Vista PC Pain...

Well, after trying every bit of advice I could possibly find.  Still no luck with this infernal reboot problem I am stuck with on a friend's computer. So, after receiving a phone call last night from the computer's owner and being informed that they located their Reinstallation disks.
I have since paid them a visit and picked up the disks and am now attempting an Operating System reinstallation.  So far so good, the process is going along better tha it has all week.

Hopefully, I'll have a good report to post soon.  Stay tuned.