If you try to delete the Software key in the Windows Registry, here are a few tips:

1- Don't do it.

2- Don't do it.

3- If you ignored tips 1 & 2, then proceed to tip 4.

4- Don't do it.

5- Persistent aren't you? Proceed to step 6.

6- After deleting the Software key, the computer will appear to be functioning, until you try to open My Computer -- it will be blank. Then most programs will cease to function, and the computer will freeze.

7- Don't think that exporting the Software key before deleting it will work. If you try to restore it right after deleting it, you'll get a message about files being in use, and it will fail.

8- The only thing you can do is reboot, possibly even a hard reboot. However, Windows will never fully load and the computer will be caught in a continual reboot loop.

*** Tune in next time for information on how to recover from a corrupt registry.