The Windows Registry is your system's storeroom where all software and system configuration is stored. Whenever you try to troubleshoot an error, you often see tutorials talk about modifying, adding, or deleting a registry key. However, sometimes you hit a bit of a snag when you're trying to modify, delete, or add a registry key. […]
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Did you hear that fixing your registry would speed up your computer? Or did you read somewhere that ‘fixing’ your registry will remedy any Windows malaise on your machine, that a quick registry clean-up will solve your computing problems for good? Many of these articles are not only wrong, but some can be downright harmful to your machine […]
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The Windows Registry is a scary place at first glance. It is a place where power users can change Windows settings that are not exposed elsewhere. When you search for how to change something in Windows, you often find articles telling you to edit the registry. If you need to edit the registry, don’t worry. […]
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Like disk defragmentation, registry cleaning has fallen by the wayside. Back in the 90s and early 2000s, the Windows Registry used to be a performance bottleneck. Hard drives and CPUs were slow, the registry itself was poorly optimized, and that made systems slow to a crawl over time. Nowadays, hardware is so fast that it’s […]
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