With Windows 7 still not being widely used and Windows Vista having been the worst disappointment of the Windows operating systems family, Windows XP is the most used Windows operating system at the moment. Its familiarity, ease of use, and comparatively low requirements has kept it the favorite of most PC users.

Of course, it's far from perfect (as any Mac user would tell you). One of the biggest problems of XP, and with any Windows operating system for that matter is that after some time, it tends to make computers freeze at random times.

The first time that it happens can be quite frustrating, specially if you have worked for hours or advanced a lot in a video game and you hadn't saved your progress. Even so, you first think it was an isolated incident. Then, your computer becomes slower and slower and freezing incidents happen with increasing frequency.

What happens is that your Windows registry is damaged, corrupted, or just out of normal configuration. The Windows XP registry is a database of information on how the processes of Windows should work. It also contains your computer's basic operating settings.

Internet browsing and program installation tend to change your Windows XP registry to adapt it to each site or program. After a while, the settings of the Windows registry have changed so much that the computer receives contradicting or erroneous instructions, which lead to slowing down and freezing.

In those cases, aside from formatting your computer and installing every program again, you have to make a Windows XP registry repair. Or rather have someone make a Windows registry repair for you.

Really, if you don't know how to make a Windows XP registry repair, then leave those files alone. You won't even know how to start and you'll end up creating more problems, and even permanently freezing your computer.

I said that you should have someone make the Windows XP registry for you. But there is another, cheaper option. Just get one of those programs on the Internet that makes Windows registry repairs automatically. It'll save you tons of time and trouble, and it won't be nearly as expensive as taking your computer to a repair shop.

If you still insist on making a Windows XP registry repair manually, at least back up all your information so that you don't lose it if something goes wrong.