Puneet Singh writes:
> I've tried cleaning up the Windows registry and that allowed me to
> delete most of the files. However, some files remain (they must still
> be in use)and I am also worried about any other possible side-effects.
> I tried booting XP in safe mode with command prompt but still wasn't
> able to delete that last set of files.

"Process Explorer" from Sysinternals can be used to find out which process has 
a file open (and many other interesting things).  It's at sysinternals.com, now 
part of Microsoft but still very useful.

Glad things are looking up for your installation.
Cheers,

..mark





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