Before reinstalling, try an in-place upgrade (aka repair installation); instructions can be found here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp



IE fragmented??

Man I better use spell check,can't spell worth a hoot!

The guy did a repair using the XP disk, but it still would not load the missing regestry keys.

They claim that some one removed them after I used HJT, or some thing I took out per the instruction given was needed for the keys to work???

I don't know PC's well enough to know how some one could have done it by remote, and if they were some thing that I removed per the feed back then I wouldn't know that either.

I think it was a comination of a freeze up and a virus that caused the freeze up.

That is how it got started,I came home after some shopping to find the PC froze up on American Idol site.MSN has timed out and disconected but I had to hard boot to get the PC back.

It works fine for now, if I have any more problems I will have the guy up grade the PC and reformat the drives.

Thanks,Benny

You can do this yourself
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread6632.html