Any Windows Registry must be cleaned. That is, if you want your computer to continuously run efficiently. No matter how upgraded your PC is, even if you got all the good hardware installed, if your registry is all cluttered with unnecessary files, your computer will still not be at its best performing level. Having a dirty registry full of corrupted and obsolete files is tantamount to having a PC that is not working. Your computer will not last long with the continued freezing and crashing.

How often must I can my registry? It is suggested to scan your PC with the registry cleaner at least once a week. There is actually no rule as to the fixed schedule of cleaning your registry. It will depend on how often you use your computer. Cleaning your Windows Registry must be in proportion to the frequency of your computer usage. If you use your PC for like a few times in a month, and you scan it weekly, then it has no significant effect. But if you use your machine 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, that sure needs a scan very often because the errors continue to pile up. You have to catch up with these or else it might be too late to repair the damage.

If you are totally careful in using your computer, then you might not need a registry cleaner. By totally, it means 100%, not 99% or 98%, but 100%. That entails being very careful in the commands that you give to the computer because every action that you take can cause errors in the registry entry. The more commands that you enter, the more prone to errors your computer will be. If you only do a few things. Very few things like not installing or uninstalling programs, applications, not downloading stuffs, then you might not get errors in your registry. It is like saying do not use your PC! What are the chances of not getting errors? It is impossible to not the things just mentioned. So chances are remote. After all, only one error is needed to trigger your system. Once that one error happened, it will continue, and if you do not do anything about it, your PC will deteriorate, crash, freeze and soon, unusable.

These things do not happen in just one setting. It takes a few weeks or months before you will notice that your machine is moving sluggishly and errors start popping out of nowhere. These errors will lead to another, and then another until your computer is so full of them. If you do not take action, your computer will soon be full of junk.

Below are a few tips for safely cleaning your registry:

1. When you uninstall applications or programs, do it properly.

2. Do not manually edit your registry. It can cause more damage to your computer.

3. Always do a backup of your registry before running your registry cleaner. Most cleaner have an option to back up before starting a scan.

4. Make it a habit to scan you computer. This is to ensure that whatever Trojans or viruses are in your PC, they will be removed. These malicious threats are a danger to your system.

5. Check to be sure that the registry cleaner that you are going to use is built for Vista. Some other software is not yet compatible to run for Vista. This can pose a problem.