The Windows registry is a database of all configuration settings in Microsoft Windows operating systems.It contains information and settings for all the hardware, software, users, and preferences of the PC. As any change you do to Windows is stored in the registryOriginally Posted by skindred
To in turn it can have a major effect on everything about windows, however not really the hardware.So to answer, registry errors don't mean anything is wrong with the hardware, just windows it's self