2006-12-01 01:43:28 · 6 answers · asked by pnatt89 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
they help to keep things running smoothly. if you use one regularly it will stop you one day having a big problem.
2006-12-01 01:46:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Necessary? No. But then it not necessary that you ever clean your house. You could just shuffle around the dirt and climb over the trash. But it would be a mess and slow things down.
Same with a "dirt" registry. Just more junk for Windows have to have sort through before it can run. I have run computers without ever cleaning the registry and they keep working. But I have seen slowness and issues that a reg clean will resolve.
If you are concerned about harming your PC, just create a restore point before you run the cleaner. That will back up the current registry in case you need to go back to it. If you are concerned about cost, go to download.com and get ccleaner for free.
2006-12-01 01:56:22 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Windows registry is a database repository for information about a computer's configuration. The registry keep growing when you use Windows. As it does so, it attracts unnecessary information and becomes cluttered and fragmented. With the growing of the registry, it can degrade the performance of the whole system and cause many weird software problems. To keep your computer in top performance, it is recommended to periodically clean your Windows registry.
2006-12-01 01:55:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you want to be fairly careful once you're operating this stuff. continuously be constructive to do a decrease back up earlier cleansing something out of the registry. Ccleaner, which change into recommended earlier me, is an fairly probability-free and sturdy registry and temporary record cleanser, despite the indisputable fact that it would want to get you right into a touch worry if you're not from now on careful. in the journey that your pc is operating sluggish, ccleaner might want to help, yet be constructive to run a backup at the same time as brought on.
2016-10-08 01:24:09 · answer #4 · answered by spurgin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kinda depends on how you use your computer.
If you're constantly installing/uninstalling programs, trying to tweak your PC, or you've had Windows installed on it for over a year (All the Windows Updates count as installations), I would do it.
They aren't ever necessary. But using them correctly will help speed up the performance of your PC, because basicially, the bigger the registry, that's more for Windows to search through to do what it's supposed to do.
However, make sure you get a good program, because if you delete the wrong registry item, Windows may crash.
Registry Mechanic looks pretty good.:
http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/
2006-12-01 01:51:17 · answer #5 · answered by Turd Ferguson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,ccleaner is very good and it won't harm your computer,it's free.
2006-12-01 01:58:39 · answer #6 · answered by Mojo Seeker Of Knowlege 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋