Its ok its kool now if i import a reg file using Shell and regedit which has all the keys that would normally be present in the location above buuut i changed all the values to " " (space) which in effect prevents MSN Messenger 5.0 install outright with a crash error code of:

( MSN Messenger setup has failed with error code "1638" )

Hahahahaha oh well problem solved [Smile]

Thanx for the help neways