Whoa, that was made recently, and I missed it? Wow... Thanks...

I have had it before .. and yeah as Hessah said only way I've found to
is reformating, just go get the memory sticks and save all your important files/pictures :)

Use factory settings backup.

uhm I think thats what hes talking about bela?
When you do the restore its like when u first got the computer again :P

System restore is like a checkpoint which saves your computer in it's most recent working state, where one is made every time before you install something, or use Windows Update.

Factory settings restore wipes your system clean, and reverts it to the out-of-the-box state.

Ah I mixed up system restore with system recovery ( which is what I'm doing as soon as I find the little memory stick )

You guys need to cut back on the porn.

Firefox (NoScript + AdBlock) + Threatfire + Avast! + Spybot's TeaTimer = very, very little adware/spyware/malware.

Yeah I just watch so much porn, my real life girlfriend doesnt do it for me :(

and I use most of what u said other then avast.. i use norton 360 ^^

Im not much of a computer genius, but AVG is compatible through lots problems, and it can almost scan for anything. Oh yeah...and LavaSoft works well 2!

And note, yes....please backup your files or your frkin fudged. Rly. My computer crashed the day a term paper was dude....and guess what? My teacher didnt buy the "Uh....my computer crashed" thing...so I didnt get a very good grade on it......

If you don't have access to server space somewhere, gmail is a good sort of poor man's offsite backup for certain filetypes, heh. Documents, pictures, music, things like that.