I was stuck for a while- the spyware removers froze at removing these reg. files (hard freeze until all memory was used up). I couldn't manually get to them- locked out.

I ended up using RegistrarLite to get the permissions set back- & then I was allowed to delete the files/folders.

RegLite allowed me to delete the offending files/folders in the registry & to then get a full scan to complete by the spyware programs- that was a good start.

I did the best I could- though this PC should be running better. It needs a reinstall of XP- but the college girl who owns it has other things on her mind- & I'm not going to waste my breath talking about antivirus/spyware/more RAM...I went over it all one time & left a text doc on the desktop to remind/guide her on how to keep up the maintenance. It's now out of my hands.

Thanks for all of the replies,

Tracy