When Do You Need Registry Cleaning Software?

Recognizing the signs

The system registry is, in effect, the biggest settings file in existence. When problems start in the registry, you’ll get those subtle signs like a slow computer or slightly more frequent system errors. The slaps in the face come as all-out system crashes or programs randomly refusing to open or closing without warning. Of course, they usually happen when you’re right in the middle of something important.

Whether you’re dealing with complete system failure for no apparent reason or programs behaving weirdly, you may think you’re dealing with malware or viruses. While they could be the cause, the Windows system registry just simply needs cleaning up now and then.

Why does the registry throw tantrums?

The registry undergoes frequent changes. You’ll know about it if you still have User Account Control (UAC) turned on. Any time you install, uninstall or update a program, changes happen in the registry. Malware, viruses and other such nefarious programs also make changes to the registry to help them in their persistence to overtake the system.

However, if your computer is acting strangely and your anti-virus and anti-malware programs all say that your system is clean, then it’s likely just those mundane and everyday changes made to the registry that are responsible for all the system errors and crashes. Some programs are great about cleaning up after themselves during installation, uninstallation and updating. Most are not.

The result of not cleaning up the registry