Thanks very much.
I can get to safemode pressing F8. However, if I open the spyware program, it freezes. I tried doing system restore from there but the "frame" of the system restore window opened and it froze.

Last night, I pressed F8, said to start windows normally, and was able to open system restore. I chose a date to restore to, it said it was gathering info and then it just sat there, for over 2 hours.

I assumed that sytem restore had frozen and I used the power button to turn off the computer (because whenever I went to the start button, the hourglass appears) it did this even without system restore running.

When I rebooted, I got the message that system restore was stopped by user. SSSSOOO, just before bed I did the whole thing again to see if I just let it run all night if it would be done by morning. Sonny boy is still sleeping, but as soon as he wakes up, I'm going to check it. I'll let you know how it all works out. Thanks again for all your help, all the time!
Daugust