Registry cleaner software is a great tool to help you speed up your PC. The Windows registry is prone to getting cluttered and damaged by several things.

Things that can damage the registry include

• frequent installation and uninstallation of software and hardware
• viruses
• spyware
• corruption
• hard disk failure

You don't have to have had anything serious happen to your computer in order to have registry problems. For example, every time you install a new software program, or introduce a new piece of hardware and its associated drivers (ipods, cell phones, pdas, etc.) you end up making changes to the registry.

What Is The Registry?

A good question! The windows registry is the central filing system where your computer stores important settings and preference data for software and hardware.

Think of the registry as the central nervous system of your PC. Without the registry your computer could not run. If the registry gets cluttered with broken, obsolete, and corrupted registry entries, Windows has a hard time reading the registry.

Windows is constantly referencing the registry as you use your computer, whether you notice it or not. Therefore, you can see how a cluttered or damaged registry could easily affect your computer.

The Best Registry Cleaners

The best registry cleaners are easy to use, allow you to back up the registry easily, and have powerful and detailed scanning mechanisms.

We like RegCure by ParetoLogic the best. A recent RegCure review by RegistryCleanerZone.com reported that RegCure improved the boot speed of their test laptop by quite a bit--effectively cutting it in half.

RegCure is easy to use for anyone. It has a powerful scanning feature and it's fast and efficient.

For more information on the Windows registry, check out the article on the best registry cleaning software at RegistryCleanerZone.com, as well as the free registry scan offered by RegCure.