I love Geekzone!
It has happened more than once that I have had a mighty problem and have come here and started composing a forum post. The need to express the problem succinctly but with all relevant data somehow clarifies the thought processes and brings order to the chaotic mind.

So today, with a vista system which would only run in safe mode, I started to write a post seeking a repair .iso, and ended up removing the graphics card - voila - problem fixed.