I'd like to know more about HotKeys too. My HP has always run fine. I ran a Registry Cleaner the other day and it picked out 25 HKey entries, so I deleted them (recoverable). Immediately ran the cleaner again and it picked out 130 HKey entries. Too nervious to take them out on top of the previous 25 until I see how the putr runs for awhile. Been running fine. HP loads these things that they want you to see when you start up. ( This is not Gospel, just a thought.) Boy, I hope that we're talking about the same thing!! DRB