Diagnose and Fix Registry Errors In Three Easy Ways (Mehmet Onatli)
Mar 31, 2009
Registry errors are the difference between a fast, fully-functional brand new computer and an old slow computer filled with error messages. Registry errors can cause programs to crash, your entire computer to freeze up, the dreaded Blue Screen of Death, and even your computer to shut down unexpectedly.
Simply cleaning the registry, however, will speed up and fix your computer dramatically. This article will give you three ways to do that.
HOW CAN I FIX REGISTRY ERRORS?
Fix the registry your self
Fixing registry errors yourself is possible, but it is difficult, time consuming, and dangerous. Because tinkering with the registry can easily screw up your computer for good, it is not easy to access, diagnose, or repair. The registry key information is highly technical, and requires a lot of computer knowledge to decipher and understand. If you have a PHD in computer science and several weeks of free time available, you could theoretically analyze and clean your registry yourself.
Although generally inefficient and risky, this approach does have has its uses. If you have the technical knowledge, you may be able to successfully isolate and repair one specific problem that's really annoying you. Repairing one problem would also be much faster than trying to clean and fix the entire registry, taking only hours instead of weeks.
Have a professional fix your registry
If you lack the technical expertise to clean the registry yourself, you could always have a professional at a computer repair shop do it. This will at least prevent the computer from getting worse by accidentally changing or deleting the wrong registry key. You can be fairly confident your computer will run faster and smoother once you get it back.
On the other hand, a professional repair is expensive and time-consuming. It will take a least a day, possibly more. You'll most likely be charged an hourly rate by the computer repair technician, which can quickly add up. Finally, there is always the possibility of the repairman snooping through your confidential information.
Use a registry cleaner program
Of all three solutions, this is the easiest, quickest, and cheapest. Besides, if you take your computer to a repair shop to clean the registry, they will mostly likely use a registry cleaning program themselves to do it-only you'll have to pay quite a bit more than it would cost you to simply buy the registry cleaning program yourself.
Registry cleaning programs are simple and easy to use. At the touch of a button, the program will scan your computer's registry for error (which may take several minutes), then display a list of the errors it found. At the touch of a second button, it will fix the errors it found.
There are tons of registry cleaning programs available, ranging in price from free to expensive. Free registry cleaners are cheap, but usually not as efficient as the paid ones. They may only look for certain types of registry errors and ignore others. Even in the categories they're looking for; they may not find as many errors as they could.
Paid registry cleaners range in price from $20 to over $100, but most are under $50. These usually search for more types of errors, and find more in each category. The program can be regularly updated. Finally, if fixing something in the registry backfires and causes another error, most paid registry cleaners have the option to restore the registry to the way it was before the new error occurred.
Finally, when you buy a registry cleaning program, rather than paying a repairman to run the program for you, not only do you pay less, but you can run it as often as you want. Buying a good, reliable registry cleaner is definitely the cost-effective and efficient way to go.
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