Registry Cleanup
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The Problem
The registry acts a bit like a phonebook. It keeps the location and details of all the programs on your computer, but sometimes when you delete or update software, it will leave behind useless bits of information. After a while the registry becomes one big untidy mess and over time this process can dramatically slow down all aspects of your computer.

The Solution
The good news is that you don’t have to do the cleanup manually. There are applications available which will do this for you. You could download a good freeware program called RegSeeker

The Method

**Click HERE to download RegSeeker** and save it to your desktop. (You will need to extract the file after downloading.) 

Double Left click the file RegSeeker.exe, on your desktop. You should be able to see a screen similar to the one below.

 

 Click on the Clean the Registry button on the left hand side Menu. You should now be able to see the screen below.

 

 Make sure Backup before deletion is Checked on the left hand bottom of the screen (as pictured above). Now Click OK

 The registry scan will now start. After it’s finished, you should be able to see a screen similar to the one below. This will show you all the registry entries on your computer which are not needed or no longer valid. Click the Select All button at the bottom of the screen and then Right Click in the main window and Select Delete Selected Items.

 

This will now clean up all the unwanted entries in the registry of your computer.

 Please note: If for any reason you need to revert back to your previous entries (at any time in the future) you can click on the Backups icon located on the left hand side of the screen and follow the directions for restoring the previous registry settings.

 

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