When you install a fresh copy of Microsoft Windows, you’ll notice that all of your programs and applications seem to run so smoothly and without errors. It can be quite disheartening when a few months on, your operating system seems to have grinded to a halt with lots of applications failing to respond as they once did.
There are many reasons why your copy of Windows may be degrading in performance. DLL problems and issues with the computer registry are two of the most documented reasons for such a downturn in performance. The Windows registry sits behind the operating system as the backbone of files. It stores all the key application variables and handles configuration settings that we come to rely on.
DLL problems are just as critical as registry problems if allowed to get out of hand. DLL files are written to Windows every time we install a program. They are the libraries that sit behind our applications and allow them to perform all of their tasks. Every time we install a new program, we add a new set of DLL files to Windows. Likewise, when we remove a program or application, we hope that the DLL files associated with that particular program are removed as well.
In some cases, however, after attempting to uninstall a program, the DLL files will remain present on Windows and this can lead to some pretty drastic errors at a later date. Ensuring that you keep Windows free of stray DLLs is one of the tasks that many of the registry cleaning suites have made a priority out of.
DLL problems may be months in the making, without you knowing any better until a new application attempts to access your system memory and can’t because the same memory is corrupted by past DLLs. Keeping the PC clean is important and going back to the original point, one of the top reasons why Windows loads so much faster when you boot it up for the first time.
DLL problems can also be caused by malicious third party software latching on to the system resources. Windows likes to know what its allocating memory to, and if spyware or adware starts to leech from the memory that it previously set aside for other recognise applications, you can expect your attention to be drawn to many runtime errors and illegal operations.
Yes, those runtime errors that can plight system performance if left to develop over time. Most of us have seen them at some point, and they’re usually caused by bad registry entries or interrupted uninstall procedures. These lead on to DLL problems and if an application has DLL problems, it may terminate without warning, or simply function in a wayward manner.
The blue screen of death is another unfortunate symptom of DLL problems. Are you experiencing random blue screens while you try to run ordinary application? It could be because of DLL files being left behind, or becoming corrupted over time. Be sure that you run regular registry scans, and be extra careful when removing programs from Windows.
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