something awful

[jholland1964]

when I do my reinstall (once i'm free and clean).

Can I ask you again, if you end up free and clean why you will NEED to do a reinstall? I just am really curious as to why you feel this will be necessary. IF you feel it is necessary then don't go through all this clean up, just do a reformat and reinstall OF ALL DRIVES and all will be clean, without attempting all this cleaning.

[philtro]

Can I ask you again, if you end up free and clean why you will NEED to do a reinstall? I just am really curious as to why you feel this will be necessary. IF you feel it is necessary then don't go through all this clean up, just do a reformat and reinstall OF ALL DRIVES and all will be clean, without attempting all this cleaning.

I can't wipe all of my hard drives because they are full of data, all of my computer files from over the years. Even if I were to backup that data somewhere else and wipe the drives, it could still reinfect me (if it's indeed infected).

I want to do a clean install because
a)this one is already a fresh install (from a few days before I came here seeking help)
b)this install is funky from all the poking around I've done (mostly before I came here seeking help)
c)creating a new nlite install is very easy

Whether i keep this installation or reinstall windows, I still need to make sure all of my data is clean.