Windows 98 And The Blue Screen Of Death

You may be a windows 98 user and have come across the unwanted blue screen. There are chances that you may have come across the blue screen not one but several times. The term blue screen of death is quite synonymous with Windows 98 as this was considered as the most harmful programming error in the Windows 98. The blue screen of death appearing on the Windows 98 computer indicates that the registry files are erroneous.

What is the Registry?

The registry system is one of the major components of the windows. When the files contained in the registry get corrupted or missing, it makes the Windows 98 to hang. The windows introduced after Windows 98 are designed to handle this situation by not going into the blue screen of death. But running windows 98 in the computer is not of that much help, or is it?

There is a simple method to fix the errors in the registry. A windows utility cleaner could be easily downloaded from the net which easily fixes the problems in registry files which prevents the blue screen from appearing on the computer. Many kinds of registry cleaner utility software are available. They are different in their working but most of them work efficiently.

The registry could be repaired manually, but being a major database of settings and instructions, deleting any type of file that should not have been deleted from the registry could affect the computer in a major way causing all the data to be erased from the computer.

A registry cleaner is undoubtedly the best and most efficient solution. This software is easy to find and lots of different types of utility cleaner could be found on Google by making a simple search.

How to use a Registry Cleaner in Windows 98?

It is very simple to use the windows registry cleaner. Just the program needs to be downloaded and then run. Almost all of the registry cleaners present the number of errors found and an option to solve them. One must always create backup of registry before fixing the errors through the program so that in case some of the registry files go missing, they could be put back in place.

What if You Still Get Blue Screens

There may be instances when one still gets a blue screen appearing on the computer even after repairing the registry files, which indicates some other problem. To sort out this, you need to think as what caused the blue screen to appear at first place. Installation of new hardware or software may also cause the blue screen to appear. If this is the reason, then that particular device driver must be uninstalled and not used and some other driver may be installed.

It may be a case of a hardware defect if you have not done anything else on the computer. There may be a chance of low memory space which indicates the addition of more memory space. There are many types of programs available on the internet which helps to determine if the hard drive is low on space.

On a general note, mainly the corrupt or missing registry files are responsible for the blue screen death in Windows 98. So, the chances are that the problem may be solved after you run the registry repair software.