The PC registry is an important feature in Windows. To learn more about it and what its normal functions are, just read on.

You can think of the PC registry as a huge record book. In it, all of your actions on your computer are recorded, including actions or processes that you are not even aware of. These are computer programs that are working in the background just like how an anti virus program would perform. When you open an application, it is recorded in the registry. When you view a web page, it is recorded there as well. Especially when you install or uninstall a program, all of these are dutifully recorded on the PC registry.

Why would you care about the registry? Because it tells you all of the processes that are currently running on your computer. And when there are too many processes going on at the same time, your computer may eventually crash or freeze. This is extremely bad especially if you are in the middle of an important task. So how can you prevent such a thing from happening? You can try to manually clean your computer's registry although this is not recommended. Only professional computer technicians should perform such a clean-up job of the registry.

The safer way to do things is to use a registry cleaner. It is a computer program that analyzes your registry's current status and even recommends certain functions to help your computer run smoothly. But its main job is to clean your registry of any unwanted processes or files. A cleaner registry equals to a faster running machine. You should seriously think of using such a software especially if you are using your computer frequently and that you have installed or uninstalled a dozen of programs recently. After all, it is always a good thing to maintain your system's running condition than to have to wait for something to break down.