System Restore

[Brian]

Now on to the next problem and hopefully any answer will fix it once and
for all. My computer reboots frequently, runs thru the diskcheck, brings up
the Fatal Error Shutdown/Report to Microsoft window, and says its
unidentified after reporting. It appears to me that there is some type of
conflict between my firewall (NIS) and another program (HP memories disk).
If I remove only the shortcuts for HPmd from the desktop and Start Menu >
Programs, reboot, open NIS, for some reason NIS reinstalls HPmd.

What I am wondering, is if I use the System Restore, will it put me back to
square one before any software installs and remove any reg entries?
Or
Would I be better off removing all software with the hopes they remove reg
entries as well for a clean reinstall?
Or
Am I better off just wiping the disk clean (reformat) and starting from
scratch, OS and all?

 

[Brian]

Please disregard this, it has been reposted to the entire group as a new
thread. One of these days I'm going to figure out why it keeps latching on
to other threads when I post. It shouldn't be here in this thread to begin
with.