Once upon a time, way back in computer history, the developers of Microsoft MS-DOS – the first widespread usage operating system for PCs – had to choose how to deal with the issue of Job Management.     As you may know – from even more distant past development activities of mainframe computers – like the Univac and the IBM 360 – and their predecessors, the IBM 650 and the Eniac, it takes an operating system – a complex software program – to control all systemic functionality in a computer.  Again, operating systems are all composed of three elements or sub-systems – Job Management, Task Management, and Data Management. 

Job management is the subprogram that handles security and legitimate access to computer programs called jobs.   Task Management controls tasks and data management controls data.   If any one of these elements is missing – well then you don’t really have an operating system…you just have stuff.

When the developers of DOS got to Job Management, they decided to leave it out – assuming that the control of access to jobs on a personal computer would take place in the mind of its owner.   This lightbulb was lit by the simple acknowledgement that job management was unnecessary on a personal computer since only an idiot would run something he didn’t really want to run.  Voila!  No Job Management was included in MS-DOS.  That blundering idiocy you are still paying for my friends – in the form of Viruses – for you see everything in DOS (which is still the heart or kernel of all Microsoft Operating Systems) is simply a file – of Code or Data.  Data is held for usage; code (software programs) are simply executed without delay, since no job management is present.   This is how viruses are allowed to run without your knowledge or approval and you only need a way to get them onto your computer – like piggybacked email – to get that done.   You have the founders of Microsoft to thank for that.

Well we started this article under the pretext of explaining something about the Microsoft Windows System Registry – what it is, how it originated and – like most things that really count in the murky world of Microsoft – how it became degraded, overused and under-maintained.  Okay, here goes.

When, in the early 90’s it became obvious that they were going to have to deal with the issue of Job Management sooner or later – they chose Later.  This is obviously a repeat performance for these guys, right?  Nonetheless, they still had to deal with the requirement to properly control the execution of complex programs and applications.

They chose to create a simple file system to both record and serve these needs.  It became known as the system Registry.  While only intended for basic services at first it naturally grew and, over time, became the monster file that today is targeted by every software firm and hacker for both legitimate and illegal purposes.  MICROSOFT CORPORATION PROVIDES NO MAINTENANCE CAPABILITY FOR THIS FILE.  THEREFORE, YOU WILL HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO MAINTAIN IT – I.E CLEANSE IT OF CORRUPT, REDUNDANT, AND ERRANT ENTRIES.  Your only option for this maintenance, unless you are a qualified programmer – is to buy a product called registry software.   With it you can do a registry fix and finalize your registry repair.