thank you. your help is greatly appreciated.
I will implement these final changes once I get home.
The system was running better this morning after I made the final fix, but I shutdown the computer waiting for your analysis. I notice my Symantec Endpoint Protection is still not working - may have been corrupted by all the malware. I have tried letting SEP fix itself but to no avail. I will probably just uninstall/reinstall tonight so I get a fresh copy.
thanks again,
Tartarus