Windows 7—like its predecessors Vista, XP, and so on—uses the registry system to store all the important information and settings that form the backbone of the Operating System (OS), not to mention all the settings and preferences of all the other software saved in a computer. So inevitably, registry related problems have yet to become a thing of the past. And as most registry repair reviews would tell you, Windows 7 registry cleaners should do well in helping maintain your registry’s health and solving problems that arise due to registry related issues.

            The registry of the Windows OS may seem complex, but what it really is just a very big, comprehensive archive that stores the whole gamut of arrays of information settings, preferences, data used by the OS and all software installed in it. The data is accessed by Windows whenever a program run by a user is needs the information stored in it. There are six main HKEY folders or directories that contain a plethora of information. One of these HKEY folders is used to store user data, or the user that is signed and using Windows. Different users have different settings and permissions; all of these are stores in the registry. With all the information handled by the registry, it unavoidably becomes “bloated” with data that are either corrupt or useless (uninstalled software, for instance, don’t care to delete their own registry values that they used when they were installed). If you’ve read your share of Windows registry repair reviews, you should already know that these corrupt or useless entries in the registry are the targets of registry cleaners.

            A multitude of errors and nuisances can result from an unhealthy registry, which almost always ends in OS crashes if left unattended. But for Windows 7, registry repair reviews should be the first to tell you not to use cleaners designed for a previous OS, and only use Windows 7 specific registry cleaners.