How to fix windows registry

There are thousands of registry tweaks and tricks that can help to resolve many PC related problems. In all versions of windows operating systems the registry contains values corresponding to every single component in the operating system. The registry is susceptible to damage quite easily but it can be repaired either manually or with the help of any good registry booster program. The following below are some manual methods to tune-up your PC with careful editing of the registry.

Warning- Editing the registry requires a great deal of care. We don’t recommend editing it manually if you are not familiar with the registry editor, REGEDIT. We also advise making a backup of the registry before making any changes in it.

How to create a backup-

Start - Run –Type regedit

Click on File option on top of the registry editor and select Export option. Give a relevant name as “registry_backup” and save the file somewhere in your PC.

How make shutdown faster (Windows XP)- Startup and shutting down operations sometimes take quite long time, you can reduce the shutdown rate with the help of below mentioned registry trick.

Path- Start - Run –Type regedit

Go to the following Registry key:

HKEY CURRENT USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Double click on the AutoEndTasks entry and change 0 with a 1 in the Value data text box field.

For the next two, if the dword value indicated does not exist, create it:

Double click on the WaitToKillAppTimeout entry in the right pane and change the Value data to 2000

Double click on the HungAppTimeout entry in the right pane and change the Value data to 1000

Exit the registry editor and reboot your PC.

Youfind this still exists you can try the next step as mentioned below.

Go to the key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control

Right-click on WaitToKillServiceTimeout and modify it to 2000

NOTE: The minimum value Windows will recognize is 1000 (1 second)

Note: While uncommon, the "WaitToKillService" tweak can create problems very few times. If any of your application is in the process of saving data and the linked service is stopped up prematurely, the data will not be stored and may be lost.

Hard disk Low disk space warning in Windows Xp can be disabled from registry- If you are receiving low disk error message in your PC you perform the following registry steps.

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Start-Run-Type in Regedit and press OK.

Now go to the registry key:

"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" and;

System Key: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer"

Write a new DWORD 'NoLowDiskSpaceChecks' and alter its value to '1'.

Reboot your computer and there will be no Low Disk Space error message anymore.

How to empty temporary Internet files on exit for Internet explorer- Registry lets you to empty temporary files in the Internet explorer while you close the browser. You just need to modify a small registry value in your registry. It will save your time to empty the browser again and time.

"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache"

AND,

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache"

Create a new DWORD "Persistent" and modify the value to "0" for clearing and "1" to eliminate this option.

Reboot your PC after this.

You can disable the Autorun Option in your CD Rom Drive by following registry trick:

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Start-Run-Type in Regedit and press OK.

When the registry editor opens navigate the following key.

"HK_L_M\system\currentcontrolset\services\cdrom"

Modify the value of 'Autorun', or make a new DWORD value if it is not already there, and set the value as '0' for Autorun disabled.

Reboot your PC after this.

Note- We can get repaired registry with the help of a good registry booster program if it is not feasible for you to modify the registry values manually.