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Many of the tips I post on this site involve editing the Windows Registry.
And in most cases, the first step of those procedures always explains how to create a backup of the Registry before proceeding on to the actual “tip”.
It occurred to me earlier today that I should probably make the steps for backing up and restoring the Registry a tip in its own right.
Many of the tips I post on this blog involve making changes to the Windows Registry.
The problem is, Windows’ native Regedit Registry Editor can be a real pain to use.
One of my biggest pet peeves with Regedit has always been the way we have to navigate several layers deep into the registry tree using the mouse.
But thanks to a fantastic free utility called Registry Finder, you no longer have to. [Read more…]
Countless articles have been written over the years on the topic of optimizing PCs that run Microsoft Windows in order to make them run faster.
Many of those articles offer a number of good tips, but they almost always include one that I don’t recommend: Optimizing the Windows Registry.
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Question from Ellen: A couple of years ago I started using a Windows PC for the first time because my iMac died and I couldn’t afford a new one.
When I bought my new laptop the salesman told me that Windows 10 does a horrible job at keeping the system optimized and running smoothly.
He said I needed to buy a program called System Mechanic and use it to clean Windows up every few months.
He told me the most important feature of System Mechanic is how it optimizes the Registry to make sure it runs right without causing any problems.
Long story short, I’ve been using System Mechanic for a long time and I haven’t noticed any problems with it.
But someone told me the other day that it’s dangerous to optimize the Windows Registry. Is that really true?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]