What is registry in your windows system? | registry repair help

You may receive registry error message when file is not found/damage, computer deadlock ..., this page contains some useful information to repair your computer registry error, if you fixed this error from this help article, you can email us (windowsxpregistrycleaner@gmail.com ) give your feedback, and we hope you can share this page to your friends if they need like you, thanks.

Get to know the windows registry

Microsoft Computer Dictionary has defined the registry in the Fifth Edition, It says:

" A central hierarchical database used in Microsoft Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows NT, and Windows 2000 used to store information that is necessary to configure the system for one or more users, applications and hardware devices. "

The Registry contains information that Windows continually references during operation, such as profiles for each user, the applications installed on the computer and the types of documents that each can create, property sheet settings for folders and application icons, what hardware exists on the system, and the ports that are being used.

The Registry Supporting files

The Registry replaces most of the text-based .ini files that are used in Windows 3.x and MS-DOS configuration files, such as the Autoexec.bat and Config.sys. Although the Registry is common to several Windows operating systems, there are some differences among them.

A registry hive is a group of keys, subkeys, and values in the registry that has a set of supporting files that contain backups of its data. The supporting files for all hives except HKEY_CURRENT_USER are in the %SystemRoot%\System32\Config folder on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista. The supporting files for HKEY_CURRENT_USER are in the %SystemRoot%\Profiles\Username folder. The file name extensions of the files in these folders indicate the type of data that they contain. Also, the lack of an extension may sometimes indicate the type of data that they contain.

the Registry hive	Supporting files
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SAM	Sam, Sam.log, Sam.sav
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security	Security, Security.log, Security.sav
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software	Software, Software.log, Software.sav
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System	System, System.alt, System.log, System.sav
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG	System.alt, System.log, System.sav, Ntuser.dat, Ntuser.dat.log
HKEY_USERS\DEFAULT	Default, Default.log, Default.sav

In Windows 98, the registry files are named User.dat and System.dat. In Windows Millennium Edition, the registry files are named Classes.dat, User.dat, and System.dat.

Note Security features in Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista let an administrator control access to registry keys.

This is only the few information about the window registry, if you need more about it, such as:
how to back up the registry? or how to edit the registry in your windows xp/vista? please visit microsoft Windows registry information support resource .

Read our site other related articles...

Microsoft help links for windows registry

PC repair tool to fix registry problems

If you still haven't fixed the windows registry problem:

1. Please try the pc health advisor, it safely cleans PC errors & invalid entries cause slow speed, blue screen, deadlock errors and crashing, and repair registry problems to speedup your computer performances. It is easy to use. And you can scan your PC errors for free first!

2. Some pc error is related to driver problems, Driver Update software is designed to quickly locate the most current drivers specific to your computer system, you can run a free scan for your pc driver update first.

That is we find the informations to what is the windows registry in your pc , hope our page is helpful to you, if you still haven't fixed this errors, please contact microsoft support for further help.

www.pchealthadvisor.com

(Simple Steps:>>Download >>Install >>Free Scan >>Repair. that's all.)

PC error? Windows error? Registry error? - Find and fix on windowsxpregistrycleaner.com. Thanks for your visiting and we wait for you using our site again in the future! :)

Search Computer Errors on Our Site

What is the Windows Registry?