A hijackthis log would also be helpful. http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/programs.php Scan, save the log, and copy paste it here. It'll help us look for bad files, hopefully. Of course it is. Would recommend fixing first, though. :) Easy to read guide: http://helpdesk.its.uiowa.edu/windows/i ... format.htm If you have a computer from a big company (like Dell, HP, etc), you may have to use your recovery CDs or whatnot. But if you have the original XP cd, then you should be able to do reformat and reinstall with that guide.