Skip to main content

Cleaning and defragging Windows registry

The most inherent problems with the Windows registry are fragmentation and obsolete entries it accumulates over the life of the system. Because of this, over times there will be a performance impact on the registry, which in turn will impact the over all system performance. There are several tools available for defragging and cleaning the registry, but we should take extreme care while selecting a tool.

Anything went wrong with registry will potentially wreak havoc on the system. So before doing anything with Windows registry, it is wise to back up the registry by using Windows backup tool (All programs – System Tools – Backup). So that, at any later point you can restore it by using the same tool, if anything went wrong.

Here is a free tool WinMend Registry Defrag for defragging and cleaning windows registry. It utilizes Microsoft’s latest base level reconstruction technology that guarantees the maximum safety of your Windows operating system once the registry is rebuilt.

It can rebuild registry index safely and clear waste registry space to make it easy for Windows and other applications to find data more efficiently. As Windows registry is re-organized, you will enjoy much improved operating system performance.

This wizard interfaced program is very easy to use and support Windows 2000/XP/Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) operating systems. You can download the application from here.

For cleaning obsolete entries from registry you can always choose Ccleaner

Comments

  1. How to backup registry using windows backup tool?

    ReplyDelete
  2. You can backup 'System state data', which will backup registry, boot file etc. it is more secure than using Import/Export feature of Regedit tool.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Please leave your valuable comment below

Popular posts from this blog

Surf the Web Anonymously With Firefox Add-on Phproxy

There are several web based proxy servers available to surf the internet anonymously or as from another country. The Firefox add-on (Firefox 3 – 4) Phzilla helps you view a webpage or surf the internet using the PHProxy (a type of web based proxy server) proxy servers. It is very easy and convenient to use.

Google Virtual Keyboard For Opera

Recently Google has realized a virtual keyboard in their browser Google Chrome, which enables users to enter logins and passwords safely, quite useful for people who use public Computers. If you’re an Opera user, here is how you can enable Google Virtual Keyboard in Opera browser. To use virtual keyboard in Opera 11, install the extension Google Virtual Keyboard , and simply press the CTRL + Insert keys to display the keyboard whenever you need it. It supports for all keyboard layouts available and the main benefit of this extension is that it can reduce the risk of exposing login credentials to hackers in some extend. Note: This extension requires access to scripts and stylesheets located under http://www.google.com/jsapi and http://www.google.com/uds/* in order to work properly. If it's not and you are using some ad/script blockers you will have to add this URL rules to your whitelist.

Restore Lost Capacity Of Your USB Flash Drive (How to)

Some malware can hide full capacity of your USB flash drive. For example, a 4GB pen drive sometimes shows only 500kb or less. An interesting part of this situation is that, even after removing the malware or formatting the USB flash drive, you will not get back its original capacity. Therefore, the question here is how to restore a USB flash drive to its full capacity.