Ok… this is what happened. I had an exported backup registry file (.reg) from another computer on my hard drive. I had it there and was going to upload it to a remote server for safe keeping. Unfortunately, I accidentally hit the enter key while the .reg file was selected in my explorer, thus merging the other computer’s registry with the registry on my computer. It’s messed things up pretty bad… I have a backup .reg file of my own registry, but I don’t know how to restore it. All I seem todo is merge mine with the other one again, because I can’t get rid of it other than manually deleting all the keys, I guess. I’m definitely not going to try and do that. Is there a way to wipe the registry clean and then import my backup .reg? I’m running win2k pro. The other registry that was merged with it accidentally was a win98se registry, so you can see how I’m running into lots of problems. I tried the “last known configuration” option but it didn’t fix things. There must be someway to just wipe the registry clean and import my .reg file, right? Any info is greatly appreciated.