Well -
I did some more reading and it turns out that the key has some embedded null characters. SysInternals has a tool called RegDelNull.exe which did the trick. Seems so easy when all is said. Boy, what a pain. I don't understand why you cannot del a key with embedded nulls but evidently so. If you have any further knowledge I would be most grateful.
thanks
Jiim
Nothing else I can contribute at this time. Glad you got it resolved. That's not to say I don't have further knowledge, but just not on this subject.
I apologize in advance if I have posted this in the wrong forum. It's just that in my opinion, my "problem" isn't really a problem as in only one. I'm so badly confused and frustrated now, that I don't even want to turn my PC on! Here goes what has been going wrong with my Dell Inspiron 580 Desktop...
I was the first in the family to make the jump into Windows 7, and I installed 64 bit ultimate. The rest of the family is ready to move from XP to Windows 7. I have the 3 pack of home premium(HP) on the way. I need to downgrade my license from ultimate to HP, hopefully without having to reinstall...
I want to upgrade from 32-bit Windows 7 Home Premium to 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate. Can this be done with an in-place install, or does it require a clean install?
Thanks.