Finally got my PC operational again. Was hit by a virus or something that created one of those blue screen stop codes in XP. Had Microsoft help me make a second instance of Windows so I would be able to back up files instead of lose everything. Took about a week to get that done, format the hard drive and reinstall software. Still have a lot of software to reinstall, but have the basics done for now.

And already, my PC is starting to show signs of the same infection so I may be inoperational again soon. This is driving me crazy. My PC intermittently decides to reboot itself and often takes nearly an hour to start up in the mornings from all the rebooting. All the firewall, anti-virus and Windows software is up to date. Spyware programs run daily and yet nothing is detected.

Anyone having similar problems? Got a solution besides using a sledge hammer?