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Windows stores its configuration information in a database called the registry. The registry contains profiles for each user of the computer and information about system hardware, installed programs, and property settings. Windows continually references this information during its operation.

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Registry can be a factor in data processing speed, if you have some registry misconfigurations, your computer may slow down. Better have maintenance of it just like maintenance of files, i'm using software that optimizes and "cleans" the registry. Makes my system run smoothly. :)

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If you do damage your system, you may be able to repair the registry or restore it to the same version you were using when you last successfully started your computer. Otherwise, you must reinstall Windows. When you reinstall your system, you may lose any changes that have been made, such as Service Pack upgrades, which you must reinstall separately. :)

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I use a progrm called regseeker to clean out my registry of unwanted entries. If there's a file association that the computer doesn't use anymore it cleans it out. For example, you might uninstall photoshop but the entries are left in the registry. You can delete the .psp entries which are related to photoshop. Or maybe, you uninstall a game, theres folders in the registry that are left behind with information all about that game.

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All that has to do with cleaning the registry is new to me and I think my system needs some cleaning, so I downloaded http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm.
But before applying it, it says I need to get a Back up of the whole registry:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us and http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/
Can anybody tell me, if thatâs what I have to do?

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