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Originally Posted by terminator
Yeah?
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1. Changes in the registry aren't made if a machine isn't being interacted with (save for the Uninstall key when updates are installed, or for background programs updating timestamps for things like registration validity, etc.). If your machine does nothing but act as an HTPC, then what exactly are you cleaning?
2. The modern day Windows registry can handle millions of entries. Even if you found 200 orphaned registry entries, do you really think they're going to make a lick of difference? Unless they're malicious of course (invoking malware, image hijacks), which brings me back to #2, what exactly are you doing on your machine beyond it being a sedentary HTPC?
Registry cleaning and performance used to be a thing back in the Windows 95/98 days. These days, not so much. Orphaned entries in the Windows registry are ignored. The OS only cares about its own settings, and knows where to find them; it ignores everything else. Similarly, applications are coded to query a specific set of registry keys by their developers; and again, they ignore everything else.
Registry cleaning on the modern Windows operating system is a
myth. Your 'monthly registry cleansing' is not doing a thing.