There is nothing quite like having a Windows XP clean registry. A clean Windows registry represents a fresh, clean, robust operating system.

Since the Windows registry is the master database that your operating system uses to store and manage information about all of the hardware and software associated with your computer, it is extremely important that it be optimized properly. Like any other database, the Windows registry is susceptible to data corruption and inefficiencies.

Over time, as you add and remove hardware and software on your computer, the registry tends to grow in size. Data integrity errors are likely to occur.

When this happens, trouble starts brewing. Because the operating system and all of your applications constantly need to read from and write to the registry on a continual basis, if there are any problems with the registry, your PC can start to experience a myriad of problems. These problems can range anywhere from slow Internet browsing

By Hugh Kent