I see that this procedure has been suggested for a variety of problems, but do you know if this really fixes the problem of repeating reboots caused by the latest version of Avast program on XP? I’ll wait to someone else tries this and reports back that it works. I can’t afford to loose my PC now and feel lucky that I could recover thru Safe Mode to a previous Restore point unlike some others. I’d feel better if Avast support would say they have found the problem or know what causes it and give us a solution they know works!