Scan and Repair the Windows Registry automatically with RegCure!

To start with, a registry error occurs when your computer looks for information from the registry and it does not find what it is looking for, as in a missing entry, or it gets incorrect information, as in a corrupted or invalid key. These missing or corrupted entries are usually caused by a very large registry that is full of the remains of every program you have installed, deleted, upgraded, changed, or just no longer use but it still sits on your system.

Removal of malicious code like viruses, worms, spyware and the like also leave behind a trail of destruction that requires intervention from the user to correct.

Some common Windows errors caused by a bogged down and corrupt registry are:

• Invalid file types
• Rundll errors
• Exe or Dll error alerts
• Runtime errors
• Dr. Watson error messages
• Windows start-up errors
• ActiveX errors
• Windows Installer errors
• Program not responding or stop errors

Advanced corruption of the Windows registry can lead to these more serious errors:

• Slow/lethargic pc performance
• Slow on boot/start-up
• Ridiculous file download times

Terminal errors often effect older/high-use computers that have had dozens of program installs and uninstalls:

• Blue screen of death
• Crash and boot failure
• Hard-drive failure

Knowing if you are having registry errors is not always obvious. Windows does not give you a simple error message that would say “your program is not working because there is a problem with your registry, check the HK_USERS subtree for problems”. That would be too easy.

Instead you may get a STOP error, followed by a short or long string of alpha numeric characters that make no sense to you what so ever. You may also get the dreaded blue screen of death rearing its ugly face to tell you there was a terminal error.

Other times it may not be that obvious, certain programs may not be able to find your printer when other programs can, sometimes your email may not find the port, or things start to work intermittently instead of consistently. All of these are definite symptoms of something going awry with the registry. Tracking the cause of these problems down can be a difficult chore. You can do it either manually or with registry repair software like RegCure.

Now that you know what registry errors look like, let’s explore how we can prevent them. The first thing to do is to be certain that all of your anti virus, firewall, and spyware/malware checkers are up to date and working properly.

This will keep a lot of problems out of the registry. These malicious codes wreak havoc on your computer, even after they have been completely removed, and the trail of destruction left behind in the registry can be quite extensive. Therefore, prevention is much better and safer than the cure.

Now let’s move on to other issues that cause registry errors. Deleting programs will almost always leave behind traces of the deleted program in the registry. These remains still tell your computer they need resources and the result is a slower computer. Also, if they call the same resources as another program at the same time, you will get errors -- usually in the form of a ‘program not responding’ or a STOP error.

Upgrading or deleting and reinstalling software can leave more than one copy of program files on your computer. Overtime, these remains can conflict with newer versions of that software and again cause those troublesome problems. Upgrading drivers can do the same thing. In order to prevent these problems from occurring, the registry needs to be properly maintained. This involves removing the keys that are invalid, corrupted, empty, unused and no longer needed. There are several ways to accomplish this task. You can run regedit and go through the thousands of keys located in the registry manually. After a while this can make your eyes cross. All of those alpha numeric strings start to look very similar. Also, which ones are valid and which ones are not? How do you tell for sure?

The best way to be sure that you are removing the useless items and keeping the ones you need, is to use a registry repair program like RegCure. With RegCure you can backup the registry before making changes, scan your computer’s registry for problems, and have any problem items listed with their full file path. It will then give you the options to either automatically delete all of the problematic items listed or you can manually go through them to decide which ones need to go.

This way you can safely remove the entries that are most likely to cause you problems, because RegCure will never list a critical system to be removed. You can be sure that what you delete through RegCure will not cause irreparable harm to your system. Trying to clean your registry manually may not have the same results. Using RegCure on a routine basis will reduce the number of computer lock ups, crashes and STOP errors -- all of which are attributed to errors in the registry.

We recommend trying the Free Regcure scanner to verify the health of your Windows Registry, if you are already experiencing problems - simply dowload the program, run the free scan and then follow the simple instructions for immediate repair!