Everybody’s computer seems to slow down from time to time. This can be caused by many things but one that is often overlooked is the software registry. Changes to applications or configurations can leave incomplete or incorrect information in the registry. This can cause your system to slow down as it tries to understand these faulty entries. This can be an easy problem to solve however. Do a search on the internet to find a windows xp registry cleaner and run the utility on your system. There are many cleaners available that will find these incomplete entries, remove them and your system performance may well improve.