No, I meant a total system restore to factory condition(if you have a cable conection it will go to the manufacturer website and update any new and better drivers). then go straight to window update for patches, 2nd install virus/firewalls, and then just reload everything else (ie java runtime, word, etc.)
OK I have heard of others doing full system restore. How do you handle the files accumulated? Do you have any neat tricks besides just moving them to disks?