You can do all the deletions at once and then reboot. It's not a matter of making them "permanent", rather, you are making the settings active. Tony Mayer Steve Devincenzo wrote: > Hi. I think I discovered something---tell me if I'm right. I > deleted several registry entries(malware etc) and went back into the > registry and they were still there. Do you have to reboot after each > delete to make it permanent? What if you're using a freeware version > of a spyware detector like spybouncer that won't auto delete, and you > have about 15-20 entries you want to delete in several different > areas of the registry? Do you have to reboot 20 different times? > Won't that wear out the machine over time??? Thanks. Steve. > The NOSPIN Group has added a new feature on our website, web based bulletinboard for questions and answers: Visit our sister website at http://nospin.com