What Registry Optimizer and Defrager Does
Registry Optimizer and Defrager eliminates the registry fragmentation. It gives you a fresh new registry with no holes, no redolent data.
Advantages of Registry Optimizer and Defrager
Builds a brand new registry from the old one.
Improves System Response Time.
Saves Memory as smaller registry consumes less memory.
Privacy Protector. Removes the deleted data from the registry permanently.
Improves Application response time.
Improves boot time.
Prevents the registry corruption.
The Windows Registry
The registry plays a key role in the configuration and control of Windows 2000 systems. It is the repository for both system wide and per-user settings. The data in the registry is stored in more than one file, each file called a hive.
Windows and most programs store their configuration data in the registry. Over time, as programs are used, installed and uninstalled, the registry becomes fragmented. Think of Registry Database as a chart with rows and columns in a big queue. When an entry is removed, the entry is made into a blank entry with no data. It still occupies the same amount of space that it occupied before. This is necessary so that the information below it is still in the same place. When new items are added to the registry, they are added at the bottom in a queue. So over time, the registry ends up with a lot of blank cells. This situation is similar to disk fragmentation, which occurs when the system creates and deletes files on the disk. It can also be explained by this simple image.
This has a significant impact on the performance of Windows and programs that make heavy use of the registry. It is most evident at boot time and when running programs that use lots of COM classes (such as Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Visual Studio and lots of commercial software). Whenever you install software data is written to the registry so the software can later be uninstalled.