I have been using Windows 7 since it’s launch to the tester community and I find it a much better successor of Windows XP than Windows Vista. Windows Vista was just not enough of an improvement over Win XP while Microsoft seems more prepared to move forward with Windows 7. Microsoft will start selling Windows 7 in few weeks from now on and the need for managing the Windows 7 to keep it clean and fast will be felt.

I think it’d be nice to touch upon some of the areas where people often fear to tread and that is registry. The average computer user just doesn’t want to mess with the registry which is not a problem in its own right but does end up accumulating unnecessary registry entries in it. It’s important to follow few rules when you have to clean up the registry. The following are some of the registry tips, tricks and tweaks to keep your windows registry clean.

An average user must not tinker with the Windows registry unless you understand the repercussions and are able enough to troubleshoot in case of some error. There are scores of free registry cleaners and tools/applications which you can try to keep your registry clean. One registry cleaner which I have been using since last few years is CCleaner and it has never disappointed me. It’s free and good enough at its job of cleaning the registry bloat.

The other rule is to use any registry cleaner regularly. If you download and install lot of applications then it’s quite possible that there are some invalid and malicious entries in the Windows registry. A good registry cleaner will remove these registry errors without you having to edit or modify and registry entry.

A good anti virus will help you from malicious programs from making any unauthorized modifications in your registry while a good registry cleaner will help you keep your computer clean from the mess that has accumulated in your PC.

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