I am running Windows XP Professional, service pack 3, I have installed all of the Microsoft updates as of two days ago.
Thank you for any advice!
PS:
I have been battling malware for the past few days. Mainly redirects in explorer and Google. I also was battling svchost.exe errors at boot up. The svchost.exe errors were occurring before windows login.
I have used various free downloads to remove spyware, malware, virus etc.. I have used spybot, vipre rescue, errorfix etc. I believe I have removed all that I know. However, I wanted to make sure since I have a few minor symptoms that are puzzling to me. Example, Icons on my Notification section of the taskbar sometimes don't show up, even when set to always show; like volume control, laptop power source, mouse etc..