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Every process running on your computer takes up CPU cycles and valuable memory. For optimal PC performance and resource utilization, you should be aware of every process on your computer. PC Pitstop designed this process library to help you know which processes are worthwhile and others that slow system performance.

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regedit.exe (regedit.exe)

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.01%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 2 MB

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PC Pitstop Analysis

regedit.exe - Windows registry editor.

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Recommendation

regedit.exe is an essential part of Windows and required for Windows to work properly. It should never be disabled.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides a easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.

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Identification

In addition to the file name, regedit.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:	Microsoft
Product contains:	Microsoft

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.

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MD5 Hashes

MD5 hashes is the way that computers can define the uniqueness of a file. Anti malware vendors frequently use this technique to detect and clean malware. It is common for a program to have multiple MD5 hashes as the developers create newer versions of the program. For the program called regedit.exe, we have detected more than 20 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

MD5 Report Summary
Program Name	MD5 Count
regedit.exe	> 20

#	MD5	Size
1	0x5fef1b11e4a4d1cb98ae304a5c3a81fa	224256 bytes
2	0xe4d238fa68b2d4aabdab70d7712de7f7	150528 bytes
3	0x21ac6a552be4e0afcd2af628780108f0	134144 bytes
4	0x7993857697cbb7e07a831284f4a5ec3b	69086 bytes
5	0xf13123e76fda33e55f11e0eb832e832a	134656 bytes
6	0x62112ce378c1fd65b3f543bc28cf5e5c	146432 bytes
7	0xf57fe15e7833062a043d6d67f48dfc02	153088 bytes
8	0x1fb932fcb84d167ece5c5606a844f8c2	150528 bytes
9	0x86865821d8484dea58e6aec5bab01b3e	423424 bytes
10	0x6a05de27dcbd8256845782943bebc572	146432 bytes
11	0x8d7116df0a8b034c06b647616bbb6f50	118784 bytes
12	0x39c7fa0f39376599cfa59888816f477b	153088 bytes
13	0x2ba8f4a46c83c6d3a02e9073a304f82c	152064 bytes
14	0x1d2aa137145a153a53ad8032b28b01f8	447488 bytes
15	0xcbd5d47cfd02f31b45bbc8bf31bc1238	410112 bytes
16	0x72fa62b02f6d274c9c114f533ba2f560	73488 bytes
17	0x2fc4c239500d67b8352588edbeeb65c4	134656 bytes
18	0xe258aae53ed65b002ec45fcb954b9e01	327168 bytes
19	0xb28fb518cd2949715cbfce0e93a7a535	134144 bytes
20	0x783afc80383c176b22dbf8333343992d	146432 bytes

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PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. regedit.exe (regedit.exe) has been seen on 0.01% of systems tested at PC Pitstop. As a point of comparison, it is rare for a particular malicious program (virus or spyware) to be seen on more than one or two percent of all systems tested. The average RAM memory usage for this process was 2 MB. The average CPU load for this program was 0%.

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Vendor or Distributor's Web Site

http://www.microsoft.com/