Hello Bob, Monday, February 22, 2010, 12:38:20 PM, you wrote: bjc> Will uninstalling Vista and installing Windows 7 correct the bjc> registry. Does installing Windows 7 create a new Registry?? If you upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 with a suspect registry then the chances are it's going to fail so it would be better to do a clean install where all remains of Vista are erased and yes this will create a new pristine registry all ready for Windows to clutter up with junk again <lol> Of course you'd need to back up all your data but that's always a good idea anyway and especially when a Windows OS update is done !! -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.10'Karmic'