I am wondering can you store lots of strings in the registry wittout causing any problems? Like for instance (I know i can use INI or Database but lets just say) you had a list of 40 usernames could you store all of these usernames in the Registry without having it crash or errors like crazy? My next question is I am just learning database programming is there a way to search a database without having to load it into like a list box then have it look at the first word in the list box and if it isn't what you are looking for then go on to the next listindex and so forth till it gets to the end. I hope you understand what I mean maybe this will help ex database.search = "hello" then it looks for hello and if it finds it then it says it does and if not then it says no. or whatever very simple example. thanks!!