I've noticed in my Win2k machine that i can delete things out of the startup keys in the registry, but on every reboot, they're back again. is there some kind of rollback i dont know about?

and if so, how do i shut it off?

thanks

I would check for adware, spyware, and virus's.

no, no problems like that. that's not the issue. it's not like it's a homepage that keeps going back or something. just random programs that just dont want to leave the startup keys in the registry like HP startup utils and M$ scheduling stuff. really odd.

What keys are you trying to remove?

a "ctfmon.exe" that keeps popping up no matter how many times i delete it, and sync manager called "mobsync.exe". i have ad-aware and spy sweeper, and i'm sure they're not spyware, but no matter how many times i delete these, they keep coming back.

the first one is in the run key in HKCU, the other is in the run key in HKLM

mobsync---

Open IE-->Tools-->Sync Manager. Uncheck all entries.

Open IE-->Tools-->Internet Options-->Advanced. Uncheck Offline entries willbe sync'd.

CtfMon

thanks for the help, much appreciated.

i assume ctfmon is needed for the OCR functions of office, so that has to stay. and i unchecked all the sync options in IE so hopefully that'll fix that as well.