What are desktop pc registries? what they are for?

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Request for Question Clarification by jbaltzell-ga on 08 May 2004 12:21 PDT

Are you asking what the windows registry is?  Could you give us some
context about why you are asking, or where you heard about it?

If you are asking what the Registry is in windows then here is an overview:

The registry is a collection of settings stored on all modern windows
computers that holds configuration for programs that are installed on
the PC.  This could be any setting associated with any software you
installed.  It helped solve the problem of having lots of config files
all over the computer by putting them in a single place.

The problem is that sometimes the registry can get large and slow down
older machines.  You can edit the registry by clicking "Start" -->
"Run" --> and typing "regedit".

IMPORTANT:  Do not make any changes to the registry unless you know
what you are doing.