Windows 98 registries, and Windows 95 and Windows ME registries for that matter, use a registry system that consists of six main parts. Main parts of registries are referred to as registry “hives.” Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista and Seven all use registries they consist of five hives. Therefore, you can see these Windows registries are more like each other then they are similar to Windows 95, 98 and ME. So, you can see there may be some registry cleaners that will not be capable of jumping over the line, so to speak, to clean Win 98 registries when they are compliant with five hive registries.  However, many registry cleaners are capable of cleaning both six and five hive registries.

Back when Windows 95 and 98 ruled the computing world, registry cleaners were not available. Therefore cleaning the registry was an arduous task. Many times, computers would just continue to get slower and slower until they were replaced simply because there was no easy way to clear out registry problems. Registry problems are very common and creep up in all Windows operating systems, even if the computer is very well cared for. In other words, Windows registry problems are just a way of life and always have been.

The bottom line is; if you have an older computer that has Windows 98 and it isn’t running so well you may not be out of luck. Possibly, all you will have to do is install a registry cleaner on the computer and you will bring it back to life again. However beware, computers with Windows 98 installed are usually, absolutely prehistoric. In other words, they usually have an early Pentium microprocessor or possibly a Pentium II with a 2.2 GHz hard drive and 128K of RAM. They may run, or should we say crawl at about 300 MHz of speed. Therefore, a Windows 98 computer system running to all as potential will probably not be what you would be used to if you have been using a computer less than three years old.

Still, a PC with Windows 98 installed, though it may be considered a real dinosaur, can be useful and certainly it will bring back memories. Aside from that, why throw it out when it may be a $30 registry cleaner will revamp it entirely.

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However, today when we talk about Windows repair software we are usually speaking of a registry cleaner.  A registry cleaner will remove all the bad files from the registry and in many cases, get a poorly performing Windows installation back up and running at 100%.

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Microsoft describes a repair scenario for a 2908 error where the user goes into MSCONFIG to tackle the
problem.  Thank goodness for registry cleaners because now that they are available you don’t have to follow such a procedure anymore.  MSCONFIG can be usful in desparate situations, but you should be aware that as soon as you enter MSCONFIG, all your restore points are erased!

While the 2908 is no longer a common error, its type is still very common and most errors of this type are registry errors.  An alphanumeric sequence on the screen that looks anything like the one above is a dead give away registry corruption is behind the problem.

I’ve heard many people say they reformatted their hard drives because of these types of errors but all that was necessary was running a good registry cleaner.

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