Archive for the ‘windows registry’ Category

Indexing and the Registry

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

In the world of computer languages and jargon, you will come across a term known as the ‘system registry'. This is a central database that the system uses to efficiently run the operating system without hang-ups and hitches. This is a database, which stores information such as the data pertaining ...

Regcure Registry Cleaner Review

Monday, July 5th, 2010

We wanted to run a series of tests on the new RegCure 2007 Registry Cleaner to see how effective it was at removing registry errors and improving PC performance. Our test system was an athlon based system running windows XP professional SP2, which conveniently enough had never had a registry scan ...

Why Do you Need a Registry Cleaner?

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

Before we understand the need of registry cleaner, let us understand what registry is and why you need a registry cleaner to enhance PC performance. Just as you would store your documents in a file, the Windows stores all information about your computer in a Registry, such as all the ...

What is Com and How It’s Related to Registry Cleaner

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

COM is an acronym for Component Object Model. This is a software architecture developed by Microsoft Corporation and is used to define a certain structure used to build program routines, known as ‘objects' that can be called up for execution in a windows based environment. COM was first built into ...

What are Fonts and Their Type With Relation to the Registry

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

You would be surprised to know that fonts and registry cleaner have an association. A font is a set of characters of the alphabet in a single typeface. This means that all the letters of the alphabet as well as the numbers will have the same basic design even though ...

Why Big Brother Hates Registry Cleaners?

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Yeah, you heard me! Big Brother does not like registry cleaners. But he is not alone. Everyone who works in software knows that Windows has been gradually turned into one big memory dump. Now, this is an ideal feature to help your computer keep track of the kinds of ...

How to Configure a Windows Time Server

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

The latest Microsoft Windows operating systems have a time synchronisation utility installed by default called ‘Windows Time’. The Windows time service allows a Microsoft network to provide time synchronisation of machines in a domain. This article introduces how to configure the Microsoft Windows 2000 and 2003 operating systems to operate ...

When to Use a Registry Cleaner Utility

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

The pertinent question here will be to ask when is it necessary to use a registry cleaner and why? Well, once you know what a registry is and how it works you will need to know how to clean it up when it gets full of junk. Here is where ...

Slow Running Computer?–speed it Up With Registry Cleaner Software

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

When a Windows computer has been used for some time it tends to slow down,freeze sometimes and occasionally even crash completely. It may take months or years depending on how much you use your machine but it will happen. Why is this so? The reason is nearly always a corrupt registry ...

What is File Association and Its Relation With the Registry?

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Windows uses a system called 'file association' to open a file with the correct program that the file was created in. If a file has an extension .doc then windows knows that the file is a word document and uses file association to open the file in the Microsoft Word ...