Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php5-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5-win32-latest.zip

I tried the latest version via the link provided and get the same results.

EnumKey's first variable isn't supposed to be a string - it's supposed to be an int.  The number representing HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE is 0x80000002.

Check out the following link for more information:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/enumkey_method_in_class_stdregprov.asp

That said, even when "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" is replaced with 0x80000002 in awsewell's code, the code still doesn't work as it should.  The problem would seem to be due to arrays not being passed by reference.  I say that because in vBScript, they do seem to be (just check out the examples in the link I provided).

Doesn't seem to work on the latest beta of PHP5, but it works on PHP4...

<?php
    define('HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE',0x80000002);
    $keys = new VARIANT('', VT_ARRAY);
   $hostname = ".";
    $keyPath = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall";
    $wshShell = new COM("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}//{$hostname}/root/default:StdRegProv");
    $wshShell->EnumKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, $keyPath, &$keys);
    $keys = $keys->value;
    foreach($keys as $key){
        print "$key\n";
    }
?>

Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php5.2-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.2-win32-latest.zip

Does it still crash?

use following script for correct output. See inline comments for changes:

<?php
define('HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE',0x80000002);
/* passing VT_ARRAY arg - see bug #39596 */
$keys = new VARIANT(array());
$hostname = ".";
$keyPath = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall";
$wshShell = new COM("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}//{$hostname}/root/default:StdRegProv");
$wshShell->EnumKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, $keyPath, &$keys);
/* COM in PHP 5 does not use the value property like in PHP 4 so use $keys directly */
foreach($keys as $key){
    print "$key\n";
}
?>

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