{"id":1178,"date":"2017-12-04T04:40:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T04:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2020-01-09T09:34:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T09:34:29","slug":"how-to-clean-the-computer-registry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/how-to-clean-the-computer-registry\/","title":{"rendered":"How to clean the computer registry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>manoukwan created the topic: How to clean the computer registry<\/strong><br \/>\nA computer registry is a Windows specific aspect of a computer. It contains information on just about everything a computer does. And cleaning it can certainly be a long and tedious project. Below are some things to consider for how to clean up computer registry with registry cleaner.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing anyone should know about cleaning a registry is to not do it manually. Consider the fact that everything your computer does is on there, from web browsing to installed programs. So if a file gets deleted or replaced without knowing what it does, it could seriously damage the computer.<\/p>\n<p>The alternative option is to use a registry cleaning program. But, before anything is done to the registry, a backup needs to be made (that way, if something is broken, it can be restored). Usually, third-party programs have a way of doing it themselves. For the ones that don&#8217;t, there&#8217;s a manual way to do it, using the Windows Registry Editor.<\/p>\n<p>When using a third-party program, it&#8217;s important to know which ones won&#8217;t accidentally break the computer. Some programs can delete key registry items and cause more problems than they solve. As such, it&#8217;s best to check either ZDNet, CNET, PC world, or PC magazine for the latest on helpful (and harmful) programs to use.<\/p>\n<p>By cleaning up the registry, old (and even unused) registry items are removed, giving a little more space and a lot more processing power. Old registries, such as the ones from uninstalled files, usually connect to locations that don&#8217;t exist or that can&#8217;t be found, slowing down the computer. By removing them, the computer can focus on the task at hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>manoukwan created the topic: How to clean the computer registry A computer registry is a Windows specific aspect of a computer. It contains information on just about everything a computer&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[291],"class_list":["post-1178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-registry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1179,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions\/1179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}