Windows Registry or simply registry is a repository that stores low-level configurations and settings associated with the Windows operating system and its various programs. It’s one of those system ...

PCs that are slow to boot, frequently crash, or take forever to open applications typically suffer from a fragmented hard drive, clogged registry, and a myriad other problems. Fortunately, you can ...

You can change Registry key values manually using the built-in Windows Registry Editor (regedit) in order to improve performance or make Windows work the way you want, but you need to know what you’re ...

Essential utility for anyone who works with the Windows Registry. Sooner or later, every expert Windows user has to tangle with the Windows registry. Windows uses this massive repository of settings ...

A new malware program called Poweliks attempts to evade detection and analysis by running entirely from the system registry without creating files on disk, security researchers warn. The concept of ...

The registry used in Microsoft Windows is a database of basic operating system information, application settings, and configuration information such as extended information and user passwords. In the ...

There's always an arms race when it comes to the jack of all trades system tool: registry cleaner, anti-spyware, defragmenter, settings control panel. Some ZDNet readers, including myself, default to ...

Making changes to Windows Registry can have catastrophic effects on your system’s performance, if not done accurately. The Windows Registry houses the settings for system processes and apps so that ...

Microsoft explains in a new support document that the missing registry backups everyone was thinking were caused by a bug are still available as part of Windows 10 system restore points and are ...

What do OSX and Linux (Ubuntu for example) use instead of the registry? What is their solution to the issue, and what benefits/problems do these have? Click to expand... The answer here is first: a ...