Some one said use REMOTE Method in comments.......now i will be using frames so applets go out of picture.......now RMI only gives refrence of an object from a remote location...that object will again will be in java..so the point is how will THAT object access the registry...one more thing if registry editing could be done in plain old c++ ,native methods could come in handy..and one more thing does the package provided by microsoft work with SUn's JDk....because if it does then no problem...and can i some how get hold of this package (free of cost obvi.).....

thanx