Thanks

Special thanks go out to: (in no particular order)

Bart Lagerweij - For making a great bootable CD for the original solution this guide provided

"Paraglider" - for his RunScanner plugin

WinXPTutor - For the original fix that inspired this guide

"Yodma" - For noting how this issue happens with older version of Spybot, and providing yet another way for people to fix their machines, which is listed on this guide

Lisa - For telling me about Yodma's solution

Harold - For providing me with SP1 files

Jeff

Charlie@CSGNM - For letting me know about the updates to AVast!.

Sergio A.

Scott "glad to get dan's help" Bruce - For helping me test a new way to find a user's Service Pack number

Harry Coal - For the original way to clear temp files

Ivan

Peter Nordahl - For his excellent, alternative way to access the registry of a machine

Windows Incident Response - For the original way I used to find the Service Pack of a machine

"AustrAlien" - For raising awareness and believeing in my guide

Kathleen

http://hijackthis.de/ - For providing an excellent free service

Gordon

Quin

Erlend Bjerkestrand - Because formatting matters

Ryan

Kevin

JCL - For making the USB boot process easier

Rod - For making the USB boot process easier

James Carpenter

Austin

Susan

Brandon - For providing another mirror for the Vista Recovery Disc, thus lessening my bandwidth (hopefully)

Renee

Mike

Anne Marie Tracey - For making me realize I forgot some directions in an email

Paul

"nites"

"MartinS"

The NeoSmart Files - For providing the original download links for the Windows Vista and Windows 7 Recovery Discs

"Mr Golden" - For showing me yet another way spyware can gunk up a system

Tech Support Guy Forums - For showing me a new place where spyware hides

MajorGeeks Support Forums - For showing me yet another way spyware can gunk up a system

BleepingComputer.com - For showing me yet another way spyware can gunk up a system

People like you who donate and give suggestions! :-)