| Computer crashes are when your PC either "hangs" | | | | that program from your system. To do this, click Start |
| (stops working) or restarts without you being able to | | | | > Control Panel > Add / Remove Programs and |
| recover any of the work you were doing, or the | | | | uninstall the program. Then reinstall a fresh copy of the |
| games you were playing. Crashes have been a big | | | | program to get it back on your PC. This will replace all |
| problem for computers for many years, but are | | | | the damaged files that the program might have, and |
| actually extremely easy to fix if you know what's | | | | could prevent your PC from crashing again. |
| causing the problem. This tutorial is going to show you | | | | However, if the crashes seem to be more random |
| how to pin-point the problem and then fix the issue | | | | than that, then you'll want to look at cleaning out the |
| that's causing the crashing. | | | | 'registry'. The registry is a database which stores |
| The first thing you should do is to determine if it's a | | | | information and settings for all the software of your |
| hardware or software issue. To do this, you need to | | | | PC. It's basically like the telephone directory for |
| restart Windows into "safe mode" which is done by | | | | Windows, providing information to your system about |
| rebooting your PC and then pressing F8 continuously | | | | all sorts of things. Each time you use Windows, it has |
| before Windows has a chance to load up. This will | | | | to read 100's of registry settings to help it run, and it's |
| bring up an options screen where you should select | | | | often the case that many of these settings become |
| "safe mode". This mode actually makes your | | | | damaged and unreadable as Windows saves them in |
| computer run without any of the damaging software & | | | | the wrong way. This is a huge problem because it can |
| drivers that can make it crash, and is a great way to | | | | cause your computer to crash randomly as Windows |
| determine if the hardware or software of Windows is | | | | cannot read the settings it needs to run. |
| to blame. If your PC crashes in safe mode, then you | | | | One of the most beneficial ways to stop the crashing |
| likely have a hardware problem which should be seen | | | | is to use a 'registry cleaner' to remove all of the |
| to by a computer repair store. If it runs okay, it's a | | | | damaged and corrupted settings that are inside your |
| software issue. | | | | system. These are software tools which scan through |
| If your computer does not crash in safe mode, then | | | | your computer and fix any of the damaged files that |
| the likelihood is that it's a software problem. To fix this, | | | | they find. Getting a good cleaner (Which can fix the |
| you should first take note of when your PC crashes. If | | | | most files) will actually improve your PC's performance |
| it crashes at a certain time or when you're using a | | | | significantly and will stop your PC crashing. |
| certain program, then you should first try to uninstall | | | | |