Accessing Your Windows System Registry

Accessing your PC Registry is a question that we are getting with a 22% increase – week after week.  This is something that is necessary if you are planning to make changes to the registry.   While this is relatively easy to execute we caution you regarding actual changes to the registry file itself.  You should never make any change to the registry unless you know what you are doing and have made a backup.  

It is easier to create a backup by simply doing a system backup.   We will begin there and expand into the actual steps involved.  You should finish the job by doing a manually initiated registry maintenance update.

Go into your Programs Directory by accessing via Start and into All Programs.  From there you can get into the folder that you need to by accessing Accessories.  Once there you will be looking for the windows utility that does what is called Creating a System Restore point.   You will normally be able to get to this utility under System Tools.   Click on this entry or any other similar-sounding selection until you get into the System-access Utility. 

Once inside the utility subsystem you will see a dialogue box or system utility access screen that allows you to select the desired utility.  You are looking for System Restore/System Backup.   Some versions of Visa toggle from Restore State to Backup State.  What you are looking for is access to the utility that does the actual backup function. This is referred to in Windows as creating a Restore Point.  It is simply copying into privileged space everything in the operating system.   That is what is needed if you need to do a system restore.   Select the Create Restore Point and click Yes or Start.  This will cause the Backup/Restore Utility to execute.

Now you are ready to actually gain access to the Registry.  Go back to Start and Click ‘Run’.  This will open the launch task bar and allow you to make a direct entry.  You will be typing in ‘regedit’ minus the quotes.  This is the utility that will get you inside the windows system registry.   Unless you know what you are doing you should not even get this far.  If you do know what you are doing then insert manually or run the notepad tasks to update or find/replace the DLL, ActiveX Control or other record or Code-Key maintenance function.

Then make sure that your Windows System Registry is manually scanned for any after-maintenance necessary.  You can purchase and download a top registry software package that does this and also performs the other registry fix functions that accomplish any needed Registry Repair as a part of your Registry maintenance procedures.