Stump the PC Club is a free tech-advice column written by members of the North Orange County Computer Club, which has been in existence since 1976. Visit the club’s site at noccc.org. And don’t forget ...

The Windows Registry contains information pertaining to drivers and related settings for hardware components; key OS parameters; information about services, protocols, and application data; and much, ...

It is no secret that Windows, like most of the other operating systems, becomes sluggish with usage. After prolonged usage, the machine usually takes forever to boot, and the overall performance of ...

Should one use a registry cleaner or not has always been a debatable question. Microsoft once offered their own registry cleaners like RegClean, RegMaid, which were discontinued a long time back, and ...

Orphaned registry entries can accumulate to the point your computer's boot time takes a noticeable hit, and improperly removed programs and can amplify the effects of dead-end registry keys by causing ...