It was cheeper (and easier) for me to just buy a new hard drive than keep screwing with the infected one:

unplug old sata drive

insert new sata drive

reload windows

reload Norton

reload adaware

reload c-cleaner

reload spybot SD

plug old sata drive back in as a slave

transfer all non operating data from old drive to new

wipe old drive

resume using computer to annoy lefties - Only this time do it with over a terrabit of storage and 4 GigRAM.

There's a silver lining to everything...

They've neutered the gun registry without having to eliminate it altogether and Canadian lefties are furious...

OTTAWA -- The Harper government has extended the two-year-old amnesty that protects firearms owners from prosecution if they fail to register their rifles and shotguns.

Cabinet approved a directive last Thursday that extends the amnesty to May, 2009, virtually guaranteeing the Conservatives will not have to risk defeat of a bill scrapping the controversial registry before the next federal election.

The move prompted angry reaction from opposition MPs, who accuse the Tories of lacking the political courage to make good on a central part of their campaign platform for rural voters in the 2006 election.

Looks like there are some new .22's, in the near future, for me and the boy.