How Do You Manually Clean The Windows XP Registry?
All the settings for the Windows XP operating system are stored in the system’s registry. Sometimes you may have unwanted entries in your registry like a virus or spyware program that can cause your computer various technical problems. Software is available to download to clean out and remove corrupt registry entries, but Windows XP users can also manually delete any unwanted entries. Before you manually clean your Windows XP registry make sure you know the specific names of the entries you want to remove. Click on the “Start” button in Windows XP and then click on the “Run” option. Enter “regedit” into the text field and then press the “Enter” key on your keyboard. Click on the “plus sign” option next to each entry in the registry to bring a drop-down directory of more entries. Locate the entry in the registry that you want to delete. Click on the entry you want to delete so that it’s highlighted and then press the “Delete” key on your keyboard. Right-click on an entry for another way
