Thanks for all of the tips. I have been using CCleaner almost daily for over a year now. Why do you suggest to Uncheck "Cookies" under "Internet Explorer"? I always go to CCleaner's Options > Cookies and manually choose which to keep. As for alternative browsers I use Firefox occasionally but prefer IE. I would switch to Opera immediately (I have used v7 & v8 off and on in the past) if only they would support RoboForm.
For a firewall & AV I use ESET's Smart Security (NOD32 antivirus). I typically run Spybot-S&D once a month or so. I also have SpywareBlaster. I do a manual check for Windows Updates the 2nd Tuesday of every month.
I will "flush" the XP system Restore Points today.
“If Ernest Hemingway was going to go big-game hunting in Africa, Hunter S. Thompson wanted to use a submachine gun to hunt wild boar in Big Sur, Calif. He was dangerous, like handling nitroglycerin, and he liked to keep it that way.”
Douglas Brinkley, executor of the Thompson estate