Hi Missinglink, welcome to DaniWeb :D

I'd suggest trying it again, but read this thread first:
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread6632.html

When you ran it in Safe Mode, even though it took so long, was it successful? If you can't even run it in Safe Mode, or if it finds errors it can't fix, your drive may be failing. If it did finish,...

I don't use Trend Micro either, but when you open it there should be a Management Console or something similar where you can set it to show in the Task Tray. I don't know if this will help, but here...

It is almost certain that Roaddog has a different video card then you, so whatever driver he used wouldn't work for you anyway. If you have your Windows CD, try getting the drivers from there like...