OK, I finally got la'machine to come up in Safe-Mode and cleaned it pretty good. Started about 4 hours ago and am just now back on the net !!! Went ahead and did a de-frag and ran Lavasoft Full System Scan both in Safe Mode and again on the re-boot to normal. Had about 5-6 Norton Anti-virus hits during the scans, but all seemed to go well.
Now it is back to the "Recon-Mode", Hide and Watch, Wait and See !!!
Thanks folks, if it hi-cups, I'll revive this thread, but it seems to be good to go.It appears to me to have been a very deeply embedded problem and I've got some new software inbound to hopefully help prevent future problems.
Take Care, and Many Thanks Again !!!
Martin