My hardware configuration is as follows: C: is the Master, D: is the Slave. When I bought my new system, it didn't come with an operating system so I transported the C: drive from another system to this one, then picked up WinXP at a later date and installed that on the D: drive. Also, since I'm an avid game player and I have a lot of older games, as well as Win98, I decided to install that as well since, despite Microsoft's claim that you can run just about anything by changing the compatibillity setting, they're wrong.

I downloaded the free scan version of AdwareSpy (won't remove anything unless it's registered but that's okay - I just want to see if I've been infected with any spy/adware for the moment).

I would prefer not to mess around with the hardware if I possible can help it. It took me long enough to configure it the way it is now and for the system to accept the settings. As I'm sure you are aware, installing multiple operating systems prompts you with a choice to pick one to boot, unless you modify the settings to boot automatically (there's a 15 second delay on my system and if no key is pressed, WinXP is the system that boots up by default).

I have yet to do an online scan because I'm not particularly comfortable using IE but it seems I have little choice in the matter. Most of the online scanners available are written with IE as the default browser. I prefer to use Firefox if possible as I think it's a much better program with more options (plus I'm more comfortable with it).

As it is right now, Trend Micro, which is my AV scanner continues to tell me that I have a TROJ_DLOADER.AZ virus on my system, yet when a full scan is performed, it cannot be found. That's the reason I believe the problem may lie in the registry.

With Microsoft's supposed know how, it should be possible to scan a registry from the operating system you are currently using but for some reason, this does not seem to be the case. For whatever program I use, the default registry scanned (whatever operating system happens to be on the C: drive) is the one on C:. This, of course, is totally unacceptible and virtually useless (though not entirely).