Working on a computer with a bad one...

Also, I am extremely sorry for essentially having wasted your time :( I was so angered when I found that the drive had stopped working.

Look, no time is wasted, if we did something good.
Both of us learned something new :)

Good outlook, haha... I'm going to try to stick around here and help others as well...

I am so grateful for the time you spent assisting me. Doing this kind of stuff over a forum must take real patience and skill. Thank you so much for all the assistance you did provide, despite the ending not being 100% happy.

You're very welcome :)
You have to remember, that of the helpers is forced to be here...hehehe
We do this kind of stuff, because we simply like it.
I'm a physicist by education, and mathematician by love, so you can figure, I like to solve mysteries :)

I ran the series of applications contributed by Broni. I have the following log files. Can anyone help to review this info to see if I am safe to start using my computer again with confidence? It appears to be operating better and the offensive file digest32.dll has disappeared. Thanks.

WilsonBA
You need to start your own topic.

WisonBA.. and paste the contents of the log files into that new post, pls don't attach them.. it makes it hard to read.

thanks for understanding.