Is your PC operating much worse than when you purchased it? Does it seem very slow or sluggish?  Does it just randomly crash while you're in the middle of an application causing you to lose all of your work?

These are very frustrating events but luckily they are often easily cured. A damaged or corrupted Windows Registry file can cause these symptoms. PCs that use the Windows operating system have their configuration information is saved in a file called the Registry. Pertinent information about your PC and the applications you have installed is stored there. Each time you install or remove applications the registry file is changed. If you have never taken the time to maintain your registry file, it can easily become overloaded with old snippets of information that are no longer necessary and can actually slow down or damage your system

 Over time, unless you perform maintenance on this file, it will grow to become a huge file with a lot of unused and unneeded information that simply clogs up your system. Even if you do perform an uninstall to get rid of programs you no longer want, the installer does not actually get rid of all of this data and leaves a lot of leftover junk in the registry.

In this situation, your registry file will need to be cleaned and/or repaired.

It is possible that you could do this yourself, but I would highly advise against it unless you're really sure about what you are doing. You could easily damaged the registry and actually make the situation worse.

Many Registry Cleaners are available that will clean and maintain your registry for you. After the initial cleaning, many of them have an option that will automatically keep your system clean and running at its best performance.

There are many Registry cleaners available on the market, many good ones, also many bad ones.  We reviewed most of the most popular programs and put together a recap showing which ones actually worked the best.

Take a look at our Registry Cleaner Review page for the summary of the results may surprise you.