The Windows Registry contains information pertaining to drivers and related settings for hardware components; key OS parameters; information about services, protocols, and application data; and much, ...

Microsoft recently published a detailed blog post on the various native Windows 11 configuration tools that allow users to tweak and customize Windows. This was the same post we noticed the first ...

Over time, uninstalling applications, altering system settings, removing hardware and making other changes to Windows Vista can damage the integrity of the registry, leaving behind abandoned keys ...

In the most recent issue of the Windows Secrets newsletter, Fred Langa, a long-time writer there, tested 3 Windows registry/ system clean-up apps by timing how long a baseline virtual Win 7 install ...

A utility program that scans the Windows Registry and looks for outdated and invalid entries. Applications often create Registry entries for temporary data and pointers to other files, but never ...

Windows PCs tend to slow down over time on account of all the digital junk that builds up over time. Startup times become longer, files get messy, and the entire user experience becomes sluggish. And ...

Registry edits without cold sweats. Who knew.

It is no secret that Windows, like most of the other operating systems, becomes sluggish with usage. After prolonged usage, the machine usually takes forever to boot, and the overall performance of ...

If you want to optimize Windows 10, take a few minutes to try out these tips to speed up your PC and make it less prone to performance and system issues. The one thing that seems about as certain as ...

Microsoft is now detecting the popular CCleaner Windows optimization and Registry cleaner program as a potentially unwanted application (PUA) in Microsoft Defender. CCleaner is a junk file remover, ...