Registry: The Great Windows Checkup

‘I’m not touching the registry!’ is often the reply I get from many users when I recommend a registry tweak to solve their problems. However, some Windows settings can only be altered from the registry as Windows doesn’t provide any interface to change many important settings. Since the registry database contains all of the Windows configuration, over time a lot of junk and old settings accumulate, which makes Windows slow and unstable. In this article, I’ll show you the simple but safe techniques you need to use to work with the registry and optimise your PC.