Though there are many people who don't yet believe registry corruption is an issue in Windows XP and Vista, the truth of the matter is registry corruption is a mortal enemy to these operating system. It can cause many problems for these operating systems and the persons who use the computers they are installed on.
A registry consists of a huge number of files and folders. Within these files and folders are pieces of code that show or point to the next place a command will find the information it is looking for. Of course, each operating system's command will require several, maybe even millions of these pointers to find all it needs to carry out its mission.
The Trouble Created By Registry Corruption
Much of what we know as registry corruption is nothing more than pointers or directors that should be showing the operating system's commands where to get their needed information, but instead these pointers, which are left over from no longer performed operations, lead the commands into the abyss.
In the new, very large operating systems, one false pointer can lead the operating system hunting for a long time before it discovers the hunt will bear no fruit. Multiply this type of useless operation by thousands, maybe even millions and you will have an idea of the effect registry corruption has on your computer's speed.
In short, the effect registry corruption has on your computer is that it will slow down all its operations. Sometimes the corruption will slow your computer down to where it cannot accomplish anything. Also, registry corruption will make your computer operate inefficiently. Operating inefficiently means you'll likely see computer errors. Of course the biggest error of them all is the blue screen of death, and more times than not it is registry corruption that causes the blue screen.
Viruses and Spyware
Spyware and viruses steal part or sometimes most of a computer's resources. So, just like registry corruption, these things will make a computer slow down and have frequent errors. You can see that simply knowing a computer isn't working well doesn't tell you what is wrong. It could mean the computer has spyware, viruses, registry corruption or all of the above.
If all, or a high percentage of your computer's resources are being used spyware and viruses, your computer won't be able to perform any task, even an easy one like connect to a Web site. The way to check to see how many resources are being used is to press ctrl-alt-del, which will open up your task manager in Windows XP. If you have Vista, you will have choose "open task manager after you press ctrl-alt-del.
If a lot of your computer's resources were being used and you tried to get the computer to do any task, like open up your word processor, you would see your computer would open it very slowly, if it was able to do it at all.
To give a quick recap, we all need to keep our computers to be free of viruses and spyware. However, if this is all we do we still may have a computer that is slow and error prone and may crash on occasion. The reason a spyware free computer would behave like this is that it probably has a corrupt registry.
It is important, but not enough to keep your PC free of viruses and spyware. On occasion a computer's registry needs to be scanned for and cleaned of corruption. Doing this will insure your computer will run without producing errors and it will always run at its peak speed. - 16069
A registry consists of a huge number of files and folders. Within these files and folders are pieces of code that show or point to the next place a command will find the information it is looking for. Of course, each operating system's command will require several, maybe even millions of these pointers to find all it needs to carry out its mission.
The Trouble Created By Registry Corruption
Much of what we know as registry corruption is nothing more than pointers or directors that should be showing the operating system's commands where to get their needed information, but instead these pointers, which are left over from no longer performed operations, lead the commands into the abyss.
In the new, very large operating systems, one false pointer can lead the operating system hunting for a long time before it discovers the hunt will bear no fruit. Multiply this type of useless operation by thousands, maybe even millions and you will have an idea of the effect registry corruption has on your computer's speed.
In short, the effect registry corruption has on your computer is that it will slow down all its operations. Sometimes the corruption will slow your computer down to where it cannot accomplish anything. Also, registry corruption will make your computer operate inefficiently. Operating inefficiently means you'll likely see computer errors. Of course the biggest error of them all is the blue screen of death, and more times than not it is registry corruption that causes the blue screen.
Viruses and Spyware
Spyware and viruses steal part or sometimes most of a computer's resources. So, just like registry corruption, these things will make a computer slow down and have frequent errors. You can see that simply knowing a computer isn't working well doesn't tell you what is wrong. It could mean the computer has spyware, viruses, registry corruption or all of the above.
If all, or a high percentage of your computer's resources are being used spyware and viruses, your computer won't be able to perform any task, even an easy one like connect to a Web site. The way to check to see how many resources are being used is to press ctrl-alt-del, which will open up your task manager in Windows XP. If you have Vista, you will have choose "open task manager after you press ctrl-alt-del.
If a lot of your computer's resources were being used and you tried to get the computer to do any task, like open up your word processor, you would see your computer would open it very slowly, if it was able to do it at all.
To give a quick recap, we all need to keep our computers to be free of viruses and spyware. However, if this is all we do we still may have a computer that is slow and error prone and may crash on occasion. The reason a spyware free computer would behave like this is that it probably has a corrupt registry.
It is important, but not enough to keep your PC free of viruses and spyware. On occasion a computer's registry needs to be scanned for and cleaned of corruption. Doing this will insure your computer will run without producing errors and it will always run at its peak speed. - 16069
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